• Born in Clinton County, Ohio in 1962 and raised near Blanchester in Marion Township, Ohio
  • Graduate of Blanchester High School, Salutatorian (1980)
  • Graduate of the University of Notre Dame (B.A. 1984), Government and Business
    • Women’s Basketball (walk-on), 1 yr
    • Student Trainer, Sports Medicine Dept. (primarily Football) 3 year
  • Graduate of Yale Divinity School, M.Div. (1990)
  • Teacher, Religious Studies, Brebeuf College Preparatory School, 2 years
  • Graduate of Notre Dame Law School (J.D. 1993), cum laude.
  • Managing Editor, Notre Dame Law Review
  • Licensed to practice law in Ohio (1994)
  • Appellate experience as law clerk to the Hon. Boyce F. Martin, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2 years
  • Private practice experience, 2 years
  • Deputy Prosecutor, St. Joseph Co. Indiana. Felony cases, trial work, 3 ½ years
  • Assistant Prosecutor, Clinton County, Ohio. Represented townships, Veterans Service Commission; represented state in juvenile, child support and appellate cases, 2 years
  • Currently serving the Mayor of the City of Wilmington as Executive Assistant responsible for assisting the Mayor with every aspect of administration of the City, including budget matters, supervision, grant administration, in-house legal services, regulatory matters, risk management and daily oversight for City departments including: Police, Fire, Ambulance, Streets, Water, Wastewater, Sanitation, Parks and Recreation, Taxi (including handicapped accessible service), 3 ½ years
  • Active in legal education, mock trial and intern programs, a co-author of legal articles, organizer or teacher for attorney, police and first responder trainings, attorney educator for the Supreme Court Off-Site Court program and author of the Attorney-Educator and Teaching Guides for the Ohio Supreme Court Off-Site program. Serving on the Board of the Law Library Association and as Treasurer of the Clinton County Bar Association.
  • Co-author with Kathleen M. Brinkman, Appellate Standards of Review, Chapter 2, Part III. Criminal Proceedings, in Sixth Circuit Federal Practice Manual (Anderson Publishing, 2d edition, 1999).
  • Active in community, including Wilmington Friends Meeting; community band and theater; parent volunteer, Montessori Academy of Cincinnati; youth soccer and basketball coach for YMCA; Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Officer Bud Lee Memorial Committee; DWCIC Art Fund Committee.
  • Board memberships include Miami Valley Risk Management Association, Clinton County Rails-to-Trails, Clinton County Open Lands, Inc., Downtown Wilmington Community Improvement Corporation (Economic Restructuring, Organization Committees)
  • Leadership Clinton (2004)
  • Married to Patrick Gentile, M.D., CEO and Medical Director of Community Care Hospice serving southwest Ohio including Clinton, Warren, Clermont counties.
  • Mother to Michael Gentile, age 11

 
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Dick Babb, Treasurer
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