Timothy "Tim" Frederick Ayers (born November 19, 1958) served as Mayor and City Commissioner of Springfield, Ohio

Springfield, Ohio

Springfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Clark County. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River, Buck Creek and Beaver Creek, approximately west of Columbus and northeast of Dayton. Springfield is home to Wittenberg...

 from 1984-1990. He previously served as the Legislative Message Clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate....

 for the 113th General Assembly and Small Business Manager for the Nashville (TN) Chamber of Commerce.

Personal life

Timothy Ayers was born in Springfield, Ohio

Springfield, Ohio

Springfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Clark County. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River, Buck Creek and Beaver Creek, approximately west of Columbus and northeast of Dayton. Springfield is home to Wittenberg...

, the sixth child of Franklin Ayers and Betty Rae Basey. He has 3 children.

His brother, Randy Ayers

Randy Ayers

Randall Duane Ayers is a retired American college basketball player and former assistant coach of the Washington Wizards. His youngest brother, Tim Ayers, served as Mayor and City Commissioner of Springfield, Ohio from 1984–1990.Ayers was born in Springfield, Ohio, the fourth child of Frank Ayers...

, is on the coaching staff for the Washington Wizards

Washington Wizards

The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association .-Early years:...

 professional basketball team.

Political life

• 1980-1984, Assistant Clerk in the Ohio House of Representatives

• 1984-1990, Mayor
  Mayor
  In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
  
  , Springfield, Ohio

• 1990, Special Assistant, Ohio Department of Agriculture, administration of Governor Richard Celeste

• 2000, Tennessee State Democrative Executive Committeemen

Notable achievements

• Assisted $2.5 million in loans to small businesses as the Small Business Manager of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.

• Authored a $750,000 HUD grant to kick-start economic development activities in the historic neighborhood of Fisk University
  Fisk University
  Fisk University is an historically black university founded in 1866 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. The world-famous Fisk Jubilee Singers started as a group of students who performed to earn enough money to save the school at a critical time of financial shortages. They toured to raise funds to...
  
  , Meharry Medical College
  Meharry Medical College
  Meharry Medical College, located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, is a graduate and professional institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church whose mission is to educate healthcare professionals and scientists. Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee...
  
   and Tennessee State University
  Tennessee State University
  Tennessee State University is a land-grant university located in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee.-History:...
  
  in 2001. Since that grant, an additional $2.5 million dollars of investment has poured into the area.

• Selected one of Kentucky's Minority Educator and Retention Award winners