Candidate for
State Representative; District 31

Bio - Representative Catherine Barrett (D) 31st District

Representative Catherine Barrett is a legislator for the 31st District of Ohio. As she continues her first term in office, Representative Barrett continues to push for bills that will ensure the education and health of children, insurance for the underprivileged and a quality of economic stability for all Ohioans.

As a legislator, Representative Barrett serves on the Finance and Appropriations Committee, Agriculture and Development Subcommittee, Education Committee, Local Government and Township Committee, and the Technology and Elections Committee. She is also the Vice President of the Ohio House Women's Democratic Caucus and previously served as the Treasurer.

Representative Barrett has a long history of public service. She has served as the Mayor of Forest Park in Cincinnati for two terms and sat on City Council for four terms. She is also very active in civic organizations such as: the Forest Park Women's Club; the Forest Park Business Association; the Advisory Board of Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce; the League of Women Voters; the Delta Sigma Theta African American Economic Empowerment Organization; the Cincinnati Woman's Political Caucus; the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Regional Council of Governments; and the Negro Women Council.

Outside of the legislative house, Representative Barrett is a financial consultant for various small businesses, a business owner and a financial analyst at General Electric Company. As a consultant and advisor to small businesses, she helps to develop and implement their financial systems and procedures, including budgets; cash forecasting; cash flow analysis; cost analysis; accounts receivable; accounts payable; and payroll. She helps companies to identify and minimize risk exposure while maximizing efficiency.

Representative Barrett received her B.A. in Business Administration from The Union Institute in Cincinnati and her master curriculum at Antioch University focused upon financial planning. She has also graduated as a fellow from the Center for Policy Alternatives Flemming Fellows Institute and the Council of State Governments Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development.

She has received the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks "Ohio Hunger Heroine Award" and has also garnered recognition in Who's Who of Society, Who's Who of U.S. Executives, and Who's Who Worldwide.