President- Eileen Watts
Eileen Watts is currently President of The Delaware County Republican Women’s Club, where she has been a member since 2013. She is also a member of the Delaware County Republican Central Committee (since 2014) and Executive Committee (since 2018).
She is past owner of Eileen’s Design Team (1990-2004) as well as International Guest Artist and Educator for product manufactures (1983-2004).
Eileen is past President of Habitat for Humanity of Delaware & Union Counties as well as on the Women’s Board of the Columbus Museum of Art. She was Girl Scout leader for over 15 years, PTO Board Member for over 10 years, concentrating on community outreach and volunteer service.
A graduate of Centennial High School and Fort Hayes Career Center, she now lives in Powell, Ohio with her husband of 30 years, Mike, and her two daughters.
Vice President- Kathy Loken
Kathy Loken is currently Vice-President of the Delaware County Republican Women’s Club. She has been a member of “The Club” since 2015.
Prior to retiring, Kathy was with the Huntington National Bank for 45 years. She was Senior Vice President in the Commercial Banking Division and created their first Commercial Banking Banker University.
Kathy has served on the boards of Hands On of Central Ohio and Prevent Blindness of Ohio. She served as Huntington’s United Way Campaign Chair and the first woman to become the Central Ohio American Institute of Banking President.
Kathy is a graduate of the Columbus Leadership Program. She lives in Galena with her husband, Dwight. She has two children and two grandsons who also live in Delaware County.
Secretary- Karin Eldridge
Karin Eldredge has been a member of the Delaware County Republican Women’s Club since 2008. She is currently serving as Secretary. Past offices held are: Secretary 2011, 2012, 2013. Vice President: 2014. President: 2015, 2016. Treasurer: 2017, 2018.
Karin currently works for the City of Delaware in the office of Public Works and Parks where she serves as an Administrative Assistant.
Karin is married to Greg and they have three adult children, Danny Eldredge, Amy Blake and Laura Eldredge. They have a grandson, Isaac Eldredge. Karin is a lifelong citizen of Delaware County and a lifelong Republican!
Treasurer- Barb Benton
Barb Benton is currently Secretary of the Delaware County Republican Women’s Club, where she’s been a member since 2016.
She has led The Ohio Society of CPAs’ lobbying efforts at the state and federal levels for over 30 years, focusing on tax, accounting, and general business issues, including major reforms of tort and tax laws.
Barb is a past president of the Ohio Lobbying Association and is active with the American Society of Association Executives and Ohio Society of Association Executives. Here in Delaware County, she is serving her second term on People in Need’s board and currently is on PIN’s Executive Committee.
Barb is a summa cum laude graduate of Otterbein University and lives in Orange Township with her husband, Jeff. They have four sons, five grandchildren and one very spoiled English Bulldog.