Mount Pleasant Trustee Candidate: John Hewitt

Name: John Hewitt

Address: 11219 Louis Sorenson Road

Age: 70

How long have you lived in Mount Pleasant? 40 years

Family: Widowed

Education: Graduated from Washington Park High School, class of 1961. Attended UW-Racine, Carthage and Racine-Kenosha Teachers College. My diploma is from the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company School of Insurance

Occupation: Retired, 34 years as independent insurance agent

Have you held or run for political office? Appointed to the Mt Pleasant Village Board Oct 2004-2006; elected 2006-2008 and 2008-2010; re-elected 2011-2013.

Related experience: Served 8 years on Racine YMCA Board; A past president and currently a member of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Racine for 41 years; Served 3 years on the Board of Directors for Cops 'N Kids Reading Center; Currently serving on the Mt Pleasant Sewer & Water Commission; Finance Legal & License Committee; Planning Commission, and the Racine Wastewater Commission; Current member Lutheran Church of the Resurrection and chairman of the Finance Committee