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Dr. John Bender brings to the Ohio State Board of Education:

• Experience-
  

• Seven years representing the 62nd district in the Ohio House of Representatives
  

• Ranking minority member of the House EDUCATION committee
  

• Ethics and Standards Committee
  

• Economic Development and Small Business Committ
  

• Five years as Member-at-Large on the Elyria City Council
  

• Educational Leadership-    
  

• Seventeen years in adminsitration at Lorain County Community College
  

• Background-
  

• PhD in Educational Adminsitration from the University of Pittsburgh
  

• M.A. in Guidance from the University of Pittsburgh
  

• B. Sci. in Biological Science Education from the University of Pittsburgh