Mark Holland (politician)

Mark Holland (born 1969) is the Mayor/CEO of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. He is a United Methodist pastor and a member of the Democratic Party.

Mayor Mark Holland presenting

Personal life and education

Holland is a third-generation Methodist pastor, and fourth generation Wyandotte Countian. He has a wife, Julie Solomon, and four children.[1]

Career

Holland has serves as pastor of Trinity Community Church, a United Methodist congregation, since 1999.[2] He was elected as a member of the Unified Government Board of Commissioners (At-large District 1) in 2007 and re-elected in 2011.[1] After former Mayor Joe Reardon announced he would not run for a third term,[3] Holland entered the 2013 race for Mayor/CEO.[4] He was elected on April 2, 2013.[5] During his administration, Wyandotte County has attracted more than 2.8 billion in economic development.[6] As of 2014 Wyandotte County was among the top job creating counties in metropolitan Kansas City.[7] Most recently, Mayor Holland led the effort to bring a new Amazon Distribution Center to Kansas City, Kansas. The facility is scheduled to open in 2017 and will bring over 1,000 new jobs to the city.[8]

In 2017, Holland announced he would run for a second term.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mayor Holland Biography, Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas". www.wycokck.org.
  2. ↑ "Our Pastor". Trinity Community Church, A United Methodist Congregation.
  3. ↑ Kraske, Steve; Helling, Dave (January 10, 2013). "Reardon done being KCK mayor, turning to family, new job". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Holland launches candidacy for mayor". www.kckansan.com.
  5. ↑ Staff, 41 Action News (April 3, 2013). "Mark Holland elected mayor of KCK".
  6. ↑ "Capital Investment and Projects". Wyandotte Economic Development Council (image). July 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Wyandotte County gets nod for creating more jobs than other Kansas counties". June 30, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Amazon fulfillment center to open in KCK, bring in more than 1,000 jobs".
  9. ↑ "Mark Holland files for re-election as mayor/CEO of Unified Government".
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