Steven J. Johnston

STEVEN J. JOHNSTON was appointed Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer of State Auto Financial Corporation in 1997, and became
Senior Vice President in 1999. Prior to that, he served as Vice
President, Assistant to the President and Chief Actuary.
Originally joining State Auto in 1982, Mr. Johnston served as
Manager of Commercial Lines Pricing before leaving for a brief
period in the late 1980s. He rejoined the companies in 1990 as
Director of Actuarial Services. He is a member of the American
Academy of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial
Society, the latter of which is an extremely accomplished and
rare distinction among his peers. Mr. Johnston earned a Bachelor
of Science degree in Mathematics from Otterbein College in
Westerville, Ohio.