Appointments

J. B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance, has been appointed treasurer and member of the executive committee of the board of The Joint Commission (TJC), where he has served as a commissioner for the last eight years. The Joint Commission (formerly JC...

The American Society of Clinical Oncology recently announced the appointment of Neal J. Meropol to its 18-member board of directors. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is the world’s leading professional organization representing physicians who care for people with cancer. Meropol is ...

Tim Webster, assistant professor of law, was elected to term membership on the Council on Foreign Affairs. In addition, Webster, who joined the faculty in July, was awarded a Taiwan Fellowship by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China and named a visiting scholar at National Taiwan Univ...

Inspiring entrepreneurship as a viable career path will take a major step forward with the appointment of Bob Sopko as director of the university’s Blackstone LaunchPad (BLP)—a program for helping students turn their ideas into thriving businesses. “College is a time of discovery of the imagination...

Matthew Willard, an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Case School of Engineering, has been selected to take part in the 13th Japanese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium. The symposium will be held Nov. 30–Dec. 2 at the Arnold and Mabel Beck...

Weatherhead School of Management faculty member Mark Taylor recently was elected vice president of academics for the auditing section of the American Accounting Association. The AAA is a premier organization for accounting professionals and scholars. Taylor, who joined the faculty in 2009, is a pro...

The American Dental Association House of Delegates elected Ronald Lemmo, senior clinical instructor in the School of Dental Medicine, as its new treasurer. Lemmo (DEN ’84) is a past president of the Ohio Dental Association and has also served as chair of the ODA Finance Committee and chair of ODA S...

Jack Kleinhenz was elected vice president of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE). Kleinhenz, who is an adjunct professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management, is principal and chief economist of Kleinhenz & Associates, an economic, financial consulting and wealth manag...

Gov. John R. Kasich recently announced he will accept applications from attorneys who would like to be considered for appointment to the Supreme Court of Ohio. Along with that announcement, Kasich named seven legal professionals who will help him and his staff evaluate applicants. Law professor Jona...

Case Western Reserve University’s Board of Trustees recently appointed Sara Moll and Dominic Ozanne as new members and elected Charles D. “Chuck” Fowler as its new chair. Moll, an experienced clinical psychologist, earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Case Western Reserve. Ozan...