It has been announced that Ohio Governor John R. Kasich has reappointed Robert K. Schmitz as chairman of the Ohio State Racing Commission for a second term, effective April 3, 2015 through March 31, 2019.

As well, Gary G. Koch and T. Todd Book of Columbus have been reappointed as OSCR commissioners for terms beginning April 3, 2015 through March 31, 2019.

Schmitz, of Bexley, will be serving his second term as chairman of the OSRC and had previously served as the lobbyist for the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association and as a decade-long committee member of the Ohio Standardbred Development Fund.

Commissioner Book, a Hilliard resident, is serving his second term on the OSRC, previously represented the 89th House District from 2002 through 2010. A Western Michigan University and College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law graduate, he currently serves as the legislative counsel for the Ohio Bar Association.

Commissioner Koch, of Dublin, is serving his second term on the OSRC, after being appointed in June 2014. Koch has worked as a long-time lobbyist for the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants, Ohio Petroleum Council, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Rotzel and Andress Law Firm and was self-employed until his retirement at the end of 2014.

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