Meet the team
JOHN BARKER
President & CEO
jbarker@ohiorestaurant.org
STEVE KIRK
Director of Finance & IT
skirk@ohiorestaurant.org
MAUREEN O'ROURKE
Managing Director of Marketing & Communications
morourke@ohiorestaurant.org
KATIE PEPPLE
Executive Assistant & Office Manager
kpepple@ohiorestaurant.org
TOD BOWEN
Managing Director of External Affairs & Government Relations
tbowen@ohiorestaurant.org
LAURA MORRISON
Managing Director of Membership & Employer/Food Safety
lmorrison@ohiorestaurant.org
MELISSA DEGRAW
Director of Development & Growthmdegraw@ohiorestaurant.org
Coming soon!
Communications Manager
SHOSHANNA GROSS
Director of Events & Programming
sgross@ohiorestaurant.org
PATRICIA HALPER
Executive Director, ORAEF & Ohio ProStart
phalper@ohiorestaurant.org
STEPH MAZZOCCO
ORAEF Manager of
Events & Programs
smazzocco@ohiorestaurant.org
CHAD BJORNSON
Membership Retention Manager
cbjornson@ohiorestaurant.org
KEANNA CHATMAN
Accountant
kchatman@ohiorestaurant.org
JENNIFER BUSHBY
Membership Recruitment Manager
jbushby@ohiorestaurant.org
DEBRA SEIPLE
Trade Show Manager