Juan has 25 years of experience in local government. He served as the community development director for the City of Niles from 1998 to 2015 and has since served as city manager for the City of Bridgman. Juan graduated from Michigan State University in 1995 with his bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning and earned his master’s in public administration from Western Michigan University in 2007. He serves as the Michigan Municipal Executives’ Ethics Committee chair, is on the board of MML’s Workers’ Compensation Fund, and a member of various committees and boards in Berrien County. Juan believes that engaged residents hold the keys to meaningful and lasting change in Michigan’s cities, townships, and villages.