district succeeded preceded state_house term article_title state name
62nd paul jones marcus roberto ohio january 3 , 1977-december 31 , 1982 john a. begala
 ohio john begala
john a. begala

john begala is a former member of the ohio house of representatives .
prior to his election , he was a councilman-at-large in kent , ohio .
as a member of city council , he was part of a coalition that successfully campaigned to amend the city charter , creating a council-manager form of government .
as a state legislator , he worked primarily on health and social legislation and oversight , authoring legislation on social service planning and nursing home reform .
in the field of senior services , he led initiatives to subsidize geriatric medicine programs in state-supported medical schools and establish a statewide network of multi-purpose senior centers .
after his third term , begala became deputy director and chief of staff at the ohio department of mental retardation and disabilities and director of the ohio developmental disabilities planning council .
he developed budget initiatives increasing state funding for special education , expanding home and community services , and stabilizing finance of residential facilities .
from 1986 until 1998 , begala held executive leadership positions with the greater cincinnati hospital council , university of cincinnati medical center , and greater cleveland 's metrohealth system .
from 1998 to 2005 , and again from 2008 through 2014 , he was executive director of the center for community solutions -lrb- formerly federation for community planning -rrb- , a health , social and economic policy think tank with offices in cleveland and columbus , ohio .
since 2004 , begala has been a lecturer at baldwin wallace university , where in 2013 he was appointed executive in residence .
