Ward 2:
Tom Bullock represents Lakewood’s Ward 2. He brings to Council more than fifteen years’ experience in community leadership and making government work for people, including practical experience from work with top government leaders in Ohio and Washington, D.C. Bullock worked on Capitol Hill as a congressional aide and gained experience in securing federal budget dollars for local communities.

Bullock is active in the community and was on the ground floor with many groups bringing innovative change to Lakewood, including the Lakewood Observer, the LEAF Community, and BikeLakewood. He is helping residents set up Block Watches and “Good Neighbor Groups” to keep their streets safe, clean, and family-friendly, and he invites anyone interested to call him at (216) 337-1318.

Bullock chairs the Public Safety Committee and serves on the Public Works Committee. He has a B.A. in government from American University in Washington, D.C. and an M.A. in Classics from the University of London.

Ward 3:
Mike Summers is President and owner of Summers Rubber Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Summers Rubber Company in an industrial distribution company specializing in hose, fittings, and sealing products for the durable goods manufacturing, chemical, and construction markets.  Summers Rubber has 60 employees and 8 branch locations.

His professional  accomplishments include service as President of the Westside Industrial Retention Network (WIRE-Net), a consortium of manufacturing companies dedicated to preserving industrial jobs on Cleveland’s Westside and President of the National Association of Hose and Accessories Distributors (NAHAD). He served as a Board Member of the Cleveland Growth Association  and Co- Chaired its Jobs and Workforce Intitiative. He serves a member of the Board of Directors of First Federal Savings and Loan Association.   He was appointed by Governor Taft  to serve as  Chairman of Ohio’s Workforce Policy Board from 1999 to 2003.. He served eight years on the Lakewood Board of Education, including service as President in 1999 and 2003. He was appointed by the Cuyahoga County Commissioners  in 2000 to serve on the County Workforce Investment Board. He chaired the Grow Lakewood Strategy Taskforce( 2005) and the Structural Balance Finance Task Force(2007)and was elected to Lakewood City Council, Ward 3 in November 2007.

Mike Summers is a graduate of Lakewood High School, Class of 1972. He earned an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and a B.A. from Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio. He is the recipient of Wittenberg University’s Distinguished Alumni Citation, and was inducted into the Lakewood High School Alumni Hall of Fame.

Mary Louise Madigan
LAKEWOOD CITY HALL
12650 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
(216) 228-9578
Term Expires 12/31/2011
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At Large:
Nickie J. Antonio was elected to the At-Large seat for Lakewood City Council in November of 2005. She chairs the Health and Human Services Committee, is a member of the Public Works Committee and serves on the Lakewood Hospital Board. She also serves as the Council liaison to the Community Relations Advisory Commission.

Antonio holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Cleveland State University and a Master of Public Administration degree from the Maxine Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. A former special education teacher and non-profit administrator she has served numerous capacities as an in organizational consultant for non-profit and governmental organizations.

Antonio is the past chair of the American Cancer Society Relay for Life Event and current chair of the Cuyahoga Democratic Women’s Caucus. She has been active in various civic organizations including membership in the Ohio Women's Leadership Forum, Grow Lakewood Committee, Lakewood Schools Communications Committee, Lakewood Schools Fifty Years Committee, The Beck Center, LHS Athletic Boosters, Lakewood Soccer Association and Women Speak Out for Peace and Justice. She also served as the Chair of the Lakewood Citizens Advisory Committee for three of her four years on the committee. Past advocacy involvement includes the creation of the 2003 "CommUNITY Conversations," dialogue model that fosters neighborhood community building through positive communication and the development of a Women's Peace and Community Conference at Cleveland State University in 2002. In 1996 she served as United States delegate to Japan and the Philippines with the IIE program-ASIA Pacific WINGS. She is a founding member and past Chair of the NorthCoast HIV/AIDS Coalition, past President of the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the National Organization for Women, and former board member of the Domestic Violence Center.

Council member Antonio strives to work responsively and collaboratively in the community to improve the health, safety and viability of our city for all its citizens. She is a strong proponent of the arts as an economic catalyst and believes that civic engagement is key to building a strong and safe community.

Daughters Ariel and Stacey, both Lakewood High School graduates, have made Nickie and partner, Jean Kosmac very proud as the girls pursue their post-secondary studies.

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