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Mayor Michael Copeland

Mayor Copeland

Michael Copeland is now serving his third term as Mayor of the City of Olathe.  He was first elected Mayor in April, 2001.  Prior to that, he served as an at-large Councilmember and Mayor Pro Tem, positions he had held since April, 1995.  He was first elected to the Olathe City Council in 1993 to represent Ward 4.

Mike is President and CEO of Security Savings Bank of Olathe.  A 1994 graduate of Leadership Olathe, Mike is a member of the Board of Directors for Security Savings Bank, the Board of Directors for the Olathe Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Directors for the MidAmerica Nazarene University Foundation, the Olathe Library Board, and the Advisory Council of the Health Partnership Clinic of Johnson County.  He is Past Chairman of the Johnson and Wyandotte Counties Council of Mayors.

Mike received the 2007 Citizen of the Year Award from the Olathe Chamber of Commerce.  A member of the Board of Directors for KVC Behavioral HealthCare, he received their Community Partner Award in 2005.  That same year, he was honored as Citizen of the Year by TLC for Children and Families, Inc.  

A strong advocate for our military, Mike was honored with an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Patriot Award in 2006 for his support of City employees and their families deployed with the National Guard and Reserve.

Mike received the 2010 Olathe Human Relations Commission Chairman's Award in recognition of his leadership and success in promoting equal opportunities and fostering understanding and appreciation among diverse groups in the Olathe community.

An active proponent of literacy, Mike was named a Daily Points of Light Award winner in 2007 for his work with the Olathe Reads program and "I Read With Mayor Mike" literacy initiative in Olathe's Title 1 elementary schools.  His efforts to promote reading to Olathe youth received state-wide recognition when he was honored with a 2007 Friends of Education Award by the Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force.

Mike is a graduate of MidAmerica Nazarene University and received the University's 2009 Alumnus of the Year Award.  He is a 2004 recipient of MNU's Distinguished Community Service Award.  Mike and his wife Maria live in Olathe with their two daughters, Olivia and Abigail, and their son, Joshua.


Goals for Olathe:

  • Ensure that Olathe remains nationally-recognized as one of America's best places to live.

  • Continually direct City resources toward our citizens' top priorities, such as traffic improvement projects and public safety.

  • Ensure that the City is forward thinking and taking a strategic approach to quality planning for our future.

  • Keep Olathe government open and accessible for our citizens.

  • Broaden our community's tax base, with a focus on knowledge-based jobs for our information-age, global economy.

 Term: 4/07 - 4/11

mcopeland@olatheks.org - (913) 971-8500 - 100 E. Santa Fe, Olathe, KS  66061