Contact: Marsha McDevitt-Stredney
Marketing & Communications
State Library of Ohio
Tel: 614-644-6875
marshams@library.ohio.gov

August 7, 2012
Melissa Hendon Deters Joins State Library Board

The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce that the State Board of Education of Ohio recently appointed Melissa (Missy) Hendon Deters to the State Library Board. Missy is the Executive Director of the Public Library and Cincinnati & Hamilton County Foundation. She previously served on the Library Foundation Board where she was actively involved in fundraising and event planning. A lifelong resident of Cincinnati, Missy has extensive professional and volunteer experience in organizational operations such as marketing, finance and human resources. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music (Electronic Media).

Missy Deters fills the unexpired term of Lynn Grimshaw who recently resigned and now serves as a member of the Ohio Elections Commission.