Members

Members of Wooster Staff Council represent the entire Ohio State CFAES Wooster Campus.

Members serve for a term of three years, for a maximum of two consecutive terms. All members regularly attend meetings and work on a committee.

Wooster Staff Council Officers:

  • Chair: responsible for presiding over meetings, various administrative services for the group, and being the primary spokesperson for the group.
  • Chair Elect: responsible to act as the chair when absent and performs administrative services as needed.
  • Treasurer: responsible for monitoring the Staff Council account and reporting on income and expenditures monthly.
  • Secretary: responsible for recording the minutes at each meeting and maintaining the list of Council members.
MEMBER DISTRICT EMAIL COMMITTEE
District 1: Alexis Didinger
2025-2027
Wooster Campus Director’s Office; Fiscal; Human Resources (HR); Information Technology (CFAES IT); Wooster Campus Research Library (WCRL); Wooster Campus Conference Center (WCCC); Research and Graduate Education Office (includes GDSU); Wooster Campus Research Labs (STAR lab, MCIC & PAAR); OSU Extension didinger.2@osu.edu
District 2: Bill Koshar
2025-2027
2025: Secretary
Facilities Planning; Facilities Operations; Research Operations; Secrest Arboretum; Environmental Health and Safety (EHS); Public Safety koshar.3@osu.edu Staff Wellness & Volunteering
District 3: Heather Bauder
2023-2026
2025: Vice Chair
Center for Food Animal Health (CFAH); Animal Sciences (AnSci) bauder.20@osu.edu Communications or Special Events
District 4: Suzanne Ferencak
2023-2026
Horticulture and Crop Science (HCS); School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) ferencak.2@osu.edu
District 5: Nuris Acosta
2025-2027
Entomology (ENT); Plant Pathology (PP); Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE) acosta.26@osu.edu Employee Appreciation
District 6: Jeanne Semilia
2023-2026
2025: Chair
ATI Administration; Plant Sciences and Engineering Technologies Division; Arts and Science and Business Division; Animal Sciences and Technologies Division; ATI Admissions semilia.1@osu.edu  Communications
   District 7: Katie LeMasters
2025-2027
ATI Academic Affairs; ATI Student Affairs lemasters.27@osu.edu
Doug Foxx
2023-2026

CFAES At Large Member

foxx.2@osu.edu  Communications
Jalyn Goddard
2023-2026
CFAES At Large Member goddard.90@osu.edu
Scott Wolfe
2024-2027
CFAES At Large Member wolfe.529@osu.edu Special Events
Lori Nicholson
2024-2027
CFAES At Large Member nicholson.381@osu.edu
Scott Shaw
2024-
USDA Liaison (Non-Voting)
scott.shaw@usda.gov
Loren Harper Director’s Office Liaison (Non-Voting) harper.202@osu.edu Communications
Lissia Gerber HR Representative (Non-Voting) gerber.326@osu.edu