Meet the Board and Staff
Meet the Board of Directors, Committee Members, and Staff of Kids Voting Dayton Region
Board of Directors
Don Baker
Editor, Dayton Business Journal
Robert P. Bartlett Jr.
Faruki, Ireland & Cox
Susan Bodary
Executive Director, EDvention
Rebecca Butler
Sinclair Community College
Jim Carpenter
President, Liberty Savings Bank
Jana Collier (Board Vice Chair)
Managing Editor, Dayton Daily News
Jim Danis
Director of Business Development/LEED AP, Danis
Toni Perry Gillispie (Board Chair)
Director External Affairs, AT&T
Ken Herr
Vice President of Cooperate Development, Shook Corporation
Brenda Humfleet (Board Sec./Treasurer)
President, Hospice of Dayton Foundation
Lori Morgan Kershner
Government Relations Consultant, Children’s Medical Center
Vince McKelvey (Vice-Chair)
Community Volunteer
Connie Woods
Woods Financial Group
Yang Yunghans
New Page Corporation
Annelise Bodary
Kids Voting Council President
Student, Fairmont High School
Doris Ponitz (Founder, Ex-officio)
Community Volunteer
Government Relations Committee
Lori Morgan Kershner, Chair
The Kids Voting Government Relations Committee is responsible for helping cultivate and maintain relationships with government officials and to help maintain Kids Voting nonpartisan component of the organization’s programming.
Development Committee
Rebecca Butler, Chair
The Kids Voting Development Committee is to establish relationships to secure resources necessary to execute affiliate mission.
Public Relations Committee
Jana Collier, Chair
The Kids Voting Public Relations Committee is responsible for helping cultivate and maintain relationships with the media and to educate the public about Kids Voting mission.
Finance Committee
Brenda Humfleet, Chair
The Kids Voting Finance Committee is responsible for consulting with the Executive Director on the annual budget process of the organization; reviewing and making recommendations on the annual budget; and developing and recommending long range financial objectives for the organization.
Kids Voting Dayton Staff
Bryan Suddith
Executive Director
Justin Collins
Program Manager
Sue Hesselgesser
Education Coordinator
Shawn Jackson
Green/Clark County Coordinator
Bill Green
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