NEW BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED
At its May 16, 2008, meeting, the Association’s board elected three new directors whose five-year terms will begin at the conclusion of the September meeting. A five-member nominating committee unanimously recommended the directors-elect for consideration after reviewing a large base of candidates from around the country.
The new members bring to the board expertise in business, information technology, and education, along with a commitment to advancing the Association in its mission to connect alumni, students, and friends in lifelong support of Ohio State and each other.
DOUGLAS L. ASCHENBACH ’81
The Marching Band, Sphinx, and the Student-Alumni Council were some of the organizations Douglas L. Aschenbach was active in at Ohio State as he pursued an undergraduate degree in accounting. As executive vice president of Campus Partners, Aschenbach has the pulse of the university community. He has been actively involved in the development of South Campus Gateway, a retail, entertainment, office, and residential complex in the University District. Aschenbach’s community involvement also includes service on the board of the Wellington School and as the building committee chair for King Avenue United Methodist Church.
Aschenbach says being selected as a member of the Marching Band is his favorite Ohio State memory. That eventually led him to become a founder of the Script Ohio Club, which provides private financial support for the band.
Prior to joining Campus Partners in 2001, Aschenbach was the sole proprietor of Guided Solutions, a commercial real estate consulting firm in Columbus. He also worked with W. Lyman Case and Co. in Columbus, Karsten Realty Advisors in Los Angeles, and Price Waterhouse in Philadelphia. Aschenbach received his MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1985.
IRENE BANDY-HEDDEN ’79
Dr. Irene Bandy-Hedden has been serving in the field of education her entire adult life. What started as a desire to help children led her to become a teacher of science and English. She went on to become a counselor and administrator on the local, regional, and state levels, and an author and frequent speaker. Currently, Bandy-Hedden is president of Paragon Communications, Inc., which provides education consulting to community groups, school districts, universities, and state departments of education.
Bandy-Hedden previously served 20 years in the Ohio Department of Education, including as assistant superintendent of public instruction and assistant superintendent for school improvement. In the mid-1980s, she led the development of the Early Childhood Program, an accomplishment of which she is very proud. The Ohio Department of Education’s annual Irene Bandy-Hedden Early Childhood Education Leadership Awards were named in her honor. Bandy-Hedden has also served on national education committees and on boards of several national organizations.
Bandy-Hedden earned her undergraduate degree from Ohio University and her master’s degree from Eastern Kentucky University. She received her doctorate in education from Ohio State in 1979. She previously worked with the Alumni Association as a member of the College of Education’s Society of Alumni and Friends, and she was the college’s representative on the Alumni Advisory Council from 1991 to 1997. She currently serves on the board of the Alumni Club of Sarasota-Manatee. She and her husband, Larry Hedden, live in Sarasota, Fla.
JERRY L. CANTERBURY ’87
Ohio State gave Jerry L. Canterbury a full academic scholarship, and he has been paying forward ever since.
Canterbury, who earned his undergraduate degree in computer and information science, has been active in several Ohio State alumni clubs and served as president of the clubs in Washington, D.C., and the state of Delaware. In his leadership roles, he brought focus to what he calls “The Four S’s”: Service to Ohio State alumni; service to current Ohio State students; service to the community; and student recruitment. In 1998 he received the William Oxley Thompson Alumni Award for early career achievement, and he received the Alumni Association’s Best Buckeye Award for contributions to club leadership and activities in 1996. As a former member of the Marching Band, Canterbury comes back to campus for the alumni game each fall to march down the field “one more time.”
Since 1998, Canterbury has served as project manager and senior managing consultant for IBM Corp. Canterbury received his MBA with honors from the University of Georgia in 2005. He and his wife, fellow Ohio State graduate Nancy Canterbury, recently moved from Twinsburg, Ohio, to Holly Springs, N.C.
