Background
Chema, Thomas V. was born on October 31, 1946 in East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. Son of Stephen T. and Dorothy Grace (McCormack) Chema.
Chema, Thomas V. was born on October 31, 1946 in East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. Son of Stephen T. and Dorothy Grace (McCormack) Chema.
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1971). Phi Beta Kappa. Chairman, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, 1985-1989.
Executive Director, Ohio Lottery Commission, 1983-1985. Chairman, Ohio Building Authority. Executive Director, Gateway Exonomic Development Corporation of Greater Cleveland, since 1990.
Associate Arter and Hadden, Cleveland, 1971—1979, partner, 1979—1985, 1989—2003. Co-founder, president Gateway Consultant Group, Inc., since 1994. Trustee Hiram College, Ohio, 1994—2003, president, since 2003.
Of counsel Tucker, Ellis and West, since 2003. Executive director Ohio Lottery Commission, Cleveland, 1983—1985, Gateway Economic Development Corporation Greater Cleveland, 1990—1995. Chairman Public Utilities Commission Ohio, Columbus, 1985—1989, Ohio Building Authority, 1990—1996.
Co-chairman task force on violent crime, Cleveland, 1981—1983. Trustee Cleveland City Club, 1993—1996, Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine Health Systems, since 1994, Cleveland Works, Inc., 1995—1998, History Gateway Neighborhood, Inc., since 1995. Director Transtechnology, Inc., Fairport Funds.
Candidate Ohio Senate, 1980. Campaign manager Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum, 1976. Member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Bar Association (advisory council), Downtown Development Coordinators Cleveland Foundation Architect, Prospect Vision, Inc., St. Ignatius High School, American Society Public Administrators Trustee, League Women Voters, Citizens League, Hospice Council Northern Ohio (secretary, trustee, legal counsel), Senior Citizens Resources Inc.
(trustee), Electric Power Research Institute, Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation (chairman 1996-1999), Cleveland Legal Aid Society, Ohio State Bar Association, Greater Cleveland Bar Association, National Association State Lotteries (board directors), National Association Regulatory Utility Commissioners, City Club (Cleveland) (trustee since 1993).
Skiing.
Married Barbara Burke Orr, August 15, 1970. Children: Christine, Stephen.