Josh Mandel is the 48th Treasurer of the State of Ohio and the youngest State Treasurer in the nation. As Treasurer of Ohio, Josh has earned the highest possible rating from Standard & Poor’s for the $3 billion local government investment fund he manages, and the highest possible rating from Fitch for the state’s short-term General Obligation bonds. Treasurer Mandel enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves in 2000, where he graduated first in his class from Marine Corps Boot Camp and first in his class from Marine Corps Intelligence School. His Marine Corps career spanned eight years, including two tours in Anbar Province, Iraq. During both tours he was awarded the Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal for “superior performance of his duties.”