Driehaus elected as 2025 President of Board of Commissioners 

Hamilton County Commissioners elected Commissioner Denise Driehaus to lead the Board of County Commissioners in 2025.Each year, commissioners select a president during their organizational meeting to chair commission meetings, facilitate organizing weekly staff meetings and serve as the lead spokesperson at community and media events.Hamilton County Commissioners oversee a $1.3 billion budget that encompasses economic development, social services, environmental protection and public safety. Driehaus was first elected to the Board of County     Commissioners in 2016 and has spearheaded initiatives such as the Commission on Women and Girls and the Hamilton County Addiction Response Coalition. She has been a champion of environmental initiatives, including support for bike trails across the county and championing recycling, solid waste and storm water policies.As an advocate of civil discourse, Driehaus serves as a board member on the Portman Center for Policy Solutions that encourages civility, bipartisanship and finding common ground to achieve policy solutions. She also holds leadership positions nationally and statewide as vice chair of the National Democratic County Officials, vice president of the County Commissioners Association of Ohio, a facilitator for the National Institute for Civil Discourse and a board member of the Community Learning Center Institute.Driehaus replaces Commissioner Alicia Reece who spent...