President
Katherine Kramer
Council of Development Finance Agencies
Columbus, OH
Katie Kramer joined the OSDC board in October of 2015. She is the Vice President at the Council of Development Finance Agencies, a national association dedicated to the advancement of development finance concerns and interests. She is an accomplished non-profit executive with expertise in state and local economic development finance programs, policies, and practices. Her writing has been featured in numerous industry publications and reports, including those commissioned by The Kresge Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, U.S. Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Department of Agriculture. She regularly speaks about development finance at national conferences and is a guest lecturer at The Ohio State University. She holds a BA in English with honors from Cleveland State University.
Vice President
Chris Magill
Ice Miller
Columbus, Ohio
Chris Magill is the Economic Development Director for Ice Miller, LLP helping clients achieve growth strategies through economic development consulting. He has helped negotiate and secure over $300 million in tax credits, abatements and grants including the head quarters expansion of many Fortune 500 companies. Chris has also served as the executive director of the Ohio Tax Credit Authority for the Ohio Development Services Agency. He obtained his Master’s in Business Administration in from Ohio University.
Treasurer
Theodore (Ted) Johnson
Parms + Company, LLC
Columbus, Ohio
Ted Johnson joined the OSDC board in December of 2014. He brings extensive accounting, tax and management advisory experience that spans more than 35 years. Ted heads up the tax, small business and forensic accounting services for Parms + Company, LLC. He holds a Bachelor in Business Administration in Accounting from The Ohio State University. Ted is licensed as a CPA and also has the CFE and CFF designations (Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified in Financial Forensics, respectively).
Secretary
Lisa Delp
GDI Partners
Columbus, OH
Lisa Delp is a serial entrepreneur who brings a first-person perspective to the needs of growing companies and local economies. She is a co-founder of GDI Partners, a woman-owned business focused on community development and small business engagement with the Department of Defense. In support of the U.S. entrepreneurial ecosystem Lisa is an instructor for the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute; globally, she works to provide guidance in many aspects of government-led tech-based economic development. She is a former Executive Director for the Ohio Third Frontier and served as a Founding Board Member of Venture Ohio.
Paul Collinsworth
Huntington National Bank
Columbus, Ohio
Paul Collinsworth is Vice President and a Senior SBA Product Manager for Huntington National Bank. Previously, Paul was a Senior Commercial Relationship Manager at Huntington Bank in both the not-for-profit and Middle Market groups. He started his career as a Loan Officer with the Columbus SBA District Office. Paul has almost 20 years of experience working with small and middle market size businesses and NFP organizations. Mr. Collinsworth earned his M.B.A. from Ohio State University in 1991 and his B.A. in Economics from Kenyon College in 1983.
Thomas Mack
PNC
Columbus, OH
Thomas Mack was voted onto the OSDC board in April of 2018. He is a Senior Vice President and Relationship Manager in the Commercial Banking sector of the Corporate Banking Group at PNC. Thomas joined the Bank in 1989 as a member of the Retail Management Training program. After several years as a Retail Branch Manager, Thomas moved to Corporate Banking as a Relationship Manager. He managed a Corporate Banking team for several years before joining the Credit Risk Management Team in 2005 as a Credit Officer. In 2009, he rejoined Corporate Banking as Group Manager and moved into in his current role in February 2015. Thomas has a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from Adrian College.
Blake Compton
Compton Construction
Columbus, OH
Blake Compton joined OSDC in April of 2019. He brings a passion for small business in the central Ohio community. Founder of Compton Construction in 2012, a design build and general contracting company, his firm has built some of the most premier downtown breweries, co-working spaces and adaptive reuse projects around central Ohio.
Bryant Fox
Park National Bank
Columbus, OH
Bryant Fox joined the OSDC board in 2020. He is a Vice President at Park National Bank and leads a team of commercial lenders in the Greater Dayton Area. Bryant started at Park National Bank in Mansfield, OH as a Management Associate and his last position prior to moving to western Ohio was in Columbus as the Credit Manager for Park National Bank’s Structured Warehouse department, a specialized asset-based lending group with a national footprint focusing on non-bank finance companies. He holds Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Master of Business Administration degrees from The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business.
Susan Foltz
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Rushville, OH
Susan Foltz joined the OSDC Board in October 2022. She recently retired as the Director of the Ohio Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). The program is funded through the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at the US Department of Commerce. Under her leadership, the funding and performance increased by over 200 percent; opened new opportunities for expansion of manufacturing into automation, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, process improvement, apprenticeships as well as practical military applications; expanded a statewide support network of more than 200 organizations to focus on improving manufacturing in Ohio. She has deep experience in manufacturing, with more than two decades of private industry experience before joining ODOD. She served our country in the US Army for almost four years. Susan holds a BA in Business Management from Cambridge State University and several business and industry certifications.
Susan and her husband live on the family farm in southeastern Fairfield County. They have five adult children, 12 grandchildren, and one great-grandson!!