Timothy J. Cosgrove began his career in Cleveland’s Department of Community Development. He went on to serve as Executive Assistant to Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich, followed by Director of Legislation and Policy for Gov. Voinovich. A respected public policy attorney, he is a Partner with Squire Patton Boggs, the international law firm he joined in 1993. Cosgrove is a member of the Ohio Lobbying Association and of the Public Affairs Committees of both the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Cleveland Partnership. He is the Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Directors for the Washington, D.C.-based Northeast Midwest Institute and has been recognized by Cincinnati Magazine as an Ohio Super Lawyer. He served for ten years as a member of Cleveland State University’s Board of Trustees, including two years as Treasurer and four years as Chair. He is a member of the Cleveland State University Foundation Board of Directors. Cosgrove was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree in 2008 and in 2015 he received the George B. Davis Award for Service to the University. He is a member of the Cleveland-Marshall Board of Visitors and a former member of the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association Board of Trustees.