Dear Citizen:

Your comments or questions concerning Lake County government are important to me.  Please feel free to contact me by phone at 440-350-2752 or email.  If you would like to stop in and visit with me personally, please call and we'll get you on the schedule as quickly as possible.  Thanks for helping me do the job of helping you!

Sincerely,

Daniel P. Troy

Daniel P. Troy
Commissioner

Biographical Information

Name: Daniel Patrick Troy

Personal: Born: June 6, 1948 in Cleveland, OH 

Graduate- St. Mary Magdalene Elementary-Willowick

St. Joseph High-Cleveland

University of Dayton -B.A. in Political Science

U.S. Army Veteran

Residence: 31600 Lake Shore, Suite #37, Willowick, OH 44095

Home Phone: (440) 585-4591 Work Phone: (440) 350-2752

Government Service

Willowick City Councilman- 3 terms- (1972-77)President -Lake County Council of Governments- 3 terms- (1975-78)President- Willowick City Council- 2 terms- (1980-82)

State Representative for Western Lake County- 7 terms- (1983-96)

As a Member of Ohio House, served as Chairman of:

* House Select Committee on Solid Waste

* House Finance & Appropriations Education Sub-Committee

* House Ways & Means

* Joint House-Senate Committee on Education Oversight

Elected Lake County Commissioner in 1998, Re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010

 - Past President, County Commissioners Association of Ohio (CCAO) Board of Trustees

- Past Chairman, CCAO Taxation and Finance Committee (2000-2005)

- Chairman, National Association of Counties (NACO) Fiscal Policy SubCommittee

- Past President, Northeast Ohio Area Coordinating Agency (NOACA) (2004)

-Member, NOACA Governing Board (1999-Present)

Academic Service

   Associate Instructor of Political Science at Lakeland Community College (2004-Present)

Political Party Service

   Ohio Democratic Party State Central Committee (1996-Present)

    Lake County Democratic Party Central Committee (1976-Present)

    Delegate to Democratic National Conventions (1976,1984, 2004)

Private Employment

Air Balance Technician for Kahoe Air Balance Co., in Eastlake (1967-75)

Air Balance Project Engineer for Professional Balance Co., in Willoughby (l975-88)

Chief Project Estimator for Professional Balance Co., in Willoughby (1997-1999)

Organizations and Affiliations

Sheet Metal Workers Local #33-Cleveland

East Side Irish-American Club

Chagrin River Salmon Association

Awards and Recognitions

Ohio Nurses Foundation  Nurses Choice Award - 2010

Lake County Soil and Water Conservation Award - 2002

Best Friend of LEAF Award  - 2002

Science Education Council of Ohio Friend of Science Award - 2001

Lake County Environmental Improvement Award- 1989, 2001

Lakeland Community College Community Service Award- 1997

Ohio School Counselor Association - 1995

Friend of Ohio's Community Colleges Award- 1994

Ohio Amvets Legislator of the Year- 1994

Ohio Sea Grant Leadership Award - 1993

Ohio Student Loan Commission Legislative Service Award- 1992

Ohio Educational Broadcasters Commissioners Award- 1992

Ohio Coalition for the Education of Handicapped Children Legislative Leadership Award- 1989 & 1991

Ohio Vocational Education School Superintendents Man of the Year- 1989

Ohio Sea Grant Distinguished Service Award- 1988

Lake County Police Chiefs Association Legislator of the Year Award- 1986

Ohio Assn. of Health Commissioners Distinguished Legislative Service Award - 1984

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A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF LAKE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DANIEL P. TROY  

       Lake County Commissioner Daniel P. Troy, is currently in his fourth term in that office. Prior to his election as commissioner in 1998, and subsequent  re-elections in 2002, 2006 and 2010, he served seven terms totaling 14 years in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1983 to 1996.

During that tenure, Mr. Troy was chairman of the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee, the Education Subcommittee of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee, and the Joint House-Senate Education Oversight Committee.

As State Representative, Mr. Troy was instrumental in securing the passage of numerous pieces of major legislation, including Ohio’s Solid Waste Law, required Articulation and Course Transfer Agreements between Ohio’s two and four year institutions of higher education, the Lake Erie Phosphorous Reduction Act, and a major rewrite of Ohio’s Enterprise Zone and Tax Abatement Program.  He was generally considered an expert on issues regarding budgeting and taxation.

He led efforts to secure over $20 million in state funding for Lakeland Community College’s Health Technologies, Student Center, and Library buildings.  He worked to establish and fund Ohio’s first elementary student Math and Science Center, benefitting Lake County’s 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders.  

Prior to his service in the Ohio House, Mr. Troy was a city councilman and council president in the City of Willowick for five terms.  

As a County Commissioner, Mr. Troy has served as Governing Board President of the Northeast Ohio Area-Wide Coordinating Agency (NOACA), the MPO for the Greater Cleveland area, in 2004.  NOACA recently named him the recipient of the 2011 Walter F. Ehrnfelt Award for Outstanding Regional Contribution.  He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the County Commissioners Association of Ohio (CCAO) for 12 years, and served as its Association President in 2008. He recently served as Co-Chair of the Ohio Commission on Local Government Reform and Collaboration, and was recently named Chairman of the National Association of Counties (NACO) Fiscal and Intergovernmental Affairs Steering Committee.  Commissioner Troy is also one of Ohio’s two directors on the NACO Board of Directors.

Commissioner Troy is a lifetime resident of northeastern Ohio, a graduate of Cleveland St. Joseph High School and the University of Dayton with a degree in political science, and a U.S. Army veteran.