COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus City Council has turned to a South Side native with eight years’ experience in government service to fill a vacant seat.
Shannon Hardin was selected from a field of nearly 30 applicants to take over the seat vacated by A. Troy Miller, council president Andrew Ginther announced Monday.
Hardin, 27, is council’s first openly gay black member, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
Hardin began serving as the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority’s associate vice president for planning and development last month.
Prior to that, he served in the office of Mayor Michael Coleman as external affairs manager and community affairs coordinator.