Jamie Callender

Jamie Callender
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 62nd district
In office January 3, 1997-December 31, 2004
Preceded by	Dan Troy
Succeeded by	Lorraine Fende
Personal details
Born	(1965-01-09) January 9, 1965 Kentucky
Political party	Republican
Children	Ashley Callender
Alma mater	Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Profession	Attorney
Religion	Christian

Jamie Callender is an attorney, college professor, and former member of the Ohio General Assembly.^[1] He was elected as a Republican State Representative for Ohio's 70th and 62nd districts. He was limited to a maximum of four terms in the state legislature. After practicing law full-time as a partner at Buckley King LPA, he founded Callender Law Group and The Callender Group,^[2] education law and consulting firms based in Concord and Columbus, Ohio, and Nashville, Tennessee. Callender is also an adjunct professor of political science at Kent State University for the Columbus Program in Intergovernmental Issues. In his spare time, he is a certified Master Scuba Diver, an FAA IR Certified Pilot, a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and Society of American Magicians, and member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International.

Ohio General Assembly

Ohio Representative Jamie Callender

In 1997, Jamie Callender was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives for four terms (maximum under term limits) to represent District 70 (& eventually District 62), of western Lake County, which includes Concord Township, Eastlake, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Lakeline, Mentor-on-the-Lake, Timberlake, Waite Hill, Wickliffe, Willoughby, Willoughby Hills, and Willowick. As Chairman of the Ohio House Education Committee, Representative Callender was an integral part of the creation of Ohio's charter school laws and shepherding legislative reforms thereafter as a champion of community ("charter") schools. He was instrumental in creating "value added" as a measurement of a child's educational progress. Representative Callender was appointed as Ohio's representative on the Education Commission of the States (ECS), and worked closely with the Bush administration and various state governors to develop the national education standards and accountability measurements as used today – work that led to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.

Committee assignments

Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review 

Chairman, 2001 & 2003

Vice-Chairman, 2002 & 2004

Judiciary Committee 

Vice-Chairman, 2004

Criminal Justice Committee 

Vice-Chairman, 1999–2000

Civil and Commercial Law Committee 

Chairman, 2001–2002

Vice-Chairman, 2003–2004

Education Committee 

Chairman, 2001–2002

Vice-Chairman, 2003 - 2004

Boards, Commissions and Memberships

• Professorial Member, Archaeological Institute of America
• Member, Masonic Lodge, Willoughby 302
• Member, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Cleveland
• Precinct Committeeman, Lake County Republican Party
• 2010–2011, Education Committee Co-Chair, Rob Portman, U.S. Senate
• 2009–2011, Member, Mentor Public Library Board
• 2005–2009, Chairman/President and Founding Board Member, Ohio Association of Charter School Authorizers (OACSA)
• 1995–2007, Member – Paralegal Advisory Board, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, Ohio
• 1998–2004, Member – Board of Directors, Ohio Coalition for Suicide Prevent, Ohio Department of Mental Health
• 2002–2004, Board of Editors – Ohio Lawyer Magazine, Ohio State Bar Association
• 2002–2003, Ohio Representative - Appointed by Governor Robert A. Taft, Education Commission of the States
• 2001 -2003, Member – Board of Directors, Lifeline for the Empowerment and Development of Consumers
• 2001–2003, Member, Ohio State Board of Education
• 2001–2003, Member, Ohio Board of Regents
• 2002–2003, Member – Appointed by Governor, Ohio Closing Achievement Gaps Taskforce
• 2000–2002, Founding Member, OhioReads Council
• 2000–2002, Member, Lake County Emergency Coordination Taskforce
• 2001–2002, Member – Appointed by Governor, Governor's Commission on Teaching Success
• 1993–2000, Member, 1995–1998, President, Lake County Historical Society
• 1991–1995, Member, 1993–1995, Chairman, City of Willowick, Recreation Board
• 1988–1994, Member, 1988, Secretary, 1989, Vice President, 1990, President, Lake County Young Republicans
• 1989–1992, Chairman and Founding Board Member, Retinitas Pigmentosa Foundation of Ohio

Awards and honors

Kent State Professor Jamie Callender

• 2011, 2013, Certificate of Partnership, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
• 2011, Teaching Success Award, Kent State University, Columbus Program in Intergovernmental Issues
• 2004, Legislative Leadership Award, Ohio Association of County Boards of Mental Retardation
• 2004, Legislator of the Year, Ohio Trial Lawyers Association
• 2004, Special Recognition Award, G.P. Griffith Foundation Memorial
• 2003, Service Award, Best Friends of LEAF
• 2003, Person of Courage and Leadership Award, Ohio Charter Schools Association
• 2003, Civil Leadership in Gifted Education Award, Ohio Association for Gifted Children
• 2003, Closing the Achievement Gaps Award, Ohio State Board of Education
• 2003, Legislator of the Year, Ohio Association of Gifted Students
• 2003, Legislator of the Year, Ohio Education Music Association
• 2003, Citizen of the Year Award, Bridges Mental Health Consumer Empowerment
• 2003, Lake/Geauga Young Republicans, Charter School Association of Ohio
• 2002, Hall of Fame, Person of Courage and Leadership Award
• 2002, Ohio Person of Courage
• 2000, 1998, Watchdog of the Treasurery of Ohio
• 1999, Legislator of the Year, Ohio Staffing Services Association
• 1999, Media Award, Ohio Advocates for Mental Health
• 1998, Legislator of the Year, Ohio Advocates for Mental Health
• 1998, Defender of the 2nd Amendment Award, National Rifle Association (NRA)
• 1997, Precinct Committeeman of the Year, Lake County Republican Party
• 1997, The Robert M. LaFollette Institute of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin
• 1992, Campaign Management College, National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)

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