Status	Type of Board	Full-time	Expiration Date
Current	Permanent	No

Subject to Sunset Review	Partisan Affiliation Restriction	Senate Confirmation Required
No	No	Yes

Authority	Total Membership
R.C. 184.01 184.02	9

Dates of Appointment		Term Length
Specified		Ex officio;3 years for appointed members

Ending Date Of Term	Report Requirements
2 in 2007;2 in 2008;2 in 2009	Annual report to the Governor and General Assembly

Appointment Authority	Membership Composition
Other	Members with other stated qualifications, State agency employees, Statewide elected officials/department heads

Compensation		Staff Assistance
Expenses Only		Executive agency staff, Development Services Agency

Chairperson	Additional Information
Selected by Governor from among Commission members

Qualifications

Governor appoints 6 members with the advice and consent of the Senate, with 1 each from the specified (by listed counties) Central Region, West Central Region, Northeast Region, Northwest Region, Southeast Region, and Southwest Region of Ohio. These members must have a background in business or research. Director of Development, Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, and Governor's Science and Technology Advisor are members.