Reese has been a member of the Citizens Council since its inception and was general chairman of the fund drive for the Newark campus. He is a trustee emeritus of the board of the Central Ohio Technical College and president of the Thomas J. Evans Foundation. FE Norman R. Sleight, of Newark, a part-time development officer for the Newark Campus. Sleight is a retired regional vice president of State Farm Insurance Cos. He is a former chairman of the Citizens Council and treasurer of the Newark Campus Development Fund Board.
Sleight is active in many community organizations.
FE Eugene Branstool, a family farmer from Utica. Branstool, a former assistant secretary of agriculture under President Clinton, served eight years each in the Ohio Senate and the House of Representatives. FE Stuart N. Parsons, senior vice president and trust officer of Park National Bank. Parsons has been serving as secretary of the Citizens Council. The Newark resident is active in many community and professional activities.