Keisha Lance Bottoms
Keisha Lance Bottoms | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Senior Advisor to the President Director of the Office of Public Engagement | |
| In office July 1, 2022 – April 1, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Cedric Richmond |
| Succeeded by | Stephen K. Benjamin |
| 60th Mayor of Atlanta | |
| In office January 2, 2018 – January 3, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Kasim Reed |
| Succeeded by | Andre Dickens |
| Member of the Atlanta City Council from the 11th district | |
| In office January 4, 2010 – January 2, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Maddox |
| Succeeded by | Marci Collier Overstreet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Keisha Lance January 18, 1970 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Derek W. Bottoms (m. 1994) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Ruby Doris Smith-Robinson (aunt) |
| Education | Florida A&M University (BA) Georgia State University (JD) |
| Website | Personal website Campaign website |
Keisha Lance Bottoms (née Lance; born January 18, 1970) is an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as the 60th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 2018 to 2022. She was elected mayor in 2017, before which 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 formerly served as a member of the President's Export Council. She is currently running for Governor of Georgia in the 2026 election.