T.M. Cownie

Mayor T.M. Franklin Cownie was elected to an at-large council seat in January 2002. He was then elected to the mayor’s seat in January 2004 and re-elected in January 2008, winning 80 percent of the votes cast. Mayor Cownie has spent much of his time in leadership roles on the national and international stage representing issues that he is most passionate about:  local control, green initiatives, jobs, and the economy. Most recently, Mayor Cownie was selected to serve on President Obama’s State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience. In September 2013, he attended the World Mayors Summit on Climate Change in Nantes, France where he was invited to participate as a local government panelist. Mayor Cownie has also been invited to the White House on several occasions to share the local government perspective on jobs, the economy, and the environment. He works extensively with the US Conference of Mayors, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA, Mayors Innovation Project, and many others.