- He noted that last year’s budget hearing was under 3 minutes and no members of the public came forward. [He hopes the June 5 hearing is different.]
- When nobody speaks, you have a city council that doesn’t see any opposition.”
Special Council Meeting - 6/5/2023
John Giles was elected Mayor of Mesa, Arizona in 2014 and began his second full term in January 2021.
His key areas of focus include 5Es: Economic Growth, Education, Environment, Equality and Compassion, and Emergency Response.
Mayor Giles oversees a growing economy that has added tens of thousands of new jobs, over $7.9 billion in new capital investment, and employers like Apple, Amazon, Google and Meta.
He brings renewed focus and attention to Mesa’s downtown resulting in the new Arizona State University Media, Immersion and eXperience Center (ASU MIX Center) with cutting-edge programs and a budding creative economy with new businesses, restaurants and entertainment options.
Building Mesa’s workforce through strategic education initiatives is also a high priority for Mayor Giles. He spearheads the Mesa College Promise which provides qualified graduates with a free community college education. He also created Mesa’s Education and Workforce Roundtable and chairs the Arizona Mayor’s Education Roundtable.
His advocacy for a community that is healthy at every level led to the development of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan. Building on the city’s history of implementing sustainable practices, the goals of the plan include achieving carbon neutrality, using 100% renewable energy and diverting 90% of the waste from the landfill by 2050. In keeping with these goals, Mayor Giles is a champion for building an infrastructure that makes electric vehicle ownership more attainable, and for testing innovative technologies that reduce our impact on the environment.
Mayor Giles is Chair of the Immigration Task Force for the U.S. Conference of Mayors and serves on the Board of Trustees. He is the Chair of Mayors and CEOs for U.S. Housing Investment. He also serves on the Accelerator for America Advisory Council and as Chair of the Mayor’s Alliance to End Childhood Hunger.
Mayor Giles is the creator and host of the It’s Always Cool in Mesa podcast, which shares the city’s most beloved history, people and stories.
Born and raised in Mesa, Mayor Giles earned degrees from Brigham Young University in Political Science and Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law where he is now an Adjunct Professor. He practiced law in Mesa for nearly 30 years before working full-time as Mayor. Mayor Giles is a marathoner and triathlete who has completed two full Ironman competitions, 20 marathons and four Boston Marathons. Mayor Giles and his wife Dawn have been married for more than 35 years. They have five children and eight grandchildren.
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