Biography

J. Michael Houston became the 23^rd Mayor of the City of Springfield on April 29, 2011. He has previously held the positions of Chairman, President, and C.E.O. of the Town & Country Bank of Springfield. In February 2009 he retired from the bank and was named Chairman Emeritus.

Prior to that Mr. Houston served for approximately 16 years at Bank One, Illinois NA as a Senior Vice-President and was responsible for the Investment Management Group in central Illinois. He served as the Mayor of Springfield from 1979 to 1987.

Mr. Houston serves on the Western Illinois University Board of Trustees, having been appointed to the board in May 1997.  He was the board chairman until October 2011, serving as the chairman on two occasions for four years.

A Springfield native, Mayor Houston is on the Board of St. John’s Hospital and a former Chairman of the Board of the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce. He serves on the Board of Directors and served as its chairman for four years until November 2011 of Downtown Springfield, Inc., the Quantum Growth Partnership, the Abraham Lincoln Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the executive committee of the Illinois Municipal League.  He is a past president of the Illinois Municipal League.

Mr. Houston received his bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University and his MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana.

Mayor J. Michael Houston

Inaugural Remarks