Keisha Lance Bottoms

Keisha Lance Bottoms DEMDemocrat

Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Keisha Lance BottomsDEMDemocrat Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, United States
54
Years of Age
8
Years of Experience
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Keisha Lance Bottoms (born January 18, 1970) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 60th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 2018 to 2022. She was elected mayor in 2017. Before becoming mayor, she was a member of the Atlanta City Council, representing part of Southwest Atlanta. Bottoms did not run for a second term as mayor. President Joe Biden nominated Bottoms as vice chair of civic engagement and voter protection at the DNC for the 2021–2025 term. In June 2022, Bottoms joined the Biden administration as senior advisor and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement where she served until February 2023. Bottoms currently serves as a member of the President's Export Council.

Education4 - 4 of 2
Florida A&M University
Georgia State University College of Law
Past Positions1 - 2 of 2
Mayor
City of Atlanta, Georgia
2018
Council Member
City of Atlanta, Georgia
2010 - 2018