Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jim Tressel, and Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) Director Stephen D. Dackin recently announced Ohio’s 2025 Business-Education Leader Awards for Excellent Business Advisory Councils. The Business Advisory Councils being honored demonstrate excellence in developing professional skills for the future, fostering partnerships, and coordinating experiences, which contribute to preparing students for success.
This application-based set of awards recognizes educators, business partners, staff, schools, businesses, educational service centers, joint vocational school districts, and communities that come together to create dynamic, career-focused learning environments for students.
Ohio Business Advisory Councils work with schools on business and workforce needs, as well as educational programming that responds to those needs. To highlight the work of these councils, DEW collaborates with the Ohio Business Roundtable, Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Ohio Chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business, Ohio Farm Bureau, Ohio Manufacturers’ Association, Ohio Excels, Ohio Restaurant Association, Ohio Council of Retail Merchants, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and the Ohio Contractors Association on Ohio’s Business-Education Leader Awards for Excellent Business Advisory Councils.
To learn more about the work of Business Advisory Council, visit the Business Advisory Councils webpage.
Ohio’s 2025 Four-Star Business Advisory Councils:
- Building Bridges to Careers**
- Cincinnati Public Schools**
- ESC of Central Ohio
- Goshen Local Schools
- Montgomery County ESC **
- Muskingum Valley ESC
- Noble County BAC
- North Point ESC
- Southwest Regional BAC
**Excellence designation: Excellence in
- Building Partnerships
- Coordinating Career Development Experiences
- Developing Professional Skills for the Future
Ohio’s 2025 Three-Star Business Advisory Councils:
- Ashtabula County Tech & Career Campus
- Athens-Meigs ESC
- Barberton City Schools
- Columbiana County ESC
- Eastern Ohio ESC
- ESC of the Western Reserve
- Fairfield County ESC
- Greater Cincinnati BAC
- Greenville City Schools
- Hancock County ESC
- Lorain County BAC
- Madison-Champaign County ESC
- Marion Area Workforce Collaborative
- Mentor City Schools
- Mercer County ESC
- Mid-Ohio ESC
- New Lexington City Schools
- Northeast Ohio ESC
- Paulding County ESC
- Piqua City Schools
- Preble County ESC
- Southern Ohio ESC
- Springfield City Schools
- Tri-County ESC
- Van Wert Area BAC
- Vanguard Sentinel Career Center
Ohio’s 2025 Two-Star Business Advisory Councils:
- Beavercreek City Schools
- Brown County ESC
- Butler Technical Career Center
- ESC of Lake Erie West
- Jefferson County ESC
- Knox County ESC
- Licking Regional BCAC