John Burchett has been AHD Advisory Board Chair since 2017. He recently retired from Google Fiber, where he was the Sr. Director of Public Policy and Community Affairs for 17 years.
Prior to this role at Google Fiber he led the policy efforts for the U.S., Latin America and Canada for Google, Inc. Before joining Google in 2007, he was Chief of Staff to Governor Jennifer Granholm where he acted as the Chief Operating Officer for the State of Michigan.
John, a Michigan native, was a White House Fellow in 1997–98, a Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and a management consultant, specializing in state and local government, business planning and business process reengineering.
Before moving to Washington in 1997, John was an Assistant Wayne County Corporation Counsel. He also was a law clerk to the Hon. Cornelia Kennedy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
John received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.