Board Leadership
Steven W. Schierholt, Esq.
Executive Director
Eric Griffin
Director of Compliance and Enforcement
Sharon Maerten-Moore
Chief Legal Counsel
Cameron McNamee
Director of Policy and Communications
Karrie Southard
Director of Operations
Jolene DeFiore-Hyrmer
Chief Data Officer
Chad Garner
Director of OARRS
Jenni Wai
Chief Pharmacist
Board Members
Mindy Ferris, R.Ph., of Columbus, Ohio, is the Board President for State Fiscal Year 2025 and is a professional pharmacist member of the Board.
She was appointed by Governor Mike DeWine in 2022, with her term ending June 30, 2026.
Ms. Ferris has over 20 years of experience as a licensed pharmacist and currently serves as Executive Vice President of Operations & Customer Success at Pharmscript, Inc.
She is a graduate of Ohio Northern University and is licensed to practice in Ohio,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Jeff Huston, BPharm, PharmD, R.Ph., of Cedarville, Ohio, is the Board Vice President for State Fiscal Year 2025 and is a professional pharmacist member of the Board.
He was re-appointed by Governor Mike DeWine in 2024, with his second term ending June 30, 2028. Mr. Huston has practiced in community pharmacy for 11 years and has served in academia
for more than 20 years. He has led more than 20 medical mission trips with World Gospel Mission, taking interprofessional teams of nursing and pharmacy students to Honduras serving
those with limited access to healthcare. Mr. Houston is a graduate of Ohio Northern University (BPharm) and Shenandoah University (PharmD).
Trina Buettner, R.Ph., of Defiance, Ohio,
is a professional pharmacist member of the Board.
She was re-appointed by Governor Mike DeWine in 2023, with her second term ending June 30, 2027.
Ms. Buettner is a graduate of the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy and currently serves as the Director of Pharmacy at ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital.
Her professional association memberships include the Ohio Pharmacists Association,
American Pharmacists Association, and Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding (formerly IACP).
Anthony J. Buchta, Sr., R.Ph., of Dublin, Ohio, is a professional pharmacist member of the Board appointed by Governor Mike DeWine in 2023,
with his first term ending June 30, 2027. He has over 30 years of experience as a licensed pharmacist and is the owner of the Arena District Pharmacy in Columbus.
Mr. Buchta is a member of the Ohio State Pharmacist Association, the International Association of Compounding Pharmacists,
and past President of the Academy of Pharmacy of Central Ohio. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University.
Jason M. George, PharmD, of Kettering, Ohio, is a professional pharmacist member of the Board appointed by Governor Mike DeWine in 2021,
with his first term ending June 30, 2025. He has over 16 years of experience as a licensed pharmacist and currently serves as a supervising pharmacist for Humana Pharmacy.
Mr. George also serves as a reserve pharmacist for the U.S. Army and has managed pharmacy teams in hospitals and clinics in Wisconsin, Japan, Puerto Rico, and Iraq.
He is a graduate of The Ohio State University.
Leonard J. Hubert, of Granville, Ohio, is the public member of the Board and was appointed by Governor Mike DeWine in September 2024, with his
first term ending June 30, 2026. Mr. Hubert is the Founder and CEO of L Hubert & Associates, LLC, a professional consulting firm. Throughout his career, he has
served in a variety of public leadership positions including serving as Director of the Ohio Governor’s Office of External Affairs and Economic Opportunity, Chairperson
for the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, State Executive Director of Ohio for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency, Director of Coalition Outreach
and Rural Affairs and Central Ohio Regional Director U.S. Senator Rob Portman. He is active in civic affairs within his local community and serves as a board member
on the Granville Township Board of Zoning Appeals, Licking County Tax Incentive Review Council, Ohio Cancer Research Associates, Par Excellence Academy, Granville
Township Open Space committee and a former member of the Granville Education Foundation and Mental Health & Recovery for Licking and Knox counties. Mr. Hubert is a graduate of
Alabama A & M University where he earned both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science.
Tod J. Grimm, R.Ph., MBA, of North Royalton, Ohio, is a professional pharmacist member of the Board re-appointed by Governor Mike DeWine in 2024, with his second term ending
June 30, 2028. He has over 25 years of retail and ambulatory pharmacy management experience and currently serves as a pharmacy director for University Hospitals. Mr. Grimm also serves as the
Past President (2020) of the Ohio Pharmacists Association. He earned his undergraduate degree from Ohio Northern University and his Master of Business Administration from Cleveland State University.
D. Rich Miller III, B.S., R.Ph., of Blacklick, Ohio, a professional pharmacist member of the Board.
He was re-appointed by Governor Mike DeWine in 2019, with his second term ending June 30, 2026.
Mr. Miller has over 10 years of experience working with Walgreens where he currently serves as the Healthcare Specialty Supervisor for Central Ohio.
He is a graduate of Ohio Northern University with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and is a member of the Ohio Pharmacists Association.
Christine Pfaff, R.Ph., of Lewis Center, Ohio, is a professional pharmacist member of the Board appointed by Governor Mike DeWine in 2022,
with her first term ending June 30, 2025. Ms. Pfaff has over 20 years of experience as a licensed pharmacist and currently serves as the Associate Director of Practice Operations for the Zangmeister Cancer Center.
She is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and serves on the Board of the Community Oncology Pharmacist Association.