Mayor

Biography: Mayor Justin Berns

Justin Berns is a life-long Beachwood resident who grew up on Beechmont Court. After graduation from Beachwood High School, he attended The Ohio State University. His term as Mayor began January 1, 2022.

His long history of public service was inspired by his father, Sheldon Berns, a Beachwood City Councilman from 1972-1978. Mayor Berns’ civic involvement includes service as a Beachwood volunteer firefighter for 12 years, a member of the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission and the Records Commission, and as president and co-president of the Beachwood Schools PTO. 

Mayor Berns was appointed to City Council in 2010, elected to City Council in 2015 and won re-election in 2019. During his most recent City Council term, he was the chair of the Safety & Public Health and the Public Works Committees and also served on the Building & Grounds, Residential Housing and Legal & Personnel Committees. He was also council’s alternate to the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission.

In his commercial career, he was the president of Berns Custom Homes, specializing in the renovation and new construction of residential properties, beginning in 1992. His decades of experience imbued him with unique knowledge regarding planning, budgeting and implementation of infrastructure improvements.  

His wife, Lisa, is a registered nurse/assistant nurse manager in the surgical intensive care unit at the Cleveland Clinic. They married in 2003 and have three children attending Beachwood High School.