Pursuant to Article 20 of the contract between the State and OCSEA, the Joint Health Care Committee (JHCC) is comprised of both union and management representatives, including five OCSEA members and additional representatives from other state employee unions.

Carol Bowshier is the Director of Health Care Policy and Administrative Services at OCSEA and the labor co-chair on the JHCC. Bowshier brings about 20 years experience with OCSEA as she advocates on behalf of state employee union members and their families.

OCSEA The Joint Health Care Committee members from OCSEA are:

• Carol Bowshier, Labor co-chair
• Eddie L. Parks, OCSEA President
• Jim LaRocca, Board of Directors / Lottery Commission
• Donna Westrick, Board of Directors / IC
• Mal Corey, Board of Directors / DRC
• Timothy Huntsman, IC
  

Other The JHCC members from other public employee unions:

• Marty Brown Bard, CWA
• Joel Barden, FOP
• Vickie Miller, OEA
• Barbara Montgomery, 1199 SEIU
• Larry Phillips, OSTA
  

Management OCB Manager of Finance & Analysis David Simpson is the JHCC management co-chair, joined by the following management representatives:

• DAS - Dirk Raderstorf, Gretchen Feldman, Mike Henkaline, Laverne Johnson, Greg Pawlack, and Gregory Wilson
• ODH - Barb Petering
• EAP- Ken Kirksey
• Treasurer - Jackie Leisenheimer
• IC - Lori Worcester
• RSC - Bruce Morofka
• DRC - Christine Wendell
• ODJFS - Robyn Colby
• AG - Megan Kish

The JHCC mission is to provide quality, affordable, accessible health care for state of Ohio employees by:

• Monitoring the performance vendors through a number of committees;
  
  
• Working with the State to actually design the health care benefits; and
  
  
• Negotiating the actual contract language which defines our health care benefits—a labor-management agreement, subject to approval by the negotiating team and ratification by the members.