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Owens Community College Trustee Members Named to Leadership Positions

Mary Beth Hammond

Dr. Srinivas K. Hejeebu

Owens Community College has elected Mary Beth Hammond of Findlay as chair and Srinivas K. Hejeebu, M.D. of Sylvania as vice chair of the college’s Board of Trustees. They will serve one-year terms following a vote by the board.

Appointed to the board in 2013, Hammond has been a key leader for the board, having previously led the board in 2020, 2021 and 2022. She also served as vice chair in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023.

Hammond is retired following more than 30 years of working in the banking industry, where she specialized as a private banker. She supports multiple non-profit organizations and is a past president of the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce.

Also appointed to the Owens board in 2013, Dr. Hejeebu is a professor of medicine at the University of Toledo and an internist at the Medical Center.

The Owens board is comprised of nine community leaders from Lucas, Wood and Hancock Counties who are appointed by the Governor of Ohio for six-year terms. With the October 2023 appoints of Travis Reiff of Bowling Green and Mike Bridenbaker of Monclova, Owens has a full board for the first time in 2021.

The board also includes Matthew McAlear of Perrysburg, Sherina Ohanian of Perrysburg, Richard Rowe Jr. of Findlay, Rita Russell of Toledo and Diana (Dee) Talmage of Ottawa Hills.

For more information about the Owens Community College board of trustees, visit https://www.owens.edu/trustees/.