Cassie Haynes
MI · Trustee, Ann Arbor District Library Board of Trustees (appointed February 2026)
Appointed Ann Arbor District Library trustee in 2026 and executive director of the Independence Hall Association; co-founded the Philadelphia newsroom Resolve Philly. Priorities: the library as open public space for all and broad access to information.
Where Cassie Haynes stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Education Quality (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Voted yes in May 2026 to adopt the Ann Arbor District Library's 2026-27 budget and its property tax rate. Both passed 6-0.
May 18, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: aadl.org
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Voted yes in February 2026 to keep all library tax money from being captured by the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority. The library board passed it 7-0.
February 23, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: aadl.org
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Wrote a July 2020 Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed about the treatment of Black women in city government, drawing on her nine months at the mayor's Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity.
July 17, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: inquirer.com
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Was endorsed by the Washtenaw County Democratic Party for the Ann Arbor District Library Board at its Aug. 15, 2026 endorsement meeting.
August 15, 2026
Source: washtenawdems.org
Was appointed to the Ann Arbor District Library Board of Trustees on Jan. 26, 2026, by a 5-0 board vote, to finish a departing trustee's term.
January 26, 2026
Source: aadl.org
Issued a statement for the Independence Hall Association in January 2026 condemning the removal of references to slavery from markers at the President's House site in Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026
Source: independencehallassociation.org
Was named executive director of the Independence Hall Association, the Philadelphia nonprofit that runs the free history site USHistory.org, in January 2026.
January 15, 2026
Source: independencehallassociation.org
Won the Online News Association's 2023 Impact Award with fellow Resolve Philly co-founder Jean Friedman-Rudovsky for their work in collaborative local journalism.
August 10, 2023
Source: resolvephilly.org
Announced in March 2023 that she was leaving Resolve Philly after nearly five years as its co-founder and co-executive director.
March 22, 2023
Source: aldianews.com
Left her job as deputy director of innovation in Philadelphia's Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity in 2018 to co-lead Resolve Philadelphia, a collaborative journalism nonprofit.
August 3, 2018
Source: generocity.org
Was hired as executive director of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, the governing body for roller derby, in April 2016.
April 22, 2016
Source: wftda.org
Past race Cassie Haynes ran in:
- Ann Arbor District Library Board of Trustees Member · November 3, 2026 · Ann Arbor city, Michigan · incumbent