Mike Ringle became a trustee for Orange Township on June 6, 2023, and was elected to the Board on November 7, 2023.

Mike graduated from The Ohio State University with both a college degree and a law degree. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Ohio. Today, Mike works as an attorney at Bricker Graydon LLP, where he helps cities and towns fund important building projects. He also served as Delaware County Treasurer from 2019 to 2021.

As Treasurer, Mike helped save the county more than $150,000 a year by refinancing the Liberty Township YMCA and lowering payment processing costs. He also helped turn the first County, abandoned property into a space that could be used again as Chair of the County Land Bank.

As a Trustee, Mike has led the construction of over 8,000 feet of new trails and brought the first full-size cricket field to Alum Creek State Park. He made it easier to install traffic safety signs and started a partnership with Wreaths Across America to honor veterans buried in the township.

Mike is active in many community groups, including:

• The Finance & Audit Committee for Olentangy Schools

• Greater Powell Area Chamber of Commerce (ex-officio Board Member)

• Lewis Center Business Connect (Founding Member)

• Willow Brook Christian Communities (Board Member)

• Delaware Rotary Club (International Youth Exchange Officer)

• Delaware Rotary Foundation (Board Member)

• Big Walnut Area Chamber of Commerce (Board Member)

• Shawnee Hills Chamber of Commerce

• Ohio Society of CPAs

• Ohio Government Finance Officers Association

• Association of Ohio Commodores

• Ohio Township Association

• Ohio State Bar Association

Mike is also an Eagle Scout and helps care for nature as Board Treasurer of the Delaware County Preservation Parks Foundation. He and his family attend the Church of Christ on Fishinger Road and live 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.