Summit County, OH elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities
Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Summit County: 361 seats on 104 elected bodies. 5 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.
Who lives in each of the 16 school districts (Census figures)
School district
People
Median household income
Below the poverty line
Without health insurance
Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent
Akron City School District
179,573
$47,170
23.9%
8.7%
54.4%
Aurora City School District
18,147
$127,240
3.4%
1.4%
51.6%
Barberton City School District
24,560
$52,047
15.7%
4.6%
41.2%
Copley-Fairlawn City School District
21,237
$106,303
4.6%
3%
41.9%
Coventry Local School District
12,374
$74,638
9.1%
4.9%
37.3%
Cuyahoga Falls City School District
40,528
$71,104
8.7%
6.4%
37.4%
Hudson City School District
25,588
$164,626
3.6%
1.7%
50.2%
Jackson Local School District
40,963
$97,844
5%
3.3%
36.8%
Mogadore Local School District
4,109
$77,292
8.8%
3.3%
55%
Nordonia Hills City School District
32,967
$92,422
5.8%
4%
43.3%
Norton City School District
14,197
$91,024
5.5%
3.1%
31.7%
Revere Local School District
22,704
$152,378
4.3%
2.1%
24.6%
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District
39,684
$92,213
5.8%
3.3%
44.4%
Tallmadge City School District
18,422
$89,444
5%
3.5%
43.4%
Twinsburg City School District
27,558
$103,312
5.9%
4.1%
54.1%
Woodridge Local School District
19,426
$72,917
15.8%
5.7%
43.7%
Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates for each school district's area, matched to its board by name. They're estimates with a , larger for small districts.
The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 66 local governments in Summit County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.
Kind of government
Census count (2022)
Listed on this page
County government
1
1
Cities, towns, villages and townships (22 municipal, 9 township)
31
36
School districts (school boards)
18
21
Special districts (elected boards)
16
0
Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).
About these counts
The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.
Who lives in Summit County
537,864people
41.4median ageU.S.: 38.9
$71,622 household incomeU.S.: $80,734
12.8%below the U.S.: 12.5%
35.8%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%
$208,700median home valueU.S.: $332,700
5.1%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%
6%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%
6.1%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%
5.6%U.S.: 8.4%
48.3%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%
21.3%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%
Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 2.7% · White 73.4% · Black 13.7% · Asian 4.3% · Other or more than one race 5.8% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)
Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).
About these figures
The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.
Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.
Jobs in Summit County
3.7%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.3%. Ohio: 3.3%.
259,452people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.
269,402in the September 2026, preliminary.
Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.
Every month, last two years
Month
Rate
Unemployed
Employed
Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)
3.7%
9,950
259,452
269,402
August 2026
3.8%
10,140
259,629
269,769
July 2026
3.6%
9,827
262,623
272,450
June 2026
3.7%
10,214
262,398
272,612
May 2026
3.0%
8,138
261,643
269,781
April 2026
3.3%
9,074
263,027
272,101
March 2026
4.1%
11,320
261,452
272,772
February 2026
4.8%
13,157
259,739
272,896
January 2026
4.9%
13,369
256,876
270,245
December 2025
4.3%
11,851
260,806
272,657
November 2025
4.2%
11,593
261,868
273,461
October 2025
not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025
4.3%
11,781
261,832
273,613
August 2025
4.7%
12,905
261,637
274,542
July 2025
5.1%
14,067
262,633
276,700
June 2025
5.0%
13,912
261,997
275,909
May 2025
4.7%
12,925
262,981
275,906
April 2025
5.0%
13,782
264,102
277,884
March 2025
5.5%
15,348
263,051
278,399
February 2025
5.7%
15,916
261,264
277,180
January 2025
5.8%
15,831
259,319
275,150
December 2024
4.9%
13,613
262,905
276,518
November 2024
4.5%
12,408
264,358
276,766
October 2024
4.1%
11,482
265,925
277,407
Yearly averages
Year
Rate
Unemployed
Employed
Labor force
2025 (11 months)
4.9%
13,628
261,954
275,582
2024
4.5%
12,526
263,709
276,235
2023
3.8%
10,277
263,329
273,606
2022
4.0%
10,750
260,066
270,816
2021
5.4%
14,775
256,402
271,177
2020
8.1%
22,093
250,102
272,195
2019
4.2%
11,683
267,165
278,848
2018
4.5%
12,541
264,219
276,760
2017
4.9%
13,776
265,027
278,803
2016
5.0%
14,013
263,744
277,757
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Ohio's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.4% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.
Quick answers
Who is the Summit County Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas?
Tavia Baxter Galonski (Democratic) is the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Summit County, Ohio.
Who is the Summit County County Engineer?
B Alan Brubaker (Democratic) is the County Engineer of Summit County, Ohio.
Who is the Summit County County Executive?
Ilene L Shapiro (Democratic) is the County Executive of Summit County, Ohio.
Who is the Summit County County Fiscal Officer?
Kristen M Scalise (Democratic) is the County Fiscal Officer of Summit County, Ohio.
Who is the Summit County Prosecuting Attorney?
Elliot J Kolkovich (Democratic) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Summit County, Ohio.
Who is the Summit County County Sheriff?
Kandy L Fatheree (Democratic) is the County Sheriff of Summit County, Ohio.
Who are the Summit County commissioners?
Erin Leigh Dickinson (County Council Member); John A Donofrio (County Council Member); Elizabeth M Walters (County Council Member); Rita S Darrow (County Council Member); John N Schmidt (County Council Member); David Anthony Licate (County Council Member); Jeffrey E Wilhite (County Council Member); Brandon Lee Ford (County Council Member); Christine Marie Higham (County Council Member); Bethany Amie McKenney (County Council Member); Joseph Andrew Kacyon (County Council Member).
Who is on the Summit County School Board?
Summer Ladawn Hall (Board of Education Member); Rene Teruko Molenaur (Board of Education Member); Barbara A Sykes (Board of Education Member); Gregory B Harrison (Board of Education Member); Nathan Jarosz (Board of Education Member); Karmaya Kelly (Board of Education Member); Phil Montgomery (Board of Education Member); Mike Acomb (Board of Education Member); Molly Schneider (Board of Education Member); Kate Fuller (Board of Education Member); Jennifer Klich (Board of Education Member); Pam Mehalis (Board of Education Member); Patrick Boyle (Board of Education Member); Thomas Lloyd Harnden (Board of Education Member); Cynthia L Sutton (Board of Education Member); Kenneth Cheatham (Board of Education Member); Brenda Stevenson Rickenback (Board of Education Member); Trevor Robert Chuna (Board of Education Member); Steven Doss (Board of Education Member); Jim Borchik (Board of Education Member); Stephen M Coon (Board of Education Member); Beth Hertz (Board of Education Member); Daniel R Fouser (Board of Education Member); Terri Lynn Pfaff (Board of Education Member); Josh Hostetler (Board of Education Member); Laura Diane McGraw (Board of Education Member); John Sulek (Board of Education Member); Anthony J Harris (Board of Education Member); Patrice E White (Board of Education Member); Anthony D Gomez (Board of Education Member); Carrie A Schaefer (Board of Education Member); Courtney Zimmerman (Board of Education Member); Eric M Chojnacki (Board of Education Member); David B Cohen (Board of Education Member); Bob Campbell (Board of Education Member); Nickolas R Fanelly (Board of Education Member); Katie Stoynoff (Board of Education Member); Todd Hill (Board of Education Member); Michael Houska (Board of Education Member); John Ross (Board of Education Member); Mellisa Schreiner (Board of Education Member); Christopher Wolny (Board of Education Member); Laura W Jones (Board of Education Member); Thomas James Tobin (Board of Education Member); Mark Dzurec (Board of Education Member); Jon C Peterson (Board of Education Member); Kirstin S Toth (Board of Education Member); Scott R Gindlesberger (Board of Education Member); Christopher V Goff (Board of Education Member); Lia Jones (Board of Education Member); Thomas Winkhart (Board of Education Member); Tonya M Wright (Board of Education Member); Krisi Hay Gindlesperger (Board of Education Member); Cynthia Elizabeth McDonald (Board of Education Member); Jason M Jividen (Board of Education Member); Dale A Jolly (Board of Education Member); Richard P Sponseller Jr (Board of Education Member); Mark E Kollar (Governing Board Member); Carolyn Weglewski (Governing Board Member); Dennis Matson (Governing Board Member); Charles C O Penrod (Board of Education Member); Michelle A Yoho (Board of Education Member); Michael Licause (Board of Education Member); Triston Shelby Smead (Board of Education Member); Christopher G Williams (Board of Education Member); Chad M Lahrmer (Board of Education Member); Elizabeth Ann McKinley (Board of Education Member); Sandra A Caramela Miller (Board of Education Member); Matt Ford (Board of Education Member); Jason L Tidmore Sr (Board of Education Member); Jim Gindlesberger (Board of Education Member); Bob Schilling (Board of Education Member); Jeff Weygandt (Board of Education Member); Julie A Barkey (Board of Education Member); Rita A. Gearhart (Board of Education Member); Jennifer A Bennett (Board of Education Member); Mark Andrew Dedomenic (Board of Education Member); Chris Inks (Board of Education Member); Elisa Staats (Board of Education Member); Cindy Webel (Board of Education Member); Kasha Marie Brackett (Board of Education Member); Natalie Angela Rainey (Board of Education Member); Courtney Zillweger Stein (Board of Education Member); Jeffrey Aram Bowler (Board of Education Member); Jennifer Burke (Board of Education Member); David R Hofer (Board of Education Member); Parker James Mason (Board of Education Member); Cynthia Frola (Board of Education Member); Chad Lance (Board of Education Member); Kelly Renee Warner (Board of Education Member); Mary J Olson (Governing Board Member); Teresa J Purses (Governing Board Member); Gregory Wolfe (Governing Board Member); Jim Holmes (Governing Board Member); Fran Miller (Governing Board Member); Daniel Wales (Governing Board Member); Tina Merlitti (Board of Education Member); Michael James Sheehan (Board of Education Member); Kari L Suhadolnik (Board of Education Member); John Moyer (Board of Education Member); Jason Whitacre (Board of Education Member); Clarissa M Allega (Governing Board Member); Michael Chadsey (Governing Board Member); Claire Tilden Jimerson (Governing Board Member); Cierra Lynch Shehorn (Governing Board Member); Edward Sturkey (Governing Board Member); Chad A Davis (Board of Education Member); Michael G Passarelli (Board of Education Member); Todd Loughry (Board of Education Member); Kimberly A Polatas (Board of Education Member); Jennifer Ross (Board of Education Member); Beth A Egan (Board of Education Member); Aquanda M Hamilton (Board of Education Member); Rhonda L Crawford (Board of Education Member); Merkisha L Rush (Board of Education Member); Lea Renee Travis (Board of Education Member); Jeanine E Glover (Board of Education Member); Marlene Marie Martin (Board of Education Member); Michael Kane Feichter (Board of Education Member); Tammy L Heffernan (Board of Education Member); Danielle L Murphy (Board of Education Member).
What is the population of Summit County?
About 537,864 people, with a median age of 41.4; the median household income is $71,622 and 12.8% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Summit County?
3.7% in September 2026 (preliminary): 9,950 people unemployed in a labor force of 269,402, against 4.3% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Summit County?
66 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 22 municipal, 9 township, 18 school district and 16 special district governments.
What cities and towns are in Summit County?
73: Akron City, Akron City, Barberton City, Barberton City, Barberton City, Barberton City, Bath Township, Bath Township, Boston Hts Village, Boston Hts Village, Boston Township, Boston Township, Clinton Village, Clinton Village, Copley Township, Copley Township, Coventry Township, Coventry Township, Cuyahoga Falls City, Cuyahoga Falls City, Fairlawn City, Fairlawn City, Green City, Green City, Green City, Hudson City, Hudson City, Lakemore Village, Lakemore Village, Macedonia City, Macedonia City, Mogadore Village, Mogadore Village, Munroe Falls City, Munroe Falls City, New Franklin City, New Franklin City, Northfield Center Township, Northfield Center Township, Northfield Village, Northfield Village, Norton City, Norton City, Peninsula Village, Peninsula Village, Reminderville City, Reminderville City, Richfield Township, Richfield Township, Richfield Village, Richfield Village, Sagamore Hills Township, Sagamore Hills Township, Silver Lake District A Village, Silver Lake District B Village, Silver Lake District C Village, Silver Lake District D Village, Silver Lake Village, Silver Lake Village, Springfield Township, Springfield Township, State, State, Stow City, Stow City, Stow City, Tallmadge City, Tallmadge City, Tallmadge City, Twinsburg City, Twinsburg City, Twinsburg Township, Twinsburg Township. Each has its own page with its mayor and council.
Officeholders as of November 7, 2026, from each county board of elections' elected-officials list (the boards' Elected Officials lookups, read November 7, 2026, and the other boards' own published lists) and Cuyahoga County's certified 2024 general election results. Counties whose board publishes no list we can read yet aren't listed; officials appointed since a list was updated may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.
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