Dan Kildee — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Served as U.S. Representative from Michigan from 2013 to 2025.
Currently President/CEO at Community Foundation of Greater Flint.
Co-founded the Center for Community Progress, a nonprofit focused on urban revitalization (2009).
Helped create the Genesee County Land Bank, the first community land bank in the U.S. (2002).
Served as Genesee County Treasurer from 1996 to 2013.
Elected to the Flint Board of Education at age 18 in 1977.
Earned a B.S. in community development administration from Central Michigan University (2008).

Biography

Daniel Timothy Kildee is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Michigan from 2013 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he announced in November 2023 that he would not seek re-election in 2024. Kildee currently serves as President/CEO of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.

Kildee's political career began at age 18 when he was elected to the Flint Board of Education in 1977, becoming one of the nation's youngest elected officials.