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Commissioner Paul R. Gieleghem (D)District 19 |
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| Phone: | 586-469-5125 County |
| Fax: | 586-469-5993 |
| Mail: | Macomb County Board of Commissioners 1 S. Main St. Administration Building -- 9th Floor Mount Clemens, MI 48043 |
| Home: | 38134 Sarnette St. Clinton Township, MI 48036 |
| Email: | paul.gieleghem@macombcountymi.gov |
Paul Gieleghem was re-elected in November 2006 to represent the residents of District 19 in central Clinton Township. The 2007-08 term is his second on the County Board.
Gieleghem (gil’-a-hem) plans to continue supporting the causes he backed as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives: cleaning up the environment as a way to improve the quality of life; creating tougher standards for dumping out-of-state waste; and measures to help shape growth in Macomb County.
Gieleghem, 36, was elected to three two-year terms in the Michigan House as the representative for residents of Clinton Township, Mount Clemens and Fraser, serving through 2004. As vice chair of the House Education Committee, he worked to improve neighborhood public schools. As a member of the House Land Use and Environment Committee, he worked to bring state money home to Macomb County to improve water quality.
Before his election as state representative, Gieleghem was a legislative assistant to state Sen. Ken DeBeaussaert, and handled constituent services for former Congressman David Bonior.
He is a member of the Central Macomb Chamber of Commerce, the Macomb County Inter-Agency Council, the Selfridge Base Community Council, the Clinton River Watershed Council, the Belgian American Association, The Art Center of Macomb County, the Interfaith Center for Racial Justice, and the Wayne State University Alumni Association.
Gieleghem has a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from Wayne State University, an associate’s degree in General Business from Macomb Community College and is a 1988 graduate of Clintondale High School.
Gieleghem was named “Environmentalist of the Year 2004” by the Sierra Club for his stewardship of the land, air and water, and was recognized by the Allergy and Asthma Foundation of Michigan for his legislation requiring emergency response personnel to deliver life-saving medication for severely allergic patients. The Michigan Society for Clinical Laboratory Science presented him with its “Presidential Recognition Award” and he was named “Legislator of the Year” by the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Superintendents in 2002.
Gieleghem is a lifelong resident of Clinton Township. He and his wife Sara have two children.
