Kevin Coughlin

A fourth generation resident of Cuyahoga Falls, Kevin Coughlin has represented Summit County in the Ohio Senate since 2001. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997-2001.

Senator Coughlin is Chairman of the Health, Human Services & Aging Committee. He also serves on the Energy & Public Utilities Committee, the Highways & Transportation Committee, the Ways & Means Committee, and the Ohio Arts Council. Kevin is also a commissioner representing Ohio on the Midwestern Higher Education Compact.

Senator Coughlin serves as Co-Chair of the Council of State Governments International Committee, and as a member of CSG's Executive Committee . He is a Past Chair of CSG's Midwestern Legislative Conference, joining former Speaker of the House Jo Ann Davidson and former Senate Presidents Stanley Aronoff and Oliver Ocasek as the only Ohioans to lead the MLC in the last thirty years. The organization consists of lawmakers and staff from eleven Midwest states and three Canadian provinces.

For five years, Coughlin co-chaired CSG's Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development, which trains 33 Midwestern legislators every year to be strong leaders.

In 2005, Senator Coughlin was called "one of the nation's most promising leaders in state government" by the Council of State Governments as he was selected for it's Toll Fellowship leadership program.

In 1999, Senator Coughlin was named an American Marshall Fellow by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. GMF is an American public policy institution dedicated to promoting greater cooperation and understanding between the United States and Europe by supporting work on transatlantic issues, convening leaders to discuss the most pressing transatlantic themes, and by examining ways in which transatlantic cooperation can address a variety of global policy challenges.

Kevin is a member of the Board of Directors of Flying Horse Farms, a camp for seriously ill children being constructed in Mount Gilead, Ohio. The camp will serve children from Ohio and surrounding states, who have cancer, sickle cell disease, heart disease, hemophilia and related blood disorders, and other serious illnesses at no cost to the children or their families.

Closer to home, Kevin Coughlin is actively involved in the community. Kevin is a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, the Blossom Music Center Board of Overseers, Fraternal Order of Police Associates, the Darrow Street Grange, the Cuyahoga Falls Chamber of Commerce, and the Stow Munroe Falls Chamber of Commerce. He occasionally teaches political science at the University of Akron.

A graduate of Woodridge High School, Kevin Coughlin holds a BA and a Masters of Public Administration from Bowling Green State University. He and his wife Anne Coughlin, a physical therapist, live in Cuyahoga Falls with their daughters, Kathryn and Elizabeth.

Recipient of:

• American Cancer Society - Cancer Advocate of the Year
• National Federation of Independent Businesses/Ohio - Guardian of Small Business Award
• Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition - Friend of the Canal
• Ohio AMVETS - Legislator of the Year
• Ohio Dietetic Association - Legislator of the Year
• Ohio Health Advocacy Network - Legislator of the Year
• Ohio Restaurant Association - Legislative Leadership Award
• Ohio Society of Professional Engineers - Legislator of the Year
• Ohio Speech Language and Hearing Association - Legislator of the Year
• United Conservatives of Ohio - Freshman of the Year
• United Conservatives of Ohio - Watchdog of the Treasury
• University of Akron Department of Public Administration - Urban Light Award