The Planning Committee for the Institute is composed of administrators and faculty from the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and The University of Akron School of Law, as well as, practicing physicians and attorneys from northeast Ohio. Members of the Planning Committee include (*Denotes the Chairperson):

*Maria R. Schimer, M.P.H., J.D.
General Counsel
NEOUCOM
Rootstown

Elizabeth A. Reilly, J.D.
C. Blake McDowell Jr., Professor of Law
Associate Dean and Professor
The University of Akron School of Law
Akron

Rhonda G. Davis, J.D.
Zavarello Davis Co. L.P.A.
Akron

Scott P. Sandrock, J.D.
Black, McCuskey, Souers & Arbaugh
Canton

Nancy J. Gantt, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Youngstown

Martha A. Silling, Ph.D.
Director of Continuing Medical Education
NEOUCOM
Rootstown

Daniel P. Guyton, M.D.
Professor and Chairperson of Surgery
Akron

James T. Stimler, J.D.
Stimler Law Offices
Akron

Jerry L. Hayes, J.D. (Judge)
Portage County Courthouse-
Court of Common Pleas
Ravenna

Kathleen E. Stimler, J.D.
Stimler Law Offices
Akron

Professor Wilson R. Huhn (J.D.)
C. Blake McDowell Jr., Professor of Law
The University of Akron School of Law
Akron

Lois Margaret Nora, M.D., J.D.
President and Dean
NEOUCOM
Rootstown

Leigh Herrington, J.D.
Christley, Herrington, & Pierce
Aurora

Akhil Saklecha, M.D.
Canton Aultman Emergecy Physicians, Inc.
Canton