PUBLIC SERVICE State Representative, 20th Ohio House District, October 2001-present   • Currently serves on 4 Standing Committees: o Alternative Energy (Chair) o Agriculture and Natural Resources o Economic Development and Environment o Local and Municipal Government and Urban Revitalization • Ohio Security Task Force—House appointee

• Primary Sponsor of 8 Bills in the 126th General Assembly
o House Bill 43- requires the Department of Job and Family Services to seek a federal waiver to establish an assisted living Medicaid waiver component and to make an appropriation.
o House Bill 174- expands the authority of the Ohio Board of Regents to regulate the programs and resources of state institutions of higher education.
o House Bill 175- limits the salary and employee benefits of certain executives of state agencies and state-assisted entities.
o House Bill 176- prohibit state agencies and entities that receive state funds from providing their executive staff with private air travel or limousine service, to regulate the manner of air and surface travel for their executive staff, and to generally require that state agencies and those entities divest themselves of private aircraft and limousines and private air travel and limousine services.
o House Bill 381- funds the enforcement of predatory lending laws.
o House Bill 387- abolishes the Office of Coastal Management and transfers its duties to the Division of Soil and Water Conservation all within in the Department of Natural Resources.
o House Bill 400- revise the distribution of revenues from the severance tax on industrial minerals, to exempt industrial minerals mining operations from the state mine safety laws and instead provide for the adoption of federal mine safety requirements for those operations, to revise the zoning laws concerning industrial minerals mining, and to make other changes governing the mining of industrial minerals.
o House Bill 437- require entities receiving state funds to sell only Ohio products in their gift shops or as memorabilia or gift items and to require the Department of Natural Resources to use only Ohio products in operating and maintaining its public service facilities in state parks.

Mayor of the City of Gahanna, 1983-2001

• Took the city from default status to a Double A-3 bond rating.

• As the result of a disciplined budget, one-third of city income
was invested in capital improvements, providing state-of-the-art infrastructure in new roads, water and sewer and city parks.

• Brought Gahanna to environmental excellence, which has been recognized with awards from Keep America Beautiful, National Arbor Day Foundation, the Soil and Water Conservation District and Rails to Trails.

• Restructured and supported a police department that has kept crime in Gahanna one of the lowest per capita in Central Ohio.

• Brought together leaders from Mifflin Township, Jefferson Township, Gahanna-Jefferson School District and the City of Gahanna for joint maintenance and purchasing programs thereby allowing each government to save money.

State of Ohio, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, 1972-1983

• Division Chief, Civilian Conservation Corps
• Administrator of Field Operations, Division of Natural Areas and Preserves
• Superintendent of Parks for the City of Lebanon, Ohio

MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS

•OCHLA's Nuestros Familia Award 2007
•Watchdog of the Treasury Award 2006
• Recipient, Community Building Award, Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission, 2005.
• Recipient, The Legislator of the Year Award, League of Ohio Sportsmen National Wildlife Federation, 2004
• Recipient, Distinguished Community Service and Leadership Award, Columbus Jewish Federation, 2001
• President of the Central Ohio Mayors Council 1988-89, 92-93
• Member, Ohio Supreme Court Criminal Sentencing Commission, 1990
• Ohio Township Association, Associate Member

EDUCATION AND MILITARY

• University of Cincinnati, 1972. Bachelor of Arts Degree.
• Completed 40 graduate hours in Business Administration, Management, Zoning Law and Natural Resources Law at The Ohio State University.
• Ohio Peace Officers Academy, 1979.

• Ohio Economic Development Course, 1991.

• Ohio Army National Guard, 1971-77, E-5

PERSONAL

• Married for 32 years to Nancy McGregor. 3 adult children, Abby, Matthew, and Zachary.