Board of Directors & Leadership Team

Carman Wirtz is a human resources professional with more than 21 years of experience. She has been employed with Quorum Health Group (Park Medical Center), Midwest Express Group, Honda North America, and Memorial Health. She currently serves as Senior Vice President of Human Resources with the Columbus Zoo. She is responsible for managing 300 year round and 1600 seasonal team members throughout Central Ohio by managing four full-time staff and a five-person Professional Employment Organization. Carman received her MBA degree from Urbana University and her B.S. in Public Administration from Upper Iowa University. Carman is active in the community as a business advisor for Urbana University, a Zoo School instructor and an AZA HR Committee Member. She currently resides in Marysville with her husband, Jeff. Carman has two grown children- Tyler and Kelsey. Her interests include: animal welfare, people development, ongoing learning, cooking and fitness.

 Steve Cook retired from Continental / ContiTech in 2015 and began his own consulting business, Cooks Conveyor Belt Services LLC. This is a great carry over from his long professional career in the mining industry. Steve is Married to his wife Regina and has a blended family with four children and 8 grandchildren. He enjoys spending time outdoors and traveling. He and his wife are members of the the Trinity Lutheran Church and most enjoy great time with their children and grandchildren. 

Dave Speicher is a Union County native and graduate of Marysville High School. He studied business and accounting at Bluffton College and is a Certified Public Accountant. Dave has worked at Union Rural Electric for over 27 years and serves as its Chief Financial Officer. He has plenty of experience serving on local non-profit boards and served for many years as the Chair of Finance at his church.

Dave and his wife Tami, also a native of Union County, have two adult children and three grandsons. They enjoy family vacations, reading, and serving at their church.

Michelle Cook has been in the Staffing Industry for over 27 years where she held leadership roles for over 20 of those years.  This experience is where she honed her business acumen and leadership competencies.  Michelle and her husband have navigated the special needs services in Union County as they supported the needs of their son.  She will bring a great perspective to the UCO board through her experiences with her now adult son.  She also served as a board member on two other boards which include New Directions Career Center in Columbus and the Union County Board of Developmentally Disabled.  

Michelle attended Ohio State University in business management.  She is a Six Sigma Green belt and completed an MBA highlight program with Insead Business School in France. She attended a Social Media Master course with Hyper Island in Sweden   

She currently serves on a committee with the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and American Staffing Association.  She attends Claibourne United Methodist Church where she serves as the church Treasurer.

A Union County resident for most of her life, she resides in Marysville with her husband David.  They are loving parents of their son and two daughters.  

Meloney Indiciani is a business professional with over 15 years of experience. While her entire professional career has been with Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC, she has held a number of diverse roles within Purchasing & Supply Chain organizations.  This includes Delivery and Packaging Operations. She is currently New Model Packaging Unit Leader.

Meloney received her B.A. in Marketing and Transportation & Logistics from The Ohio State University.  Meloney is originally from the Dublin area and currently resides in Powell with her husband, Brett, and two children Cameron and Cooper. She is active in her local community and her interests include boating, photography and spending time with her family.

Kimberly A. Jude has had the wonderful opportunity to spend her entire career in Union County working with and advocating for students with disabilities. She began her career 19 years ago, as an Intervention Specialist working with students who were diagnosed with significant disabilities and since 2013 has served as the Director of Students Services for the Marysville Exempted Village School District. This position has given her the responsibility of not only overseeing Special Education, but also, 504’s, English Language Learners and nursing.

Kim received her Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio University, her Master of Education degree from Ashland University and is currently completing her Educational Doctorate through Concordia University.

Kim was born and raised in rural northwest Ohio, however has been a Union County resident since 2013. Kim resides just outside of Marysville with her partner, Greg where they enjoy spending time with their three wonderful children.

Faye D. Cox is Managing Partner of the law firm Schulze, Howard & Cox. Her areas of practice include Estate Planning and Probate; Real Estate Law; Business Law, Consumer Law, Adoptions, Surrogacy and Guardianships. Mrs. Cox graduated magna cum laude from Bowling Green State University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Environmental Policy & Analysis. At Bowling Green, Mrs. Cox was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. Mrs. Cox received her Juris Doctor from the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University in 2001. She is a member of the Union County Bar Association where she served as President, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Columbus Bar Association. Mrs. Cox is a board member of UCO Industries, and the Board of Union County Volunteer Guardians Inc. and is the Union County District and Regional Coordinator of the Ohio Mock Trial Program. Mrs. Cox is a past board member of Habitat for Humanity of Union County, a member of the Master Gardeners of Union County, and participated in the Union County Leadership Institute. She was also a past board member of the Union County Chamber of Commerce Business and Education Workforce Team and member of the Union County United Way Fundraising Committee. In 2012, Mrs. Cox was given a Presidential Citation from the Ohio Home Builders Association for her testimony before the Ohio House and Senate in favor of a change to the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act. She is a frequent speaker in the topics of Estate Planning, and Consumer Law. Prior to coming to Union County, Mrs. Cox clerked for the Seventh District Court of Appeals in Youngstown, Ohio, served as Research Assistant to Dean Gregory Travalio at The Ohio State University College of Law, and was a law clerk for Bank One, N.A.

Melanie Ziegler is a marketing, communications and public relations professional with more than 20 years of experience. She began her career with Select Sires, Inc. of Plain City working with their international markets and since 2001 has been part of the Memorial Health team, currently serving as Vice President of Community Engagement.

Melanie received her B.A. from Virginia Tech with a Liberal Arts and Sciences degree focused on Biology, Spanish and International Studies. Her MBA was earned from Urbana University and she currently serves on their Department of Business Advisory Board. Originally from the state of New Hampshire, she was raised on a dairy farm and continues her passion for agriculture by also serving on the Union County Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Association.

A Union County resident since 1995, Melanie resides near Ostrander with her husband, Jeff, and they are the proud parents of four sons and they have two granddaughters.