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Paula Brooks (born August 14, 1953) is currently serving her third term on the Franklin County Board of Commissioners since re-elected in 2012 with 64% of the vote. ==Early life, education and career== Brooks was raised on her family's farm in East Liverpool, Ohio〔(About Paula ) Paula Brooks Committee〕 as the oldest of five daughters. Her father was a Navy veteran and her mother was a nurse. Despite her family's humble financial situation, Brooks worked her way through Youngstown State University as a hairdresser, and subsequently attended Capital University Law School while working as an investigator at the office of Ohio Attorney General William J. Brown. After earning her law degree, Brooks worked for the State of Ohio Governor Richard F. Celeste as Chief Counsel for the Ohio Department of Liquor, and later as the Assistant Director of the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, managing a $3 billion budget, the state's largest department.〔(Commissioner Paula Brooks ) Franklin County Board of Commissioners〕 Brooks then worked for several years in private practice with a focus on health care and employment law. Since Brooks was elected to the Board of Commissioners, Franklin County has maintained a double AAA bond rating. During her tenure, Brooks was elected unanimously as Board President in 2006, 2009 and 2012. In 2013, as Ohio's second-largest county, Franklin County was rated as the fastest growing county in Ohio from July 2011 to July 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. For 2015, Franklin County's All Funds Approved Budget is $1.4 billion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://budget.franklincountyohio.gov/budget/2014/pdf/administrator-budget-message.pdf )〕 In 2010, Commissioner Brooks was elected president of the County Commissioner's Association of Ohio (CCAO), a bi-partisan organization, and has been on the Board of Directors from 2006 to the present. Her national leadership includes serving as chair of the National Association of Counties (NACo) Task Force on International Economic Development and the Subcommittee on Energy/Renewables. In 2013, Commissioner Brooks was selected to serve on the White House Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, as its only Ohio member. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paula Brooks (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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