Nickie J. Antonio serves as the  State Representative for the Ohio House District 13 (Lakewood, Cleveland wards 15 & 16 and parts of 17, 14, and 3)  was elected to office in the November, 2010 Election. She serves on the Commerce and Labor, Education and Health/Aging committees. Antonio is  appointed to the Commission on Developmental Disabilities for the State of Ohio. She also serves as Co-Chair for policy with the  Ohio Democratic Women’s  Caucus of legislators, and is a member of the Ohio House Progressive Caucus of legislators.

Antonio was elected to the At-Large seat for Lakewood City Council in November of 2005, was the top-vote getter in her second election returning her to council where she served  a total of five years. She chaired the Health and Human Services and the Economic Development committees and served on the Finance committee. She was also as a member of the Public Works committee,  served for 4 years on the Lakewood Hospital Board, and is the previous chair of the Housing Committee. She also served as the Council liaison to the Community Relations Advisory Commission, a commission of which she is a founding member .

As a Councilmember Antonio  worked  responsively and collaboratively in the community to improve the health, safety and viability of our city for all its citizens. She is a strong proponent of the arts as an economic catalyst and believes that civic engagement is key to building a strong and safe community.

Antonio holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Cleveland State University and a Master of Public Administration degree from the Maxine Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. A former special education teacher, adjunct professor and non-profit administrator she has served in numerous capacities as an in organizational consultant for non-profit and governmental organizations and administrator for a multi-County HIV/AIDS regional program.

Antonio currently serves on the Board of the Cleveland Tennant Organization, is an honorary member of the Board for Spaces. She is the past chair of the American Cancer Society Relay for Life Event and Cuyahoga Democratic Women’s Caucus, of which she continues to be a member of the steering committee. She has been active in various civic organizations including membership in the Ohio Women’s Leadership Forum, Grow Lakewood Committee, Lakewood Schools Fifty Years Committee, The Beck Center, LHS Athletic Boosters, Lakewood Soccer Association and Women Speak Out for Peace and Justice. She also served as the Chair of the Lakewood Citizens Advisory Committee for three of her four years on the committee. Past advocacy involvement includes the creation of the 2003 “CommUNITY Conversations,” dialogue model that fosters neighborhood community building through positive communication and the development of a Women’s Peace and Community Conference at Cleveland State University in 2002. In 1996 she served as United States delegate to Japan and the Philippines with the IIE program-ASIA Pacific WINGS. She is a founding member and past Chair of the NorthCoast HIV/AIDS Coalition, past President of the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the National Organization for Women, and former board member of the Domestic Violence Center.

Daughters Ariel and Stacey, both Lakewood High School graduates, have made Nickie and partner Jean Kosmac very proud as the girls engage in their post-secondary pursuits.