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Republican gubernatorial nominee and two-term Secretary of State Ken Blackwell is
a staunch economic conservative providing Ohioans bold and experienced leadership.
He believes controlling government spending and cutting taxes will kick-start Ohio's
economy – creating jobs and economic prosperity. |
Ken Blackwell has a distinguished record of achievement as an educator, diplomat
and finance executive. Mr. Blackwell’s public service includes terms as mayor of
Cincinnati, an undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. In 1994, he became
the first African American elected to a statewide executive office in Ohio when
he was elected Treasurer of State. Mr. Blackwell is a Fellow of the National Academy
of Public Administration and a former member of the federal senior executive service.
He is co-chairman of the board of directors of the Campaign Finance Institute in
Washington, D.C. and a member of the Harvard Policy Group on Network- Enabled Services
and Government.
Mr. Blackwell is a member of the national advisory boards of the Princeton Review
and Youth for Christ. He also is a former chairman of the U.S. Census Monitoring
Board and member of the Advisory Panel of the Federal Elections Commission.
In 2002, he received meritorious recognition from the Center for Digital Government,
and was recognized by Government Technology magazine as one of the top 25 public
sector leaders in information technology. He is a past president of the National
Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council. More than 25 years ago, he began his work
in using technology to help government fulfill its mission and commitment to citizens
as a member of the board of directors of Public Technology, Inc., located in Washington,
D.C.
 A certified government finance manager, Mr. Blackwell was a 1999 recipient of the
Government Finance Officers Association’s Excellence in Government Award. He is
on the board of directors of the National Taxpayers Union, the John M. Ashbrook
Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University, and was formerly a domestic policy
analyst at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. He has served on the U.S.
Department of Labor’s Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans.
Mr. Blackwell was a delegate to the White House Summit on Retirement Savings in
both 1998 and 2002. During the 1990s he served on the congressionally appointed
National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform, and in 1998, he co-edited
a book with Jack Kemp, entitled, “IRS v. The People: Time for Real Tax Reform.”
Mr. Blackwell also has served on the boards of directors of the International Republican
Institute, the American Council of Young Political Leaders, and the Congressional
Human Rights Foundation. He was a scholar-in-residence at the Urban Morgan Institute
for Human Rights at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
As the U.S. Representative to the U.N. Human Rights Commission, he led the U.S.
delegation to all four of the preparatory meetings for the 1993 World Conference
on Human Rights. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and presently
serves on the advisory board of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs.
 His international activities have taken him to 53 countries and strengthened his
understanding of emerging international markets and the growth of democracy worldwide.
Mr. Blackwell has held the nation’s highest security clearance, and has twice received
the U.S. Department of State’s Superior Honor Award from the administrations of
Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton for his work in the field of human
rights.
He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees from Xavier University
(OH), where he later served as a vice president and member of its faculty. In 1992,
he received Xavier’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. He has been a Fellow at Harvard
University’s Institute of Politics, the Aspen Institute, the Salzburg Seminar in
Austria and the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University
(British-American Project). His continuing education has included executive programs
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard.
Among his awards are honorary doctoral degrees from several institutions of higher
education in Ohio, including Ashland University, Cincinnati State Technical and
Community College, Lourdes College, Urbana University, Wilberforce University, and
Wilmington College, as well as from Indiana Wesleyan University and Franklin Pierce
College in New Hampshire. He is a recipient of the Veritas Award from Albertus Magnus
College in New Haven, Connecticut and the President's Award for Public Service and
Leadership from Central State University in Ohio.
 In 1998, Mr. Blackwell delivered the Beckett Lecture on Religious Liberty at Oxford
University. He also has lectured at Harvard, the University of Newcastle in England,
the Moscow State Institute for International Relations in Russia, and the International
Academy of Public Administration in Paris. Many of his speeches and lectures have
been published in “Vital Speeches of the Day.”
Mr. Blackwell is a lifelong resident of Cincinnati. He was a founding partner of
the highly successful Blue Chip Broadcasting Company. He and his wife of 37 years,
Rosa, who currently serves as superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools, have
three adult children, Kimberly, Rahshann, and Kristin. In 1994, the Blackwells were
honored as one of the National Council of Negro Women’s Families of the Year, and,
in 1996, Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell together received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Dreamkeeper
Award. He is a member of the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity. The Blackwells attend Bethlehem
Temple Apostolic Church in Cincinnati.
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