- Cardington-Lincoln Local Schools
- Board Members
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Matt Longsdorf
Term expires December 31, 2025
Years of Service: Since 2023
419-864-3691
Matt is originally from Nova, Ohio, where he grew up on the family farm. He graduated from Mapleton High School in Ashland, Ohio in 1994. He then attended Ohio Northern University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Matt moved to Cardington in 1999 and started working at Cardington Yutaka Technologies (CYT) in November of 2000, where he is still employed. He is currently the Senior Manager of Sales, Purchasing, and Engineering for their North American Regional Operations, where he is responsible for plants in Ohio, Alabama and Mexico. He frequently travels to those locations as well as to their other facilities in Japan, China and the Philippines, and he even spent a year living and working in Japan at their global headquarters.
Matt has been involved in the community by coaching youth soccer, middle school basketball, and county softball teams. He has frequently come to the school to speak about his job and experiences during the career classes in the junior high. He also has volunteered to represent CYT in many community activities, such as being a buyer at the Morrow County Fair livestock auction, Morrow County high school scholarship presentations, and community outreach.
Matt lives just outside of Cardington with his wife Kristan. They are a blended family with 5 children, two who have graduated from Cardington-Lincoln and three who are still in school.
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Pat Clark
Term expires December 31, 2025
Years of Service: Since 2006
419-864-3691
Pat Clark, retired R.N., grew up in southern Morrow County. She graduated from Buckeye Valley High School then later graduated from Marion Technical College with an Associate Degree in Nursing.
Pat has served on the Board of Education for 16 years. She was just re-elected for a fifth term. She has served as President and Vice President. She has seen many changes over the years from staff, to the completion of the new middle school and renovations to the current buildings. She enjoys the challenges of being a board member, bringing to the table her opinions and past experience. Pat is married to her husband, Dick, and has two grown boys. Dick, their two sons and two grandsons graduated from CLHS. -
Chad Holt
Term expires December 31, 2028
Years of Service: Since 2022
419-864-3691
Chad graduated from Cardington-Lincoln High School in 1995 and soon after began working full-time in Engineering at Peco II as a drafter. While working, Chad took college classes in the evening, and in 2000 he graduated from Marion Technical College with a degree of Associate of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology. In 2004, Chad accepted a new job with Vertiv, a global leader in designing, manufacturing, and servicing mission critical infrastructure technologies for IT, in Delaware, Ohio as a Design Engineer. He has had the titles of Senior Design Engineer, Project Engineer, Engineering Supervisor, and in 2018, he was promoted to Manager Product Development.
Chad served on the Cardington-Lincoln Strategic Planning committee where he was part of the Student Achievement and Communication groups. Chad has facilitated student shadowing days in the Engineering field and has been a featured speaker at Tri-Rivers Career Center for students enrolled in Engineering trades. He enjoys seeing students get excited about their future and the choices they make.
Chad lives south of Cardington with his wife Amanda, a teacher in a nearby district, and has two daughters, one that has graduated from Cardington-Lincoln and one that attends Cardington-Lincoln High School. -
Sarah Struck
Term expires December 31, 2028Years of Service: Since 2020419-864-3691Sarah was born and raised in Findlay, Ohio. After graduating from Findlay High School, she attended The Ohio State University in Columbus, graduating with a BSBA in Accounting.She worked in the Finance Department for Victoria's Secret Catalog, for the BISYS Group, and then Cardinal Health. She now works as a full-time tax consultant at Maceyko Tax in Cardington. She and her husband Mike have been residents of Morrow County since 2000 and have three children, all of whom are graduates of Cardington-Lincoln High School. Sarah has served a key role in the Cardington-Lincoln Athletic Boosters as their Treasurer, and currently serves as the Booster Liaison on behalf of the Board. -
Matt Clinger
Term expires December 31, 2028
Years of Service: Since 2020
419-864-3691
Matt is a 1993 graduate of Cardington-Lincoln high school. Matt’s parents and grandparents are also Cardington graduates.
During high school, Matt worked at “Kinsell’s” (the local grocery store at the time) and as a tree trimmer.Post high school, Matt attended Ohio State University Marion and Marion Tech, focusing on Ag business and mechanical engineering. At the same time, Matt became a landscaper, then a machinist in a factory. Matt then began working as a farm laborer and started a successful seed business that he operated for 20 years. Currently, Matt is a self-employed grain farmer.Matt’s achievements include earning the FFA American degree and serving as a member of Cardington-Lincoln Strategic Planning Committee.Matt’s current positions are President of the School Board, Vice President of the Cardington Farm Association, Vice President of the Cardington Band Boosters, Westfield Township Zoning Chair and Stewardship and Finance at St John’s Lutheran Church (Windfall).Matt is married to Molly, an English teacher at Cardington-Lincoln High school. They have two children. Both are graduates from Cardington- Lincoln.
