PROFESSIONAL

• Mayor, City of Lakewood, since January 2004

• Councilman; Ward 2, City of Lakewood, 16 years

• Board of Trustees, Lakewood Hospital

• President, Ohio Municipal League (2006)

• Board of Trustees, Ohio Municipal League

• Policy Committee, National League of Cities, Committee on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources

• Vice Chair, National League of Cities, Commitee on First Tier Suburbs

• Cuyahoga County Mayors and Managers Association

• Northeast Ohio Mayors and Managers Association, Vice Chair for Cuyahoga County

• Attended Franklin Elementary, Horace Mann Jr. High and Lakewood High School (1969)

• Graduate, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1973 (B.A. in Journalism)

Significant Prior Experience With State, County And Private Business

• Senior Planner, Cuyahoga County Dept. of Employment and Training

• Dep. Director, Ohio Dept. of Highway Safety

• Dep. Director, Ohio Attorney General

• Assistant to Director/Deputy Director Cuyahoga County Board of Elections

• Former small business owner (6 years)

• Former licensed real estate agent; Coldwell Banker Hunter Realty (8 years)

PERSONAL:

• Lakewood Kiwanis

• Ohio State Unversity Advocates

• Ohio State Universtiy Alumni Association