In the summer of 2003, at the age of 27, Michael Vu was named director of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. He oversees all primary, general, special, and bond elections for the largest elections board in the State of Ohio which, with a registered voter population of more than one million voters, is also the 15th largest election jurisdiction in the country.
Before his appointment as director, Vu spent seven years managing elections for the Salt Lake County (Utah) Elections Division. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Utah (Salt Lake City). He served two four-year terms on the Anti-Discrimination Advisory Council for the Utah State Labor Commission and was a member of the International Footprint Association.