Nickie Antonio

Nickie Antonio

Senator · State senate · Ohio · District 23

Democratic

Biography

State Senator Nickie J. Antonio is honored to represent District 23 and serve as Minority Leader in the Ohio Senate. Antonio, who was first elected to the Senate in 2018 and again in 2022, previously spent eight years in the Ohio House of Representatives representing District 13. Antonio has previously worked as a Lakewood City Councilmember, Executive Director of an outpatient drug and alcohol treatment program for women, Adjunct Professor and a teacher for children with special needs. The first in her family to graduate from college, she holds both an M.P.A. and a B.S. Ed. from Cleveland State University. She was named a CSU Distinguished Alumni in 2013. She is also an alumnus of the Bohnett Fellow of the Kennedy School Harvard Leadership Program.

On the record

Education
Cleveland State University, B.S. Ed.; Cleveland State University, M.P.A.; Kennedy School Harvard Leadership Program, Bohnett Fellow, 2011
Profession
Lakewood City Councilmember; Executive Director of an outpatient drug and alcohol treatment program for women; Adjunct Professor; Teacher
Born
1955-06-02
Family
Married; two children.

Contact

Capitol office
Room SH-303, Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square Third Floor, Columbus, OH 43215 · 614-466-5123
Phone
614-466-5123
Email
sd23@ohiosenate.gov