Timothy Grady

Timothy Grady was born and raised in Richland County, Ohio. Since High School, he has been deeply engaged in the third-party, independent, and politically centrist movement. In 2018 he was the Libertarian nominee for state representative of Richland County before in 2020 masterminding the notorious Sam Grady campaign for state representative.

Near the end of 2022, he joined the Forward Party to help bring a real choice to the country. By the following August, the National Forward Party had kicked him out of the party. In September he was elected chair of the United Ohio Party, formed by members of the Ohio Forward Party dissatisfied by the chronic inaction in Forward. In November, the United Ohio Party re-merged with the Forward Party and Timothy assumed the role of chair of the Ohio Forward Party. At this time he was also managing the 2023 Democratic mayoral campaign in Mansfield.

During his tenure as Chair of the Ohio Forward Party he oversaw renewed growth and interest in the party, the endorsement of numerous candidates, the development of a platform, and the party’s first state convention at which a new board was elected. Shortly after the 2024 elections, deepening disappointment with the National Forward Party led Timothy to announce his resignation which was made official in January, 2025. He remains committed to the cause of Forward, of building a new party and a new politics, and convinced that he can better serve that cause from outside the party leadership.

In 2021 Timothy graduated from Ohio University with a BS degree in Economics and from Stark State College with an AAS degree in Computer Science. He has worked as a political organizer and in anti-money laundering. Currently, he is completing a Master of Public Administration at Ohio State University, Glenn College of Public Affairs.