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Cuyahoga County Citizens,
It’s time to build one Cuyahoga County, united towards building a trustworthy county government that strengthens our economy and delivers excellent services with unparalleled efficiency.
Edward FitzGerald
Cuyahoga County Executive
State of the County
The Executive's State of the County speech was held on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 12 noon at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, located at 24 Public Square.
Download the Speech
Listen to the City Club Podcast
Click here for more information on the Western Reserve Plan
Transition Update
January, 2012
Transition Advisory Group subcommittee recommendations and our progress through 2011.
Applications are now open for the Public Policy Fellowship program. This unique summer work experience expose future public servants to the inner-workings of county government.
About the Executive
Ed FitzGerald has spent more than two decades in service to others-as a community volunteer, Congressional staff member, FBI Special Agent, Assistant County Prosecutor, City Councilman, Mayor of Lakewood, Ohio and now Cuyahoga County’s first County Executive.
The seventh of eight children, Ed worked his way through Ohio State University, and then attended night law school while serving as a staff member for the U.S. House of Representatives. He also became active in his community, volunteering as a reading tutor in the public schools, and working with a local senior citizen service program.
After graduating from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Ed was commissioned as a Special Agent with the FBI, assigned to the Organized Crime Task Force in Chicago. As a Special Agent, FitzGerald was recognized by the FBI Director for excellence while heading up a wide-ranging and successful investigation into organized crime and political corruption.
Returning to the Cleveland area, FitzGerald then served as a supervising Assistant County Prosecutor, a lawyer in private practice and then Mayor of Lakewood.
As mayor, Ed built a partnership with City Council, working together to save millions of dollars and launching major initiatives with noteworthy accomplishments in safety, public integrity and economic development. Without raising taxes and actually shrinking the size of local government, Ed overhauled every city department to do more with less.
Ed’s campaign for County Executive emphasized job creation, restoring integrity to county government and delivering superior human services county wide.
Ed and his wife Shannon have been married for 19 years and are the proud parents of Jack, Connor, Colleen and Bridget, ages 10-17.
Special Initiatives
Public Policy Fellowship Program
Next Generation Youth Council
CountyStat
County-wide Community Policing Initiative
County Health Alliance