Robert T. Bennett
Robert T. Bennett is chairman of the Ohio Republican Party and a member of the Republican National Committee since 1988. In January 2003 he was re-elected to his eighth term as chairman, serving in this position since February 1988. Mr. Bennett is also chairman of the Midwestern State Chairmen’s Association of the Republican National Committee.
Mr. Bennett is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an attorney who formerly specialized in tax and business law. Previously, he was a partner in the law firm of Bennett & Harbarger and the firm of Bartunek, Bennett, Garofoli & Hill. He was also the former finance director of the city of Strongsville and a CPA with the firm of Ernst & Ernst (now Ernst & Young).
Mr. Bennett is a member of the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of a number of Ohio business and civic organizations including University Hospitals of Cleveland and Southwest General Health Center, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections (Chairman), the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (Chairman) and The Howland Group of Philadelphia.
Mr. Bennett is married to the former Ruth Ann Dooley, is the father of Robert Jr. and Rose Marie, and lives in Fairview Park, Ohio. He was born and raised in Columbus where he graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Mr. Bennett has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from The Ohio State University and a Juris Doctor Degree from Cleveland Marshall Law School of Baldwin Wallace College (now Cleveland State University.).