Dusty Rhodes was re-elected without opposition to a fifth term as Hamilton County Auditor in 2006. In 1990 he became the first Democratic endorsed candidate to win a Hamilton County administrative office in two decades. He was re-elected in 1994, 1998 and in 2002.
A Delhi Township Trustee for twenty-one (21) years, he was also President of the Hamilton County Township Association for seven (7) years.
He served sixteen (16) years on the Board of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), chairing the Board for three (3) years. PERS is one of the nation's largest private pension plans with over $60 billion in assets. He became a licensed investment broker in 1968 and retired from the Cincinnati office of Paine Webber (now UBS) in 1999 after a twenty-one (21) year association.
A long-time Tri-State area radio personality, he is currently doing a morning program on “Oldies 1160”, WDJO – a station he and a group of local investors have been operating since 2006. Previously he did mornings on WSAI from 2003 to 2005. His top-rated Sunday night show was heard on WGRR from 1991 until 2002. Previously, he was on WLW, WKRC, and WSAI.
In 1964, he was one of the "Good Guys" sponsoring the Beatles’ Cincinnati appearance during their first American tour, and in 1965 he was named "Cincinnati's Most Popular Disc Jockey" by "Billboard" magazine. In 2001 he was inducted into the Ohio Radio & TV Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
He has served on the Executive Committee of the County Auditors Association of Ohio, is a founding member of the Western Hills Exchange Club, is a member of the Cincinnatus Association, and belongs to several civic and political organizations.
Among recent honors he was the Hamilton County Township Association County Public Servant of the Year in 1999 and the American Subcontractors Association of Cincinnati Public Official of the Year in 2000. In 2001 the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists honored his office with a second place award for the best public information website in the state.
He is 67, was born in Syracuse, New York, and is a Syracuse University graduate with a B. S. in Communications Arts from the School of Speech and Dramatic Art.
He and his wife Jo Ann have been married for forty (43) years, have two sons, one grandson, and are members of the St. Vincent de Paul parish in Riverside.
April 2007