2022 UNCF Mayor’s Luncheon – Dayton

Jeffrey J. Mims, Jr., has been a champion and strong advocate for children throughout his 40 years of service to the city of Dayton and the public schools. Retired in 2007 as the Director of Government Relations, Compliance and Community Affairs, Jeffrey was elected as the 3rd District Representative to State Board of Education of Ohio in 2011.

Jeffrey has excelled in a wide range of roles on the local, state and federal levels, including teacher, Director of Programs for At-Risk Youth, Political Action Consultant for the Ohio Education Association and the President, Vice President and Treasurer of the Dayton Education Association.

Jeffrey’s diverse roles with the district also included negotiating contracts and acquiring support for equitable funding of Ohio’s public schools and engineering legislative efforts that helped pave the way for the Ohio School Facilities Program.

Jeff has served on many boards and committees, including Executive Board Member for the Council of the Great City Schools, Chairperson for the Urban 21 Ohio School’s Board Urban Congress, Steering Committee Member for the Equity & Adequacy School Funding Coalition and the Central State University Department of Educations’ Advisory Committee.

Mr. Mims is a Vietnam veteran, a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., the Beautillion Drillmaster Mentor with the Jack and Jill of America, Inc., (36 years), a past chef with the Links “Cooking Men”, (16 years), a volunteer with the YMCA Mentors Matter Program, the Dayton Youth Golf Academy and the Co-Chair of the 2010 MLK March. Jeff is also an avid golfer and holds multiple Championships with the Fairway and the Dayton/Trotwood Golf Associates in addition to the 2012 Dayton City Match Play Champion. Most importantly, Jeffrey is a proud parent of two public school graduates, Cory and LaDawn.

A lifelong Ohioan, Senator Sherrod Brown has spent his career fighting for the Dignity of Work – the idea that hard work should pay off for everyone, no matter who you are, where you live, or what kind of work you do. He has held nearly 500 roundtables across Ohio, because he believes the best ideas don’t come out of Washington – they come from conversations with Ohioans across our state.

Building on his successful work to make the Earned Income Tax Credit permanent, Senator Brown has a plan to overhaul our tax code to put people first, and to make hard work pay off for more Americans. That includes putting more money back in the pockets of workers and families, giving workers more power in the workplace, making it easier to save for retirement, and encouraging companies to invest in their greatest asset: the American worker. Senator Brown also believes we need to broaden our definition of work – caring for children or an aging parent is work, and so is getting an education.

Sherrod has fought for Ohio jobs and Ohio companies, he’s fought against trade and tax policies that sell out workers, and he has taken on Wall Street greed. Sherrod pushed this country to save the American auto industry in 2009, and is fighting for Ohio’s auto supply chain with legislation to get rid of tax incentives for auto companies to ship jobs overseas.