School Board

Board Member and Chairman, FLEX High School Columbus School Board
Originally from DuBois, PA, Doug Joseph moved to Columbus, Ohio in 1993 to accept a position as Executive Director of Ohioans For Freedom and Jobs, an organization that lobbied for pro-business and free market labor law reforms at the Ohio Statehouse.
In 2000, Joseph established Liberty Strategies, a political consulting firm that has worked for political candidates and causes at the federal, state, and local levels, including several Congressional campaigns and the Ron Paul for President campaign in 2008.
Since 2005, Joseph has also served in a number of public service positions including, as a Board Member and Chairman of the Licking County Soil and Water Conservation District Board (2005 to 2007), as a Council Member and President of Reynoldsburg City Council (2005 to 2019), as a Board Member and President of the West Licking Joint Fire District Board (2006 to 2012), and as a Board Member and Chairman of the FLEX High School Columbus School Board (2022 to present).
Joseph earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science and Economics from Liberty University in 1989, his Master of Business Administration Degree from Franklin University in 2000, and his Master of Arts Degree in Military Operations/Military History from Liberty University in 2024.
Joseph has been married to his wife Kara since 1998. They have a son, Jim, and two rescue beagles, Gipper and Molly.

Mr. Klobuchar serves as Treasurer of the Flex High School executive board which he has been a member for over three years. He lives in Columbus, OH with his pets and has two daughters. Mr. Klobuchar works for TD SYNNEX, a technology distributor, in the areas of business development and strategic planning. He received his Business Communications undergraduate degree from Ohio University and his MBA from the University of Dayton.

Board Member and Secretary, FLEX High School Columbus School Board
Kara Joseph grew up in Stark County Ohio until she moved to Columbus in 1998 to work in the Ohio House of Representatives. Kara spent 14 years working as a senior legislative aide for three different legislators, including a legislator in Republican leadership. During her time in the Legislature, she assisted her legislators with ushering various pieces of legislation through the legislative process, eventually becoming state law.
In 2012, Kara left the Ohio Legislature for a division within the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Law Enforcement Automated Data System (LEADS). The Administrator of the division was desperate for help, and thus Kara was hired. However, the position Kara took had never existed before and therefore had no specific job duties. As such, Kara took review of the agency to determine the most pressing needs, and created various processes that greatly improved the efficiency of the entire agency. In conjunction with a programmer assigned to assist her, she imagined a website, an internal documentation system, and a project management process.
At the same time Kara moved to LEADS in 2012, she found the opportunity to pursue her lifelong dream of obtaining her bachelor’s degree. After seven years, Kara graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Project Management, and a bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Public Administration.
Kara enjoys spending her time with her husband Doug who she married in 1998, and their son Jim, who will graduate in May of 2025 from Cedarville University. The family also adores their 2 rescue beagles, Gipper and Molly (who are the real bosses of their home).