Nan Whaley assumed the office of Mayor in January 2014. She was elected to the Commission in 2005 and has also served on the Montgomery County Board of Elections and as a deputy to Montgomery County Auditor Karl Keith. As Mayor, she has focused on the areas of community development, manufacturing, and women and children. Mayor Whaley is a national leader among her peers serving as Vice President of the US Conference of Mayors as well as the Chair of the International Committee for the conference. She is also a founding board member for the Ohio’s Mayor Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of Ohio’s 30 largest cities and currently serves as the Vice Chair of the National Conference of Democratic Mayors.