Keisha Lance Bottoms

Under Mayor Bottoms’ leadership, the City of Atlanta led the historically successful staging of Super Bowl LIII. She was named one of Glamour’s 2020 women of the year. A lifelong public servant, she is the only Mayor in Atlanta’s history to have served in all three branches of government as a judge and City Council member before being sworn in as Mayor in 2017.

Among Mayor Bottoms’ notable accomplishments to date include establishing the City’s first fully-staffed Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, the appointments of an LGBTQ Affairs Coordinator, and a Human Trafficking Fellow. In 2020, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights (LCCR) Under Law awarded Mayor Bottoms the Distinguished Civil Rights Advocate Award. She was also honored as a BET 100 Entertainer and Innovator of the Year and named Smart Cities Dive’s 2020 Leader of the Year.

Bottoms was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and currently resides in historic Southwest Atlanta with her husband, Derek W. Bottoms, with their four children. She graduated from Frederick Douglass High School and received her undergraduate degree from Florida A&M University. She also earned her Juris Doctorate from Georgia State University College of Law.