Karen Weaver

Karen Weaver
Karen Weaver in 2018
93rd Mayor of Flint
In office
November 9, 2015 – November 11, 2019
Preceded byDayne Walling
Succeeded bySheldon Neeley
Personal details
Born
Karen Williams

1959 (age 64–65)
Flint, Michigan, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseWrex Weaver
Children3
EducationTougaloo College (BA)
Long Island University (MA)
Michigan State University (PsyD)

Karen Weaver (née Williams; born 1959)[1][2] is an American psychologist and politician who was the mayor of Flint, Michigan, from 2015 to 2019.[3] She was the first female mayor of the city[3] and the fifth African-American to hold the office.

Weaver is a member of the Democratic Party,[4] although local offices in Flint are officially nonpartisan.[5] She is also a member of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, and Governor Rick Snyder's Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee.[6][7][8]

During her tenure as mayor, Weaver twice visited the White House and met U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump.[9][10][11] She oversaw the city's role in the recovery from the ongoing Flint water crisis, the most dominant issue during her mayoral tenure.

Her term ended on November 11, 2019. She was defeated in her re-election by Sheldon Neeley the previous week.[12]

  1. ^ "60th Birthday Celebration In honor of Flint's Own Mayor Karen Weaver – The Courier News". February 14, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "Karen Weaver Biography". Flint City website. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Fonger, Ron (November 4, 2015). "Karen Weaver makes history, elected Flint's first woman mayor". MLive.com. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  4. ^ Foxnews.com (January 19, 2016). "Blame game erupts over Flint's toxic water, Dems target GOP gov". Fox News. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  5. ^ Louis Jacobson, Who's to blame for the Flint water crisis?, Politifact (February 15, 2016).
  6. ^ Nearly 160 mayors join to secure more money for Flint lead pipe work The Flint Journal via MLive, March 10, 2016
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  12. ^ Sheldon Neeley beats Karen Weaver to become Flint’s new mayor The Flint Journal via MLive.com, November 5, 2019