Biography
State Representative Cheryl Grossman is currently serving her first term in the Ohio House of Representatives. She represents the 23rd House District, which includes Grove City, Hilliard, parts of Dublin, and other western portions of Franklin County.
Representative Grossman served as mayor of Grove City from 1996 to 2008. Prior to her service as mayor, she was a member of the Grove City Planning Commission and was elected as Council Member-at-Large as well as Grove City Council President from 1994 to 1995. She is a current board member on the Central Ohio YMCA Metropolitan Board, the Columbus-Franklin County Community Action Agency, the Southwest Education Foundation and the Grove City Rotary Club. Representative Grossman is a member of the Grove City Area Chamber of Commerce, Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce and the Dublin Chamber of Commerce.
Representative Grossman is a former executive board member of the Franklin County Emergency Management Association and a past member of the Ohio Retirement Study Council. She previously served as a board member on the Public Works Integrating Committee, the Environmental Natural Resource Advisory Council, the Jobs Ready Site Committee and the National League of Cities Women in Municipal Government. She is the former president of the Central Ohio Municipal Council and served on the Columbus Chamber of Commerce Regional Economic (CORE) Leadership Group. Representative Grossman is a founding member of the Grove City Rotary Club and a past board member of the Grove City United Methodist Church.
An active participant in her community, Representative Grossman was honored as the 2005 Columbus Board of Realtors Citizen of the Year and received the 2007 Southwest Educators Association Leadership Award. She is also a recipient of the Good Shepherd Award presented by the Southwest Ministerial Association.
Representative Grossman is a lifelong resident of Grove City. She and her husband Ron are proud parents of their son Justin and his wife Emily, and son Joshua.
Responsibilities
A State Representative is an elected official whose job is to serve as a direct link between those Ohioans he or she was elected to represent and state government. In order to best fulfill this role, a representative responds to constituent concerns and works to provide solutions through legislative action. In order to best serve their constituents, a state representative attends meetings of their local civic, social and business groups in addition to responding to mail, email and telephone correspondence from constituents in their district.
The Assistant Minority Whip is elected by all members of the House and is responsible for assisting the Minority Whip in monitoring legislation and securing votes for legislation on the floor. The term Whip originated in the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is derived from the "whipper-in" at a fox hunt.
