West Chester Township Board of Trustees

The West Chester Township Board of Trustees meets at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at Township Hall, 9113 Cincinnati-Dayton Road. Meeting dates are typically adjusted in November and December due to the holidays. Please consult the calendar.

Public comments, as codified in RESOLUTION 04-2024, are accepted at the beginning and the end of each meeting. Comments are to be directed to the Board of Trustees and not to the audience. The Trustees may respond to comments and questions raised by citizens during the Discussion Items & Elected Officials Comments portion of the meeting.  The Board of Trustees will not engage in open dialogue with members of the audience or those offering comment during the meeting.

West Chester Township voters elect three members who serve on the Board of Trustees. They make decisions and set priorities with regard to West Chester Township. Trustees are elected to four-year terms. 

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Lee Wong, Chair

Term: 1/1/2022 to 12/31/2025

Mr. Wong may be contacted by email at LWong@WestChesterOH.org or you may reach him by voicemail at (513) 759-7204.

Lee Wong was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 2005. He has a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati and is now retired from the United States Army after 20 years of active duty service having served as a Special Agent for the Criminal Investigation Division.

Lee assigns small government as a significant contribution to West Chester’s success, keeping the community "lean and mean" with relatively low community taxes.  Leeadvocates for minimal bureaucracy with limited regulations, and a more personal relationship between local government and the community.

Lee places significant value on creating a local government that embraces all residents and corporate citizens, and in providing services that allow our citizens to prosper and opportunities to enhance and enjoy their lives.

Lee and his wife Teri have lived in West Chester since 2000.

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Mark S. Welch, Vice Chair

Term: 1/1/2022 to 12/31/2025

Mr. Welch may be contacted by email at MSWelch@WestChesterOH.org or by voicemail at (513) 759-7205.

Mark S. Welch was first elected to the West Chester Board of Trustees in 2013.

Mark has been a resident of West Chester Township since 1990, living in the same house in Beckett Ridge. He and his wife,  Karen, have two grown children.

Mark owns and operates two businesses in West Chester. Prior to being self-employed, Mark spent 23 years in corporate America selling and managing for companies that made various high tech equipment and instrumentation for pharmaceutical, fine chemical and specialty chemical companies.

Mark received a Congressional Appointment to the United States Naval Academy where he studied Mechanical Engineering and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.

Mark is active in the community and has been involved in many charity efforts including  St. Baldrick's Kids Cancer Research.

Ann Becker, Trustee

Term: 1/1/2024 to 12/31/2027

Ms. Becker may be contacted by email at ABecker@WestChesterOH.org or you may reach her by voicemail at (513) 759-7203.

Mrs. Becker was first elected in 2017, to fill an unexpired term on the West Chester Board of Trustees.

Ann has been a resident of West Chester since 1999. She and her husband Lee raised three children in the community and is an active community volunteer serving with Girl Scouts, St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish, and playing clarinet in the University of Cincinnati Summer Community Band.

Mrs. Becker believes local government is the most important form of representation because it is the government closest to our homes and most impactful in our lives. She is committed to ensuring West Chester Township’s budget is spent in the best interest of residents and businesses, focused on ensuring roads are kept in great condition, and police and fire departments are prepared for any emergency.

Mrs. Becker is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a master’s degree in education and a bachelor’s degree in psychology.