Mandy Grewal

Mandy Grewal has, over the past three decades, acquired a unique mix of academic knowledge and government leadership experience building inclusive and sustainable communities in Michigan. She has served two terms as Washtenaw County Commissioner representing Pittsfield Township, and four consecutive terms as Pittsfield Township Supervisor (2008-2024) in addition to having served on the Michigan Women’s Commission and the Michigan Municipal Services Commission. Grewal has a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan and is a graduate of Michigan State University’s Political Leadership Program and has a Diploma from the Senior Executive in Local Government program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

While County Commissioner, Grewal served as Vice-Chair of the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners and Chair of the Planning Advisory Board. As Pittsfield Township Supervisor, she spearheaded her vision to retrofit a sprawled out suburban community through a lens of inclusivity and sustainability. She acquired over $60 million in grant funding to manifest that vision into reality by building strong relationships with a vast network of stakeholders. She served in various capacities at the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG), ending her service there as Chair of SEMCOG. She also served on the Board of Directors for Ann Arbor SPARK and continues to serve on the Board of Directors for the Michigan Association of Planning.

Focused on using her knowledge and leadership skills to promote mixed-use, multi-modal land uses in not just Pittsfield Township, Washtenaw County, and Southeast Michigan but the State of Michigan, Grewal’s work outlines a blueprint for building inclusive, vibrant, and sustainable communities at the local, regional, and state level through pro-active planning practices that hard-code transparency and respect into the DNA of all work processes and products.

During her tenure, Pittsfield Township grew its population by nearly 15% (2010-2020), it’s Assessed Value by $1 billion, and attracted an average of $10 million/year in private investment. Through a consistent focus on providing for a diversity of land uses and a robust multimodal transportation network, Grewal’s work highlights the intrinsic relationship between infrastructure (roads, water, sewer, stormwater, green, energy, fiber) and quality of life outcomes. By channeling funding to infrastructure projects, including improvement of every single primary arterial and state highway in Pittsfield Township with multimodal amenities, Grewal’s work supported not just economic growth but a land use pattern that has one of the most diverse housing stocks, business communities, and demographics in the region.

As Grewal embarks on her next chapter of public service, she is excited to bring three decades of education and experience to helping build inclusive, vibrant, and sustainable communities in Michigan through a focus on infrastructure investment.