The following 13 Commissioners govern eTech Ohio and gather monthly to consider grant requests and other policy matters:
- Eric D. Fingerhut, Chair (Voting)
Eric D. Fingerhut was appointed the seventh Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents on March 14, 2007. Mr. Fingerhut served as Ohio State Senator in 1991-92 and from 1999 to 2006. He was the ranking Democrat on the Finance (Budget) Committee and served on committees related to health, aging, environment, insurance, tax policy, economic development and education. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993 and served on committees related to science, foreign affairs and banking.
Mr. Fingerhut has served as Director of Economic Development Education and Entrepreneurship as a member of the Business Administration faculty at Baldwin-Wallace College and as an adjunct faculty member in the Case Western Reserve University Department of Political Science, School of Law, and Weatherhead School of Management. He was a staff attorney in The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and an associate with Hahn, Loeser and Parks, Cleveland. A graduate of Northwestern University and the Stanford University School of Law, Mr. Fingerhut's book, Making Ohio Great Again, sets forth Mr. Fingerhut's ideas for the future of Ohio and the nation. He also has published numerous articles in regional and national newspapers.
- Sam Orth, Commissioner (Voting)
- Bruce Hawkins, Commissioner (Voting)
- Rosemary Herpel, Commissioner (Voting)
- William Sams, Commissioner (Voting)
- David Todt, Commissioner (Voting)
- Deborah Delisle, Commissioner (Voting)
- Stephen Dyer, Commissioner (Non-voting)
- William Coley, Commissioner (Non-voting)
- Bob Gibbs, Commissioner (Non-voting)
- Joseph Schiavoni, Commissioner (Non-voting)
The thirteen-member eTech Ohio Commission includes nine voting members and four non-voting members.
Voting members include:
- Director of the Office of Information Technology (or designee)
- Superintendent of Public Instruction (or designee)
- Chancellor of the Board of Regents (or designee)
- Six private citizens - four appointed by the Governor and two appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House
Non-voting members include:
- Two House appointees (one each from the minority and majority parties)
- Two appointed by the Senate (one each from the minority and majority parties)