The Board of Trustees of Friends of the Ravines meets at 7:00 in room 100 of the Northwood High Building on the 4th Thursday of every month except during July, November, and December. The Northwood High Building is located at 2231 North High Street.
The Board of Trustees
CHAIR OF THE BOARDJack Cooley is Assistant Vice Provost for
Undergraduate Studies at The Ohio State University,
with foreign policy as his academic field. He currently
is chairman of the Clintonville Area Commission
and sits on the Columbus Development Commission.
He has been a member of various civic organizations
and has lived in Clintonville for 23 years.
VICE-CHAIR OF THE BOARD
Andrea
Gorzitze
is Senior
Education
Coordinator
for the
Greenways
Program at
the Mid-Ohio
Regional
Planning
Commission.
Her
educational
background
combines
biology and
anthropology.
She has
conducted
ecological
research in
Indonesia
and taught
biology,
ecology, and
physical
anthropology
at Columbus
State
Community
College and
at the DSCC
branch of
Park
University.
She has been
working with
watershed
groups since
April 2000.
After
spending 14
years in the
Olentangy
River
watershed,
she now
lives in the
Scioto River
watershed.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Martha Harter Buckalew has been active in
Friends of the Ravines since its inception. She
served on the original advisory board, has been
involved in the Glen Echo restoration since it began,
and has contributed articles to Ravinia. She is
a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music and has
held numerous district and state offices in the
Ohio Music Teachers Association
RECORDING SECRETARY
Sherrill Massey has an MFA in drawing and
printmaking. Her drawings and prints have been exhibited
regionally, nationally, and internationally. She
has served as a trustee on numerous boards including
The Italian Village Society, North Market Development
Authority, and Godman Guild Association. She has
been a resident of Columbus since 1974 and lives
in Italian Village.
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Tom Logsdon has an undergraduate degree
in forestry and a masters degree in city and
regional planning from The Ohio State University.
He has worked for the Ohio EPA but has spent most
of his career in commercial real estate as a facility
manager. Tom has served on numerous nonprofit boards,
is a past president of the Italian Village Society,
and a member of various environmental organizations.
Jeff Brown has a
bachelors degree in physical therapy from The Ohio
State University and works as a management
consultant for Navigator Management Partners. He and his wife Robin live with their dog
Jill and cat Griffin on Glen Echo Ravine.
Susann Moeller, PhD, is a professor in the
humanities, a writer and glass blower turned stonemason.
Her landscape design company focuses on native plants,
water conservation issues and wildlife habitat preservation.
As an animal rights activist and certified animal
emergency rescue worker she has worked on campaigns
locally and nationally. The Humane Society of the
United States recently certified her backyard as
an urban wildlife sanctuary. She has kept her fingers
on the creative heartbeat of local and international
relations as a frequent guest curator. She and her
certified therapy dog Kasper have been residents
on Glen Echo Ravine for seven years.
Brian Gara is an avid amateur botanist
with a strong interest in studying native Ohio fern
species. He graduated with a BA in Art and Biology
from Bluffton College (1985), an MS in Botany from
Ohio University (1987), and a PhD from The Ohio
State University in Environmental Science (1995).
Brian has worked as a researcher with the OSU
Biomedical Engineering Center (1988 – 1995), a
Wetland Specialist with the Missouri Department of
Transportation (1995 – 1999), and a GIS Professional
with the State of Ohio (1999-2006). His hobbies
include hiking central Ohio parks, playing
basketball, and throwing the Frisbee with his
daughter, Sarita. Brian’s two-part article, “Ferns
in the Ravines of Central Ohio,” appeared in the
Fall 2004/Winter 2005 and Spring/Summer 2005 issues
of Ravinia. His fern photography was the centerpiece
of Friends of the Ravines’ display at Riverfest in
2005.
HONORARY MEMBER
Salle Cleveland, former editor of Ravinia
and founder of Friends of the Ravines, now resides
in Delaware, Ohio. The Board of Trustees is grateful
to Salle for her vision and her commitment.
GLEN ECHO RESTORATION PROJECT DIRECTOR
Chris OLeary has served as the project
director of the Glen Echo North Slope Restoration
since 2000. He has coordinated volunteer work crews,
donations of logs and topsoil from the city, purchase
of supplies, the Civilian Conservation Corps and
volunteer planting crews. Chris has served as coordinator
for Friends of the Ravine on Glen Echo (FORGE) and
has organized annual cleanups and invasive plant
removal in Glen Echo Park. Professionally Chris
is a freelance illustrator.
SUPPORT PERSONNEL
Development Advisor
Anne Paterson is a ravine aficionado. Formerly
a resident of Walhalla Ravine, she now lives on
Glen Echo Ravine. She has 14 years of experience
with fund raising at The Ohio State University where
she worked in University Communications and Development
in the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations
and as Development Officer for the College of Biological
Sciences. She is currently pursuing a masters
degree in geology and has an extensive background
in botany. Her interests include river running,
planetary science, and natural history.
Membership Chairman
Louis Buckalew recently retired from forty-four
years of service as a United Methodist Minister.
After serving churches in West Virginia, Missouri,
and Ohio he was appointed Director of the Office
of Ministry of the West Ohio United Methodist Conference
in 1987. In 1998 he was appointed Assistant to the
Bishop. Louis is an avid reader and loves music,
especially opera. He brings meticulous bookkeeping
skills to Friends of the Ravines Membership Committee.
Restoration Technician and Spokesman
John Husted has worked for the Ohio Department
of Natural Resources as Manager of the Abandoned
Mine Land Reclamation Program for 22 years and served
as Board Supervisor for the Athens County Soil and
Water Conservation District in 199091 before
he moved to Columbus. John is an avid volunteer
who has given his services by educating K-12 students
on resource conservation, serving as a volunteer
for Athens County Arbor Committee 1989-91, and has
been volunteering his time generously to Friends
of the Ravines since 1999.
Pictured from left to right:
Andrea Gorzitze, Tom Logsdon,
Martha Buckalew, and Susann
Moeller. On
November 18, 2005 Keep Franklin
County Beautiful presented a
Beautification Award to Friends
of the Ravines for installing
rescued native ferns and wild
flowers on the slopes of Glen
Echo Park and educational
outreach activities through Ravinia and a
booth featuring
the ferns of
Central Ohio at Riverfest in
May.

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