Contact Us
Joseph “Joey” Scott, Ohio APEX Accelerator Statewide Manager
Ohio Department of Development
Phone: 614-644-1637
Email: joseph.scott@development.ohio.gov
Dasia Johnson, Ohio APEX Accelerator Program Specialist
Ohio Department of Development
Phone: 614-361-6935
Email: dasia.johnson@development.ohio.gov
Address: 77 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
APEX Accelerator Contacts
Central Ohio
Sharon Hopkins, Director, Ohio APEX Accelerator at Ohio University
Ohio University Voinovich Center for Leadership and Public Affairs
Ridges Building 19, Athens, Ohio 45701
Phone: 740-597-1868
Email: hopkins1@ohio.edu
Karen Wivell, Central Ohio Associate Director
1350 Euclid Avenue, #211, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Phone: 614-636-5024
Email: wivell@ohio.edu
Vikki Hawthorne, Procurement Specialist,Ohio APEX Accelerator Columbus
65 E. State St., Suite 1350, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: 740-593-0070
Email: hawthorne@ohio.edu
Matt Slavik, Procurement Specialist,Ohio APEX Accelerator Pickerington
65 E. State St., Suite 1350, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: 740-597-1260
Email: slavik@ohio.edu
Northeast Ohio
Scot Loveland, Director, Ohio APEX Accelerator at YSU
YSU’s Williamson College of Business Administration
One University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555
Phone: 330-941-2146
Email: swloveland@ysu.edu
Dillan Pickel, Counselor, Ohio APEX Accelerator at YSU
YSU’s Williamson College of Business Administration
One University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555
Phone: 330-941-1886
Email: dpickel@ysu.edu
Jane Stewart, Northeast Ohio Associate Director
Lakeland Community College
7700 Clocktower Dr T-150, Kirtland, OH 44094
Phone: 440-525-7733
Email: stewartj1@ohio.edu
Don Zavesky, Procurement Specialist, Ohio APEX Accelerator Greater Cleveland
1350 Euclid Avenue, #211, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Phone: 740-566-0180
Email: dzavesky@ohio.edu
John Woodard, Procurement Specialist, Ohio APEX Accelerator Akron
526 S. Main Street, Akron, OH, 43111
Phone: 740-566-0222
Email: woodardj@ohio.edu
Northwest Ohio
Alissa Karg Girard, Procurement Consultant, Ohio APEX Accelerator at University of Toledo
2801 W. Bancroft St., Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390
Phone: 419-530-3514
Email: alissa.karggirard@utoledo.edu
Jeremy Garber, Center Director, Ohio APEX Accelerator at Northwest State Community College
520 E Sycamore St, Van Wert, OH 45891
Phone: 419-771-0044
Southwest Ohio
Billy Grill, Southwest Ohio Associate Director
The Arcade Innovation Hub, Inc.
31 South Main Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402
Phone: 937-230-9896
Email: bgrill@ohio.edu
Danielle Petermann, Procurement Specialist, Ohio APEX Accelerator Cincinnati
1776 Mentor Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45212
Phone: 740-566-0619
Email: petermann@ohio.edu