Marathon CEO only northwest Ohio representative on JobsOhio board

Marathon Petroleum Company Chief Executive Officer Gary Heminger is named as part of the JobsOhio board. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER Enlarge | Photo Reprints

COLUMBUS — Gov. John Kasich on Monday named Gary R. Heminger, the president and chief executive officer of Marathon Petroleum Corp. in Findlay, to the board governing his new private economic development corporation.

Mr. Heminger is the only member representing northwest Ohio on a panel heavy with representation from the Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati areas.

It came as no surprise that Mr. Kasich’s current jobs czar and former director of the Department of Development, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Mark Kvamme, was also named to the nine-member board of directors of JobsOhio. He is a partner with Sequoia Capital.

JobsOhio, holding its first meeting Monday, will eventually take over many of the functions of the current Department of Development.

Mr. Heminger will serve a nearly four-year term ending on July 5, 2015. Mr. Kvamme will serve two years.

Other appointees include:

—E. Gordon Gee, president of The Ohio State University in Columbus, to serve a one-year term.

—James C. Boland, of Cuyahoga County, retired vice chairman of Ernst & Young and former president, CEO, & vice chairman of the Cavaliers Operating Co., Cuyahoga County. He’ll serve a four-year term.

—Steven A. Davis, chairman of the board and CEO of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., in Franklin County, named to serve a four-year term.

—Dr. Martin Harris, chief information officer and chairman of information technology at the Cleveland Clinic in Geauga County, named to a four-year term.

—Bob McDonald, chairman of the board, president, and CEO of Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, appointed to a one-year term.

—Pamela Springer, president and CEO of Manta Media, Inc., of Franklin County, appointed to serve a two-year term.

The ninth member remains to be appointed.

JobsOhio, a private non-profit corporation, was created legislatively to give the state’s economic development efforts a freer rein to court private capital to mix with taxpayer dollars to invest and partner in development deals.

It will work with six regional economic development groups, including the Regional Growth Partnership in Toledo.