Lee Fisher. Executive Summary

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1 Executive Summary Lee Fisher s career has spanned the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. He has 18 years of public service, including Ohio Lt. Governor, Director of the Ohio Department of Development ( ODOD ), Chair of the Ohio Third Frontier Commission, Ohio Attorney General ( OAG ), State Senator, and State Representative. He has worked as a federal appellate law clerk, private attorney, public and private company board director, law school instructor, undergraduate teaching fellow, television and radio commentator, and President and CEO of the Center for Families and Children ( CFC ). He has extensive management, budgeting, strategic planning, fundraising, public speaking, and writing experience. He has managed budgets ranging from $20 million to $1 billion and teams ranging from 300 to He led a first-of-its-kind outside management review of the OAG and a comprehensive strategic planning process at both CFC and ODOD. Under his leadership, CFC tripled its annual revenue generation, and he led the largest successful capital campaign in CFC history (over $8 million). Lee is a graduate of Oberlin College (1973) and served on the Oberlin College Board of Trustees for 12 years. He earned his law degree from Case Western Reserve University ( CWRU ) School of Law (1976). He was the first recipient of the School of Law s Distinguished Recent Graduate Award and was inducted in the School of Law s Society of Benchers. He earned his Executive Master of Nonprofit Organization (EMNO) from the CWRU Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations (2004). He is a graduate of a number of leadership education programs including the Center for Creative Leadership s Leadership at the Peak Program; the CWRU Weatherhead School of Management s Professional Fellows Program, Harvard University s Program on Negotiation, and Leadership Cleveland. He was selected a Chase Public Leadership Fellow at Harvard s Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government, and a CWRU Presidential Fellow, teaching two undergraduate seminars on leadership, innovation, and collaboration. After graduation from law school, he was offered three judicial clerkships- two on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6 th Circuit, and one on the Ohio Supreme Court. He clerked for Judge Paul C. Weick of the 6 th Circuit from He was an instructor at the Cleveland- Marshall College of Law in 1978, teaching legal research, writing, and advocacy. He practiced law at the Cleveland law firm, Hahn Loeser & Parks, from in the areas of antitrust and trade regulation, business litigation, and government regulation. He returned to Hahn Loeser &Parks in 1995 as partner. Lee has spoken, lectured, and written extensively on a wide variety of legal and public policy topics. He was elected Ohio Attorney General in As General Counsel for the State of Ohio, he managed the largest law firm in Ohio- a team of 1200 professionals including 350 lawyers, 23 legal divisions, a $50 million budget, and an average daily caseload of 40,000 pending cases. He supervised the writing of over 300 formal legal opinions. Lee was the first Ohio Attorney General to personally argue cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6 th Circuit and the Ohio Supreme Court. 1

2 PO Box Cleveland, Ohio EDUCATION Case Western Reserve University ( CWRU ) Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, EMNO (2004) Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D. (1976) Oberlin College, B.A. (1973) LEADERSHIP EDUCATION Leadership at the Peak CEO program, Center for Creative Leadership (2001) Professional Fellows Program, CWRU Weatherhead School of Management ( ) Program on Negotiation, Harvard University (1996) Leadership Cleveland (1984) Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government (Chase Public Leadership Fellow), Harvard University (1983) EMPLOYMENT Public Sector Lt. Governor of Ohio ( ) Director, Ohio Department of Development ( ODOD ) ( ) Chair, Ohio Third Frontier Commission ( ) Attorney General of Ohio ( ) State Senator ( ) State Representative ( ) Non-Profit/Private Sectors President and CEO, Center for Families and Children ( ) CWRU Presidential Teaching Fellow. Taught two undergraduate seminars, How to Communicate, Collaborate, Negotiate, Advocate, and Innovate (2004) Board Member, REX Corporation (public company) ( ) Board Member, OfficeMax (public company) ( ) Of Counsel, Hahn Loeser & Parks ( ); Partner ( ) Analyst, Commentator, Cleveland television affiliates - NBC (2001), ABC ( ), (2000), CBS ( ), WCPN public radio ( ) Instructor, Legal Research, Writing, and Advocacy, Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (1978) Law Clerk, Judge Paul C.Weick, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6 th Circuit ( ) 2

3 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Regular Contributing Editor, Environmental Law Journal of Ohio ( ) Regular Contributing Editor, Cuyahoga Bar Association Law and Fact Magazine ( ) Associate Editor, American Bar Association ( ABA ) Litigation News (1979) Cable, Copyright, Communications: Controversy, Cleveland State Law Review (24 Cleveland State Law Review 107, Winter, 1975). The article examined the efforts of the courts, the Congress, and the Federal Communications Commission to apply the federal copyright law to the technological developments in the then fast growing cable television industry. Assisted Judge Paul C. Weick in the writing of his article, Erosion of State Sovereign Immunity and the Eleventh Amendment by Federal Decisional Law, University of Akron Law Review (10 Akron Law Review 583, Spring 1977) Look Under Ohio s Hood, Governor Ted Strickland and Lt. Governor Lee Fisher, Wall Street Journal, September 7, 2008 Mental Health System Can t Take Any More Cuts, Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 18, 2003 State of Nonprofit America: A Reaction from the Grassroots, The Nonprofit Quarterly, Winter 2002 Dear Governor, The Journal of the Federation for Community Planning, October 2002 Nonprofits Must Speak Up, Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 3, 2002 Courage to Stand Up, Speak Out for Beliefs is Key, Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 19, 1998 More Training for Workers, Support for Research, Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 5, 1998 Lifelong Learning is the Goal, Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 21, 1998 Caring for Kids is the Priority, Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 8, 1998 We Owe it to Our Kids to Move Ohio to Top of Class, Akron Beacon Journal, September 1997 Lawyers in the Classroom Students in the Courtroom, Cleveland Bar Journal, April 1997 The Need for a Crime Victims Amendment, Cuyahoga County Bar Association Law and Fact, December 1994 State Helps Businesses Stop Pollution, Crain s Cleveland Business, May 9, 1994 The Environmental Compliance Bill, The Daily Report, March 18, 1994 Testimony before the U.S. House Select Committee on Crime, March 2, 1994 Marshalling KOPS against Robbers, Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 22,1994 Elder Law, Cuyahoga County Bar Association Law and Fact, June 1993 It s Time to Update Our Environmental Laws, Business First Magazine, June 1993 Hate Crime Law Needed to Deter Violence, Bigotry, Dayton Daily News, May 15, 1993 U.S. Children in Arms Race, Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 1, 1993 Antitrust Guidance for Small Business, The Antitrust Journal, May 1993 Getting Tough on Environmental Crimes, Ohio Township News, February 1993 Ending Corruption Takes Public Watchdog, Akron Beacon Journal, February 2, 1993 Protecting Consumers through A.D.R. National Institute for Dispute Resolution Forum, Winter 1992 Why Ohio Seeks OK for Hate Crime Law, Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 3, 1992 The Crossroads of Policy and the Law, Ohio RCAR Newsletter, October 1992 Testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice Regarding the Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement Act of 1992, August 14, 1992 Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector, Cuyahoga County Bar Association Law and Fact, June 1992 How Ohio Hate Crime Law Differs, Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 15, 1992 Operation Crackdown: Teaching an Old Law New Tricks, Civil Remedies in Drug Enforcement Report, November 1991 Stop Gun Honor System, Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 30,

4 SELECTED SPEECHES /PRESENTATIONS Keynote Speaker, many local, state, and national conferences and forums including the City Club of Cleveland, the Columbus Metropolitan Club, the Columbus and Akron Press Clubs, and the Harvard Club of New York City Keynote Speaker, Price Waterhouse General Counsel Forum, How General Counsel Can Work with State Government Keynote Speaker, Cleveland Engineering Society, The Federal/State Interplay on Environmental Issues, the Ohio Example Keynote Speaker, Cleveland Israel Bonds CLE seminar, A Legal Approach to Ohio s Education Crisis Keynote Speaker, The Environmental Audit Privilege, Squire, Sanders and Dempsey Environmental Workshop Keynote Speaker, Social Change from Within and Without, Law and the Liberal Arts Conference, Oberlin College Keynote Speaker, Competing at the Speed of Business, Mid- America Economic Development Council Keynote Speaker, Innovation and Opportunity, Ohio-Kentucky- Indiana Regional Council of Governments Keynote Speaker, Making the Leap from Good to Great, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2006 Opening Retreat Keynote Speaker, The Strategic Character of the Nonprofit Sector, Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations Annual Management and Leadership Conference Orientation Speaker, First Year Class, CWRU School of Law Introduction of Commencement Speaker, Oberlin College Commencement Speaker, CWRU Weatherhead School of Management Commencement Speaker, University of Akron Law School (Honorary Degree) Commencement Speaker, Ohio Northern University Commencement Speaker, Cuyahoga Community College Commencement Speaker, Columbus State Community College Commencement Speaker, Cleveland City Year Commencement Speaker, Cleveland Bridge Builders SELECTED HONORS/AWARDS Inducted, Society of Benchers, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (2009) Only person in Ohio named as one of the Power 100 Northeast Ohio Leaders by Cleveland Magazine Inside Business and one of the top 100 Central Ohio leaders by Smart Business Columbus magazine (2008, 2009) Presidential Teaching Fellow, Case Western Reserve University (2004) Nonprofit Executive of the Year, Smart Business Magazine (2004) Visionary in Business Award, Smart Business Magazine (2001) Distinguished Recent Graduate Award, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (1984) Shaker Hts. High School Hall of Fame (1984) Chase Public Leadership Fellow, Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government, Harvard University (1983) Voted Outstanding Freshman Legislator by his legislative colleagues and the Statehouse Press Corps, Columbus Monthly magazine (1982) Cleveland Bar Association Merit Service Award (1978, 1979) 4

5 PUBLIC SERVICE Chair, Ohio Economic Growth Council ( ) Chair, Ohio Third Frontier Commission ( ) Chair, Clean Ohio Council ( ) Chair, Governor s Council on Homelessness and Affordable Housing ( ) Member, Ohio Venture Capital Authority ( ) Chair, Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission ( ) Chair, Midwest Region, National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) ( ) Chair, NAAG Antitrust Committee ( ) Chair, NAAG Children and the Law Committee ( ) Chair, Ohio Holocaust Commemoration ( ) Chair, Ohio Senate Task Force on Children ( ) LEGAL COMMUNITY SERVICE Admitted to practice, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeal for the 2nd and 6 th Circuits, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Life Member, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6 th Circuit Judicial Conference (1984-present) Life Member, Ohio Eighth Judicial District Judicial Conference Board, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland ( ), Board of Overseers Visiting Committee, Case Western Reserve School of Law ( ), Advisory Board, CWRU Center for Biomedical Ethics ( ) Legal Advisory Board, Cleveland Works ( ) Justice for All Cabinet, Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation ( ) Board, Ohio CASA/GAL(Court Appointed Special Advocate/Guardian ad Litem) Association (1996) U.S. Federal Court Alternative Dispute Mediation Panel ( ) Co-Chair, Greater Cleveland Bar Association s Cleveland Public Schools Education Initiative ( ) Member, ABA Litigation, Urban Law, and Tort and Insurance Practice Sections ABA Ohio Child Sexual Abuse Reform Task Force ABA Task Force on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children ( ) BUSINESS /COMMUNITY SERVICE Advisory Board, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (1999-Present) Board of Directors, Rex Corporation ( ) Advisory Board, 5ITech ( ) Founder, Co-Chair, Mental Health Advocacy Coalition ( ) National Leadership Board, Cleveland Clinic Tausig Cancer Center ( ) Advisory Council, Case Western Reserve University Mandel School for Applied Social Sciences ( ) Board of Directors, Greater Cleveland Growth Association ( ) Board of Trustees, Oberlin College ( ) Board of Directors, Office Max ( ) Co-Chair, Greater Cleveland Growth Association Strategic Planning Team (2001) Board of Directors, Harris Info Source ( ) Strategy Council, Cleveland Public Schools ( ) Advisory Board, Main Street Gourmet ( ) Board of Directors, Greater Cleveland Roundtable ( ) Chair, National Commission on Crime Control and Prevention (1995) (due to lack of congressional funding, the Commission did not convene) 5

6 SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS Ohio s Chief Economic Development Officer Lt. Governor Fisher has come to intimately know the specific and general problems that businesses, workers (and laid-off workers) are confronting everyplace.he has an incisive, organized, practical mind, on top of all that experience. Dayton Daily News (2010) Managed $1 billion budget and team of 400, including 14 international offices Site Selection magazine awarded the Governor s Cup to Ohio 3 consecutive times (2007, 2008, 2009). Considered the most prestigious economic award in the nation, recognizing the state with the most new or expanded capital investment projects. Site Selection magazine recognized the Ohio Department of Development as the top economic agency in the country for business expansion (2008) Led creation of Ohio s first-ever Strategic Plan for Economic Development Dean Ned Hill of the Cleveland State University Levin College of Urban Affairs noted, This is the first time any state department of development in the country is being held accountable for something outside of deal flow. (2008) Chaired first-ever Ohio Economic Growth Council as part of the Strickland-Fisher administration s efforts to ensure that every state cabinet department had economic development as part of its mission. Chaired Ohio Third Frontier Commission, leading Ohio s efforts to provide funding for technology-based early-stage companies. Chaired Clean Ohio Council which provides funding for the cleanup of brownfields. Launched the Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Program, the Ohio Film Office, the Entrepreneurship and Small Business Division, the Workforce and Talent Division, the Office of Insurance and Financial Development, and the first-ever Minority Business Advisory Council. Led Ohio s business and investment mission to Japan and travelled to Russia to persuade one of Russia s largest steel companies to build a plant in Ohio. President & CEO, Center for Families and Children Lee Fisher is leading the Center for Families and Children to new heights. Smart Business Magazine (2004) Managed $20 million budget and team of over 300 Only nonprofit organization to be named for 5 consecutive years as One of the Best Places to Work in Northeast Ohio by the Employers Resource Council Developed a comprehensive strategic plan and balanced scorecard process Led development of a $4 million 3-year information technology plan Led most successful capital campaign in Center s history, raising over $8 million Led the Center s annual fundraising efforts, tripling the Center s annual revenue generation Purchased and renovated new signature headquarters 6

7 Ohio s Chief Legal and Law Enforcement Officer Ohio is fortunate to have someone of Lee Fisher s caliber as Attorney General. A seasoned lawyer and able legislator, he hit the ground running when he took office in 1991, and he hasn t broken stride since. Columbus Dispatch (1994) Managed team of 1,200, including 350 attorneys, 23 legal divisions, $50 million budget, and average daily caseload of 40,000 pending cases. Supervised the writing of over 300 legal opinions. Worked with over 100 law firms in Ohio and throughout the country in their capacity as outside counsel. First Ohio Attorney General to personally argue cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6 th Circuit and Ohio Supreme Court. 1 Commissioned first-ever outside management review of the Ohio Attorney General s Office, conducted by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). First Ohio Attorney General to craft prosecutorial guidelines for environmental matters. First Ohio Attorney General to establish an Ethics and Responsibility Advisory Council. Chair, NAAG Midwest Region Chair, NAAG Antitrust Committee Chair, NAAG Children & Law Committee National Innovation Award, Council of State and Local Governments for Operation Crackdown Program, which shut down more than 150 dangerous drug houses in Ohio. Established the first-ever statewide law enforcement and crime victim conferences, now annual traditions in Ohio s law enforcement community. First state in the nation to require racial and cultural sensitivity training for new law enforcement officers. A Decade of Service in the Ohio Legislature Authored more than 10 Ohio laws, including the Close Corporation law, Missing Children law, Hate Crime law, Crime Victims Assistance law, Hospice Licensure law, and the Child Safety Seat law. Chair, Cuyahoga County Legislative Delegation ( ) Led the effort to secure long term funding for Ohio legal aid services through passage of the IOLTA law Only legislator from 1980 to 1990 who served for 10 consecutive years on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees 1 National Solid Waste Management Association v. State of Ohio (1992) successfully defended the constitutionality of Ohio s solid waste law before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6 th Circuit. Ohio s law imposed higher disposal fees on out-of-state waste than on in-state waste; State of Ohio v. Wyant, May, Van Gundy (1992) successfully defended the constitutionality of Ohio s Hate Crime law (the same law that Lee authored as State Senator in 1987) before the Ohio Supreme Court. 7

8 SELECTED QUOTES - WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT LEE FISHER S SERVICE He earned the respect of the business community for trying to understand its needs and to make Columbus a more effective partner, even during an economic meltdown. Plain Dealer (2010) I can honestly say that we would not have been able to save the jobs at Goodyear and Bridgestone/Firestone had it not been for Lee Fisher. Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic (2010) Ohio Governor Ted Strickland gives all due credit for the Governor s Cup to Lt. Governor Lee Fisher, who leads the Ohio Department of Development. Site Selection Magazine (2009) I hope you know the impact you have had on Norwalk and the lives of many people who have jobs because of you. Sue Lesch, Mayor of Norwalk, Ohio (2008) You certainly turned things around to the benefit of Ohio. I remarked to several others about the excellent job you are doing in the economic arena. Richard Pogue, Former Managing Partner, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue (2008) Lt. Governor Fisher s speech was magnificent he was the best speaker we have ever had at our annual luncheon. Mark Policinski, Executive Director, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (2008) I have heard many speeches and conference presentations on economic development over the years. In all sincerity, yours was the very best address I have ever heard on this important topic. Daniel Johnson, President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Economic Development, University of Toledo (2007) The expectation that the bright and energetic Mr. Fisher would be overseeing this critically important department is a key reason we endorsed the Fisher-Strickland team. Crain s Cleveland Business (2006) From the start, I knew that you were the leader CFC needed to take the organization to levels it hadn t imagined possible. You ve done that and more. Amy Morgenstern, President, Main Stream Enterprises; Strategic Planning Consultant to CFC (2006) Fisher is intuitive, savvy, and willing to take a stand he offers Ohioans an extraordinarily impressive arsenal of leadership skills. Sun Newspapers (1998) He s known for his doggedness and ability to cut across political lines to reach his goals. Cincinnati Post (1994) He has been independent and innovative. The description is more than campaign chatter. It fits he has been a strong leader. Akron Beacon Journal (1994) He raised the level of professionalism in his office by luring top private practice attorneys to his office s civil section. He is thoughtful, capable, and independent. Youngstown Vindicator (1994) General Fisher is a natural quester for ideas.the touchstones of the new order are collegial decision-making, openness to new ideas, and information sharing NAAG Management Report (1994) He s one of the brightest, most articulate, generally capable office holders Ohio has seen in years. Dayton Daily News (1994) 8