Dearborn's Mayor Abdullah Hammoud appoints "historically diverse ...

Nicole Hefty is from Warren, Michigan. She attended Western Michigan University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in writing as well as a Master of Public Administration. 

Nicole is an instructor of public administration at Western Michigan University. She previously worked as the director of Philanthropy and Grants for the City of Dearborn.

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This is Nicole's first time running for city council.

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Believes "taxpayer dollars should never be a first resort for multimillion dollar transformative projects."

Believes "taxpayer dollars should never be a first resort for multimillion-dollar transformative projects."

- Believes "taxpayer dollars should never be a first resort for multimillion-dollar transformative projects."

Economy

As of June 4, 2025, Nicole Hefty’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Housing & Urban Development

Public Safety

Healthcare

Supports ensuring all residents can access city services, parks, and recreational activities.

Supports prioritizing assistance for families, seniors, and small businesses.

- Supports ensuring all residents can access city services, parks, and recreational activities.
- Supports prioritizing assistance for families, seniors, and small businesses.

Public Services

Supports using innovative projects like green medians, native plants, and community parks to enhance flood resilience.

- Supports using innovative projects like green medians, native plants, and community parks to enhance flood resilience.

Energy & the Environment

Advocates for protected bike lanes and dynamic crossing signals to ensure pedestrian safety.

- Advocates for protected bike lanes and dynamic crossing signals to ensure pedestrian safety.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Nicole Hefty

As of June 9, 2025, Nicole Hefty’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports using creative projects like green medians, native plants, and community parks to promote flood resilience.

Nicole Hefty is the director of Philanthropy and Grants for the City of Dearborn. She leads the Office of Philanthropy and Grants within the city’s Finance and Treasury Department. As a former municipal appointee, she founded that office and raised $40 million in funding in under two years. 

Nicole Hefty is from Warren, Michigan. She attended Western Michigan University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in writing as well as a Master of Public Administration. She was raised by her grandparents and is a first-generation college student.

Nicole Hefty is the director of Philanthropy and Grants for the City of Dearborn. She leads the Office of Philanthropy and Grants within the city’s Finance and Treasury Department. As a former municipal appointee, she founded that office and raised $40 million in funding in under two years. She secured a $24.8 million federal grant to improve traffic safety on Warren Avenue with support from U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib. She has broad experience in research and social services, including serving survivors of domestic violence, conducting health systems research, and managing operations for a university science department. She also teaches a course at her alma mater to prepare students for public service. Her work has been nationally recognized by Crain’s Detroit, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Harvard University’s Senior Executives in State & Local Government cohort.

Nicole Hefty 1 attended Western Michigan University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in writing as well as a Master of Public Administration. She is a first-generation college student and teaches a course at her alma mater to prepare students for public service.

Mayor Abdullah Hammoud appoints diverse team of department ...

Nicole Hefty is director of philanthropy and grants in the finance and treasury department of the City of Dearborn, where she leads a team to streamline the city’s grant writing and collection process, identify potential funding opportunities, and maximize grant dollars. She previously worked in social services serving survivors of domestic violence and performed health systems research and strategic operations management for a university science department. In her current role, she helped secure federal funding, including a $24.8 million grant for traffic safety improvements on Warren Avenue with support from U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib.

Nicole Hefty’s campaign for Livonia City Council Member is her first entry into politics. She currently serves as the director of Philanthropy and Grants for the City of Dearborn, an appointed position under the Finance and Treasury Department.

As director of philanthropy and grants, plans to streamline the grant writing and collection process for the city and identify potential grant opportunities.

Serves as the director of philanthropy and grants for the City of Dearborn.

As of June 9, 2025, Nicole Hefty 1’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Nicole Hefty 1

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