Paula Boggs Muething

Paula Boggs Muething (born circa 1975) is a Japanese-American lawyer. She became Cincinnati's first Asian-American city manager and the second woman to be appointed to the role in 2020.

Personal life Muething was born circa 1975 and grew up in Harlan, Kentucky. She was diagnosed with breast cancer.

In 2003, Muething graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where she studied in the Human Rights program. John Cranley - who would go on to become Cincinnati's Mayor - was one of her professors at the University of Cincinnati. She had studied community land reform initiatives at the Harvard Kennedy School's Executive Education program. She was a member of the board of trustees for the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati in 2014.

From 2014 to 2020, Muething was Cincinnati's city solicitor. In June 2020, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley appointed her as the interim city manager after Patrick Duhaney resigned, making her the first Asian-American and second woman to be appointed to the role.

In December 2021, Muething resigned from her role as city manager and officially ended her term on January 19, 2022. She would later become FC Cincinnati's Chief Legal & Administrative Officer. That same year, she was appointed to the Dean's advisory board for the University of Cincinnati College of Law.

In 2023, she became the board president of the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation.