Development Advisory Committee
The Development Advisory Committee was created by the MWCD Board of Directors in 1992 to provide advice and guidance to the Board and staff. It consists of 18 members who volunteer their time and provides an organized public support system for responsive and effective economic development, conservation and recreation programs.
DAC members are appointed by the Board of Directors and serve staggered three-year terms. The Committee meets quarterly, and is updated about MWCD projects and operations. Members present numerous items for discussion and possible action by the MWCD Board of Directors.
Current members of the DAC and their terms of service are:
- Allyn Adams - Cuyahoga County - 2010 - Adams, a cottage site lessee with a residence at Atwood Lake, is a retired accountant and financial advisor.
- Todd A. Davis - Carroll County - 2011 - Davis the director of FFA Camp Muskingum located on Leesville Lake. A former Ohio Farm Bureau coordinator, Davis directs the operations of the year-round camp.
- Douglas R. Davis - Muskingum County - 2010 - Davis is the Muskingum County engineer.
- Andrew S. Dix - Guernsey County - 2010 - Dix is the publisher of The (Cambridge) Jeffersonian.
- Jeff Heacock - Muskingum County - 2011 - Heacock is a resident of New Concord and an MWCD cottage site lessee at Seneca Lake. The assistant vice president for student affairs for external relations at Muskingum University, Heacock served as head football coach at Muskingum for many years.
- Kevin Keffer - Tuscarawas County - 2011 - Keffer is an educator who spent several years as a lake ranger for the MWCD. Currently the athletic director at Dover High School, Keffer is familiar with numerous MWCD reservoirs.
- Marty Larsen - Richland County - 2010 - Larsen, an account manager for Clear Channel Communications in the Richland County area, has been an MWCD cottage site lessee for many years at Charles Mill Lake.
- Marilyn Ortt - Washington County - 2012 - Ortt is president of Friends of Lower Muskingum River, a citizens' group committed to the health of the Muskingum River and the region it serves.
- John M. Prelac - Stark County - 2012 - An avid fisherman and boater who frequently visits the MWCD lakes, Prelac is an attorney associated with the Day Ketterer firm in Canton.
- Robert C. Prince - Carroll County - 2012 - A resident of Carrollton, Prince retired from the U.S. Postal Service. He is a trustee of the Rockwood Propery Owners Association at Leesville Lake, where he owns a home on 23 acres.
- Denny Roudebush - Carroll County - 2011 - Roudebush, a Carrollton resident, is a boater on Atwood Lake and the director of marketing for the Carroll Electrical Cooperative Inc.
- James A. Rowe - Tuscarawas County - 2011 - Rowe is a dairy farmer in northern Tuscarawas County. He is a member of the Ohio Farm Bureau.
- Chasity Schmelzenbach - Noble County - 2012 - Schmelzenbach is the director of the Noble County Emergency Management Agency and Homeland Security.
- Cheryl Ann Sebring - Muskingum County - 2012 - Sebring is the housing administrator for the city of Zanesville.
- Dirck W. TenBroeck - Harrison County - 2012 - TenBroeck, a retired insurance company executive, resides on a farm located less than five acres away from Tappan Lake. He is a member of numerous Harrison County civic and social organizations.
- Mark E. Tondra - Harrison County - 2010 - A resident of the Tappan Lake area, Tondra's family also owns property near Leesville Lake. He is a professional engineer.
- David White - Summit County - 2011 - White is a deputy engineer in the office of the Summit County Engineer.
- Roy Wilson - Tuscarawas County - 2010 - Wilson has taught sailing on Atwood Lake for many years and docks a boat at Seneca Lake. He is the former owner of Hi-tech Test Technology Inc. at Bolivar.
Free kayak classes at Atwood Lake Park beach at Atwood Lake Park beach
Sat, September 11: 8:00am MWCD Board of Directors meeting at New Philadelphia City Council Chambers
Fri, September 17: 9:00am Free "Quick Start Your Kayak" class at Tappan Lake Park at Tappan Lake Park
Sat, September 25: 9:00am 28th Annual Atwood Area Fall Festival at Atwood Lake Park
Fri, October 1: 12:00am Free "Quck Start Your Kayak" class at Seneca Lake Park at Seneca Lake Park (beach)
Sat, October 9: 12:00pm
