A daughter of Atlanta, Mayor Bottoms is committed
to realizing her vision of One Atlanta – an affordable, resilient and equi
table Atlanta – which stands as a model city for both commerce and compassi
on.
A lifelong public servant, Mayor Bottoms is the only Mayor in Atl
anta’s history to have served in all three branches of government, serving
as a judge and City Council member before being sworn in as Mayor.
Le
ading with a progressive agenda focused on equity and affordable housing, M
ayor Bottoms serves as Chair of the Community Development and Housing Commi
ttee and the Census Task Force for the United States Conference of Mayors.<
br /> Georgia Trend magazine named Mayor Bottoms the 2020 Georgian of the Y
ear. Among Mayor Bottoms’ notable accomplishments to date include the estab
lishment of the City’s first fully-staffed Office of Equity, Diversity and
Inclusion, the appointments of a LGBTQ Affairs Coordinator and a Human Traf
ficking Fellow, the citywide elimination of cash bail bond, the closure of
the Atlanta City Detention Center to ICE detainees, and the rollout of the
most far-reaching financial transparency platform in the City’s history – A
tlanta’s Open Checkbook.
In 2020, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Ri
ghts (LCCR) Under Law awarded Mayor Bottoms the Distinguished Civil Rights
Advocate Award in recognition of her equity-driven leadership to help guide
and protect marginalized communities.
In October, Mayor Bottoms was
named one of Glamour’s 2020 women of the year. Mayor Bottoms was honored as
a BET 100 Entertainer and Innovator of the Year in 2020, and named Smart C
ities Dive’s 2020 Leader of the Year.
Under Mayor Bottoms’ leadership
, the City of Atlanta led the historically successful staging of Super Bowl
LIII, which included unprecedented community benefits – a $2.4 million ren
ovation of John F. Kennedy Park on Atlanta’s Westside, more than 20,000 tre
es planted throughout the community and the seamless coordination of 40 fed
eral, state and local public safety agencies.
A product of Atlanta Pu
blic Schools, Mayor Bottoms graduated from Frederick Douglass High School a
nd received her undergraduate degree from Florida A&M University. She e
arned her Juris Doctorate from Georgia State University College of Law.
An active member of the community, Mayor Bottoms is a member of the Stat
e Bar of Georgia, Jack and Jill of America, The Links, Incorporated, and De
lta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. She has also served on the board of
Families First and shares her personal story of adoption and advocates on
behalf of adoption and foster care.
Mayor Bottoms is the daughter of
Sylvia Robinson and R&B icon Major Lance. She resides in historic South
west Atlanta with her husband, Derek W. Bottoms, their four children- Lance
, Langston, Lennox and Lincoln, and their family dogs Ace and Zeus.
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