Meet the Commissioners

  UNION COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS  

Commissioner Tom McCarthy, Commissioner Steve Robinson, Commissioner Dave Lawrence

commissioners@unioncountyohio.gov

Commissioner Tom McCarthy

President

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. Tom looks forward to using his experiences to meet today’s challenges facing Union County.

•  2026 President of the Board of Commissioners
•  Board of Access Management Appeals (In Session)
•  Board of Revision (Alternate)
•  Bridges Community Action Board
•  Council for Union County Families (CUCF) Board of Trustees and Executive Committee
•  County Commissioner Association of Ohio (CCAO) Voting Member – Alternate
•  Jerome-Union County Cooperative Group
•  Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC)
•  North Central Ohio Solid Waste District (NCOSWD) Board of Trustees
•  Southern Union County Reinvestment Area Housing Council
•  Union County Airport Authority Liasion
•  Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities Liaison
•  Union County Investment Advisory Board (In Session)
•  Union County Joint Recreation District Board Liaison
•  Union County Land Reutilization Corporation Board
•  Union County One Ohio Local Governance Committee
•  Union County Tax Incentive Review Council
•  Veterans Treatment Court Advisory Committee
•  Main Street Marysville Board (non-voting member)
  
  

Commissioner Steve Robinson

Vice 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. 

•  2026 Vice President of the Board of Commissioners
•  American Farmland Trust Advisory Committee
•  Board of Access Management Appeals (In Session)
•  CEBCO Board of Directors
•  Central Ohio Youth Center (COYC) Board of Trustees
•  County Risk Sharing Authority (CORSA)
•  Family Treatment Court Advisory Committee
•  Logan-Champaign-Union (LUC)
  • Budget Committess
  • Zoning & Subdivision Committees
•  Memorial Health Board Liaison
•  North Central Ohio Solid Waste District (NCOSWD) Board of Trustees
•  Regional Council of Goverments for Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging
•  Recovery Court Advisory Committee
•  Union County Investment Advisory Board (In Session)
•  Union Soil & Water Conservation District Board Liaison
•  Union County Tranportation Improvement District