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Keisha Lance Bottoms

Keisha Lance Bottoms
Director of the Office of Public Engagement
In office
July 1, 2022 – April 1, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byCedric Richmond
Adrian Saenz (Acting)
Succeeded byStephen K. Benjamin
Senior Advisor to the President
In office
July 1, 2022 – April 1, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byCedric Richmond
Succeeded byStephen K. Benjamin
60th Mayor of Atlanta
In office
January 2, 2018 – January 3, 2022
Preceded byKasim Reed
Succeeded byAndre Dickens
Member of the Atlanta City Council
from the 11th district
In office
January 4, 2010 – January 2, 2018
Preceded byJim Maddox
Succeeded byMarci Collier Overstreet
Personal details
Born
Keisha Lance

(1970-01-18) January 18, 1970 (age 54)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Derek W. Bottoms
(m. 1994)
Children4
RelativesMajor Lance (father), Ruby Doris Smith-Robinson (aunt)
EducationFlorida A&M University (BA)
Georgia State University (JD)
WebsiteOfficial website

Keisha Lance Bottoms (née Lance; born January 18, 1970)[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] In June 2022, Bottoms joined the Biden administration as senior advisor and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement[4] where she served until February 2023. Bottoms currently serves as a member of the President's Export Council.[5]

  1. ^ "Atlanta City Council - Regular Meeting - Jan 19, 2016" (PDF). atlantaga.gov. p. 73. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Class Actions". College of Law. April 8, 2010. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  3. ^ Thomas, Ken (January 15, 2021). "Biden Taps Jaime Harrison, Former Senate Candidate, to Lead DNC". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021 – via www.wsj.com.
  4. ^ McCammond, Alexi (June 15, 2022). "Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to join Biden White House". Axios. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions". The White House. July 14, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.

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