The Kiwanian was honored as a Key Club alum with exemplary leadership qualities.
By Destiny Cherry
Jeffrey Eble, a member of the Kiwanis Club of Medina, Ohio, U.S., received the Marc H. Litwack Legacy of Leadership Award in July during the 2025 Key Club International Convention.
The Litwack Award recognizes a former Key Club member who exemplifies extraordinary leadership qualities and has made significant contributions to their profession and community.
Currently the director of business services for Worthington City Schools in Ohio, Eble started his Key Club journey in 1970, when he joined the Medina High School Key Club as a charter member and treasurer. After graduating, he swiftly became the faculty advisor — a position he served in for 14 consecutive years before taking a statewide position as the Ohio District Key Club assistant administrator. After 18 years in this role, Eble became the Ohio District Key Club administrator.
Eble is also a two-time George F. Hixson Fellowship recipient from the Kiwanis Children’s Fund — and a Hall of Fame member of the 105-year-old Kiwanis Club of Medina. He is one of only two Medina members to earn Kiwanis’ lifetime membership, a status given to Kiwanians who perpetuate the objects of Kiwanis International.
“Mr. Eble truly embodies the Kiwanis motto of ‘Service Above Self,’” says Cynthia Champer, a former Ohio District governor and club secretary for I-Next Kiwanis. “His life’s undertaking has been working with student leaders, providing a guiding hand as needed and being dedicated to student leadership development. I’m confident that he will continue in this invaluable leadership role for today’s youth as long as he is able to do so.”
Outside the Kiwanis family, Eble has been honored as Ohio Business Manager of the Year, Executive of the Year by the City of Medina, and Medina Man of the Year. But he has never strayed far from mentoring and educating young people — with senior leadership positions in school districts across Ohio.
Eble’s continued dedication to Key Club’s mission — building student leaders through service — paired with more than 40 years of support and service for Key Club and student leaders have earned him the distinguished 2025 Marc H. Litwack Legacy of Leadership Award.