Lynn Straker serves as Junior Program Director for the "Call to College" program at Newark High School. With a masters degree in education administration, Lynn previously held elementary school teaching positions and principalships in Granville and Worthington, Ohio and in Ladue, Kirkwood, and St. Louis, Missouri. Throughout her lengthy professional career Lynn has been heavily engaged in education-related community activities. She was elected to the Granville Board of Education, serving as president for two years. She sits on Newark's Midland Theatre Program Committee; served as Co-President of the Parent-Teacher Organization at the Granville Elementary School; and taught Sunday school teacher at Granville's First Presbyterian Church.

Deb Tegtmeyer is a former member of the Granville Village Council. She is Executive Director of the Licking County Coalition for Housing, an organization dedicated to creating solutions to area housing problems through community collaboration. Previously, she served on the board of the Newark Alliance is a local non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to revitalize downtown Newark, Ohio. A Granville High School graduate, Deb is an alumna of Bucknell University.

Scott Emery is Director of Educational Operations for the Granville Schools. Mr. Emery is in his ninth year of service to the Granville Schools, serving as the principal at Granville Elementary School (2000-2002) and Granville Intermediate School (2002-2008) before assuming his current role. He holds an education degree from Bowling Green State University, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1991. He earned his Master's degree in Education Administration from The Ohio State University. Mr. Emery resides in Granville with his wife Wendy and three children Sarah, William, and Grace. His community activities have included serving as the treasurer for the Rotary Club of Granville, serving on the Staff-Parish Relations committee at Centenary United Methodist Church, belonging to the Granville Teen Center Advisory Board, acting as the Board Advisor to the Granville Education Foundation, and leading a Granville Cub Scout den.

Beth Barker has lived in Licking County for 34 years, the last 9 of those in Granville. She is married to Jay and they have one son, Spencer. She is involved in Granville Music Boosters, The Granville Concession Stand Committee, and Substitutes for Secretaries in the Granville School System. Beth is also a member of First Presbyterian Church in Granville. Beth joined the Granville Foundation as a way of giving back to the community.

In addition to his voluntary Granville Foundation Executive Director duties, Doug is currently a consultant to local governments throughout Ohio. From 1980 to 1997, Doug served as Granville Village Manager. Prior to coming to Granville, Doug served as the first town administrator in Duxbury,Massachusetts. Doug holds a BS in Environmental Health from UMass (Amherst) and an MPA from Suffolk University, Boston. A veteran of the Vietnam War, Doug served first as an enlisted man and then as an officer in the US Army, from 1964 - 1970. Currently active in the Granville community and throughout the state, Doug and his wife Sandy live on West College Street, where they raised three sons, all now grown and in careers of their own.

Amy Deeds is Circulation Librarian at the Granville Public Library. She joined the Granville Foundation board in February 2009. Her Granville roots run deep, a member of the fifth generation to live on the family farm. Elected to the board of the Granville Exempted Village School District in 2008, she continues a family tradition of dedication to education begun by her great-grandfather, Charles Deeds, who donated land for an early Granville schoolhouse.

Rob Drake has lived in Granville since 1960, and is a graduate of Granville High School, The College of Wooster and the University of Michigan Law School. He practices law in Newark with the firm of Reese, Pyle, Drake and Meyer. In the Granville community, Rob has twice served on Village Council, has served as Vice Mayor of the Village and served for eight years as Village Law Director. He is a member and past President of the Granville Historical Society and a member and past President of the Granville Rotary Club. He has served as a trustee of the Licking Land Trust and a member of the Recreation Commission. He serves as a trustee and Secretary of the Dawes Arboretum, a member of the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army and as a trustee of the Old Colony Cemetery Board. Rob and his wife, Nancy, have three children, all of whom are graduates of the Granville school system. They are members of the First Presbyterian Church.

Mary Frazell joined the Granville Foundation board in January 2008. She is the Assistant Director for Special Events/Donor Relations at Denison University. An alumna of Denison, Mary came back to Ohio in 1997 from the Washington, DC area where she worked with The American Physical Therapy Association, most recently as the Executive Director of the Maryland Chapter of APTA. Prior to joining APTA, she served as Director of Special Projects for The American Society of Interior Designers in New York City. Active in the Granville community, Mary is a past Board member of The Granville Public Library and has volunteered continuously within the Granville school system. Mary and her husband, Robert Cathcart, live in Granville with their sons, Danny and Griff.

Steve Mershon is a Granville attorney specializing in real estate, banking, and municipal law. Born in Portsmouth, Ohio, he graduated from The Ohio State University College of Law, J.D., with Honors in 1981. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and serves on that organization's Real Property and Business Law Committees. He also is Adjunct Instructor of Business Law, EXCELL Program, Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

Mary Rose O’Brien-Bernini joined the Granville Foundation board in March 2010. As an organizing consultant/speaker, and founder of The Successful Organizer, LLC, Mary Rose helps others become more organized, focused and productive. Mary Rose holds a BA in Psychology with a concentration in Anthropology and Sociology, and worked several years in activities leadership in assisted living centers. In her leisure time, she enjoys travel, photography, audio tapes, scuba diving, cycling, and of course…trying out new organizing ideas on her friends and family. Mary Rose has been a resident of the Village of Granville for 20 years, with her husband Frank, daughter Leah, son Steven. She was an active school volunteer as her children progressed through the entire Granville school system…K-12 (both are now in college).

As president of Paprocki Ltd., Sherry Beck Paprocki is a writer, editor, author and communications expert. A volunteer in the Granville community for over 20 years, Sherry has served on the Granville Bicentennial Commission, as president of the Granville Elementary PTO, vice-president of the Granville Music Boosters, a founder of Granville Schools’ Academic Boosters Group, ASPIRE, and public information chair for the Licking-Knox Community Mental Health and Recovery Board. Sherry is the editor for Columbus Monthly Homes. In the mid-1990s she was the editor/publisher for The Granville Sentinel and Community Booster. She has been published in numerous periodicals including Preservation and InStylemagazines, The Chicago Tribune, Tribune Media Serviceand Cleveland Plain Dealer. She has also written biographies for middle school students about Oprah Winfrey, Bob Marley, Katie Couric, Ellen DeGeneres, and Martha Stewart. Sherry and her husband, Ray, have two adult children.

Greg Sharkey serves as Senior Philanthropy Advisor for The Nature Conservancy. In this role, he assists some of the Conservancy's best supporters across the country on a broad range of issues related to their charitable giving, including the use of vehicles like private foundations and donor advised funds; development of philanthropy mission statements; and structuring of planned gifts. Prior to his work for the Conservancy, Greg served as Director of Planned Giving/Senior Development Officer at his alma mater, Denison University. Greg and his wife, Ginny, and their four children have lived in Granville since 1995. Greg is a Board Member with the Licking Land Trust, and is President of the Central Ohio Planned Giving Council.

Mary Lee Van Meter and her family have lived in Granville since 1971. With an advanced degree in accounting, Mary Lee has worked energetically on behalf of numerous community causes. She served as a member of the Granville Exempted Village Board of Education for nine years and Treasurer of the Granville Rotary for four years. She also was a member of the 1990-91 Comprehensive Plan Committee and co-chaired the Village-Township Merger Study Group.