Lorena A. Lacey is a native of Columbus and recently moved to the City of Whitehall. She was President of the 1985 Eastmoor High School Graduating Class, Member of the National Honor Society and attended the University of Cincinnati.
Lorena joined the Whitehall City Attorney’s office in March, 2017, and, immediately prior to serving as the Victim Services Coordinator, she was a licensed Surety Bail Agent in Ohio, served as a Dispatcher for Carb Communications and was a Call Lab Supervisor at Strategic Research Group.
After leaving college, Lorena was a Legal Secretary at the Law Firms of Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn and Bricker & Eckler, where she discovered an interest in politics. In 1992, she was hired by then Ohio House Speaker, Vernal G. Riffe, as the first African-American Female Sergeant-At-Arms for the Ohio House of Representatives and remained in that position until 1995 when she was selected by former State Representative Patrick J. Tiberi to join his staff.
By 1997, Lorena was discovered by attorney Thomas P. Pappas and worked for his lobbying firm as Director of Client Administration before seizing the opportunity to work as Government Affairs Manager for the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce in 2000. In January, 2001, Lorena was asked to rejoin the staff of Congressman Patrick J. Tiberi, where she would be encouraged to run for political office.
With continued determination, Lorena was then selected by Governor Bob Taft to serve as Assistant Grants Administrator for the Ohio Reads Program in 2003 and, subsequently in 2004, to serve as Special Assistant in the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, which still exists in the current Ohio Governor’s Office.
Lorena is Lead Vocalist for the courthouse classic rock band, JUSTUS, founded by Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Paul Herbert, and thoroughly enjoys singing and performing. She has one adult son, seven grandchildren and also loves reading and spending time with family!
