CCAO Leadership
2026 Executive Committee
President
Denise Driehaus, Hamilton County Commissioner
1st Vice President
Casey Kozlowski, Ashtabula County Commissioner
2nd Vice President
Ilene Shapiro, Summit County Executive
Treasurer
Joe Antram, Logan County Commissioner
Secretary
Pete Gerken, Lucas County Commissioner
Member
Shannon Jones, Warren County Commissioner
Member
Glenn Miller, Henry County Commissioner
Past President (Ex Officio Member)
David Painter, Clermont County Commissioner
2026 Board of Directors
- Tony Anderson, Fayette County Commissioner
- Joe Antram, Logan County Commissioner
- Melissa Bell, Muskingum County Commissioner
- Tim Bubb, Licking County Commissioner
- Sabrina Christian-Bennett, Portage County Commissioner
- Denise Driehaus, Hamilton County Commissioner
- Julie Ehemann, Shelby County Commissioner
- Lenny Eliason, Athens County Commissioner
- Jeff Fix, Fairfield County Commissioner
- Pete Gerken, Lucas County Commissioner
- Dick Gould, Greene County Commissioner
- Mike Halleck, Columbiana County Commissioner
- Stephen Hambley, Medina County Commissioner
- Steven Hess, Champaign County Commissioner
- Shannon Jones, Warren County Commissioner
- Casey Kozlowski, Ashtabula County Commissioner
- Gary Merrell, Delaware County Commissioner
- Glenn Miller, Henry County Commissioner
- Amy Norris, Harrison County Commissioner
- John O'Grady, Franklin County Commissioner
- David Painter, Clermont County Commissioner
- Carolyn Rice, Montgomery County Commissioner
- Chris Ronayne, Cuyahoga County Executive
- Ilene Shapiro, Summit County Executive
- Donnie Willis, Jackson County Commissioner
Additional members to be named at the January Board of Directors Meeting
CCAO Committees
Past Presidents
Historical Note: CCAO's records date back to 1939. Past Presidents listed from before 1939 are based on archival newspaper research. If you have a question concerning pre-1939 CCAO presidents, please contact Research Analyst Nick Ciolli.
2025 – David Painter, Clermont County Commissioner
2024 – Chris Abbuhl, Tuscarawas County Commissioner
2023 – Glenn Miller, Henry County Commissioner
2022 – Debbie Lieberman, Montgomery County Commissioner
2021 – Tim Bubb, Licking County Commissioner
2020 – Carl Davis, Monroe County Commissioner
2019 – Julie Ehemann, Shelby County Commissioner
2018 – Daniel Troy, Lake County Commissioner
2017 – Edwin Humphrey, Clermont County Commissioner
2016 – Doug Corcoran, Ross County Commissioner
2015 – Mike Halleck, Columbiana County Commissioner
2014 – Nick Kostandaras, Summit County Council Member
2013 – Gary Lee, Union County Commissioner
2012 – Deborah Lieberman, Montgomery County Commissioner
2011 – David Dhume, Madison County Commissioner
2010 – Paula Brooks, Franklin County Commissioner
2009 – Kerry Metzger, Tuscarawas County Commissioner
2008 – Daniel Troy, Lake County Commissioner
2007 – Olen Jackson, Morrow County Commissioner
2006 – Lenny Eliason, Athens County Commissioner
2005 – Bob Corbett, Champaign County Commissioner
2004 – Harry Barlos, Lucas County Commissioner
2003 – Patricia Geissman, Medina County Commissioner
2002 – Robert Boggs, Ashtabula County Commissioner
2001 – Robert Ashbrook, Richland County Commissioner
2000 – Mark Forni, Monroe County Commissioner
1999 – Alberta Lee, Allen County Commissioner
1998 – Courtney Combs, Butler County Commissioner
1997 – Tim Davis, Summit County Executive
1996 – Martha Dorsey, Clermont County Commissioner
1995 – Donald Hill, Licking County Commissioner
1994 – Dorothy Teater, Franklin County Commissioner
1993 – William Schied, Erie County Commissioner
1992 – Larry Foureman, Darke County Commissioner
1991 – Charles Lorenz, Tuscarawas County Commissioner
1990 – John Palermo, Jr., Mahoning County Commissioner
1989 – Marilyn Byers, Ashland County Commissioner
1988 – Robert Barada, Ross County Commissioner
1987 – Anthony Latell, Jr., Trumbull County Commissioner
1986 – Thomas Carabin, Huron County Commissioner
1985 – James Holzemer, Lucas County Commissioner
1984 – DM Fife, Clinton County Commissioner
1983 – William Winters, Tuscarawas County Commissioner
1982 – John Hendricks, Wyandot County Commissioner
1981 – Harriet Fenner Stivers, Highland County Commissioner
1980 – Richard McFarland, Richland County Commissioner
1979 – A.J. Sargus, Belmont County Commissioner
1978 – Glenn Dutton, Hancock County Commissioner
1977 – Norman Sponseller, Stark County Commissioner
1976 – Don Kauffman, Fairfield County Commissioner
1975 – Grant McDonald, Ross County Commissioner
1974 – Robert Kline, Montgomery County Commissioner
1973 – Hugh Corrigan, Cuyahoga County Commissioner
1972 – Richard Thompson, Allen County Commissioner
1971 – Carl Mauntel, Scioto County Commissioner
1970 – Lowell Henry, Sandusky County Commissioner
1969 – Laurence Dumford, Fayette County Commissioner
1968 – Hutson Barnes, Muskingum County Commissioner
1967 – John Palermo, Sr., Mahoning County Commissioner
1966 – Nelson Carmean, Hardin County Commissioner
1965 – Otto Shaw, Hocking County Commissioner
1964 – Roger Smart, Lake County Commissioner
1963 – William Day, Cuyahoga County Commissioner
1962 – G. Grant Brown, Williams County Commissioner
1961 – Lewis Salvadore, Belmont County Commissioner
1960 – Roy Stillwagon, Trumbull County Commissioner
1959 – Gordon Augspurger, Butler County Commissioner
1958 – Oliver Dirr, Henry County Commissioner
1957 – Oren Carter, Summit County Commissioner
1956 – George Taylor, Madison County Commissioner
1955 – Wayne Ward, Athens County Commissioner
1954 – Artie Keysor, Van Wert County Commissioner
1953 – Harry Jump, Huron County Commissioner
1952 – Carl Lehner, Marion County Commissioner
1951 – Sam Rhodes, Mercer County Commissioner
1950 – Oliver Kuhn, Stark County Commissioner
1949 – Fred Moore, Hamilton County Commissioner
1948 – Dick Deatrick, Paulding County Commissioner
1947 – R.L. Landman, Miami County Commissioner
1946 – C.P. Lauderbaugh, Franklin County Commissioner
1945 – Walter Ralston, Butler County Commissioner
1944 – Lewis Kindler, Mahoning County Commissioner
1943 – John Curry, Cuyahoga County Commissioner
1942 – Harold Bailey, Warren County Commissioner
1941 – Oscar Dunn, Lorain County Commissioner
1940 – Harold Fowler, Ashtabula County Commissioner
1939 – T.E. Cowgill, Delaware County Commissioner
1938 – T.E. Cowgill, Delaware County Commissioner
1937 – James M. Fulton, Belmont County Commissioner
1936 – Carl Guess, Carroll County Commissioner
1935 – Edward Tank, Ottawa County Commissioner
1934 – W.D. Burgett, Ashtabula County Commissioner
1933 – O.P. Kraft, Wyandot County Commissioner
1932 – H.H. Fuson, Logan County Commissioner
1931 – Albert Cooper, Mahoning County Commissioner
1930 – E. O. Zurmehly, Allen County Commissioner
1929 – Eber Hawkins, Summit County Commissioner
1928 – S.S. Johnson, Logan County Commissioner
1927 – Thomas Madden, Trumbull County Commissioner
1926 – J.W. Thompson, Allen County Commissioner
1925 – J. Mason Prugh, Montgomery County Commissioner
1924 – Charles F. Harding, Butler County Commissioner
1923 – Charles F. Harding, Butler County Commissioner
1922 – Allen Shale, Mahoning County Commissioner
1921 – S.A. Mosby, Montgomery County Commissioner
1920 – S.A. Mosby, Montgomery County Commissioner
1919 – H.R. Pumphrey, Delaware County Commissioner
1918 – H.R. Pumphrey, Delaware County Commissioner
1917 – C.P. Hunt, Miami County Commissioner
1916 – E.M. Hunt, Miami County Commissioner
1915 – S.L Irons, Warren County Commissioner
1914 – S.L Irons, Warren County Commissioner
1913 – R.I Cummins, Greene County Commissioner
1912 – R.I Cummins, Greene County Commissioner
1911 – Frank Munger, Montgomery County Commissioner
1910 – Frank Munger, Montgomery County Commissioner
1909 – Henry A. Mason, Franklin County Commissioner
1908 – C.H. Stocking, Lake County Commissioner
1907 – C.H. Stocking, Lake County Commissioner
1906 – Charles W. Haines, Montgomery County Commissioner
1905 – W.S. Carlisle, Franklin County Commissioner
1904 – Samuel Kemp, Montgomery County Commissioner
1903 – Samuel Kemp, Montgomery County Commissioner
1902 – J.K. Elder, Logan County Commissioner
1901 – Cyrus Zimmerman, Union County Commissioner
1900 – Cyrus Zimmerman, Union County Commissioner
1899 – L. H. Battfield, Crawford County Commissioner
1898 – L. H. Battfield, Crawford County Commissioner
1897 – George Morse, Lake County Commissioner
1896 – George Morse, Lake County Commissioner
1895 – J. L. Gardner, Richland County Commissioner
1894 – Identification pending
1893 – Identification pending
1892 – B.J. Jones, Licking County Commissioner
1891 – John Knoop, Miami County Commissioner
1890 – Z. S. Poulson, Perry County Commissioner
1889 – M. A. Watten, Greene County Commissioner
1888 – Identification pending
1887 – Z. S. Poulson, Perry County Commissioner
1886 – Identification pending
1885 – Henry Langley, Fairfield County Commissioner
1884 – W.H. Hill, Hamilton County Commissioner
1883 – W.H. Hill, Hamilton County Commissioner
1882 – W.H. Hill, Hamilton County Commissioner
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