FRONT: (left to right) Atty. A.Ross Douglass, Vice President; Suzanne Barbati
BACK: (left to right) Marie Dockry; Jeffery P. Good; Richard S. Scarsella, President
Richard S. Scarsella is a native of Youngstown, Ohio, and a longtime resident of Boardman. He has studied and traveled extensively throughout Western and Eastern Europe, including the former Soviet Union.
In 2024, Scarsella was elected Mahoning County Recorder. He previously retired from Youngstown City Schools, where he served in several roles, including intervention specialist and supervisor. A summa cum laude graduate of Boston College, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Secondary Education. He also holds master’s degrees from Youngstown State University in education administration and special education. Scarsella continued his studies at Ashland University, Walsh College and Kent State University, where he earned a Transition to Work endorsement.
Scarsella was elected to the Governing Board of the Mahoning County Educational Service Center, now the ESC of Eastern Ohio, in November 2005. In 2006, he was appointed to the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center (MCCTC) Board. He has served as president of both organizations. In 2017, he was appointed to the Mahoning Valley Regional Council of Governments Governing Board. He has also served on the Mahoning Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors since 2010, including time as chairman.
Throughout his life, Scarsella has been actively involved in community and nonprofit organizations. His board service has included the Boardman Boosters, St. Charles Home and School Executive Cabinet, Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, Ethnic Heritage Society, Sister Jerome Mission College Advisory Board, Mill Creek MetroParks Board of Commissioners Interview Committee and Brier Hill Cultural Center. He is a longtime member of the Boardman Civic Association, Friends of the Boardman Library and Friends of Fellows Riverside Gardens. He also represented Boardman on the Mahoning Valley Vision for Education Task Force.
Scarsella currently serves on the MCCTC Foundation Governing Board and the Youngstown Steel Heritage Museum Board of Directors.
Known as a local historian, Scarsella serves as chairman of the William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society and is a former president of the Boardman Historical Society. He also founded several historical societies dedicated to preserving the history of Idora Park. In 2005, he published Memories and Melancholy: Reflections of the Mahoning Valley and Youngstown, Ohio, which remains in print. He previously wrote a weekly column for Town Crier Publications and frequently speaks at area historical societies, libraries and universities.
A lifelong resident of Mahoning County, Attorney A. Ross Douglass graduated from Boardman High School before attending Youngstown State University (B.A., 1997). He earned his law degree from the Duquesne University Law School in the year 2000 where he was included as a member of The International Legal Fraternity of Phi Delta Phi.
Attorney Douglass started his private practice in 2001. His law firm was created to primarily focus in the areas of family law, juvenile law, criminal defense, and personal injury. In addition to maintaining his own practice, Attorney Douglass serves as Of Counsel to the law firm of Whalen & Duffrin as Chief Trial Counsel for all domestic relations and juvenile court child custody cases. Attorney Douglass is licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Attorney Douglass practices extensively in the Mahoning County Courts, local municipal courts as well as the Court of Common Pleas General Division, Domestic Division and Juvenile Division.
Attorney Douglass is a member of the Mahoning County and Ohio State Bar Associations. He served as a member of the Board that established the Mahoning County Family Dependency Treatment Court; is member and past President of the Wolves Club of Youngstown; and served on the Board of Directors of the Youngstown Community School for several years. Attorney Douglass resides in Canfield with his wife Denise and their children.
Suzanne Barbati holds a Bachelor’s degree in Conflict Studies and Education from Youngstown State University. She recently retired from OH WOW! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology. As the founding director of OH WOW!, Barbati oversaw the Center's growth from a small children's museum to a regional tourist destination in downtown Youngstown, promoting science, technology, engineering, and math, resulting in significant community impact. She also served as Director of Planned Giving before her retirement.
During her decades-long career, Barbati owned a small consulting business, working with local nonprofits and individuals on fundraising, grant writing, and organizational development. She also brings expertise in mediation and conflict resolution, having served as a conflict management consultant with the Ohio Department of Education.
Barbati has been a member of the League of Women Voters of Greater Youngstown since 1997, serving as its president from 2005 to 2011. She is also a member of the AAUW and the Gardening Club of Youngstown. In her spare time, she enjoys walking, gardening, and thrifting. Barbati lives in Boardman with her husband, Bill Florig. They have two children, Anthony and Kate. Kate and her husband Mark have two children, Hadley and Imogen.
Marie retired in 2023 after a dedicated career at Austintown Fitch High School. She served as a High School Counselor and a Family and Consumer Science Teacher.
Marie has served as a Board Member for the ESC of Eastern Ohio (formerly known as the Mahoning County ESC) and the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center since 1995. Also, she has served on the Northeast Region Executive Board of OSBA and was selected for the Northeast Ohio All Ohio School Board Member Award in 2009.
Marie graduated from Youngstown State University with both her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree. In 2016 Marie received the Youngstown State University’s Outstanding Educator Award.
Marie and her husband, Mike, have 3 daughters, Michelle married to Grayson, Kate married to Tim, and Andrea married to Gaurav. Michelle and Grayson have three children, and Kate and Tim have two children.
Marie has been a member of Austintown Junior Women’s League for the past 12 years. Also, in her spare time she enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with her family.
Jeff Good is the retired Chief Education Technology Officer and former interim President/CEO for PBS Western Reserve located in Kent, Ohio.
Jeff’s educational technology experience began at Youngstown State University serving as Associate Director of Media Services assisting higher education faculty with their requests for technology integration. His educational career continued with the Trumbull County Educational Service Center in the role as Broadcast Supervisor where the development of a distance learning network also involved working with K-12 educators in integrating educational technology in both the distance learning and traditional classroom setting. Jeff’s experiences in educational technology took him out of Ohio to work with the Oakland Intermediate School District where he served as Program Manager for the
Oakland Network for Education, a 14 million dollar distance learning project connecting over 30 K-12 sites in Oakland County, Michigan and then to the Genesee Intermediate School District in Flint, where he assisted in the reconfiguration of an existing distance learning network into a higher speed, higher quality educational delivery system to over 22 high schools throughout Genesee County.
Jeff has also served as an adjunct faculty at Youngstown State and Kent State where he worked with graduate and undergraduate students in the field of educational technology. Jeff possesses a graduate degree from the University of Phoenix in Curriculum and Technology and a bachelor’s degree from Youngstown State University in Speech Communications.
Jeff has served on the ESCEO’s governing board since 2017 currently serving as board president. He also serves on the board of the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center (MCCTC) since 2022. He previously served as a board member and president of South Range Local School District.
Jeff lives in Salem, Ohio with his wife and dog Finnegan, a golden doodle. He has two grown children, Dan and Megan and a grandson Patrick.
