Meet Elena

Fourth generation in Cedar Township

Elena Kowalski's great-grandparents bought the family farm on Township Road 9 in 1921. She still lives there, with her husband Tom, their two teenagers and more barn cats than anyone can count.

Elena was elected Cedar Township Clerk in 2014 and has been re-elected three times, twice without an opponent. She chairs the county clerks' association's training committee and teaches new clerks across the region.

She believes running an election is a public trust, and that the best way to keep it is to do the work in the open.