Jon Mitchell
Mayor of New Bedford, Mass.
Jon Mitchell is the mayor of New Bedford, Mass. First elected to this office in 2011, he has been re-elected five times and is the city’s first mayor elected to a four-year term. Among Mitchell’s priorities is positioning New Bedford as a leader in the offshore wind industry. Prior to the mayor’s office, he was an assistant U.S. attorney in Boston. Previously Mitchell was a federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., in the Attorney General’s Honors Program. He also served six years in the Army National Guard. Mitchell is a trustee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
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