The Columbus Dispatch
The Dispatch previously reported that 27 people had applied for the opening. Council President Shannon Hardin said in a statement that City Council was looking for an experienced candidate not seeking to run for election in 2023.
The candidates up for consideration to fill Brown’s council seat are:
- Mitchell J. Brown: a former Columbus City Council member who announced his retirement last year and former head of the city and Ohio departments of public safety.
- Charity Martin-King: director of social change at Ohio State University’s Office of Student Life
- Densil Porteous: executive director and CEO at Stonewall Columbus, central Ohio’s largest LGBTQ+ community support organization,
- Eli Bohnert: a member of the West Scioto Area Commission
- Ilhan Dahir: global governance and civilian protection expert at the Stimson Center
- Kelly Lombardo-Matthews: digital marketing manager at LifeCare Alliance
- Lucy Gettman: principal at G&S Consulting
- Olubunmi Adekanbi: public relations officer at NiDOA Ohio, a nonprofit Nigeria support organization
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