Within Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's administration, John Nixon serves as the State Budget Director, overseeing the state's $47 billion annual budget. In addition, he is Director of the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) and is the Value for Money Group Executive on the Governor's Cabinet representing the Budget Office, the Office of the State Employer and DTMB. He reports directly to the Governor.
As DTMB director, Nixon heads an agency of nearly 2,500 employees providing a full range of information technology, business and administrative services to Michigan's citizens, businesses, state agencies, state employees and retirees. In this role, Nixon is charged with providing leadership for the department and setting the pace for the State of Michigan's customer focus, resource optimization and the innovative use of information and technology.
Nixon is a Certified Public Accountant who came to Michigan from the State of Utah, where he served Governors Jon Huntsman and Gary Herbert as Director of the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget from 2006 - 2010. In that capacity, he directed Utah's $11 billion dollar budget and oversaw the Demographic and Economic Analysis, State and Local Planning and Performance Management functions within the Governor's Office. Prior to his appointment, he served as the Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Director of the Utah Department of Workforce Services. Nixon also has experience as the CFO of a privately held golf company as well as a professional in the financial services industry.
In 2008, Nixon was named Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Year for the public sector by Utah Business Magazine and was also recognized as one of Utah's Forty Under Forty top business leaders. He was Adjunct Professor in the MPA program at the University of Utah and currently serves as Past President of the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO).
Nixon holds a BS degree in Corporate Finance from Brigham Young University and an MBA with an emphasis in Information Technology from the University of Utah, where he graduated as a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and Beta Sigma Honors Societies.
Nixon and his wife DeAnn have six children, three boys and three girls.
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Director, State Budget Office and DTMB