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Ohio State Racing Commission
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William Koester, Chairman
William Koester was
appointed Chairman in May 2008, to fill the remainder of former Chairman Charlie Luken’s term, through March 31,
2009. Mr. Koester is the past business manager of the Plumbers, Pipefitters
and Mechanical Equipment Service Local 392. He is currently employed as
political consultant for the Ohio State Association of Plumbers and
Pipefitters. Mr. Koester is a member of the Thoroughbred Club of America.
He currently resides on the west side of Cincinnati, where he was born and raised.
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Ted Brown, Member
Ted Brown is a native of the Dayton area and currently resides in Tipp City
where he plans to launch a consulting business. For five years, he served
as Governor Bob Taft’s labor liaison and chairman of the Labor
Advisory Council. Prior to that Brown served for seven years as the
secretary’s representative for the U.S. Department of Labor in Chicago. Overall, he
has spent over 30 years in labor-related work. Brown has also been active
in Ohio
political and civic organizations for a similar period of time.
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Jerry Chabler, Member
Jerry Chabler, of Sylvania,
was appointed to the Commission by Governor Ted Strickland on April 6,
2007. His four-year term will end on March 31, 2011. Chabler
has also served on the Ohio State Lottery Commission and Ohio Employment
Compensation Board. Chabler has also worked for the Ohio Department of
Transportation as administrative assistant to the deputy director of ODOT
District 2. Also, he has been appointed to the Toledo/Lucas County Port
Authority Board of Directors.
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Gerald Holland, Member
Gerald Holland was appointed to
the Commission on April 6, 2007. Holland
recently retired from the city of Akron
where he served since 2000 as the deputy mayor for labor relations. Holland also serves on
the Akron Board of Building Standards as the designee with background in
fire prevention and fire suppression. Holland
has worked in fire inspection, fire prevention and labor relations for more
than 35 years. He has also owned race horses prior to his appointment. Holland currently resides in Cuyahoga Falls.
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Thomas M. Zaino,
Member
Tom Zaino was appointed to the
Commission on March 5, 2004, and was reappointed to a four-year term by
Governor Ted Strickland on April 6, 2007. He is currently
Shareholder-in-Charge of the Columbus
office of McDonald Hopkins Co. and Chairman of that firm’s
Multi-state Tax Practice Group. Zaino, a 1989 graduate of The Ohio State
University College of Law, served as Ohio Tax Commissioner from 1999 to
2003 and on Governor Bob Taft’s Blue Ribbon Task Force for Financing Student
Success.
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