Service Opportunities
OPEG is a completely volunteer-run organization. Board members as well as regular members serve OPEG in various ways. Below are the service committees and other activities on which we regularly need assistance. Currently active volunteers are listed. We greatly thank them for their contribution of time and other resources. Please contact the point person listed if you would like to participate in any of the listed activities. We especially need additional volunteers for the Membership Committee.
Program Committee
Contact: L. Shon Bunkley
Description: Plans and organizes the Spring Exchange and Fall Workshop. Includes determining meeting theme, reviewing members' proposals for the Spring Exchange, selecting keynotes, deciding lunch menus, and developing additional activities during these events.
Meetings: Monthly conference call.
- L. Shon Bunkley - Senior Research Associate, Community Research Partners, Columbus
- Jennifer Chubinski - MSPPM Director, Health Data Improvement. The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
- Susan English – Consultant/Owner, Strategic Evaluation, Wooster
- Nancy Hood - Program Manager, Community Engagement Core, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus
- Tania Jarosewich - Consultant/Owner, Censeo Group, North Royalton
- Julianne Manchester - Director, NTACC / Geriatric Education Centers, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
- Jan Noga - Consultant/Owner, Pathfinder Evaluation and Consulting, Cincinnati
- Brenda Peters - Senior Research Analyst I, Margaret Blenkner Research Institute, Benjamin Rose Institute, Cleveland
- Jan Upton - Consultant/Owner, Institutional Research Consultants, Ltd., Powell
- Thomas Williams - Data Research Information Specialist, ADASBCC, Cleveland
Membership Committee
Contact: Rachel Holbert
Description: Recommends activities designed to recruit new members and continually engage existing members.
Meetings: Conference calls as needed.
- Rachel Holbert - Consultant/Owner, Usable Research, Columbus
- L. Shon Bunkley - Senior Research Associate, Community Research Partners, Columbus
- Carla Clasen - Co-Director, Center for Healthy Communities, Wright State University, Dayton
- Adrienne Glandon - Program Associate, ABLE Evaluation and Design Project, Ohio State University, Columbus
- Sheri Jones - Performance Measures Manager, Ohio Department of Aging, Columbus
Newsletter Committee
Contact: Julianne Manchester
Description: Assist with writing and editing articles for OPEG newsletter.
Meetings: Conference calls as needed.
- Julianne Manchester - Director, NTACC / Geriatric Education Centers, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
Photographers at OPEG Meetings
Contact: Jan Upton
Description: Take photos at OPEG Spring Exchange and Fall Workshop for possible inclusion on web page or newsletter.
Meetings: None. Contact via e-mail and at OPEG meetings.
- Jan Upton - Consultant/Owner, Institutional Research Consultants, Ltd., Powell