Mitchell D. Acock, Jerry O. Allen, Joan Buchanan Hill, and Lee S. Szykowny, M.D. will begin serving three-year terms. CCAD Board Chair Michael J. Fiorile remarked, “We are honored to have these outstanding individuals join us. Each brings particular experience and expertise to this work.”

In other action, the trustees appointed Fiorile as chair, Robert P. Restrepo Jr., vice-chair, Patricia R. Hatler, secretary, and James E. Kunk, treasurer. Each will serve two-year terms.

Acock is a registered architect and principal of Acock Associates Architects, Columbus. The firm designed CCAD’s Loann Crane Center for Design and the college’s award-winning Design Square Apartments.

Allen is a partner at Bricker & Eckler LLP in Columbus. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2005 and has previously served on numerous arts-related boards in Central Ohio.

Hill is a division director at Columbus School for Girls. She is actively involved with the YWCA in Columbus.

Dr. Szykowny works at Central Ohio Behavioral Medicine, Inc. in Columbus. She also serves on boards of mental health, hospital, and arts organizations, and an annual fund advisory committee for Williams College.

Three other trustees each were awarded additional three-year terms and four others rotated off the board due to term limits.

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