New officers and board members kick off the new year for the Clinton County Foundation. The Board of Trustees elected the following officers for 2025:
- Jeff Drapalik, President
- Pam McCoy, Vice President
- Becky Strafford, Treasurer
- Barbara Deibel, Secretary.
Newly elected members of the Board of Trustees this year are:
- Patricia Brewer
- Russ Kincaid
- Ron Wright
- Mindy Zeigler
A native of Clinton County, Patricia Brewer is a proud graduate of Wilmington High School and Wilmington College and is a dedicated adult educator with significant experience as a program evaluator and practitioner-researcher. She serves as a member of the Peer Review Corps and the Institutional Actions Council for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association and is a member of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education and Commission of Professors of Adult Education.
Russ Kincaid has been a Wilmington College Professor since 2005, where he has taught a wide range of undergraduate math and physics courses as well as global issues and honors courses. While he has taught primarily on Wilmington College’s main campus, he has also taught courses at both its Cincinnati branch campus and in its Prison Education Program. Russ grew up on a small farm located between New Vienna and Hillsboro, attended New Vienna Elementary School and graduated from East Clinton High School.
A veteran marketing strategist, Ron Wright draws on more than four decades of experience in sales, marketing, and management to help business leaders adapt and thrive. An early adopter of digital marketing in 1998, he founded or co-founded four startups, developing expertise in both traditional and digital communication. Except for a year in Florida, Ron and his family have been Clinton County residents since 1992.
A life-long resident of Wilmington, Mindy Zeigler is a registered pharmacist with over twenty years of experience at Longs Pharmacy and Zeigler Pharmacy. Her day-to-day interaction with the public in a healthcare setting has given her an intimate understanding of the challenges many in our community face in acquiring access to medical care.
About Our Board
Foundation Board members reflect the Foundation’s values of community spirit, respect, excellence and inclusion and are appointed for an initial term of three years and may serve up to three consecutive terms. Visit https://clintoncountyohiofoundation.org/ for detailed bios on our trustees and staff.