Community Involvement

· Rockport Housing Authority (2016 – 2021)

o Treasurer (2016 – 2017), Vice-Chair (2017 – 2018), Chair (2018 – 2021)

o Managed an RHA Board that oversaw policy and budget decisions for a local $3 million state and federal supported agency. 

o Led RHA in getting a $180,000 CPC grant for Kitefield Road Roof Replacement.

o Managed the hiring process of the RHA executive director.

o Supported the election of a tenant board member to the RHA.

o Promoted public transparency of RHA finances and improved RHA bylaws.

o Advocated for community safety improvements around Millbrook Park housing complex.

o Addressed and advocated for constituent concerns.

*Rockport Board of Registrars of Voters (2014 – 2016)

*Rockport Historic District Commission (2008 – 2013)

*Rockport Republican Town Committee (2002 - Present)   

*2018 Republican Nominee for Register of Deeds: received 72,244 votes or 30.6 percent.

*2024 Republican Nominee for Register of Deeds: received 107, 359 votes or 37.2 percent (won towns of Lynnfield, Middleton, Peabody Ward 6.2 and 6.3, Salisbury Precinct 3, and Saugus Precinct 7 and 9).

As a town meeting voter 

* Successfully passed resolution in 2017 against legislative pay increase at town meeting.

* Successfully defeated 2017 sanctuary ballot vote in Rockport.

* Successfully passed CPC grant funding for Housing Authority at 2020 town meeting.

* Attended every town meeting from 2008 - present. 

* Voted in every election since being registered to vote.

As a citizen, co-sponsored with Senator Bruce Tarr a Tobacco Cessation Bill at the State House. 

Educational and Professional

  Notary Public (2011 – Present)

  Former Manager of a UPS store that grossed over half a million in annual sales. 

· Bachelor of Science in Political Science, management and history, Salem State University.

* Former Student Trustee, Salem State University.

· Certificate of Legal office support, North Shore Community College (NSCC).

· Certificate in Essentials for HR Management, Society for Human Resource Management, at NSCC. 

* Audited Business Ethics Class, Gordon-Conwell Seminary.

* Education Certificate, Bill Morgan Real Estate Academy.

Personal 

· Life-long resident of Rockport, Massachusetts, and also 3rd generation Rockport resident. 

· Strong family ties to Rockport. My mother is a Portuguese immigrant, who worked at Gorton’s of Gloucester for over 30 years, my late father was a life-long Rockport resident, and my brother works for Rockport as an EMT & Forest Fire Fighter.

 * Member of Cape Ann Sportsman's Club, Gloucester.

Born in Rockport and raised in a close-knit family, Jonathan learned early on the value of hard work, teamwork, and perseverance. Jonathan's mother along with other family members, immigrated from Portugal to the United States, working hard to give back to America, starting families and businesses in the North Shore area.

After graduating from Rockport High School, Jonathan attended Salem State University, earning a degree in political science and serving as a student voting member of the SSU Board of Trustees. Jonathan has earned various certificates and awards, including a Certificate of Achievement for Essentials in HR Management from the Society for Human Resource Management, and a Legal Office Support Certificate from North Shore Community College. Jonathan also audited a course on Ethics in Business at Gordon-Conwell Seminary. 

Jonathan partnered with his late father and operated his family's used furniture business at an outlet at Todd's Farm Flea Market in Rowley. Jonathan had to wear many hats including procuring new items to sell, managing the inventory and a limited budget, reporting the sales tax to the Department of Revenue, and sales. After closing his business, Jonathan worked as a Notary Public, Sales Associate, and Manager for a privately owned UPS Store retail outlet, where he learned how to grow sales performance, market products, research alternative solutions to challenging situations, and provide customer support. 

In 2008, Jonathan was appointed to a volunteer position on the Rockport Historic District Commission, where he worked with the Commission from 2008 - 2013 to vote on applications, research important issues, and balance the needs of individual homeowners while protecting the unique historical character of Rockport's historic districts.

In 2014, Jonathan filed a citizen bill, with the help of Senator Bruce Tarr (R - Gloucester), bill S1976 https://malegislature.gov/Bills/188/S1976, an Act Relative to Tobacco Cessation. Jonathan spoke before the Joint Committee on Public Health to testify that adopting this bill will promote tobacco cessation efforts and save lives. Jonathan promoted this bill after his father passed away from a debilitating illness with lung cancer, due to years of tobacco use. (Four years later, thanks to the work of Anti-Tobacco activists, language from this bill was adopted and passed by the House Ways and Means Committee: 
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S2571/BillHistory.)

As a community advocate, Jonathan organized the campaign to defeat the Rockport Sanctuary Ballot Question in May of 2017 - a ballot question that proposed making Rockport a sanctuary for illegal immigration. Rockport voters voted down this divisive ballot question by a vote of 56% and preserved Rockport as a safe place that is accepting of all people that lawfully abide in our communities.

Jonathan also passed other successful resolutions at Rockport Town Meeting, including a resolution opposing legislative pay increases without voter approval at the April, 2017 town meeting – which got 55 percent town meeting approval. 

In 2016 Jonathan was elected by Rockport voters to a five-year term on the Rockport Housing Authority (RHA). Jonathan was elected, in 2016, by his fellow board members, to serve as Treasurer of the RHA, and in 2017 was elected by his fellow board members to serve as Vice Chair of the RHA. In June of 2018, Jonathan was elected to chair the RHA board, and served three terms as chair. During his time in office, Jonathan managed the hiring process of the RHA executive director, lead the effort in getting a CPC grant to the RHA for a needed roof replacement project at Kitefield Road, supported the election of a tenant to the RHA board, and promoted more transparency of RHA's operating budget with reports to the annual town report. 

Jonathan stepped down from the RHA board in 2021, and in 2022 re-entered town politics to run for Town Clerk. Although not winning election to Town Clerk, Jonathan's campaign resulted in major reforms to the management of elections on the local level which included following previously neglected Massachusetts laws on the appointment of Election Officers and Registrars, ensuring that equal representation of Democrats and Republicans are maintained and nomination from both local party committees are considered, as well as consistent training of Election Officers. Thanks to Jonathan Ring's Town Clerk campaign in promoting the streamlining of online renewal of dog licenses in combination with online renewal of transfer station stickers, the town clerk's office immediately adopted his proposal and streamlined the dog license renewal process.

​Since 2002, Jonathan has been elected by Rockport GOP voters to six consecutive terms to the Rockport Republican Town Committee. In 2024 - Jonathan was elected top vote getter on the Rockport Republican town committee ballot. Jonathan has served the committee as Secretary (2008- 2012), Mass GOP Convention Delegate (2014), Board of Registrar of Voters nominee and Republican rep (2014 - 2016), Chair (2017 - 2024), Mass GOP Convention ex-officio Delegate (2018, 2022). In 2018 Jonathan was nominated by the Republican Party to run for the office of Register of Deeds for Essex County South and successfully made the race competitive, garnering over 72,000 votes in the district on election day. Jonathan Ring was again nominated by the Republican Party in 2024 for the open Register of Deeds seat and received nearly 107,400 votes - making this historic race the most competitive Register of Deeds race in Essex County.