John Hieftje

Adjunct faculty

John Hieftje

Lecturer in Public Policy

John Hieftje, Ann Arbor’s longest serving mayor (2000-14), is a lecturer at the Ford School. In 2001 he initiated a long-term drive for greater efficiency that prepared the city for the Great Recession. Hieftje championed the successful Greenbelt…

Ford School students host forum for Ann Arbor Council hopefuls

Apr 13, 2020

Ford School students in former Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje’s classes are preparing to host a two-part spring forum for prospective Ann Arbor City Council candidates. Students from the Ford School have hosted similar forums since 2014, but this year...

John Hieftje, longest-serving mayor in Ann Arbor history, teaches Local Government, Opportunity for Activism

Nov 14, 2014

Mayor John Hieftje, a lecturer at the Ford School, chose to not seek reelection after serving 14 years in office. Sunday, November 9 was his last day as mayor, with newly-elected mayor Christopher Taylor assuming the position at midnight November...

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CLOSUP hosts Ann Arbor mayoral candidates

Apr 18, 2014

The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) hosted the four declared candidates in Ann Arbor's mayoral race on Wednesday, April 16. The forum focused on the future of public transportation and prospects for economic development of Ann...

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State & Hill

Yes, you! - The unlikely and absolutely inspiring career of Eunice Burns

Dec 16, 2013

[Make a contribution to the Burns Fund for Water Policy Education] Eunice Burns (MPA '70) holds up a photograph taken at her 90th birthday celebration. It's of her children—Catherine's the oldest; then there's Laurie, Robert, and Tamara. In the...

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State & Hill

You can get there from here

Apr 22, 2013

RTA Board representative Elisabeth R. Gerber sees the possibilities transit can offer for Southeast Michigan-and for the region's hardest hit city Getting from Detroit to Ann Arbor is a trip in more ways than one. The two cities are 43 miles...

CLOSUP Lecture Series

VIRTUAL EVENT: Ann Arbor City Council Prospective Candidates Debate (Wards 1, 2 & 3)

Apr 16, 2020, 2:30-3:45 pm EDT

Virtual Event

Students of PUBPOL 456/756 invite the public to join them for a debate featuring prospective candidates for the city council in Ann Arbor.

CLOSUP Lecture Series

VIRTUAL EVENT: Ann Arbor City Council Prospective Candidates Debate (Wards 4 & 5)

Apr 14, 2020, 2:30-3:45 pm EDT

Virtual Event

Students of PUBPOL 456/756 invite the public to join them for a debate featuring prospective candidates for the city council in Ann Arbor.

CLOSUP Lecture Series

Ann Arbor City Council Candidates Debate

Apr 13, 2016, 1:00-2:30 pm EDT

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (1120)

Students of PUBPOL 456/756 invite the public to join them for a debate featuring city council candidates from the following wards

CLOSUP Lecture Series

Ann Arbor City Council Candidates Debate

Apr 15, 2015, 1:00-2:30 pm EDT

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium

Presented by former Mayor for the City of Ann Arbor John Hieftje and the students of the Ford School’s Public Policy 456/756 course.

Ann Arbor City Council Candidates Debate

Apr 15, 2015 1:24:00

Former Mayor for the City of Ann Arbor John Hieftje, and the students of the Ford School’s Public Policy Course 456/756 moderate an Ann Arbor City Council candidate debate.

Ann Arbor 2014 Mayoral Candidates Town Hall

Apr 16, 2014 1:19:13

The students of Ford School's Public Policy 456/756 class along with their instructor and current Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje host a mayoral candidate debate. April, 2014.