State Auto Elects New Directors

Gerald L. Bepko was recently elected to the board of directors of the Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co., and Paul S. Williams was elected to the board of directors of State Auto Financial Corp.

Bepko is chancellor emeritus of the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis, Ind. Williams is executive vice president, chief legal officer and secretary at Cardinal Health in Dublin, Ohio. Bepko has been associated with the Indiana University School of Law since 1972, when he became an associate professor. He received his undergraduate degree from Northern Illinois University, his J.D. at Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law, and an LLM from Yale University. He is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the American Bar Foundation, among others.

Williams earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his J.D. from Yale Law School. He joined Cardinal Health in 1995 as assistant general counsel, and assumed his current position in 2001. He is a member of the Columbus Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association.