Board member: South Euclid Mayor Georgine Welo

In November 2003, Georgine Welo became the first woman elected Mayor of the City of South Euclid.

RTA experience

• March 4, 2014, Sworn in to the RTA Board.
• Elected to the Board by the Cuyahoga County Mayors and City Managers Association, replacing Brookpark Mayor Mark Elliott, who retired.

Public-sector experience

• 1992-1998, Council member, City of South Euclid
• 1994 and 2005, Chairperson, Charter Review Commission, City of South Euclid
• 1996-1998, President Pro-Tem, City of South Euclid
• 1998-2003, Administrative Bailiff to Judge Ann T. Mannen, Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County
• 1998-2003, Member, Zoning and Planning Committee, City of South Euclid

 Professional activities

• Past President, Cuyahoga County Mayors and City Managers Association
• Vice-Chair, Chair of Finance and Chair of Gas and Electricity, Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC)
• Chair, Government and Community Relations Advisory Council, Notre Dame College
• Vice-president, Suburban Council of Governments, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
• Member, Auditor of State’s Northeast Ohio Regional Advisory Board
• Past member, Board of Trustees, Ohio Municipal League
• Past member, Board of Trustees, University Suburban Medical Center, South Euclid
• Executive Member, Heights Regional Chambers of Commerce
• Past Executive Member, First Suburbs Consortium
• International Cleveland Communities Advisory Committee, Cleveland Museum of Art
• Regional Prosperity Initiative
• Ohio First Suburbs Consortium
• The Mayor’s Association of Ohio
• Northeast Ohio Mayor and Managers Association
• Council of Government, Community Partnership on Aging (formerly Tri-City Consortium on Aging)
• Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG)
• Honorary Board Member, Hillcrest Meals on Wheels
• Past Chair, NOPEC Demand Side Market Entry Advisory Services Committee
• Past Grant Member, NOPEC, Powering Our Community
• Past Vice-Chair, the Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation Board
• Past Chairperson, Euclid Creek Watershed Counci
• Past Board Chairperson, Sourcing Office
• Past Board Member, Strategic Planning, Cuyahoga County Public Library
• Past Board of Trustee, Notre Dame College
• Past Board Member, Regina High School
• Past Board Secretary, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
• Suburban Council of Governments
• Past Member, SELREC Council of Governments
• Past Member, Cuyahoga County Planning Commission
• Past Member, Serbian Arts Council
• Past Member Cuyahoga County JABG Review Committee (Juvenile Accountability Block Grant funding)
• Past Member, District One Public Works Integrating Committee.
• Past Member, Northeast Ohio Mayor’s Think Tank, Kent State University

Civic activities

• 2010, Host Committee, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Sing Out
• 2010, Host Committee, Cleveland Film Commission, Red Carpet event
• 2009, Co-Hostess, S.H.O.W.E.R. event, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
• 2008, Host Committee, Cleveland Public Theatre Pandemonium
• 2008, Host Committee, Regina High School Gala
• 2008, Member, United Way Eastern Regional Market Committee
• League of Women Voters
• Chairperson, Stonewall Democrats, South Euclid Home Days
• Cleveland Museum of Natural History
• Cleveland Cultural Gardens
• The City Club
• South Euclid Garden Club
• South Euclid-Lyndhurst PTA
• Charles F. Brush High School Athletic Boosters
• Regina High School Campaign Steering Committee
• South Euclid Democratic Club
• Cuyahoga County Democratic Club, Precinct Committee person
• Past Board Member, Loyola Society, St. Ignatius High School
• Past Member, South Euclid Ad-Hoc Committee on Recreation
• Past Vice President, South Euclid Co-op Pre-School
• Past Assistant Treasurer, St. Sava Cathedral, Parma
• Past Sunday School Superintendent, St. Sava Cathedral, Parma
• Past President S.S.S. Njegosh Choir President

Recognition

• 2007, Hero Award, First Suburbs Consortium, from University Heights
• 2005 and 2006, Most Influential Person-of-the-Year, Sun Newspapers
• 1996, Award for Civic Service, 100^th Anniversary, Citizens League of Greater Cleveland
• 1995, Award for Public Service, American Serbian Businessman’s Association

Education

• Graduate, University of Akron, Bachelor of Arts and Science
• Graduate, Bliss Institute, University of Akron

Updated March 21, 2017