Who we are. What we do.

Sandy Spang

Sandy Spang is currently serving as the sixth president of Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments.

She previously served as the deputy director of economic development for the City of Toledo and as an elected member of Toledo City Council. Spang, also a business owner, spent her time on council and with the administration focused on finding ways to help entrepreneurs support their businesses and access programs designed to support their success. She worked with the economic development team to create and update grant programs that help business owners offset costs for facade, fire, accessibility, and building code upgrades.

Spang also led the team that created Permit Planner, a scoping tool that helps businesses and residents understand what permits, incentives, and special restrictions apply to their construction projects. She facilitated the Forward Cities E3 program, which brought the community’s entrepreneurial support organizations together to create a more equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem and resulted in the launch of the Toledo Ramp (www.tolramp.biz), an online platform for free counseling, events, and access to capital.

Spang is a certified Ohio economic developer who has served on the National League of Cities Community and Economic Development National Committee. She’s also a founding member and co-chair of the Northwest Ohio Women’s Business Council and a board member for Lott Industries.

She has long been an advocate for regional planning and partnership and has participated in TMACOG as a member of the Leadership Development Committee and Executive Committee and has been an advocate for planning and partnership at the regional level.

Mike A. Aspacher

Mayor, City of Bowling Green, Ohio

Mike Aspacher became mayor of Bowling Green on January 1, 2020. Mayor Aspacher is a lifelong resident of Bowling Green, graduating from Bowling Green High School and attending Bowling Green State University.

A plumber and pipe-fitter by trade, Mike spent 34 years as a member of Local 50. Mayor Aspacher held numerous positions within the trades over those years, retiring as a project manager for Dunbar Mechanical in 2018.

He has been an active member of the Bowling Green community his entire life, first holding elective office in 1998 as a member of the Bowling Green City Schools Board of Education. He also served on the Bowling Green Parks and Recreation Board, helping to shape programming, ensure citizen led oversight of park facilities, and assisting in the long-range strategic focus of the Parks and Recreation Department. Mayor Aspacher served on City Council from 2010 to 2019 representing the 3^rd Ward of the city. During that time, he served on numerous Council committees including the Finance Committee, Parks and Recreation Committee, and serving as the chair of the Public Utilities Committee. Mike served six years as Council President. He is a current member of the Executive Committee and the Leadership Development committee of the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments.

Mayor Aspacher and his wife, Toni, have two sons, one granddaughter and one grandson.

Tom Mackin

Mayor, City of Perrysburg, Ohio

Mayor Tom Mackin grew up in Avon Lake, Ohio, the fifth of nine children. After graduating from Avon Lake High School, he attended Muskingum College. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in accounting, with minors in economics and communication. He also met his wife, Allison, while in college.

The Mackin family moved to Perrysburg in 1990 and raised their two children, Pete and Margy. Mayor Mackin was an active dad, coaching numerous soccer, baseball, and basketball teams and also volunteering for his fair share of scouting and church programs. Both children graduated from Perrysburg High School before moving on to college.

Mayor Mackin has been very involved in the Perrysburg community. He became a member of Perrysburg's Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee in 1998 and was appointed to fill a vacant Perrysburg City Council seat that same year. He won his first election the following year and was re-elected to council four times. During his time on council, Mayor Mackin served on the Finance, Economic Development, Service-Safety, Health Sanitation, Public Utilities, and Planning and Zoning committees.

Mayor Mackin chaired the Finance Committee the entire time he was on council. As chair of the Finance Committee, he reviewed and oversaw the City's budget. On the Service-Safety Committee, he worked with Perrysburg Police for more than nine years to help ensure that their operations and policies best served the community and were consistent with the City's short and long-term needs.

In addition to involvement in City leadership, Mayor Mackin has worked with many other Perrysburg organizations. He was a member of Perrysburg Alternative to Substance Abuse and became its chairman in 2000. He also joined the Board of the Fort Meigs YMCA and in 2010 became its chairman and a member of the Toledo YMCA Board of Trustees. He is a member of and volunteers with the Perrysburg Rotary and Saint John XXIII. He has also coached Perrysburg High School's 9th grade basketball team.

Mayor Mackin is an honor graduate of The University of Toledo, College of Law. He was in private practice for twenty-five years, until 2015, when he joined the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority as its Chief Legal Officer. He is a member of the Ohio, Toledo, and American Bar Associations. He was President of the Toledo Junior Bar Association in 2000. He also is a Co-Author with William M. Connelly, Esq., of Malpractice, Current Practice of Medicine, I:10:1 (1996).

TMACOG staff volunteering their time to pack meals for kids at the Cherry Street Mission facility in downtown Toledo. We look forward to getting together in the near future to continue serving our community!