{"id":957,"date":"2025-08-16T19:44:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T19:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=957"},"modified":"2025-08-16T19:47:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T19:47:52","slug":"4-13-celebrating-senator-grace-drake-a-trailblazer-mentor","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/chapter\/4-13-celebrating-senator-grace-drake-a-trailblazer-mentor\/","title":{"rendered":"4.13 Celebrating Senator Grace Drake: A Trailblazer &amp; Mentor"},"content":{"raw":"<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/08\/Drake-Grace-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"326\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-960\" \/>\r\n\r\nState Senator Grace Drake was a remarkable public servant, known for her commitment to mentoring young leaders.\r\n\r\nShe represented Ohio\u2019s 22nd District from 1984 to 2000, a district that always included her hometown Solon in Cuyahoga County. Drake\u2019s legislative career was characterized by her ability to foster bipartisan cooperation and her focus on improving the lives of her constituents.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\r\n\r\nBeyond her legislative achievements, Senator Drake created CSU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/levin.csuohio.edu\/cpnm\/student-mentoring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mentoring program<\/a>. Her legacy here lives on through this program and her work continues to empower future leaders.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\r\n\r\nReferences\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohiostatehouse.org\/museum\/ladies-gallery\/grace-l-drake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ohiostatehouse.org\/museum\/ladies-gallery\/grace-l-drake<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandstatemagazine.com\/drake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.clevelandstatemagazine.com\/drake\/<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/08\/Drake-Grace-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"326\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/08\/Drake-Grace-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/08\/Drake-Grace-65x45.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/08\/Drake-Grace-225x155.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/08\/Drake-Grace-350x240.jpg 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/08\/Drake-Grace.jpg 524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>State Senator Grace Drake was a remarkable public servant, known for her commitment to mentoring young leaders.<\/p>\n<p>She represented Ohio\u2019s 22nd District from 1984 to 2000, a district that always included her hometown Solon in Cuyahoga County. Drake\u2019s legislative career was characterized by her ability to foster bipartisan cooperation and her focus on improving the lives of her constituents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p>Beyond her legislative achievements, Senator Drake created CSU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/levin.csuohio.edu\/cpnm\/student-mentoring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mentoring program<\/a>. Her legacy here lives on through this program and her work continues to empower future leaders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p>References<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohiostatehouse.org\/museum\/ladies-gallery\/grace-l-drake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ohiostatehouse.org\/museum\/ladies-gallery\/grace-l-drake<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandstatemagazine.com\/drake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.clevelandstatemagazine.com\/drake\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":406,"menu_order":14,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-957","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":882,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":959,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/957\/revisions\/959"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/882"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/957\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/publicservicecareers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}