Elected in 2006, Ohio Treasurer Richard Cordray manages all state banking functions, oversees an investment portfolio averaging $18 billion, and is the custodian of more than $200 billion in pension and other assets. Cordray’s primary goals are safeguarding state funds to restore the public trust, promoting financial security for Ohioans, and cultivating economic growth.
Upon taking office, Cordray made small business growth one of his top priorities. A former small business owner, Cordray understands the rigors and difficulties of running one’s own enterprise. He immediately revitalized the Treasury’s small business program, called GrowNOW, which fills an important funding niche for the small businesses that create and keep jobs in our hometowns. As of June 2008, GrowNOW is supporting over 700 small businesses in our communities (in contrast to fewer than 100 when Cordray took office) and has affected more than 7,000 Cordray is also building on his commitment to the financial security of In addition to offering many financial education workshops to senior citizens, students, women, victims of domestic violence, and people who want to repair their credit, the Treasury created an online financial education center, YourMoneyNowOnline.org, that brings important real-time tools and answers to families who either find themselves in financial difficulty or want to avoid it. An active community servant, Cordray has worked steadfastly to fight home foreclosure in Cordray’s first community service was as a child, volunteering alongside his parents who worked on behalf of the mentally retarded. This experience affected him so deeply that, as a State Representative, he sponsored the Community Service Education Act to promote service learning as a way to teach children responsibility and moral values in our schools. In addition to serving as Franklin County Treasurer and a State Representative, Cordray was Richard Cordray lives near |
Treasurer Richard Cordray











