Darlene (Rogers) Kassner

Darlene (Rogers) Kassner grew up in Midland and Blanchester Ohio. She is a graduate of Blanchester High School and a graduate of Wilmington College with a degree in Elementary and Secondary Education. She received her Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from Xavier University. She was a sixth grade teacher in the Fayetteville School District in Brown County before accepting the position of Principal at Jefferson Elementary in the Blanchester School District. She then was the Treasurer of the Blanchester District from 2003 until her retirement in 2019. Darlene is active in the Blanchester Area Historical Society, Grace United Methodist Church, Jefferson High School Alumni, and the Order of the Eastern Star. She enjoys doing genealogy, cooking and being outdoors. Darlene and her husband Mike love to travel to historic places, attend Prehistoric Indian Artifact Shows and be with family.

Judge Andrew McCoy was born and raised in Clinton County. He graduated Wilmington High School in 1995, and later attended Ohio University and University of Dayton School of Law. Andrew has been with the Clinton County Prosecutor’s Office since 2008 and the elected County Prosecutor since January 1, 2021. He is also a partner at Peelle McCoy Law Offices Company. When he is not working, he and his wife spend most of their free time attending their sons’ sporting events.

Keith Orejel is an Assistant Professor of History at Wilmington College where he teaches a variety of courses on American History, the Civil War and Reconstruction, as well as African American Studies and the Cold War. Keith splits his time between Ohio and Michigan, where his wife currently resides. He is a 2015 alumna of Columbia University where he earned his Ph.D. in History with a focus on Colonial America and the Early Republic. Keith was nominated for the 2016 Society of American Historians’ Allan Nevins Prize for best-written American history dissertation. He is currently under contract with the University of Pennsylvania Press for an upcoming book: Factories in the Fallows: Rural and Small-Town Politics in the American Heartland. He has written numerous articles and papers, as well as public presentations. His most recent fellowship was as a Postdoctoral Teacher at the University of Missouri from 2015-2017. Keith is currently both a member of the American Historical Association and Business History Conference.

Lauren is a lifelong resident of Wilmington. She graduated from Wilmington High School, Wilmington College, and Capital University Law School.  She became a Magistrate in the Clinton County Court of Common Pleas in 2022, and was formerly in the private practice of law for 17 years.

Christine Hadley Snyder was born in the c1830 farmhouse built by her great-great-great grandfather Eli Harvey (1803-1872), which she now maintains as a family museum and event venue, and manages the family farms. She was a birthright member of Springfield Friends Meeting, where in the burial ground lie seven generations of her ancestors. She attended all twelve years at Adams Township School, and earned a B.Sc. Degree in science education from OSU and a B.A. in Spanish and a Master of Humanities from Wright State, plus additional work in veterinary practice management. She and her husband served in the Peace Corps 1964-66. She has taught high school and university, and served as CFO of her husband’s veterinary clinic for 31 years. She served on the Wilmington College Board of Trustees for twelve years, the final four years as Chair. She has served as President of the Clinton County Genealogical Society and volunteers in the research library. She is currently working on the Quaker Scenic Byway project and serves on the Board of Energize Clinton. She and her husband love to travel the world, including visiting their three grown sons and six grandchildren.