About RTA: Organizations
Board of Trustees: Edward J. Kelley
Board Member
Edward J. Kelley, Mayor of Cleveland Heights, is an appointee of the Cuyahoga County Mayors and City Managers Association. He has served on the RTA Board since Dec. 20, 2000, when he replaced Edward Thellman, the former Mayor of Walton Hills. Thellman had retired.
A Cleveland Heights City Council member since Jan. 2, 1994, Kelley has served as Mayor and Council President – part-time positions -- since Jan. 5, 1998.
After 25 years, Kelley retired as personnel director in the Domestic Relations Division of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. He is now employed by the law firm of Kelley and Ferraro.
Since 1991, he has also done consulting work for area non-profit agencies. He is active in numerous area community groups.
Mayor Kelley has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from John Carroll University, and a masters degree of non-profit organizations (MNO) from the Weatherhead School of Management and the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.
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Dec. 15, 2000, Kelley appointed to Board
CONTACT INFO:
Edward J. Kelley
Board of Trustees
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
1240 W. Sixth St.
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
c/o Board Secretary
216-566-5221, RTABoard@gcrta.org
OR
Mayor Edward J. Kelley
City Hall
40 Severance Circle
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118
216-291-3737
Updated 1/20/09