The Governing Board of A Call to College consists of seventeen passionate community leaders dedicated to helping assure all Newark City School students the opportunity to pursue higher education:

Sarah R. Wallace (President), First Federal Savings and Loan

Douglas C. Ute (Vice President), Newark City Schools  

William W. Weidaw (Treasurer), Wilson, Shannon & Snow 

Paul M. Thompson (Secretary), First Federal Savings and Loan 

Tom Ash, State Farm Insurance 

Richard L. Bibart, Gordon Bibart and Jackson, LLP 

Diane S. DeLawder, A Call to College 

Judith A. Franklin, Park National Bank, retired

Prescott J. Koebel, Newark High School 

William T. McConnell, Park National Corporation 

Mary Jane McDonald, Denison University, retired 

C. Granger McKinney, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC 

Cynthia M. Menzer, A Call To College 

Robin E. Somers, Ohio State Newark, retired 

Phillip L. Stockdale, Granville Golf Course, retired 

Gary R. Walters, Clerk of Courts, Licking County 

Louis A. Mitchell, Emeritus, County Savings Bank, retired 

Since the organization's founding in 1991, William Weidaw, CPA, has donated over 4000 hours of in-kind accounting services

Board member Robin Somers was on the committee that drafted the original bylaws. At that time she was the Chair of the Newark High School Guidance Department

The following organizations and foundations have provided recent grant support to the program:

The Ohio College Access   Network

Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation

The Cecil T. Mauger   Charitable Trust

The Lindorf Family Foundation

State Farm Insurance

The Round Up Foundation

Ohio Tuition Trust Authority