Background
Seelbach was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
Seelbach was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
After founding the first gay-straight alliance at Xavier University, he graduated from the university with a degree in business administration and attended law school at the University of Dayton.
He made history in 2011 when he became the first openly-gay politician elected to the There are a total of 9 members and all are at-large, representing the entire City. College and Early He moved to Cincinnati in 1998. Seelbach also became involved in the campaign to repeal Article 12, a law which forbade the city council from passing any protections for gay men and lesbians, which was repealed in 2004.
His campaign for the city council was backed financially by the Victory Fund.
Seelbach is also Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of a small marketing/consulting business, the Seidewitz Group. On August 2, 2012 Seelbach was announced to be one of the winners of the Cincinnati Business Courier"s 2012 Forty under 40 winners.
Seelbach was also recognized in the Venue Magazine Fall 2012 edition as one of the "Great Leaders under 40."
On September 8, 2012 Chris Seelbach threw out the opening pitch at Great American Ball Park for a Reds versus Astros game. On April 16, 2015, Seelbach was named "Elected Official of the Year" by the National Association of Social Workers.
Italic type indicates incumbent.