Governor DeWine appoints Megan Lashutka to OHIO Board of Trustees

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed Megan Lashutka to the 花季传媒 Board of Trustees.

Lashutka was appointed by Gov. DeWine on June 27, 2025. Her term will end May 13, 2034.

鈥淚t is an honor to welcome Megan Lashutka as one of 花季传媒鈥檚 Board of Trustees,鈥� said Board of Trustees Chairman Matt Evans. 鈥淢egan brings an extraordinary depth of experience in policy development, government affairs and private-sector leadership. Her decades of strategic engagement with state and national leaders, coupled with her deep understanding of complex regulatory and legislative processes, will help guide OHIO into the future. We look forward to the insight and energy she will bring to advancing 花季传媒鈥檚 mission and long-term success.鈥�

"It is an honor and privilege to be appointed by Governor DeWine to the 花季传媒 Board of Trustees,鈥� Lashutka said. 鈥溁敬� gave me the foundation for the career I have today. I'm eager to work with President Gonzalez and the Board on the productive journey for current and future Bobcats."

In 2018, Lashutka founded the Lashutka Group, which has been successful in representing start-up companies, worldwide family-owned businesses, utilities, education, and transportation companies to legislative general assemblies and the executive branch.

She began her career in politics as Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Ohio House of Representatives, where she saw first-hand and close-up how the state legislative process works, and she formed friendships with colleagues who are now in the highest levels of Ohio and federal government. 

Upon leaving the Ohio General Assembly, Lashutka moved into a role requiring serious policy and issue knowledge. For six years, she was Regulatory Analyst for the Ohio Petroleum Council representing the major oil companies. In that position, she worked on legislation and regulations impacting prices at the gas pump and environmental issues in the Buckeye state. She used this experience to transfer into an internal position with Time Warner Cable (TWC), a Fortune 200 company, where she rose to become Director of Government Relations for the Midwest Region. For six years at TWC, she worked with top leaders and lawmakers in Ohio and Kentucky.

As one of the top government relations executives in the national cable industry, Lashutka worked on several complex issues, including telecom deregulation, sales tax on services campaign, and detailed issues that arise in regulatory settings. Her work in the arcane area of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio was of particular value to the company.

In 2010, she began an active relationship with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), where she attended national conferences and built alliances with state legislative leaders and key decision-makers from across America. That work culminated when she was honored with the ALEC National Award.  She is currently the Ohio private sector Chair of ALEC.

Lashutka was also the Regional Senior Director (Midwest) for the newly expanded Charter Communications. In that high-profile role, she managed fundraising for the corporate PAC representing thousands of employees and helped defeat legislation that could have crippled the industry, raised taxes on Ohioans, and killed countless jobs. Megan helped oversee work in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio in this role.

Lashutka earned her degrees in organizational and political communications from 花季传媒. She is married to her husband, Nick, and together they have four boys.