Craig L. Foltin

Craig Foltin served as mayor of Lorain, OH before resigning to take a position at Cuyahoga Community College as Executive Vice President for Financial and Business Services. At the age of 32, Craig Foltin upset incumbent Joe Koziura 51.5% to 48.5% in 1999 to win the Mayoral seat in the City of Lorain where Democrats outnumber Republicans 5 to 1. Kozuira had previously won by a 70% margin against, and had also served for 10 years as a State Representative. He again ran against Foltin in 2003 and lost by a 55% - 45% margin.

Foltin was endorsed several times by the "Cleveland Plain Dealer" and "Lorain Morning Journal". Foltin has been featured in "Cleveland Magazine", "Inside Business", "Crains" and was a frequent guest of several Cleveland market morning and afternoon drive radio shows. He appeared on the major TV news broadcasts and was featured on several documentary shows on WVIZ.

Education

Doctor of Business Administration, June 1996, Major in Accounting, Minor in Information Systems, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

Master of Business Administration, June 1991, Area of Concentration: Finance, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio

Bachelor of Science in Accounting, June 1989, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Lorain High School, Lorain, Ohio, June 1985

2006 congressional campaign

Craig Foltin ran for the ushr|Ohio|13| against trial lawyer Betty Sutton. Although the 13th is one of the most Democratic districts in Ohio, the Republicans had high hopes for Foltin since he was the Republican mayor of a heavily Democratic city. However, Foltin could not overcome the strong anti-Republican mood in the district. He was defeated, gaining only 39 percent of the vote. In May 2007, Foltin announced his resignation as mayor of Lorain effective August 1, 2007 to take the Executive Vice-President of Finance position at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, OH.

External links

* [http://www.cityoflorain.org/ City of Lorain]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/69805768@N00/2130421162/in/photostream/ Photo of Mayor Craig Foltin atop the Lorain Lighthouse about 2000]