Flax Wilt renamed president of Board of Clark County Commissioners

Clark County Commissioner Melanie Flax Wilt. JEFF GUERINI/STAFF

Clark County Commissioner Melanie Flax Wilt. JEFF GUERINI/STAFF

Melanie Flax Wilt has been reelected President of the Board of Clark County Commissioners.

Flax Wilt was confirmed as President during the commission’s regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday morning. She was first elected to the commission in 2016 and named president in 2019.

“I am honored to be named president again,” Flax Wilt said.

Both other commissioners, Richard Lohnes and Lowell McGlothin, gave kind words about Flax Wilt during the meeting.

“You’ve done an excellent job, you deserve it. Believe me,” McGlothin said.

Flax Wilt is a lifelong resident of Clark County and grew up on a fourth generation farm in South Charleston. She’s a second generation commissioner, serving in the same seat her grandfather held from 1988-1995.

She has spent the bulk of her career in agricultural communication as a communication manager and director for AmericanHort, the Ohio Department of Agriculture and her own agency Shiftology Communication.

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