Janine Boyd
{{Short description|American politician (born 1971)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Janine Boyd
| image = Janine Boyd 2022 (1).jpg
| caption = Boyd in 2022
| office = Member of the Cleveland Heights City Council
|term_start = February 10, 2023
|term_end = March 18, 2024
| predecessor = Mary Dunbar
| successor = Jim Posch
| office1 = Regional Director of the United States Department of Health and Human Services for Region 5
| term_start1 = April 8, 2022
| term_end1 = 2022
| predecessor1 = Doug O'Brien
| successor1 = Michael Cabonargi
| status =
| appointer1 = Joe Biden
| state_house2 = Ohio
| district2 = 9th
| term_start2 = January 6, 2015
| term_end2 = April 22, 2022
| predecessor2 = Barbara Boyd
| successor2 = Bishara Addison
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|02|05}}
| birth_place =
| party = Democrat
| spouse =
| children =
| education = Hillsdale College (BA)
Michigan State University (MA)
| residence = Cleveland Heights, Ohio, U.S.
| relations = Barbara Boyd (mother)
}}
Janine Boyd (born February 5, 1971) is an American politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 9th district from 2015 to 2022. She resigned from her House seat in April 2022 to take a position in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. She later served on the city council of Cleveland Heights.
Early life and education
A native of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Boyd graduated from the Beaumont School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Hillsdale College in 1993 and a Master of Arts in speech and language pathology from Michigan State University in 1999.{{Cite web |title=Ohio State Rep. Janine Boyd - Biography {{!}} LegiStorm |url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/242002/Janine_R_Boyd.html |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=www.legistorm.com |language=en}} Boyd is the daughter of Barbara Boyd, who held the same seat from 1993 to 2000 and from 2007 to 2014.
Career
Boyd previously served on council for Cleveland Heights,{{cite web |url=http://www.janineboyd2014.com/ |title=About Janine Boyd 2014 |access-date=2014-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210215740/http://www.janineboyd2014.com/ |archive-date=2014-12-10 |url-status=dead }} where she often faced criticism for her attendance.{{cite news|date=2014-10-02|title=Janine Boyd for Ohio House District 9: endorsement editorial|work=Cleveland Plain Dealer|location=|url=http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/10/janine_boyd_for_ohio_house_dis.html|access-date=2014-12-10}} In 2012, she was appointed to council to replace Phyllis Evans.{{cite news|last=Neely|first=Chanda|date=2014-11-05|title=Cleveland Heights City Council to replace Janine Boyd, who won seat in Ohio House|work=Cleveland Plain Dealer|location=|url=http://www.cleveland.com/cleveland-heights/index.ssf/2014/11/cleveland_heights_city_council_68.html|access-date=2014-12-10}} In 2014, she announced that she would seek to replace her mother, Barbara Boyd, in the Ohio House of Representatives.{{cite news|last=Neely|first=Chanda|date=2014-02-05|title=Cleveland Heights City Councilwoman Janine Boyd criticized for running for Ohio House|work=Cleveland Plain Dealer|url=http://www.cleveland.com/cleveland-heights/index.ssf/2014/02/cleveland_heights_city_council_53.html|access-date=2014-12-10}} She faced Republican Charles Hopson in the general election,{{cite news|last=Neely|first=Chanda|date=2014-09-15|title=Ohio House 9th District candidates Janine Boyd, Charles Hopson take on issues|work=Cleveland Plain Dealer|url=http://www.cleveland.com/cleveland-heights/index.ssf/2014/09/janine_boyd_charles_hopson_fac.html|access-date=2014-12-10}} and went on to win 85%-15%.{{cite news|last=Neely|first=Chanda|date=2014-12-11|title=Cleveland Heights City Council accepting applications to replace Janine Boyd|work=Cleveland Plain Dealer|url=http://www.cleveland.com/cleveland-heights/index.ssf/2014/12/cleveland_heights_accepting_ap.html|access-date=2014-12-10}}
During debate on an Ohio six-week abortion ban, banning abortion after detection of a "fetal heartbeat", Boyd drafted an amendment that would give an exemption to African American women, "whose history includes rape and forced birth imposed on enslaved women and black women after slavery".{{Cite web|date=2019-04-09|title=Dem efforts to protect Ohio women rejected as nation's most extreme abortion ban set for House vote|url=https://www.ohiohouse.gov/members/janine-r-boyd/news/dem-efforts-to-protect-ohio-women-rejected-as-nations-most-extreme-abortion-ban-set-for-house-vote-100007|access-date=2021-09-13|website=Ohio House of Representatives|language=en}} The amendment failed, and the bill was signed into law.{{Cite web|last=Haynes|first=Danielle|date=2019-04-11|title=Ohio Gov. DeWine signs 'heartbeat' abortion bill|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/04/11/Ohio-Gov-DeWine-signs-heartbeat-abortion-bill/7831555016823/|access-date=2021-09-13|website=UPI|language=en}} A federal judge issued an injunction against the bill before it took effect.{{Cite news|last=Stempel|first=Jonathan|date=2019-07-04|title=U.S. judge blocks Ohio 'heartbeat' law to end most abortions|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-ohio-idUSKCN1TY2PK|access-date=2021-09-13}}
In April 2022, Boyd was appointed by President Joe Biden to serve as a regional director of the United States Department of Health and Human Services for the fifth region, which covers Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-26 |title=President Biden Announces Key Regional Appointments for HHS |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/26/president-biden-announces-key-regional-appointments-for-hhs/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}
In late 2022, Boyd left the HHS to care for her ailing mother in Cleveland Heights.{{cite news |last1=Jewell |first1=Thomas |title=Janine Boyd appointed to council |publisher=Cleveland Sun Press Sun News |publication-date=16 February 2023}} Her mother died in November 2022.{{cite news |last1=Pinckard |first1=Cliff |title=Longtime State Rep. Barbara Boyd dies at the age of 80 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2022/11/longtime-state-rep-barbara-boyd-dies-at-the-age-of-80.html |access-date=7 November 2022 |publisher=Cleveland |date=6 November 2022}} In February 2023, City of Cleveland Heights Mayor Kahlil Seren appointed Boyd "to fill the vacant, unexpired term on Cleveland Heights City Council ending 12/31/2023."{{cite web |url=https://www.clevelandheights.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14680/Executive-Order-2023-001 |title=Executive Order EO2023-001 Re: Filling a vacant, unexpired term on Cleveland Heights City Council |author= |date=10 February 2023 |publisher=City of Cleveland Heights |access-date=16 February 2023 }}{{cite news |last1=Jewell |first1=Thomas |title=Dissenting members welcome Boyd to Cleveland Heights council, offer take on process |url=https://www.cleveland.com/community/2023/02/dissenting-members-welcome-boyd-to-cleveland-heights-council-offer-take-on-process.html |access-date=16 February 2023 |publisher=Cleveland |date=11 February 2023}} She was elected in November 2023 to serve a full four-year term,{{cite web |last1=Inglis |first1=Kim Sergio |title=Boyd resigns from CH City Council - The Heights Observer |url=https://heightsobserver.org/read/2024/03/24/boyd-resigns-from-ch-city-council |website=Heights Observer |access-date=18 March 2025 |date=March 24, 2024}} but resigned on March 18, 2024 in order to relocate her family.{{cite web |title=Boyd Resigns From Cleveland Heights City Council |url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/boyd-resigns-from-cleveland-heights-city-council/article_6c8f74ec-e6d0-11ee-9cb4-f7264fa4ca3b.amp.html |website=Cleveland Jewish News |access-date=24 October 2024 |language=en |date=20 March 2024|last=Golden|first=Alexandra}} In April 2024, Jim Posch was appointed to fill the seat she had held.{{cite web |title=Cleveland Heights City Council Overview Based on meeting reports from November 2023 – October 2024 Some relevant League policy positions are indicated in italics. Council meeting dates are listed in parentheses. |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/527296/documents/Cle._Hts._City_Council_Overview_2024_1632519930.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6MYUE6DNNJ6ROIH3&Expires=1742307069&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DCle._Hts._City_Council_Overview_2024.pdf&Signature=BHsBVB5kAbCiKJfZDogpltifJ%2BU%3D |website=League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland |access-date=18 March 2025 |date=2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141210215740/http://www.janineboyd2014.com/ Campaign website]
- [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Janine-Boyd-for.../207087236131578 Campaign Facebook page]
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the Ohio General Assembly
Category:People from Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Category:Women state legislators in Ohio
Category:Ohio city council members
Category:21st-century African-American women politicians
Category:Women city councillors in Ohio
Category:African-American state legislators in Ohio
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:African-American city council members in Ohio
Category:21st-century African-American politicians
Category:20th-century African-American politicians
Category:20th-century African-American women politicians
Category:20th-century American women politicians
Category:Hillsdale College alumni
Category:Michigan State University alumni
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