State Representative Woodrow Stanley is serving his first term in the Michigan House of Representatives, representing the 34th House District, which includes the City of Flint.
As State Representative, Stanley will focus on:
- Creating good-paying jobs that cannot be outsourced in high growth, high demand fields like renewable energy.
- Expanding access to quality affordable health care with a special emphasis on acute health challenges facing minority citizens.
- Improving secondary education and increasing access to higher education for all Michigan students, regardless of economic background.
- Fighting foreclosure and attracting economic investment that will revitalize our local neighborhoods.
Representative Stanley has spent decades working for the people of Flint and Genesee County. He was first appointed 2nd Ward Councilman in 1983, and won four consecutive terms until his election as Mayor of Flint in 1991. His 11 years as Mayor were highlighted by the establishment of economic development zones in the city, the expansion of the University of Michigan-Flint, and a series of charitable youth initiatives. Since 2004, Stanley has served on the Genesee County Board of Commissioners and was elected Chair in 2008.
Stanley is a graduate of Mott Community College and the University of Michigan-Flint, and obtained an honorary doctorate from Detroit College of Business, now Davenport University. Stanley has also served as president of the Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Association of Mayors and chair of the National League of Cities Advisory Council.
Stanley and his wife, Reta, live in Flint and are active members of Vernon Chapel AME Church. They have two children, Heather and Jasmine, and three grandchildren, Carmia, John III and Sasha.