Complex sentence: Benjamin served in the cabinet of the former Governor of Ohio Bob Taft, as director of the Ohio Department of Insurance, before which she was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, 1995--2002.
Split into simpler sentences: Benjamin served in the cabinet of the former Governor of Ohio Bob Taft as director of the Ohio Department of Insurance. Prior to that appointment, she was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1995--2002.