| |
 
|
|
| |
By investing in the Ohio Chamber, your voice will be added to the thousands of other Ohio businesses already benefiting from the Chamber's work. JOIN TODAY 
|
|
| |
From bill tracking to white papers learn all about the issues that affect your business.
To learn more
|
|
|
|
|
            
| |
Policy Committees
Our standing committees are the lifeblood of the Ohio Chamber. Our member-driven committees examine the current needs of Ohio’s business community and recommend positions the Chamber should take on pending legislation. The work of the Chamber committees guide the Chamber’s governmental affairs team.
To respond to the needs of Ohio employers for qualified, well-trained employees by promoting policies that meet the demands of today's workplace and improves Ohio's primary and secondary education, higher education and adult training systems.
Chairman: David Kalina, Partner, Burgess & Niple
Staff Contact: Daniel Navin, Assistant Vice President, Tax & Economic Policy
To support employment law reforms that are fair to both employers and employees and simplify Ohio's employment law statute and eliminates frivolous lawsuits filed against employers for such claims.
Chairman: Jan Hensel, Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Staff Contact: Tony Seegers, Director, Labor and Human Resources Policy
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
To evaluate federal, regional and state issues that are energy and/or environment-related, especially those that impact business, jobs and environmental quality and to work directly with state agency personnel to develop short and long-term solutions to environmental challenges.
Staff Contact: Jennifer Klein, Director, Energy & Environmental Policy
HEALTH CARE
To promote a market-based health care system based on free enterprise principles that provides access to quality, affordable health care for all Ohioans.
To promote and protect the establishment, growth and vitality of small business in Ohio by supporting legislation and government actions that encourage small business development and strengthen free enterprise.
Chair: Kathy Hughes, Partner, Taylor, Applegate, Hughes & Associates
To monitor and make recommendations on public affairs issues and activities including elections, campaign finance, ethics and lobbyist regulations, when of interest to the business community; and to examine proposed state constitutional amendments or iniative petition efforts that affect the electoral process.
Co-Chair: Kevin Baron, Assistant Vice President, Legislative Affairs, Nationwide Insurance
Co-Chair: Louise S. Hughes, Director, Ohio Government Relations & Corporate Affairs, The Procter & Gamble Co.
Staff Contact: Linda Woggon, Vice President, Governmental Affairs
To review all taxation and spending issues affecting Ohio businesses, to recommend positions on issues related to general state tax policy and to advocate legislative proposals to remedy business tax problems.
Chairman: James R. Seiwert, Director, State/Local Taxes, Owens-Illinois
Staff Contact: Daniel Navin, Assistant Vice President, Tax & Economic Policy
To support workers' compensation reforms that eliminate mandatory delays, impose new penalties on those who abuse the system and streamline and simplify the system to ensure that it runs efficiently and effectively.
Chairman: Preston Garvin, Attorney, Garvin & Hickey LLC
Staff Contact: Tony Seegers, Director, Labor & Human Resources Policy
For more information on how to get involved in committees, email Sherry Heffner, Governmental Affairs Assistant.
|
|
|
|
