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Robin Engel - Metro
Council - District 22
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Robin Engel was elected to his first term
on November 5, 2002, and re-elected to a second term on
November 2, 2004, as District 22 Councilman for
Louisville Metro Council representing the Fern Creek,
Highview, J-Town and Buechel areas and City of Minor Lane
Heights/Heritage Creek, marking the first time Metro
Council members were elected to serve as public officials
in the newly merged city/county government beginning
January 6, 2003.
As a Council member, Mr. Engel is currently the Chair of
the Republican Caucus; serves as Vice-Chair of the
Transportation/Public Works Committee, and is a member of
the Parks/Libraries & Cultural Arts/Activities Committee;
Government Administration Rules, Ethics & Audit
Committee, Health & Human Services Committee and
Committee on Committees. Mr. Engel was appointed as the
Metro Council representative to serve on the Mayor’s
Brightside/Anti-Litter Campaign Committee. Mr. Engel also
Chairs the State Funding Formula Work Group formed in
2003 to research inequities in various funding formulas
and identify the unmet needs that could be filled by
bringing Louisville tax dollars back to our community.
Engel’s background includes extensive experience in
business, administration and sales. He serves as Senior
Sales Representative for the state of Kentucky and parts
of Indiana for SCA Tissue (formerly Wisconsin Tissue and
Georgia Pacific Tissue) in Menasha, Wisconsin. He is the
two-time recipient of the 2002 and 2004 Elite Club Award.
In 2006, the Fern Creek Lions Club honored Engel as the
first recipient of the Humanitarian of the Year Award.
Engel was born in Neenah, Wisconsin in 1962. He is a
graduate of St. Mary Central High School in Menasha,
Wisconsin. Mr. Engel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Communications from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens
Point. He served as Student Government Senator and
College Republican Chairman.
Engel’s active community involvement includes memberships
with the Fern Creek Chamber of Commerce, Jeffersontown
Chamber of Commerce and Kentucky Right to Life Board of
Directors. He served as Past President of the
Jeffersontown-Hikes Point Republican Club, past member of
the Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee and
Past President of the Old Fairgrounds Woods Homeowners
Association. Mr. Engel previously served on the Jefferson
County Merit Board as an appointee by Jefferson County
Attorney Irv Maze.
Engel is married to Dena Akers and they have four
children ages 4 to 14 years old. Mr. Engel and his family
are members of St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church
in Fern Creek where he previously served on the St.
Gabriel Parish Council.
Email Address:
robin.engel@louisvilleky.gov
Phone Number: 502.574.1122 |
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P. O. Box 24843 | Louisville, KY 40224-0843 | Phone 502.584.7111 | Fax:
502.584.7118 | info@louisvillegop.com
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