Some additional information on group assigned to investigate Meyer, etc.

Group includes former Ohio House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson, former acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Craig Morford and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Carter Stewart, as well as trustees Alex Fischer, Janet Porter and Alex Shumate.

Breakdown: Six members. Two females, four males. Only one Alumnus (Porter). Three current trustees, three outside voices (though Porter was former trustee). Fairly broad distribution of backgrounds and accomplishments though I'd prefer to see equal distribution of female and male. Morford is a good member for the experience in institutional/organized corruption. Checks and balances - with the hopes of impartiality -  feel appropriate and stands in contrast to how MSU has approached their issues (appointing and embedding more of 'their own'). 

Brief bios of 'outsiders' are below with links the 'insiders' (read: current trustees) at bottom. 

Jo Ann Davidson: Former member of Ohio House of Representatives. Elected Speaker of Ohio House in 1995.  She was the first woman to hold this position and remained as speaker until leaving the House of Representatives in 2001. She has served on the board of trustees of The Ohio State University, Franklin University, and the University of Findlay. Source.

Craig Morford: Hope College undergrad, Valparaiso Law. Morford spent most of his career as a federal prosecutor pursuing public-corruption and organized crime cases in Cleveland, Ohio. From 1996-2002, Morford prosecuted more than 70 cases resulting in the convictions of elected officials, law enforcement officers and mob figures in northern Ohio. Source.

Carter Stewart: "A graduate of Stanford University, Columbia University and Harvard Law School, previously worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in San Jose, Calif., where he prosecuted a variety of cases including drug and gun crimes, environmental crimes, and the illegal distribution of steroids to professional athletes. During his tenure as U.S. Attorney, he served on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee and chaired the Attorney General’s Child Exploitation Working Group and the Racial Disparities Working Group." Source.

Janet Porter

Alex Fischer

Alex Shumate