John Robbins
President

John E. Robbins, appointed to the Library Board in January 2005 for a seven-year term, brings with him a wealth of Board experience. John served as a Library Board member from 1992 to 2001. During his first appointment John served as president in 1998, vice president in 1997, was a member of each of the Board’s standing committees, and participated in the long range plan that paved the way for the 1997 expansion to the library facility.

A longstanding and active member of the Westerville community, John has served on the boards of directors of the Westerville Fund, Concord Counseling Service, Professional Insurance Agents of Ohio, the Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Westerville Chamber Foundation. He has also served as an Elder and Deacon of the First Presbyterian Church of Westerville.

John is committed to the long term growth and welfare of the Library, the best interests of our patrons and a serious sense of responsibility to our taxpayers.

Your Library Board members are always interested in the comments and suggestions of their customers. Please feel free to e-mail John at EMMAPAPA1@yahoo.com

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Kay Hedges
Vice President

Kay Hedges was appointed to the Library Board in January 2006. She has lived in Westerville since 1975 and knows the community well as both her parents were born here and are graduates of Westerville High School.

A retired teacher of French and English, Kay holds degrees from Otterbein College, the University of Strasbourg, France, and the Ohio State University. She is currently serving as a field supervisor for beginning education students at Otterbein. She also works with a former teaching colleague developing and testing curriculum materials for foreign language classes.

Kay also serves on the Uptown Review Board for the City of Westerville, is active in the Westerville Habitat Partnership, and has been a longtime member of Central College Presbyterian Church, where she has been an Elder and a Stephen Minister.

In her spare time, Kay enjoys reading, music, theatre, Ohio State basketball, and travel with her husband Denny. She has two grown children, Amanda and Tim, who are graduates of Westerville North and spent many rewarding hours in the Westerville Library. Amanda, a psychologist, and her family live in the area; Tim is currently a writer and teacher in Salem, Massachusetts.

She is grateful for the opportunity to serve on the Board, having seen the lifelong love of learning a top-notch library can inspire in adults, children, families, and the entire community. She would be very happy to receive comments or suggestions from Westerville Library patrons at hedgeskd@aol.com

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Sonya L. Higginbotham
Secretary

Sonya L. Higginbotham, appointed to the Library board in August 2006, is the director of corporate communications at Worthington Industries. Her responsibilities include employee communications, public relations, marketing, special events and the charitable giving program for Worthington Industries.

Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Worthington Industries is the country's leading intermediate steel processor and a leading manufacturer of metals related products, with annualized sales of approximately $3 billion. Worthington employs approximately 8,000 people in over 60 facilities around the world.

Sonya is active in a number of local organizations, serving on the board of Junior Achievement of Central Ohio, as a board member of Quest Community Church and past president of the Columbus Chapter of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries. She also provides volunteer service for Meals on Wheels.

Sonya graduated from Otterbein College in 1998 with a bachelor’s in organizational communications and Franklin University in 2004 with a master’s in marketing and communication. Sonya is married to husband, Carl, who is the marketing manager at WOSU Public Media, Columbus’ local PBS and NPR affiliate. Together they have a one-year-old son named Ayden.

Your Library Board members are always interested in the comments and suggestions of their customers. Please feel free to e-mail Sonya at Higginbotham@columbus.rr.com

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Michael K. Fultz
Library Board

Michael K. Fultz has been a Westerville resident for nearly 50 years and joined the board in August 2006. He brings more than 30 years experience in municipal government, as well as legal expertise, to the board. He is a current member and past president of the Westerville Library Foundation board.

Mike is an attorney with Metz, Bailey and McLoughlin in Westerville, specializing in business formation, estate planning, probate and litigation. He also serves as the prosecutor in the Westerville Mayor’s Court. He is a graduate of Westerville South High School, earning his law degree at Capital University Law School and an MBA from The Ohio State University.

Prior to entering the practice of law, Mike served for 27 years as a firefighter in the Columbus Division of Fire. While there, he served on Governor Taft’s Homeland Security Strategic Planning Committee, Mayor Coleman’s Security and Preparedness Committee, the MORPC Terrorism Committee, the Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Terrorism Committee, and various emergency medical committees. He retired as a Battalion Chief and the official spokesperson of the Columbus Fire Department. Mike was one of Westerville’s original paramedics.

Your Library Board members are always interested in the comments and suggestions of their customers. Please feel free to e-mail Michael at MKF@aol.com

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Terrence J. Thompson
Library Board

Terrence Thompson was appointed to the Library Board in January 2004 for completion of a five-year term.

Terrence is owner of TSB Computer Solutions, providing short term IT support to numerous businesses in the Columbus and Newark area since June 2003. Prior to this time, he served as Network Support Specialist for AlphaLink Technologies in Newark where he was consultant for small to medium sized businesses needing IT expertise on a short-term basis. His clientele included small law firms, insurance agencies, the Head Start program, the County Board of MR/DD, the YMCA and the Salvation Army.

He has also served as Manager of Information Technology for Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn, LPA where he implemented a document management system, maintained a mixed network environment and supported users in Columbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland law offices, and Tampa and Orlando title agencies.

Your Library Board members are always interested in the comments and suggestions of their customers. Please e-mail Terrence at BIZ4180@yahoo.com

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Jay Huling
Library Board

Jay Huling, appointed to the Library Board in January 2002, has spent 26 years in the financial services industry, with an emphasis on lending and credit risk management. He currently is a Senior Vice President at Bank One, employed as a Risk Manager within the Retail Bank. His responsibilities include credit policy, credit review, quality assurance reviews, and statistical modeling, all supporting dealer originated loans and small business credit.

Jay possesses a strong background in the financial industry. He joined Bank One in 1979, and has held various positions with increasing responsibility throughout the corporation. Prior to joining the Retail Bank, Jay was the director of retail credit policy for Banc One Corporation. He has extensive management experience in all phases of consumer and commercial credit, including staff and line responsibilities.

Jay received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Ohio University, and his Master's in Business Administration from The Ohio State University. He is also a graduate of the Consumer Banking Association's Graduate School of Retail Bank Management at the University of Virginia, and a graduate of Westerville High School.

Jay is a former Westerville Chamber of Commerce board member, having served as Chairman of the Board in 1995, and Chairman of the Westerville Music and Arts Festival.

Jay and his wife Linda have been Westerville residents for 16 years. Their children, Jared and Kathryn are both students in the Westerville school system.

Your Library Board members are always interested in the comments and suggestions of their customers. Please feel free to e-mail Jay at jhuling@wideopenwest.com

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Robert Edmund
Library Board

Robert W. Edmund, appointed to the Board in January 2008, serves as the Director of Policy and External Relations with the Ohio Business Roundtable. This position enables him to shape Ohio‘s public policy in key areas such as education and health care. He formerly was partner in the labor and employment department of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP where his duties included defending employers against discrimination and wrongful discharge lawsuits, agency charges and arbitrations. He frequently lectures and writes on a variety of labor and employment topics and is an adjunct professor at Capital University Law School.

Mr. Edmund has substantial experience counseling employers on a wide variety of labor and employment matters including non-competition agreements; unfair labor practice charges; union campaigns; Family and Medical Leave Act obligations; employee and executive terminations, discipline, and severance arrangements; and other issues.

Rob’s professional activities include membership in the Columbus Bar Association and service on two committees, membership in the Ohio State Bar, American Bar and Federal Bar associations, and participation in the Society for Human Resource Management. He is the 2008 recipient of the Ohio State Bar Foundation Outstanding Community Service Award for district 7 and was named one of Business First‘s Forty Under 40 in 2007.

To aid civic and charitable organizations, Rob serves as a trustee on the United Way of Central Ohio board, is a member and former president of the board for the Columbus Early Learning Centers and serves on the board for Directions for Youth and Family Services.

Rob received his law degree cum laude from Harvard Law School and received his bachelor‘s degree, summa cum laude, in political science and philosophy, with honors, from The Ohio State University.

Your Library Board members are always interested in the comments and suggestions of their customers. Please feel free to e-mail Rob at redmund@ohiobrt.com

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Human Resources Committee

1. John Robbins, Chair
2. Sonya Higginbotham
3. Kay Hedges

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Finance & Budget Committee

1. Jay Huling, Chair
2. Terry Thompson
3. Michael K. Fultz

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Technology Committee

1. Terrence Thompson, Chair
2. John Robbins
3. Michael K. Fultz

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Audit Committee

1. John Robbins, Chair
2. Jay Huling
3. Robert Edmund

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Marketing Committee

1. Sonya L. Higginbotham, Chair
2. Kay Hedges
3. Robert Edmund

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Records Retention Committee

1. John Robbins, Chairperson
2. Don Barlow, Director
3. Norma Ekleberry, Business Manager

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Friends Liaison

1. (Rotating)

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