Keisha Lance Bottoms

Keisha Lance Bottoms is an exceptional visionary and transformational leader, focused on driving business and government toward deeper and more equitable outcomes. Her deep business acumen, centered around results and metrics, was instrumental in successfully leading Atlanta. In a strong Mayor form of government, Bottoms led a nearly $2B enterprise with nearly 10K employees, deliversing services and fostering well being for the over 600K residents and numerous Fortune 500 and small businesses that call Atlanta home. Bottoms has also served as Senior Advisor to President Joe Biden, leading strategy and engagement on the President’s key initiatives. She serves as a member of the President’s Export Council, joining CEOs, labor leaders, and others on the principal national advisory committee on international trade.

Her steadfast leadership and equity-focused philosophy have led to numerous accolades and leadership positions, including having served as the Chair of the Community Development and Housing Committee and the Census Task Force for the United States Conference of Mayors and as a Trustee for the African American Mayors Association. Bottoms was also selected to Chair the Platform Committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention and served as the DNC’s Vice Chair of Civic Engagement and Voter Protection.

Bottoms is the only Mayor in Atlanta’s history to have served in all three branches of government, having served as a Judge and a City Councilmember. Tracing her family’s roots to a slave plantation in Georgia, it was Bottoms’ highest honor to be named the 2020 Georgian of the Year by Georgia Trend Magazine. She also was named one of Glamour Magazine’s Women of the Year and was named a member of Ebony Magazine’s prestigious Power 100 List. She has also been honored as a BET 100 Entertainer and Innovator of the Year and was named the Smart Cities Dive’s 2020 Leader of the Year. Bottoms was also the recipient of the Distinguished Civil Rights Advocate Award presented by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law.

Bottoms is the daughter of R&B icon Major Lance and Sylvia Robinson. She and her husband Derek are parents to four children.