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Biography of Wade Kapszukiewicz
Lucas County Treasurer
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Wade Kapszukiewicz was sworn in as Lucas County Treasurer on September 5, 2005. At age 36, Wade is the youngest of the 88 county treasurers in Ohio. His reform agenda for the office has included implementation of Lucas County’s first tax lien sale, through which $15 million of additional delinquent real estate taxes has been collected since 2006. As the county’s chief investment officer, he manages a portfolio of $250 million that has exceeded interest projections every year since he took office.
Under Wade’s leadership, the Treasurer’s office has developed a number of programs to help move the community forward. His office purchased bonds from the County Commissioners to provide the initial financing for the construction of Toledo’s new downtown arena. He has created a linked deposit program to provide $5 million in loans to local small businesses, and along with Commissioner Tina Skeldon Wozniak, he formed the Foreclosure Prevention & Intervention Task Force to assist individuals facing the hardship of home foreclosure.
With Commissioner Ben Konop, Wade co-chairs the Greater Toledo Cash Campaign, which seeks to increase tax refunds for working families through participation in the Earned Income Tax Credit program. In tough economic times, Wade has also sought to run the Treasurer’s office like a business, reducing the size of his staff and cutting his budget by 15% since he took office.
Despite his relative youth, Wade has a long record of public service. Prior to becoming Treasurer, Wade served a term on the Lucas County Board of Education and was a member of Toledo City Council for nearly seven years.
Wade’s service to the community extends beyond his work as an elected official. He is also involved in a number of neighborhood, civic, and political causes. In 2004, he was chosen for a 4-year term on Bishop Leonard Blair’s Education Council, and in 2006 he was named the Ohio Young Democrat of the Year. A Roman Catholic, Wade is a parishioner at Regina Coeli Church in West Toledo.
Wade graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science from Marquette University in 1994 and was named the valedictorian of the College of Communication, Journalism and Performing Arts. He received a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Michigan in 1996.
After receiving his master’s degree, Wade worked for two years as the Policy Analysis and Research Director of the New Ohio Institute, a public policy research organization that studied issues affecting Ohio’s urban areas. In April 1998 he accepted the position of Manager of Planning and Development at the Lucas County Mental Health Board, where he worked until he began serving on Toledo City Council. While on City Council, Wade taught a course in American Government at Owens Community College and also worked at COMPASS, a social service agency that works with people with drug and alcohol addictions. He now devotes his professional energies as the full-time Treasurer of Lucas County.
A resident of Toledo since 1973, Wade was born in San Diego, California, on October 30, 1972. He and his wife, Sarah, were married on July 14, 2001. They live on Meadowwood Drive in the Old Orchard neighborhood of Toledo and have two children: Emma, 4, and Will, 2.
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