John Litten Confirmed New President of Lakewood City Council

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John Litten Confirmed New President of Lakewood City Council

Postby Jim O'Bryan » Mon May 23, 2022 4:49 pm

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On the left the old p[resident of Lakewood City Council and Ward 4 Councilman Daniel O’Malley, next to new City Council President John Litten, Ward 3 Councilman.

John Litten confirmed New President of Lakewood City Council

Congratulations John.

From his City of Lakewood Bio Page

John was elected as Ward 3’s representative on Lakewood City Council in November 2015 and then again in 2019. He currently serves as the President of Council.
A 1997 graduate of St. Edward High School, John married Carrie Daw (LHS ’94) in 2002. They bought their first home on Wyandotte Ave. in 2003, and they now live on Chesterland Ave. with their three children Joshua, Brendan and Amelia.

Previous to joining Lakewood City Council, John was a member of the Lakewood Citizens’ Advisory Committee, the board of Keep Lakewood Beautiful, President of Winterhurst Hockey Association, coach with the Lakewood Soccer Association, parish council at St. Luke Church and a member of the Lakewood Hospital Association. He continues as a block club captain.
Professionally, John began work as a summer camp counselor at Camp Christopher, where he would go on to be program coordinator (2001-2005) and Director (2005-2012). He wrote a book about the leadership lessons learned through the experience. From 2012 to 2017, John took on a challenge as executive director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society – a community-based non-profit, devoted to person to person service to others, through things like emergency assistance with rent and utilities, clothing and food. Then from 2017 to the present, John serves as Executive Director of the West Side Catholic Center, which helps all who come in need of food, clothing, shelter, advocacy and a path to self-sufficiency in the Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland. That work has grown into even opening a social enterprise, the Ohio City Pizzeria, which both employs clients and has its proceeds go back to the center.
John holds a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from Ohio University and a M.P.A. from Cleveland State University.

John’s priorities are safety, sustainability and service. He has dedicated himself to having a block club on every street in ward 3 (email if interested in being a block club captain!), so that we can meet our dedicated safety forces half way with the engagement and involvement of our residents for a better, safer and even more beautiful Lakewood. He also prided himself on authoring legislation to raise the smoking/vaping age in Lakewood to 21 in 2019 in memory of his father who had died of lung cancer and began smoking at a young age.


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