10/8/09
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Joseph F. Damore was elected as chair of the Ohio State Alumni Association’s Board of Directors at its meeting last week.
Damore, president and CEO of Mission Health System, graduated from The Ohio State University in 1976 with a Master of Science degree in Health Care Administration. While attending Ohio State, Damore worked as a graduate teaching assistant and also held an assistantship with the National Public Health Association. Damore received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Thiel College in 1974.
“Joe has a tremendous passion for helping his university and serving his fellow alumni,” Association president and CEO Archie Griffin said. “In his time on our Board I’ve come to appreciate the great wisdom and insight he provides. He’s helped our organization advance and I know his Board leadership will help us continue to improve.”
Damore previously served a two-year term as vice chair of the Board. Joining him as Board officers are vice chair Stephanie J. Peters (B.A. Social and Behavioral Sciences, ’86), director of federal government affairs at Microsoft Corporation in Washington, DC; vice chair Donald H. Schriver (B.S. Agriculture, ’69), consultant to the CEO at Dairy Management, Inc. in Weatherby Lake, MO; and treasurer Lawrence A. Hilsheimer (B.S. Business Administration, ’78), executive vice president and CFO at Nationwide Insurance in Columbus.
Damore has worked in hospital administration for three decades in Ohio, South Carolina, Michigan, Illinois, and North Carolina. He has published works on the nursing shortage and on the formation of regional health systems, and was an adjunct professor at Michigan State University.
He has served his community and profession through causes including workforce development, Big Brothers, American Red Cross, graduate medical education, hospital associations, and Boy Scouts. Ohio State’s graduate program in health care administration honored Damore in 2000 with a Distinguished Alumni Award. He represented the Graduate School on the Alumni Advisory Council from 1999-2005.
The Alumni Association is a dues-supported organization of graduates, former students, and friends of the university with more than 120,000 members.