Mallory appoints father to SORTA board

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory has appointed his father, William Mallory, Sr., to the nine-member board of trustees for the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA).

William Mallory served as a member of the Ohio House of Representativges for 28 years before retiring in 1994. He was the first African American majority floor leader and the first African American to preside over a session as Speaker of the House. Upon his retirement, Mallory held the record as the longest serving majority leader in Ohio's history and the longest serving Ohio House representative from Hamilton County.

Since his retirement, Mallory has been involved in many causes. He founded the Mallory Center for Community Development, a non-profit agency in Cincinnati. He also serves on the Ohio Elections Commission and has recently been appointed to the board of the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati.

SORTA is the governing board of Metro and Access, non-profit public transit services that provide about 22 mililon rides per year in Greater Cincinnati.