​Honorable Dierdre Waterman, M.D. – Brief Bio

Pontiac Mayor Deirdre Waterman is a committed public servant with decades of professional expertise, public service and philanthropic endeavors.  The citizens of Pontiac elected her Mayor by a large margin in 2013, becoming the First Woman ever to hold this position.  An historical feat took place in November 2017 with her re-election to the position of Mayor of Pontiac, Michigan.  

An ophthalmologist by profession, Dr. Waterman is a long-time business owner and operated her practice, Holloway Eye Care, in Pontiac for over 30 years.  She was the first African-American female ophthalmologist in the state of Michigan. Many Pontiac residents have been patients in her practice.

She is a graduate of the University of Chicago, with a degree in Biology and Political Science, as well as Meherry Medical College.  She completed her residency at the Kresge Eye Institute at Wayne State.

Mayor Waterman awarded the 2017 Crain’s Newsmaker of the Year Award February 2018.  She is named one of Essence Magazine’s ‘Woke 100 Women’ of the year in the May 2018 issue and is featured in the photo spread with 18 most prominent African American  Women Mayors in the country. In 2018 Mayor Waterman was honored by the Woman Officials Network Foundation and named a WONder Woman at its 34th annual WONder Woman Banquet.

She and her husband, the late Judge William Waterman, have two children, Shana and Toussaint, whom they raised in Pontiac.  Mayor Waterman has called Pontiac home for over four decades.  She is an active member of the Plymouth United Church of Christ.

Join us on January 11, 2019 to hear Deirdre Waterman and other local Mayors as they speak at our first 2019 Networking Breakfast.

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