Joe Rozell

Director of Elections, Oakland County, Michigan

Joe Rozell is the Director of Elections for Oakland County, Michigan. Since 2007, he’s directed elections in Michigan’s second largest county of 1.1 million registered voters.

He received his master’s degree in Public Administration from Oakland University and earned his Certified Elections/Registration Administrator (CERA) certification from Auburn University. He is a member of Election Center (National Association of Election Officials) and the Michigan Association of County Clerks. Rozell has also been appointed to serve on numerous state level committees including the Voting Equipment RFP Evaluation Committee, the Qualified Voter File Committee, and the Election Modernization Advisory Committee.

He has been instrumental in implementing technology at the county level and securing new statewide voting systems. Joe is very passionate about elections and has testified on numerous occasions at the federal, state and local level on the need for election reform and increased funding.

Rozell is an adjunct faculty member at Oakland University teaching in the Department of Political Science. He also serves as an elected non-partisan City Commissioner in Huntington Woods, Michigan.