Craig A.Stough was sworn in as Mayor of Sylvania on January 3, 1996. From 1986 to the time he was sworn in he served on Sylvania City Council. He was President of Council in 1994 and 1995.

Mr. Stough was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1953, and attended Sylvania Schools, graduating from Sylvania High School in 1971. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees from The Ohio State University.

Mr. Stough is an architect with the firm of Stough and Stough Architects and was honored as the 1997 Toledo Architect of the Year. He is a member of the Sylvania Area Chamber of Commerce, and serves on the boards of the Sylvania Community Improvement Corporation and the Franciscan Center. He also serves on the Sylvania Historical Village Commission, and represents Sylvania on the board of the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments.  He is a member of Olivet Lutheran Church.