Charter Candidates
Meet the Citizens Reform Charter Commission Candidates
A diverse, bi-partisan, all-volunteer group of leaders and achievers in government, law, business and community service - these are the candidates who will deliver on the promise of fair and effective reform of Cuyahoga County Government: CITIZENS' REFORM – RIGHT NOW.
 Angela Thi Bennett (East Cleveland) is a corporate attorney, specialist in business & financial services; former Community Development Director for East Cleveland; member of the Board of Directors for the heralded Cleveland Reads program and a mother of three. |
 Multiple business owner and innovator in the automotive, service and financial industries, Jamie Pilla (Highland Heights) has helped create more than 800 jobs in both public and private sectors; Highland Hts. City Councilman and Planning Committee member; Cleveland Clinic Leadership Board; father of three. |
 James Brady (Shaker Hts.) is a Shaker Hts. City Councilman and an accredited MBA financial administrator; owner/ president of Shaker Consulting, Inc. Brady has served his country with honor as an Army captain and a decorated combat veteran of the Persian Gulf War. |
 William I. Russo (Solon) is President of the Financial Planning Association of NE Ohio; former Chairman of the Northern Ohio Chambers of Commerce; owner of Securus Financial Strategies; Solon City Councilman and chairman of the Solon Charter Review Commission in 2005. |
 Attorney, author and business executive, Linda Smigel (Westlake) is Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors of Therm-all, a leading provider of insulation materials for the construction industry; honored for tireless commitment to charities and community service organizations. |
 A leading executive in aviation and real estate investment industries, Thomas P. Slavin (Gates Mills) is former Business Development Director for CEI; educational development director with the PACE Association, and; Vice Chairman of the Board of the Convention and Visitors Bureau. |
 Thomas Kelly (Lakewood) is an award-winning journalist, author, media business owner and talk radio host on WHK; as a founding member and Director of the Citizens Reform Association of Cuyahoga County, Kelly has been a voice for local government reform; father of four. |
 Mary O'Malley (Fairview Park) is a 30-year health care professional (LPN); Pulmonary Lab development director for Premier Physicians Center; former caregiver with the HELP Foundation; member of the West Side Irish American Club and Elks Club; married to a Cleveland firefighter and mother of three. |
 Independent building contractor, Joseph Miller (Cleveland Hts.) is President of the Citizens Reform Association of Cuyahoga County, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that promotes government reform; lifelong county resident and father of three. |
 Native American Roz McAllister (Cleveland) is a small business owner, a specialist in bank credit services and a leading advocate for Family Rights; President of Ohio Family Rights and member of the Board of Directors of American Family Rights. |
 Prominent education and women’s rights advocate, Ruth Brady (Cleveland) is an attorney in private practice; served as in-house attorney for Cleveland Public Schools; Board of Directors, May Dugan Center; Board of Directors, Transitional Housing, Inc.; spokesperson for MedWish International. |
 Tom Wilson (Bay Village) is CEO of Malibu Broadcasting; a corporate media executive and investor with interests in radio & TV stations and other media-related properties in Ohio and nationwide; supporter of numerous non-profit and charitable causes in Northeast Ohio. |
 Veteran banking and financial management executive, Jack Boyle (Solon), is President of Americans for Prosperity (Ohio Chapter), a national non-profit, non-partisan organization that advocates for lower taxes and limited government; father of five. |
 Bowling Green University graduate Pat Wright (Parma) is a former teacher, now a mortgage broker with more than 25 years of commitment to church, civic and community service. Wright is a member of the Board of Directors of the Citizens Reform Association. |
Small business owner/ operator Elaine Trapp (Lakewood) is a former business publications editor and public relations professional with National City Bank; active with the Lakewood School Board, Lakewood PTA and John Carroll University Alumni; wife and mother of two. |