Commissioners

Vincent Schroeder grew up on a farm in Liberty Township along with twelve brothers and sisters. He attended Miller City-New Cleveland School and The Ohio State University. He retired from teaching in 2001 after teaching thirty years of comprehensive sciences and vocational agriculture. While teaching, he started farming and continues to farm to this day. He has been the recipient of many teaching and farming awards.

Vincent has four sons, a daughter and eleven grandchildren. He and his wife, Mary, and two of his children live on their century home farm near Holy Family-New Cleveland church.

In 2004, he was elected as a Putnam County Commissioner and he is now in his fifth term. Vincent serves on many local boards and has served on several Ohio County Commissioner Association committees at the state level.

John Schlumbohm was born in Bowling Green, Ohio and lived near Weston until he was four years old at which time he moved with his dad, mother, and 2 siblings to live on a farm near Pandora. John attended and graduated from Pandora-Gilboa school in 1974 and joined the work force as a carpenter. In 1977 he started John Schlumbohm Construction, a small contracting company with 3 to 6 employees. In 1990 he, along with a business partner, founded Allco Interiors, a company specializing in painting and flooring, employing as many as 10 craftsmen. In 2010 John, along with the same business partner, opened Pandora Flooring & Supply, which he is still involved in today along with two of his children and business partner. John has been involved in public service most of his life, joining the Pandora / Riley Twp. Fire department in 1978. In 1993 he was elected to the Pandora Village Council serving in that capacity until his election to Mayor of Pandora in 2005. He served as mayor until December of 2018 at which time he assumed his role as Putnam County Commissioner. John was married to the former Susan Hovest of Glandorf, who passed away in April of 2017. He has 3 adult children, all residing in Putnam County, and 3 grandchildren.