Mike Ringle was appointed Orange Township Trustee on June 6, 2023 and was elected to the Board on November 7, 2023.
Ringle received his undergraduate and law degrees from The Ohio State University. Ringle is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of Ohio. Ringle serves as an attorney within Bricker Graydon LLP's public finance team, partnering with public entities of all types and sizes to help them fund their capital projects. He previously served asĀ Delaware County Treasurer from November 25, 2019 to February 28, 2021.
As Treasurer, Ringle refinanced the Liberty Township YMCA and reduced payment processing fees to save Delaware County residents over $150,000 annually. As Chair of the Land Bank, Ringle guided the County through returning its first abandoned property to productive use.
As Trustee, Ringle has overseen the construction of over 8,000 feet of additional multi-purpose trail and the first, full-size cricket field at Alum Creek State Park. Ringle also made the installation of neighborhood traffic safety signs easier and began a partnership with Wreaths Across America to lay remembrance wreaths on the graves of our country's fallen heroes buried in the Township.
Ringle serves,
- On the Finance and Audit Committee for Olentangy Schools,
- In the Greater Powell Area Chamber of Commerce as an ex-officio Board member,
- In the Lewis Center Business Connect,
- In the Delaware Rotary Club as an International Youth Exchange Officer,
- On the Board of the Delaware Rotary Foundation,
- On the Board of the Big Walnut Area Chamber of Commerce,
- In the Shawnee Hills Chamber of Commerce,
- In the Ohio Society of CPAs,
- In the Ohio Government Finance Officers Association,
- In the Association of Ohio Commodores,
- In the Ohio Township Association, and
- In the Ohio State Bar Association.
Ringle is an Eagle Scout and continues his conservation efforts as Board Treasurer for the Delaware County Preservation Parks Foundation. He and his family are members of the Church of Christ on Fishinger Road.
Mike and his family reside in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Orange Township.
"'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" Matt. 22:37-39. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16.