Daniel B. Ross, Ph.D.
COMMISSIONER of the OHSAA since August 1, 2004.
Responsibilities: Appeals, Approval/Change of Custody, Board of Control Meetings
and Agenda Items, Corporate Sponsorships & Contracts, District Board/Board of Control
Elections, Interpretation of Bylaws and Constitution, OHSAA Pension Plan Committee,
Questions Regarding Recruiting, Self-supporting Student Athletes, School Membership
Applications.Dan is the ninth commissioner of the
OHSAA. His passion and enthusiasm for secondary education, combined with his tireless
efforts to promote the important role that interscholastic athletics and extracurricular
programs play for students, have helped the OHSAA become one of the most respected high
school associations in the country.
Ross has extensive experience as a school
administrator in Ohio, having served as a superintendent, principal, teacher, counselor
and coach for 30 years, and he also has experience as a college instructor, in
manufacturing and as a contest official.
Ross is a native of Portsmouth and graduated
from Columbus St. Charles High School in 1967. He earned a bachelor’s degree in
history and political science from Ohio Dominican College in 1971.
He began his career in education in 1971 as an
elementary school teacher at Portsmouth Catholic Elementary School. The following year he
moved to the Scioto County Joint Vocational School in Lucasville. He served as a social
studies teacher there for two years and as a counselor for three more years. Also during
that time, Dan earned his master’s degree in guidance and counseling from Xavier University
in 1973.
Ross left the education profession for a year
in 1977 to serve as a production supervisor with the Didier-Taylor Corp., a manufacturing
company in South Shore, Ky. He returned to education the following year when he became the
principal at Portsmouth Notre Dame Junior-Senior High School.
After three years at Notre Dame, Dan moved to Bowling
Green in 1981 and served as an instructor at Bowling Green State University while working
on his doctorate degree. He completed his Ph.D. at BGSU in 1983 in educational
administration and supervision.
For 21 years prior to joining the OHSAA, he
served as superintendent at three different school districts, leading the Patrick Henry
Local Schools in Hamler (Henry County) for three years from 1983 to 1986, the Pickerington
Local Schools (Fairfield County) for 11 years from 1986 to 1997 and the Avon Lake City
Schools (Lorain County) for seven years from 1997 to July 31, 2004.
Ross, who has completed additional
postgraduate work at the University of Tennessee and Ohio, Ashland and Columbia
universities, also has experience as a coach when he served as the freshman and assistant
varsity boys basketball coach at Portsmouth Notre Dame.
In addition, Dan was registered for 20 years
as an OHSAA official, where he had five boys state basketball and two girls state
basketball tournament assignments and also worked in the sports of volleyball and
baseball. While living in Portsmouth, he started a local chapter of the volleyball
officials association. He was inducted into the OHSAA Officials Hall of Fame in 2006.
Ross was the recipient of the 2003
Superintendent of the Year Award by the Ohio Parent Teacher Association. That same year,
he also was named the Outstanding School Administrator by the Ohio Music Education
Association. Dan was also named a 2008 Friend of Education that was presented by the Ohio
Association of Local School Superintendents.
Ross has represented the United States on an
educational mission to the Soviet Union and represented Ohio on educational missions to China
and at Columbia University. He worked with the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and local boards
of education on “Boardsmanship” workshops, worked with Georgia Southern
University on “Projects for Youth at Risk” and was a member of an OHSAA ad hoc
committee to review the bylaws and constitution. He is currently serving on the NCAA
Initial-Eligibility Review Committee and recently chaired the National Federation of State
High School Associations 2008-2011 Strategic Planning Committee.
He is also past president and was a member of
the executive committee of the Ohio Association of Local School Superintendents, and, as
president of the Avon-Avon Lake Rotary Club, he represented Northeast Ohio at a Rotary
International service project in Costa Rica. In addition, Ross was an adjunct professor at
Ohio University, Bowling Green State University and Baldwin-Wallace College.
Dan and his wife, Kristine, have four grown
children. Daughter Heather and her husband, Adam, reside in Pickerington and have a son,
Brayden. Heather is a graduate of Cleveland State University and teaches high school
science. Son Nathan, a graduate of Ohio University, is a sales representative for Quest
and resides in Delaware with his wife Valerie and son
William. Son Joseph, a graduate
of Bowling Green State University, is a sales representative for State Auto Insurance and
resides in Phoenix. Son John, who resides in Gahanna, graduated from Bowling Green State University,
recently completed his M.B.A. at Cleveland State and works for State Auto Insurance as an
underwriter and resides in Cleveland.
Bob Goldring
Associate Commissioner for Operations since August 7, 2008
Assistant Commissioner since August 1, 2005
Director of Information since October 2, 1995
Bob joined the Ohio High School Athletic Association in the fall of 1995 as
Director of Information Services. He was promoted to Assistant Commissioner in June 2005
and again to Associate Commissioner for Operations in 2008. A 1977 graduate of Orrville
High School, he holds two degrees from The Ohio State University, earning a Bachelor of
Arts degree in journalism in 1981 and a Master of Arts degree in sport management in 1982.
Bob’s previous work has all been in collegiate sports information offices. He was
sports information director and assistant public relations director at Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, Ind.) from June 1983 to May 1984; assistant sports
information director and athletic publications coordinator at Purdue University from June
1984 to April 1990, and assistant sports information director at Ohio State from May 1990
to September 1995. His publications at those institutions won 22 national and 16 district
awards from the College Sports Information Directors of America. While at Ohio State, he
taught a graduate course in the sport management program on sports public relations.
Bob and his wife, Terri, an elementary school teacher with the Worthington City Schools,
have two sons, Sam and Max. They reside in Powell.
Deborah B. Moore
Associate Commissioner for Eligibility since August 7, 2008
Assistant Commissioner since June 5, 1989
Responsibilitites: Coaching Education, Interpretation of Bylaws and
Constitution, Referendum Issues and Voting, OHSAA Chemical Awareness,
Healthy Lifestyles Programs and Sports Medicine Issues, Rules/Regulations for FH, GGYM,
VB, SD, TF, Tournament Officials Assignments for FH, GGYM, Scholar-Athlete Scholarships,
Student Eligibility Questions - including transfers and foreign exchange students
Debbie received a high school diploma from Newark Senior High School in 1970.
She received a Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education in 1974 from
Kent State University, a Master of Arts in physical education teacher education in 1978
from The Ohio State University and Ph.D. in physical education teacher education in 1980
from The Ohio State University.
Debbie began teaching and coaching in the Buckeye Valley Local Schools in 1974. She
coached volleyball, gymnastics and track and field while teaching health and physical
education. She has been on the faculty of Wilmington College, where she also coached
intercollegiate volleyball for five years, Furman University in Greenville, S.C., and Kent
State University. She has been a seasonal employee of the Columbus Recreation and Parks
Department in the aquatics division for 19 summers, 13 of those seasons in management.
Debbie is an avid runner, skier and triathlete. She and her husband, Bobby, principal at
Canaan Middle School, reside in Plain City.
Steve Neil
Assistant Commissioner since August 6, 2005
Responsibilities: Tournament administration in selected sports; assist in oversight of
the OHSAA sportsmanship program; assist in oversight of OHSAA contracts, RFP’s and
sponsorships.
Steve obtained a high school diploma from Walnut Hills High School in the
Cincinnati Public School District in 1994. He graduated from Miami University in 1999 with
a B.S in Health and Sports Studies, following the thematic sequence in Educational
Leadership. While at Miami, he also participated as a collegiate baseball player and was
an intern in the athletic department.
In 2001, he completed a M.S in Sports Studies while working in the athletic department as
Assistant Director of Event Management/Operations. Steve served as the Director of
Athletic Events and Community Relations from August 2003-February 2005, then transitioned
into a position as Assistant Director of Corporate Relations and Ticket Sales from
February 2005-June 2005.
In August 2003, Steve completed the NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males,
which focused on Leadership and Administration, Finance and Fundraising, along with
Booster and Public Relations.
He served as tournament manager from 1999-2005 in all aspects of OHSAA tournaments in the
Southwest District in the sports of football, girls and boys basketball, baseball and
softball. Steve has also served as a registered OHSAA official in the sports of basketball
and baseball since 1999.
Steve enjoys assisting with professional development, community involvement and assisting
with baseball and basketball sport camps.
Roxanne Price
Assistant Commissioner since August 9, 2007
Director of Membership Services February 21, 2006 to August 8, 2007
Responsibilities: Enrollment (EMIS Report) and Classifications, Harold A. Meyer
Awards, Interpretation of Bylaws and Constitution, Rules/Regulations for BTE, GTE, BW, SB,
Sportsmanship Ethics and Integrity Program, Student Eligibility Questions - including
transfers and foreign exchange students, Tournament officials assignments in TE.
Roxanne is a "Little Giant," having graduated from Fremont Ross High
School in 1977. She can also be considered a Buckeye, Cavalier, Zip, and Cougar having
worked over 20 years in intercollegiate athletics in the area of student support services.
She began her professional career in 1985 at the University of Virginia as assistant
director of academic advising for student-athletes. From UVA, she moved on to the
University of Akron and then to the Ohio State University, where she spent over eight
years working with Buckeye student-athletes. Most recently, she worked at Columbus State
Community College, where she was the director of student activities and athletics. While
at Columbus State, Roxanne oversaw a 12-team intercollegiate athletic program in terms of
compliance and student-athlete welfare. She also was responsible for campus programming -
social, cultural, and recreational - as well as the campus leadership program and
facilitating Columbus States' Student Code of Conduct hearings.
Roxanne graduated summa cum laude from OSU in 1981 and completed her master's degree from
OSU in 1984 in counseling psychology. She is a member of Fremont Ross' Sports Hall of Fame
for her achievements in basketball and track.
Roxanne enjoys writing in her spare time and is the author of
three children's books. Her most recent, Troy and The Championship Trophy, was
published last fall and her upcoming book, Buckeyes, Bowties and Sweater Vests, will
be available soon. Roxanne is single and resides in Worthington.
Henry Zaborniak Jr.
Assistant Commissioner since May 18, 1995
Responsibilities: Administration of Officials Programs & Regulations, Ejections
From Contests - Athletes & Coaches, Football Computer Rankings, Officials
Clinics/Training, Officials Insurance Program, Rules/Regulations for BK, FT, WR,
Tournaments Officials Assignments: FT, VB, BK, WR, BB, SB, SO, CC, TF
Henry received a high school diploma from Brookside High
School in 1974 after attending Marion Harding High School during his freshman and
sophomore years. He graduated from Ohio Northern University in 1978 and earned a
master’s degree from Bowling Green State University in 1983. Prior to his employment
with the OHSAA, Hank served the Eastwood School District as transportation coordinator,
athletic director and attendance officer.
Henry began officiating in 1975. He officiated high school and
collegiate basketball through 1992 and has officiated Division I-A intercollegiate
football since 1990. He is currently a member of the Big Ten football officials staff,
(NFL-Europe) of American Football.
In January 1989, Henry was one of the first Athletic Directors in the
U.S. to receive a Certified Athletic Administrator designation from the National
Federation.
Henry was a contributing author to the Human Kinetics/REI book Successful Sports
Officiating. He has served on several NFHS committees, including publications, officials
education, conference planning and football officiating manual. Hank continues to serve as
a presenter or clinician at officiating-related conferences throughout the country. In
addition, Henry was recognized for his contributions to interscholastic officiating when
he received the 2001 NFOA National Distinguished Contributor Award. He is currently
serving two years on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Sports
Officials.
He and his wife Kim reside in Pickerington with their three children: Matthew, Todd, Sarah
Alexis and Airedale Terriers Angus, Diablo and Patrick.
Jerry Snodgrass
Assistant Commissioner since August 1, 2008
Responsibilities: 7th and 8th Grade Membership, Athletic Discussion Meetings, Coaches
Clinics, Rules/Regulations for BB, GBK, FT, GO, SO, Sanctioning Non-member School
Contests/Interstate Contests, Sports Participation Information, Tournament Awards and
Trophies.
Jerry became a member of the OHSAA administrative staff in August. Prior to
joining the OHSAA, he worked for the Findlay City Schools. Overall, he has 31 years of
experience in education.
Jerry began his career in 1977 as a junior high teacher in the Defiance City Schools,
where he also coached baseball, basketball, and football. He moved on to teach and become
the head boys basketball coach at Morral Ridgedale High School between 1980 and 1982
before serving as a teacher and middle school athletic director in the Bryan City School
district during the 1982-1983 school year.
Jerry was hired by the Findlay City Schools in 1983 to teach physical sciences. He also
served as an assistant boys varsity basketball coach at Findlay High School until 1991,
when he was promoted to the school's head boys basketball coach. He served in that
capacity until 1999. Overall, he spent 25 years at Findlay, the last 16 as the high
school's athletic director.
Between 2002 and 2008, Jerry was elected to serve on the OHSAA's Northwest District
Athletic Board, and he was elected to a two-year term on the OHSAA Board of Directors
between 2005-2007, serving as the Board's president in 2006-2007. He also has been a
trustee with the OHSAA Foundation and with Flag City Youth Football in Findlay. In
addition, Snodgrass served as an announcer and color analyst for WTLW-TV in Lima and
Buckeye Cable Sports Network in Toledo.
Snodgrass is a 1973 graduate of Upper Sandusky High School. He earned his bachelor's
degree from Bowling Green State University in 1977 and a master's degree from the
University of Dayton in 1989.
Jerry and his wife, Barb, a nurse consultant for HCR-Manor
Care, will reside in the Columbus area beginning in the fall. They have two grown
children, Katie, a television producer for Fox-TV, WUPW in Toledo, and Mark, a student at
Ohio State University in Columbus.
Tim Stried
Director of Information Services since September 7, 2008
Tim began his duties as Director of Information Services for the OHSAA in September
2008. Stried comes to the OHSAA staff after working in the athletics communication office
at Ohio State University since 2003. He was promoted to assistant director of athletics
communications in 2005 and was the media liaison for the school's men's soccer, women's
gymnastics, softball and fencing programs. Tim also assisted with football and basketball
and other championship events and was the editor of the basketball souvenir programs.
Prior to his time at Ohio State, Stried served as the sports information director at
Bluffton University between 1999 and 2003.
A native of Marion and 1994 graduate of Pleasant High School, Tim is a 1998 graduate of
Bluffton University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and secondary
education and was a member of the Beavers' football and baseball teams. Before taking over
sports information duties at his alma mater, he taught for a year at Elida High School.
Tim and his wife, Anna, a secondary school teacher, reside in Powell.
