Meet/Join
the
Educators and business professionals from various fields make up the volunteers who donate time and creativity to the program. The group is energetic, dedicated, and generous while keeping the focus on the young participants.
Meetings are held once a month, more often in December and January. Anyone interested in joining the team should fill out and return the Volunteer form on the title bar above. Current needs include someone to help Joe and Gus with COSI logistics, someone to help Dick H. with sponsorships, someone to help Dan B with the January program, and someone to help with media relations.
Lisa
Huelskamp
Teacher
and Coordinator of Gifted Education, Westerville City Schools and
Doctoral
Candidate and Instructor, Science Education and Middle Childhood Education, The
Ohio State University
Responsibilities:
Ohio Region Coordinator, Teacher/School Co-coordinator, and Historian
Steering
Committee
Dan
Becker
Architect,
URS Corporation
Responsibilities: Essay/Abstract Judging Coordinator, Program
Coordinator
Joseph S. Bolzenius, PE,
PS
Franklin County Chapter,
Vice-President of Ohio Society of Professional Engineers and Dynotec, Inc.,
Vice-President – Planning
Responsibilities:
School Recruitment Coordinator, School Registration/Database Coordinator
Mark Bonifas
Hull & Associates, Inc.
Responsibilities:
Logistics Assistant
Dick
Dieffenderfer
Technology
Education/Environmental Education, Ohio Dept. of Education/Office of Curriculum
& Instruction
Responsibilities:
Event Team Floor Coordinator and Assistant
Mark
Farrell
Project
Engineer, TechResources
Responsibilities: Judge Recruitment Coordinator
Dan
Fleisch
Professor
for Dept. of Physics, Wittenberg University
Responsibilities: Map & Model/Presentation, and Final Round
Judges Orientation Coordinator and Scoring
Robert
Foley
Chief
Administrative Officer, M-E Companies
Responsibilities:
Treasurer and Host Organization Contact
Exclusive Agent, Allstate Insurance Co.
Responsibilities: Mayor Walk-Through Coordinator, Awards
Ceremony Coordinator and Videography Coordinator
Joe
Glinski
Safety
Programs Engineer, Federal Highway Administration
Responsibilities:
Logistics
Dick
Henry
Right-of-Way Officer, Federal Highway
Administration
Responsibilities:
Sponsorship Co-Coordinator
Heidi
Hetzel-Evans
Ohio
Department of Natural Resources
Responsibilities:
Media Relations Coordinator
Paul J. D. Locascio
EWP Designer, Fifth Avenue Lumber
Responsibilities:
Logistics Assistant
Peter
Macrae
AIA
President, AIA Board of Directors, Triad Architects, Inc.
Responsibilities: Special Awards Coordinator
Direct Account Manager,
ITT Industries, Inc.
Responsibilities:
Teacher/School Co-coordinator
Paul
'Gus' Smithhisler, P.E.
ODNR
Division of Engineering
Responsibilities:
Mentor Liaison and Logistics Assistant
Research
& Program Assistance Program Unit Manager , Division of Recycling & Litter
Prevention, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Responsibilities:
Special Awards Assistant
Michael
von Fahnestock
Sr.
Research Scientist and Associate Manager, Battelle Hazardous Waste Research
Center, Battelle Memorial Institute
Responsibilities: VIP Judge Coodinator
Carolyn
Watkins
Chief,
Office of Environmental Education, Administrator, Ohio Environmental Education
Fund, Ohio EPA
Responsibilities: Judge Recruitment Coordinator and
Model/Presentation Judging Coordinator
Ron Yarano (not with committee for 07-08)
Professional
Surveyor, Field Operations Coordinator, M-E Companies
Responsibilities: Map Judging Coordinator & Special Award
Judging Assistant
Supporting
Team Members:
Dean
Sutton
Designer,
Battelle Environmental Restoration, Battelle
Memorial Institute
Responsibilities:
Webmaster
Aimée
Zerla,
Public
Relations specialist, Travel & Tourism Division Ohio Department of
Development
Responsibilities:
consultant