Jo Ann Davidson
Jo Ann Davidson is the chair of the Ohio Casino Control Commission and was Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1995-2000. She is also the national committeewoman for Republican Party for Ohio.
Coggins was appointed to the Ohio Casino Control Commission by Governor John R. Kasich on February 23, 2011. Her term of office ended on February 21, 2018.
Coggins was first elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1981. Her legislative district consisted of a portion of Franklin County, Ohio. In 1995, she became the first woman elected as Speaker. She was succeeded by Larry L. Flowers in 2001.
In 2016, the Capitol Theatre in Columbus, Ohio was renamed in her honor. The theatre sits across the street from the Ohio Statehouse.
