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September 13, 2023
10:00AM - 12:00PM

OCCO Meeting with Rep. Angie King discussing the Windfall Provision & Bobby Kovey of OITA

County Commissioners Association of Ohio Building

Join the OCCO for our September meeting with guest speaker State Representative Angie King of the 84th House District. Rep. King will speak on her resolution to reform the Social Security OPERS Windfall Provision which prevents some public sector employees and public officials from receiving their earned Social Security benefits if they also receive OPERS. 

State Representative Angie King is serving her first term in the Ohio House of Representatives. She represents the 84th House District, which encompasses all of Mercer County, northern Darke County and southern Auglaize County.

King is a small business owner, who grew up the oldest of five children in a farming family. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership and a Masters of Business Administration, both from Wright State University.

King has a strong record of public and community service. She previously served as a Celina City Council member for 11 years and as the Mercer County Recorder for 10 years, prior to becoming a state representative.

After discovering her infant daughter was deaf, she became a strong advocate for the deaf and hard of hearing at both the state and national level. She is proud to have played a part in Ohio’s Universal Newborn Hearing Screening legislation. Her persistent and persuasive advocacy prompted the U.S. Department of Education to update its early intervention language in the Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA), ensuring that parents receive the full range of options for their deaf or hearing impaired children, including cochlear implants.

When the City of Celina was under an EPA fine and mandate to replace or retrofit the water treatment plant, Angie compiled information and initiated a visit to Washington D.C. Again, her persuasive advocacy got the ears of Washington legislators, and Celina received a $750,000 federal line item for their water plant. Angie has taken the same energy and enthusiasm to Columbus to work for West Central Ohio.

Angie is a licensed Realtor and has been involved in buying, selling, and managing real estate for more than 25 years. She is a former board member of the Ohio Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Ohio Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee and is a former board member for West Ohio Community Action Partnership.

Angie and her husband, Mark, have been married for more than 30 years and have two adult children and three grandchildren. They are active members of New Life Christian Center.

Bobby Kovey is an experienced business development and government relations consultant, having worked extensively in both the public and private sector.

Bobby serves the Ohio IT Association in the role of Chief Advisor. Along with Nick York, Bobby was one of the founders of the OITA.

In his role of Chief Advisor, Bobby helps the Executive Director and the Advisory Board formulate the OITA’s strategic vision, coordinate public sector outreach, develop policy forums to foster discussions of how technology can improve the public and private sector.

Bobby also is the Managing Director of a government relations and market development firm – The Credo Company (www.credocompany.com).

Prior to founding The Credo Company, Kovey worked within various state offices. He began his career in government in the Ohio Senate. Later, he served as an aide in the Ohio House of Representatives. After his time in the legislature, Kovey managed and worked on several Ohio campaigns.

As managing partner of The Credo Company, Bobby oversees the firm’s multiple lines of business – including business development, government relations, public-private partnerships, and private investment project development.

Born in Binghamton, N.Y. and raised in Pittsburgh and Northeast Ohio, Kovey is a graduate of The Ohio State University’s Max M. Fisher College of Business. There he earned a B.S.B.A. degree in Finance. Later, Bobby obtained a Certificate in Catholic Social Doctrine & Business Ethics from Catholic University and a certificate in Executive Management from the University of Notre Dame.

Bobby and his family reside in the historic neighborhood of Old Clintonville and are members of Saint Patrick Church.

In his spare time, Bobby enjoys spending time with his family, having an occasional cigar, watching movies or following the Cleveland Indians, the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.

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