2025
Medina
City Council
President of Council
John M. Coyne III
- Term expires 12/31/27
Biography: A resident of Medina County for most of his life, John is married to his wife Jennifer and they have three children, two daughters and one son. John is an attorney at the law firm of Roetzel & Andress where he practices in the area of transactional real estate.
Education: Buckeye High School, 1986 University of Tennessee, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, major in Finance, 1990 Cleveland State, Cleveland/Marshall College of Law – Juris Doctor and Masters of Business Administration, 1994
Other Experience: John has been a member of Medina City Council since 1998.
Appointments: President of Council, Chair of the Finance Committee, Medina City Economic Development Committee, Chairman of the Strategic Plan Advisory Committee, Business Development Committee, member on the Community Investment Corporation Board, member of the JEDD Board, Board of Control.
Contact Information:
1165 Ty Drive Medina, Ohio 44256
Phone: 330-723-9998
Office: 330-849-6677
Cell: 330-730-1763
Email: [email protected] or
Ward 1 Council Representative
Chet Simmons
- Term expires 12/31/29
Biography: Chet is married to Jan and they have three adult children, Jay (deceased), Whitney and Quinn. Chet has lived in Medina Since 1978. Chet is retired after a career wtih Plasti-Kote and Ryerson.
Education: Highland High School 1973 and Otterbein College 1977 with Accounting concentration.
Appointments: Finance Committee, Chair of Medina Water & Utilities Committee, Streets & Sidewalks Committee, ACCESS, CRA Housing, ESID Board, Medina County Planning Commission, Archive Commission, Firemen’s Dependents Board, Shade Tree, and Emerging Technologies.
Other Experience: Leadership Medina County 1992 graduate, Medina Area Chamber of Commerce past President, Friends of the Cemetery, Medina County Friends of the Parks, Medina Breakfast Kiwanis, Feeding Medina County, Medina County Historical Society.
Contact Information:
431 W. Washington
Phone: (330) 321-2165
Email: [email protected]
Ward 2 Council Representative
Dennie R. Simpson
- Term expires 12/31/27
Biography: Dennie has been a Medina resident for 46 years. He has been employed as a paramedic with Medina Life Support Team for 33 years and a Basic fire fighter for the Medina City Fire Department for 5 years. He is married to Phebe and has three children, Nathan, Zachary, and Nicholas and two step children, James and Aubrey.
Contact Information:
951 Shorewood Dr. Medina, Ohio 44256
Phone: 330-725-3302
Email: [email protected]
Education: Medina High School, 1971 Akron University Allied Health Cuyahoga Community College Paramedic Program
Other Experience: Public Safety 33 years as a paramedic and 5 years as a firefighter. Served on several committees Medina General Hospital Affiliate member AHA.
Appointments: Member of the Finance, Public Properties, Chairman of Health, Safety & Sanitation Committee, Water and Utilities, Firemen’s Dependents Board, Cemetery Commission, Board of Building Code Appeals, EMS Advisory Board, Joint Ambulance District, Pro QA Steering Committee, 9-1-1 Program Review Committee, Fire District Advisory Committee, and Railroad Commission.
Ward 3 Council Representative
Regi Haire
- Term expires 12/31/29
Biography: A resident of Medina for over 40 years; Regi has two daughters, Sydney and Sierra Thomas.
Education: Cloverleaf High School, Associate of Arts in Business from Cuyahoga Community College, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Akron.
Profession: Retired Accountant and Operations Manager for an Akron engineering company. Coached girls’ varsity lacrosse at two Medina County high schools for 8 years.
Other Experience: Was President of two Medina City Non-Profit Sports Associations, has been an adult and youth volunteer coach in Medina for soccer, softball, basketball and lacrosse for over 30 years, and was a Medina At-Large Councilwoman in 2003.
Appointments: President of Council Pro-tem, Chair of Public Properties, Finance Committee, Health Safety & Sanitation Committee, Special Legislation, CRA Housing Council, Shade Tree, Strategic Plan Goals, Medina County Transportation Task Force (Street Chair), Representative for Medina County Planning Commission, Community Reinvestment Corporation, Ad Hoc Committee and Audit Committee.
Contact Information:
640 Pleasant Valley Dr.
Cell: 330-722-7471
Email: [email protected]
Ward 4 Council Representative
TBD
- Term expires 12/31/27
CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Council at Large
Ed Isabella
- Term expires 12/31/29
Biography: Ed Isabella grew up on Damon Drive in Medina, and attended Sidney Fenn Elementary School, Claggett Middle School, and graduated from Medina High School in 2007 with Honors.
Education: Attended The Ohio State University earning a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with a business minor in 2012. In 2017 Ed earned his Professional Engineer’s license for the State of Ohio.
Other Experience: Ed works in the Construction Industry as an Inspector and Project Manager, working on both major highway and vertical construction projects. Currently employed at Intertek PSI as Senior Project Manager.
Appointments: Finance Committee, Streets and Sidewalks Committee (Chair), Health, Safety & Sanitation, Water & Utilities, and Community Investment Corporation.
Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 330-321-4960
Council at Large
Natalie Harjar-DiSalvo
- Term expires 12/31/27
Biography: A resident of Medina since 1998, Natalie is married to Samuel (Chip) DiSalvo, and they have three children, two sons and a daughter, and two grandsons. Natalie is a teacher at McKinley Sr. High School and works with students is grades 9-12.
Other Experience: Distribution Manager, Manco Inc. (Now Henkle America), 1989-1995. Committee member Medina County Leadership Ball in service to Feeding Medina County, 2007-present.
Appointments: Finance Committee, Public Properties Committee, Emerging Technologies Committee, Special Legislation, and Airport Commission.
Contact Information:
Phone: 330-353-8279
Email: [email protected]