2006 Citizen of the Year - Larry Wolpert

Larry Wolpert, state representative for Ohio's 23rd House District, has been selected to receive the CBR 2006 Citizen of the Year Award.

Representative Wolpert's is serving his third term as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives and his district includes Hilliard, Grove City and other western portions of Franklin County.

During the 126th General Assembly, he will chair the Local and Municipal Government and Urban Revitalization Committee. In 2003, he formed the Ohio House Growth and Land Use Subcommittee, which studies Ohio's land use and policies.

Before joining the Ohio House of Representatives, he spent 20 years working for the Government Relations Department of Grange Insurance and has served two terms on the Hilliard City Council. He manages the Wolpert Family Farms in the Hilliard/Dublin area, where the Wolpert family has been farming since 1848.

Representative Wolpert resides in Hilliard and is a member of the Hilliard and Grove City Chambers of Commerce and of the Franklin County Farm Bureau. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Legislator of the Year from the Ohio Parks and Recreation Association, A Friend of Hospice from the Hospice & Palliative Care Organization and is the recipient of the Homer F. Mincey Award from the Alliance for Adequate School Funding for his work on improving Ohio's education system. He also has received the 2006 Hall of Fame Award from the Hilliard High School Alumni and Friends Association, Healthy Eyes Healthy People Award from the Ohio Optometric Association, The William Schneider Award from the Franklin County Republican Party, and the John M. Ashbrook Award from the Ohio League of Young Republicans.