Candidate for
Recorder; County of Hamilton

Currently I serve as the Hamilton County Recorder being elected in November 2008 and took office January 5, 2009; and I serve as Treasurer of the Ohio Recorders' Association.

Prior to being elected as County Recorder, I served as Administrative Courtroom Bailiff for Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Ted N. Berry.

I also served as State Representative for the 32nd House District in the 124th Ohio General Assembly.

I previously served as Mayor of the City of Forest Park from December 4, 1995 through December 1, 1999, having served on City Council since 1989. As Mayor, I served as Presiding Judge over Forest Park Mayor's Court.

I served as Trustee, Executive Committee member, Finance Chairman and Facilities Chairman of the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency in the incipient of the Theodore M. Berry Head Start Center in the West End.

While Mayor I served as Trustee to the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Government; serving on the "Transportation Enhancement Policy Task Force" on bikeways, historical preservation, and beautification projects.

As Mayor I was an active participant of the Ohio Mayor's Association, the Ohio Municipal League, and served as Legislative Chairman of the Hamilton County Municipal League.

On City Council I served on Forest Park's Planning Commission and the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Housing Resource Board, and was a charter member of the Forest Park Historical Society.

Prior to serving on Forest Park City Council, I served as Chairman of the Forest Park Beautification and Conservation Commission, initiating the city's Urban Forestry Program that was instrumental in Forest Park being named a "Tree City USA".

Additionally I served on the Forest Park Economic Development Commission encouraging business growth and expanding employment opportunities to area residents, while continuing efforts to enhance the city's image.

I am a twenty-seven year member of the Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors and hold my GRI (Graduate Realtors Institute) from the Ohio Association of Realtors and a CRS (Certified Residential Specialist) professional real estate designation from the Realtors National Marketing Institute. I am a former Legislative Chairman of the Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors, and Trustee of the Ohio Association of Realtors. I received OAR's "Ben Franklin Award" for my writing contribution on real estate industry matters.

I am a former Registered Home Builder and built a Homearama Home in 1981.

I am a former Treasurer of the Reading/Sycamore Fraternal Order of Eagles; a former member of the Florence Kiwanis and Greenhill/Forest Park Kiwanis, and the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce.

I served eleven years in the Kentucky Jaycees; and was acknowledged as an "Outstanding State Chairman" for my environmental programming efforts and recognized as a "Jaycee International Senator" for my leadership, vision, and commitment to the Jaycee organization. I am past President of the St. Matthews Jaycees, a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky.

I have been married to his wife Linda for thirty-five years and we have two grown daughters; Stephanie and Jamie, and a granddaughter Ella.