Board of Directors & Leadership Team

Dave Amerine has more than 30 years of healthcare leadership experience in managed care. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President, Compliance for Buckeye Health Plan, a health plan serving the Medicaid, Medicare and commercial/exchange markets and experiencing significant growth during his tenure. In addition, Amerine has served as a volunteer Board member and Treasurer since 2002 for FFC Ohio, a not-for-profit Foundation with a mission to improve the quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities. For twelve years previous to joining the FFC Board, Amerine served on the Board of Directors for Alternative Residences, Inc, a not-for-profit organization managing group homes for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Amerine was born and raised in Marysville and graduated from Marysville High School. He resides in Northwest Columbus with his wife Karen (Means) Amerine, also a Marysville High School graduate. They have two married sons and two grandsons, and they love spending time with all of them.

Amerine holds a Bachelor’s degree in accounting from The Ohio State University, and a non-practicing registration as a CPA.

Charlie Reed joined UCO in May of 2023 and has over 25 years of business operations, marketing, sales, finance, and accounting experience. In his previous role, he was an accomplished leader for Mobile Instrument, a surgical equipment repair firm. During his 13 years there, he had responsibility over sales, contracting, and business development, and then changed paths to oversee and evolve their accounting division, eventually becoming their CFO. He led their complete ERP upgrade, and then successfully managed Mobile’s acquisition by Agiliti Health and supported their subsequent initial public offering in April 2021.

Charlie earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing and management from Miami University, and an MBA-Finance degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he graduated with academic honors and was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

Charlie resides in Northwest Columbus and enjoys spending time with his loved ones. He is the proud father of two boys who are active in Scouting, and he serves on the troop committee. He also enjoys providing community service in his spare time.

Dan Gardner brings nearly 30 years of experience at Honda suppliers to UCO Industries – with two decades at AY Manufacturing in Columbus. Former roles include Production Planner, Production Control Supervisor, Materials Manager, Plant Manager, and Vice President. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Utah with a degree in Japanese Studies.

Dan and his wife Barb have four children and reside in Galloway, Ohio. Dan loves being a Grandpa and spending time with his family. Other interests include working with youth in a variety of roles including: sports involvement, church role, or with the Boy Scouts of America.

Mrs. Joseph joined UCO in June, 2017 as the Executive Assistant. She is now the HR & Office Leader. She has previously worked for both Sears Home Services and Transportation Research Center. Jessica has an education background in health care industry including a Certification in Medical Office Management. Jessica grew up in the Hilliard area, and currently resides in Mechanicsburg with her Husband Donald and 2 children.

Ms. Fraker joined UCO Industries in October 2014. She has 20+ years of experience in the Honda automotive supply field and has been working in management for 10+ years. Bobbi brings positive change to UCO Industries by coaching and empowering team members to contribute their best, building top-performance teams committed to achieve desired metrics and establish best practices. She believes that customer service is every associates job and has worked with a team that earned an Outstanding Performance Award. Helping others and building the reciprocal relationship between staff and the organization is key in the Supervisor role. Ms. Fraker attended Columbus State Community College for Supply Chain Management. She strives to focus on UCO Industries Mission and Vision.

Mrs. Glunt first joined UCO Industries in June 2017 as a Quality Inspector. After nearly two years she took a leave of absence to focus on her new and growing family. Upon returning to UCO, she continued to show progress and a want to learn leading her into the position as Lead Quality Inspector. With this role she took on new responsibilities such as training, making quality related decisions and being a second hand to the Quality Supervisor learning many tasks relating the job. Beginning June 2022 Carlie began her new role as Quality Supervisor where she plans to continue growing and adding value to the Quality Department and UCO. Carlie and her husband reside outside of Marysville with their two daughters.

Dan enjoys teaching and directing the associates on 2nd shift at UCO , ensuring all production needs are met on a daily basis. He has a B.S. Degree in business education from The Ohio State University .

In his spare time Dan enjoys traveling with his wife Judy in their RV , and spending time with their 4 grandkids and 2 great granddaughters .