Joel Burns (politician)
Joel Burns | |
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| Member of the Fort Worth City Council from the 9th District | |
| In office January 8, 2008 – July 15, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Wendy Davis |
| Succeeded by | Ann Zadeh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 4, 1969 Fort Worth, Texas |
| Spouse | J.D. Angle |
| Alma mater | Texas Wesleyan University |
| Profession | realtor |
| Committees | Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, Economic and Community Development Committee, Infrastructure and Transportation Committee |
| Website | http://www.joelburns.com/ |
Joel Burns (born February 4, 1969) is an American politician. A city councilman for District 9 in Fort Worth, Texas, he received extensive press attention in October 2010 after speaking at a council meeting about the issue of suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth, as part of Dan Savage's It Gets Better campaign.
Burns announced on February 11, 2014, that he was resigning his seat on Fort Worth City Council to pursue a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 2010, Burns completed Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow. A special election to succeed him was held in May, with a runoff scheduled for June 21 in which Ann Zadeh, a former city planner, defeated attorney Ed Lasater. He received the degree in 2015.