Cruz-Bridges named to state ethics panel
Gov. Ted Strickland has appointed attorney Angelita Cruz Bridges to Ohio’s ethics commission.

She has been director of operations for the Lucas County Auditor’s Office since 2007.

She previously served three years as a staff attorney for Student Legal Services of Bowling Green State University. She is a part-time faculty member at the University of Toledo, where she obtained her bachelor’s Spanish, legal assisting and law degrees in 1997 and 2000, respectively. Upon graduation from law school she worked as a housing attorney for ABLE for four years.

The Ohio Ethics Commission enforces the state ethics law that was enacted in 1973. The law established conflict-of-interest provisions to ensure that state employees do not profit from their roles as public officials. Visit: http://ethics.ohio.gov/About.html

Mrs. Cruz Bridges, who is married and the mother of two children, will serve the remaining six-year term of Steven Dettelbach, who was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. She also sits on the grievance committee of the Toledo Bar Association.