Transcript For the Common Good November 28, 2000 10 th Anniversary

For the Common Good
A Trip Down
Common Good’s
Memory Lane
November 28, 2000
10th Anniversary Celebration & Institute
Southern State Community College
Wilmington Campus
Wilmington, Ohio
Today, we pause to celebrate 10 years of
For the Common Good history
and collaboration. Many of us know that
the project was initiated in 1990
as a result of the Family Support
Act of 1988. However, the true
origin of the Common Good can
be traced to seven women…
From Ohio
Ohio
To Virginia
Virginia
Their destination, Williamsburg, VA and a national
conference addressing interagency collaboration.
They represented both the Ohio Department of
Education, and The Ohio Department of
Job and Family Services. Their work during that
conference laid the foundation for the Common
Good’s first institute in 1990, and the 10 years of
collaboration that have followed. Today,
those 7 are affectionately referred
to as the “Founding Mothers”. They are:
Sandra Thatcher Laurenson
Lynne Hall
Connie Ackerman
Virginia Ringel
Ellen Seusy
Jane Frye
Gene Todd
The Common Good’s Current Leadership is
comprised of representatives of the following
state agencies…
The Ohio Department of Education,
Career-Technical, and Adult Education
The Ohio Department
of Natural Resources
The Ohio Department of Development
The Ohio Department of
Job and Family Services
The Ohio Board of Regents
The Ohio Department of Alcohol
& Drug Addiction Services
The Ohio Department of Aging
…and includes the following individuals:
Emma Brewer
Susan Imel
Sally Prouty
Carol Brigham
Gwen Ivory
Chris Reis
Paul Brown
Mary King
Ellen Seusy
Kris Cox
Jamie Klinger
Chris Sherman
Jeff Gove
Jeanne Lance
Jean Sickles
Cathy Hill
Sue McKitrick
Robert Smedley
Mike Hock
Barb Nicol
David Spaulding
Ben Ibe
Linda O’Connor
Sanford Starr