Mary Springowski

Involvement

Mary is serving her sixth term as Council At-Large.

Background

Mary was born in Cleveland to Jerry and Evelyn Donovan who had recently emigrated from Canada (her mother is originally from Edinburgh, Scotland and her father is a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland).  She is the eldest daughter of 7 children.  Mary graduated in 1984 from Firelands High school.  She is married with 4 wonderful adult children, 5 adorable grandchildren and 1 persnickety parakeet. She has attended Ohio State University, Cleveland State University and Lorain County Community College.  She received her certification in paralegal studies from LCCC.  

Prior to being employed at Ford Motor Company, she was employed by the Lorain County Clerk of Courts as a Deputy Clerk in Juvenile before moving over to Child Support.   She also worked for Gilbane Building Company during their construction of Concourse C at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.  She was project site secretary working on project bid submission and approval as well as dealing with the Federal government regulations and restrictions governing airport construction. She went to work in 1991 at the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake, Ohio and worked there for 23 years before transferring to the Cleveland Engine Plant in Brookpark, Ohio and was a team leader before retiring in 2024.  She was also an Employee Resource Coordinator at OHAP and was elected as a UAW Constitutional Convention Delegate and alternate committee representative.  She also participated in local negotiations in the former Unit 2 at OHAP.  She is a retired member of UAW Local 1250, a former member of UAW Local 2000.  She is an active member of the Lorain County UAW CAP.   She and her family attend Nativity BVM church in Lorain. 

Mary is passionate about the city of Lorain and the rebirth of our home and city.  She is an outspoken advocate for aggressive economic development and was the catalyst for the largest private economic development deal in the history of the State of Ohio by being the individual who reached out to Intel for chip manufacturing in Ohio. She is available to ALL of the residents of Lorain and truly enjoys speaking to them and hearing what they have to say.  Mary believes in transparency of government and in representing the PEOPLE.  She also believes that the people need to have a voice in the government of the city and drafted the language that brought back public comment to the regular council meetings. Mary was assigned to the following committees:  Chair of Building and Lands, Vice Chair of Finance and member of Police/Fire and Legislation.  She is also a proud graduate of the first class of the Lorain Police Department’s Citizens’ Academy.