State Representative Peggy B. Lehner is currently serving her first term as the representative for the 37th House District, which includes portions of Montgomery County. Prior to serving in the Ohio House, Lehner served briefly in the Ohio Senate in the 6th Senate District.

Representative Lehner comes to the Ohio House after serving three terms as a member of the Kettering City Council from 1998 to 2008. During this time she was chosen as vice mayor and appointed to the Kettering Development Corporation. While she was on City Council, she was the founder and chairwoman of the First Suburbs Consortium of Dayton, a coalition of suburbs organized to seek solutions for challenges facing First Tier communities in the Dayton area. Representative Lehner also is the founder of C.O.A.S.T., an organization created to develop county-wide senior transportation options.

Keeping active with her community, Representative Lehner has been a member of the National League of Cities, Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority, Senior Resource Connection and Montgomery County Republican Party. She was also an appointee of the governor to the Ohio Ethics Commission, twice serving as chair of the commission. In 2001 the Senior Resource Connection recognized Representative Lehner for Outstanding Service to the Senior Community by an Elected Official.

Representative Lehner attended both American College in Paris and St. Mary’s of the Woods College where she obtained a degree in history. She has a strong interest in the areas of health care, aging, Medicaid and local government. She and her husband James reside in Kettering and have five grown children and ten grandchildren.