Annette Blackwell
What this job does: Ohio's chief checker of public money. The auditor of state audits the books of state agencies, counties, cities, schools and other local governments, and looks for fraud and waste. The auditor also sits on the Ohio Redistricting Commission, which draws district maps. A term is four years, with a limit of two terms in a row.
- Current office
- Mayor of Maple Heights
- Occupation
- Mayor
- Lives in
- Maple Heights
Background
- Mayor of Maple Heights; the city's first African American and first woman mayor. source: ohiocapitaljournal.com
- Led the city's five-year plan out of state-declared fiscal emergency. source: ohiocapitaljournal.com
- Worked at KeyBank (formerly Ameritrust) and University Hospitals, and 16 years at Deloitte and Ryan, mostly on property tax issues. source: ohiodcca.org
- Moved to Ohio from Selma, Alabama, at age 2. source: ohiodcca.org
In their own words
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- Confront state government corruption and hold bad actors accountable source: ohiodcca.org
- Protect taxpayer dollars source: ohiodcca.org
- Stop Statehouse cuts to local government funds source: ohiodcca.org
- "The auditor doesn't have to be the bad news, maybe the auditor can be good news." source: ohiocapitaljournal.com
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