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  UNION COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  

Commissioner Steve Robinson, Commissioner Dave Burke, Commissioner Dave Lawrence

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Commissioner Steve Robinson

President

strobinson@unioncountyohio.gov

Commissioner Steve Robinson was raised on a dairy farm in Union County, Ohio and started a family farm of his own after graduating high school at North Union. He has continued to farm throughout his adult life and currently manages approximately 900 acres of row-crops. He uses conservation techniques with the awareness of how critical it is to maintain these practices. He also owns and maintains a family excavation company he started in 1978 and now includes 3 employees. Much of his excavating business is for producers who wish to employ conservation practices on their land. 

Steve has served at local, state, and national levels in various conservation leadership capacities. He began his lifetime dedication to volunteerism as a board member on the Union County Soil and Water District and went on to hold all state offices, all national offices, and eventually served as National President of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. He has always felt a duty to serve and to give back to the people and the land that have given so much to him, his family, and his professional life. 

His background as well as the opportunities that he has had to serve on all levels of district management have given him the insight and skills to be an effective leader and active contributor to local government in Union County. No stranger to hard work, making the tough decisions, and being a consistent leader, Steve believes strongly in local grassroots decision-making. He understands that the role of the local government is crucial when considering state and national policy decisions.

Steve and his wife Ann recently celebrated 48 years of marriage. Together they have 3 children, Josiah (Amy), Matthew (Jennifer), and Rebecca (Jeremy Miller). They are blessed with 11 grandchildren. Josiah and Rebecca and their families live in the local area and attend North Union and St. John’s schools, and Matthew and Jennifer live in Northern Kentucky with their 3 children. 


  •  2025 President of the Board of Commissioners

  •  American Farmland Trust Advisory Committee

  •  Central Ohio Youth Center (COYC) Board of Trustees 

  •  County Risk Sharing Authority Board (CORSA)

  •  Logan-Union-Champaign Regional Planning Commission (LUC) 

    • Budget Committee

    • Zoning and Subdivision Committee 

  •  Memorial Health Board Liaison

  •  North Central Ohio Solid Waste District (NCOSWD) Board of Trustees

  •  Union County Investment Advisory Board

  •  Union County Soil and Water Conservation District Board Liaison

  •  2019 American Farmland Trust Project Advisory Committee Upper Scioto River Watershed

  •  2003 Recipient of the ODNR Cardinal Award for Conservation Achievement

  •  2001 NACD Strategic Plan Writing Team

  •  2001 NACD Core 4 Implementation Team

  •  2001 NACD Pay to Play Task Force

  •  2001 NACD Farm Bill Implementation Team

  •  2014 – 2021              Church Trustee – Marysville First United Methodist Church

  •  2014 – 2021              National Conservation Foundation Chair

  •  2004 – 2008              Chair, NACD North Central Region

  •  2001 – 2010              Board Member, NACD Board of Directors

  •  2001 – 2003              Past President, OFSWCD

  •  2001 – 2003              Chair, NACD District Operations Committee

  •  1996 – 2000              Member, NACD District Operations Committee

  •  1985 – Present          Member, Ohio Farm Bureau

  •  2011 – 2013               National Association of Conservation Districts Past President

  •  2009 – 2011               22nd National Association of Conservation Districts President

  •  1999 – 2001               President, OFSWCD

  •  1997 – 2001               NACD Board of Directors

  •  1988 – 2020               Supervisor, Union SWCD

  •  1985 – 1988               Associate Supervisor, Union SWCD

  Commissioner Dave Lawrence

Vice President

dlawrence@unioncountyohio.gov

 

Commissioner Dave Lawrence has been a resident of Union County for over 30 years.  Dave and his wife Judy have been married for 32 years with two grown children and five grandchildren. Dave was a Columbus police officer for 35 years.  During this time, he worked Patrol, SWAT, and Narcotics.  Dave served in SWAT for 14 years, 12 years as a sniper.  He was a competitive shooter and traveled the United States and the world competing.  While in Narcotics, Dave helped start the Bulk Cash Smuggling Unit which interdicted drugs and money from foreign countries.  This unit quickly became the most successful unit in the United States.

Dave has a B.A. in Political Science from Capital University.  He pursued his M.A. in Homeland Security with a concentration in crisis management, and also pursued a Ph.D. in public policy with a concentration in Homeland Security policy and administration.  Dave is currently in the dissertation phase of a doctorate in Biblical Studies.

Dave considers it an honor to serve the citizens of Union County.

  • 2025 Vice President of the Board of Commissioners

  •  Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)

  •  North Central Ohio Solid Waste District (NCOSWD) Board of Trustees

    • Policy Committee

  •  NW33 Corridor Group

  •  Union County Board of Revision (BOR)

  •  Union County Chamber of Commerce

  •  Union County Community Improvement Corporation

  •  Union County Data Processing Board

  •  Union County Health Department Board Liaison

  •  Union County Joint Recreation District Board Liaison

  •  Union County Land Reutilization Corporation Board

  •  Union County Records Commission

  • CCAO Group Advisory Committee Member - CCAO Group Rating Program and CCAO Group Retro Program.

 Commissioner Tom McCarthy

tmccarthy@unioncountyohio.gov

Commissioner Tom McCarthy served as a Union County Commissioner from 1997 to 2010, where he and his fellow commissioners and other elected officials took the lead in creating plans of action and policies to improve services to its residents.  

For more than 40 years, Commissioner Tom McCarthy has been a successful businessman and community leader in Union County.  In 1999, he founded McCarthy & Cox Retirement and Estate Specialists, an institution that provides professional and independent advice helping its clients enjoy a life of financial independence.  He also is founder and president of Second Chances of Union County, a Christian and community-based thrift store that specializes in good quality home goods, furniture and clothing, with the purpose of serving those in need, helping create jobs for adults with disabilities and helping people integrating back into the community.

Additionally, Tom has served on a number of community boards and committees, including the board of directors of Care Train of Union County, Memorial Health Foundation, Union County Foundation, the Union County Chamber of Commerce and Marysville Schools.  

Tom resides in Marysville with his wife Amy. They have three adult children, Michael, Megan, and Matthew, and five grandchildren, Ben, Elizabeth, Liam, Amelia and Walter.  He looks forward to using his experiences to meet today’s challenges facing Union County.

  •  Union County Records Commission
  •  Union County Land Reutilization Corporation Board
  •  North Central Ohio Solid Waste District (NCOSWD) Board of Trustees

  •  Board of Access Management Appeals (In session)

  •  Board of Revision - Alternate

  •  Council for Union County Families (CUCF) Board of Trustees and Exec Committee

  •  County Commissioner Association of Ohio (CCAO) Voting Member – Alternate

  •  Jerome-Union County Cooperative Group

  •  Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC)

  •  Union County Airport Authority Liasion

  •  Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities Liaison

  •  Union County Joint Recreation District Board Liaison

  •  Union County OneOhio Local Governance Committee

  •  Union County Tax Incentive Review Council