Paula Boggs Muething | |
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| Born | 1975  |
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| Occupation | Lawyer, city manager (2020–2022) |
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Paula Boggs Muething (born circa 1975) is a Japanese-American lawyer. [1] She became Cincinnati's first Asian-American city manager and the second woman to be appointed to the role in 2020. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Muething was born circa 1975 and grew up in Harlan, Kentucky. [1] [4] Her mother was a Japanese immigrant and her father worked in the military and was from Harlan, Kentucky. [1] [4] She is married to lawyer Brian Muething. [5] She was diagnosed with breast cancer. [4]
She earned a Bachelor of Art in Journalism and Political Science from the University of Kentucky. [6]
In 2003, Muething graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where she studied in the Human Rights program. [1] [7] John Cranley - who would go on to become Cincinnati's Mayor - was one of her professors at the University of Cincinnati. [1] While she was a law student she was a Human Rights Fellow and a member of the editorial board of the Law Review. [1] She became a member of the Kentucky Bar Association on October 17, 2003. [8] She had studied community land reform initiatives at the Harvard Kennedy School's Executive Education program. [6]
She worked as an associate attorney at the Cincinnati-based corporate law firm Keating Muething & Klekamp. [1]
In April 2014, Muething was appointed as General Counsel for the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority. [1] [9] She was a member of the board of trustees for the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati in 2014. [10] [11]
From 2014 to 2020, Muething was Cincinnati's city solicitor. [1] [6] City Manager Harry Black hired her in 2014. [12] [13] In June 2020, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley appointed her as the interim city manager after Patrick Duhaney resigned, making her the first Asian-American and second woman to be appointed to the role. [1] [12] On October 15, 2020, Cincinnati City Council officially made her the permanent city manager. [12] In 2020, Muething and her husband chaired an event for University of Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music's annual benefit event. [14]
In December 2021, Muething resigned from her role as city manager and officially ended her term on January 19, 2022. [12] The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that the resignation was "not a mutual parting" between Muething and the newly elected mayor Aftab Pureval. [12] Pureval appointed John Curp as Muething's successor. [12]
In 2022, Muething became the vice president of legal affairs for FC Cincinnati. [15] She would later become FC Cincinnati's Chief Legal & Administrative Officer. [16] That same year, she was appointed to the Dean's advisory board for the University of Cincinnati College of Law. [7]
In 2023, she became the board president of the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation. [10]
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