FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 14, 2010

HEATH, OHIO – The Board of Directors of the Heath-Newark-Licking County Port Authority elected officers at its regular June meeting. Stephen Layman was re-elected Chairman and Ron Sheldon was re-elected Vice Chairman/Secretary for one-year terms.

Layman has served as Chairman of the Port Authority Board since June 1998. He is a Licking County appointee to the Board and is a partner in Anderson Layman in Newark.

Sheldon was elected to his fourth term as Vice Chairman/Secretary. He is a Licking County appointee to the Board and is retired from Holophane in Newark.

The Board of Directors consists of nine members, three appointed by each of the City of Heath, City of Newark, and Licking County Commissioners. The Port Authority owns and manages the 350-acre Central Ohio Aerospace and Technology Center in Heath and is the fourth-largest port authority in Ohio.

For more information, visit the Port Authority’s web site at http://www.hnlcpa.com.