Wasting no time, Governor Ted Strickland this week appointed Cleveland-based attorney Kathleen Burke as the next director of the Ohio Lottery Commission. Burke, who has been an attorney with Jones Day since 1973, will assume her new role on August 24, replacing Michael Dolan, who resigned the position last week.

“Kathy has established herself as an attorney with impeccable integrity and credentials through her work as a partner at one of the nation’s largest law firms and as a leader in her community,” Strickland said in a press release. “Kathy is accustomed to managing people, projects and organizations and achieving results. I am confident that Kathy’s character, skills and commitment to service will be of great value to the Ohio Lottery Commission.”