Wade Kapszukiewicz

Wade Kapszukiewicz (/ˌkæpsəˈkɛvɪtʃ/ KAP-sə-KEV-itch;[1] born October 30, 1972) is an American politician currently serving as the 64th mayor of Toledo, Ohio.

He successfully: During his second term, Kapszukiewicz's work has focused on investing resources and implementing the Toledo Recovery Plan.

[5] Among other improvements, the plan has continued to increase the size of safety forces, makes historic investments in youth programming and summer jobs, builds a YMCA in a historically disinvested neighborhood in the central city, creates new affordable housing, demolishes and rehabilitates blighted properties and improves and enhances city parks.

In April 1998, he accepted the position of manager of planning and development at the Lucas County Mental Health Board, where he worked until he became a member of Toledo City Council.

The Toledo City Paper named him one of its "Big Idea Toledoans" in 2014 for his work creating and leading the Lucas County Land Bank, and again in 2018 for his commitment to pursue an ambitious agenda as mayor.

On November 2, 2021, Kapszukiewicz overwhelmingly won a second term by defeating the former mayor, Carty Finkbeiner, winning by a record margin with 68.9 percent of the vote.

The previous record was set in 2005 when Finkbeiner himself defeated incumbent Jack Ford with 61.8 percent of the vote.

Kapszukiewicz takes the TARTA to work once a week [ 3 ]
Kapszukiewicz, his wife Sarah, and their two children Emma and Will