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Keisha Lance Bottoms (née Lance; born January 18, 1970) 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]
Feb 28, 2023 · The former Atlanta mayor left the White House in February 2023, when President Joe Biden appointed Steve Benjamin, a former Columbia mayor, as her successor. Benjamin will oversee efforts to engage community leaders and diverse perspectives in the administration.
Jan 3, 2022 · The former mayor of Atlanta, a rising star in Democratic politics, announced she wouldn't run for reelection in 2021. She faced a crime wave, a pandemic, and a national spotlight that exposed the city's divisions and challenges.
- Zak Cheney-Rice
- Features Writer, New York Magazine
Jun 15, 2022 · Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will serve as Senior Advisor to the President for Public Engagement, overseeing the White House Office of Public Engagement. The announcement was made on June 15, 2022, along with other promotions to the senior team ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
Jun 15, 2022 · Then Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms arrives to speak during a drive-in rally for Joe Biden at Cellairis Amphitheatre in Atlanta, on Oct. 27, 2020. Andrew Harnik / AP file Print
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Jul 16, 2023 · Bottoms, who was the Mayor of Atlanta from 2018 through 2021, left her advisory and Office of Public Engagement role in February of 2023. She took on the job in the summer of 2022 and at the time ...
Feb 28, 2023 · COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden has appointed former Columbia, South Carolina, Mayor Steve Benjamin as a top White House adviser, taking over from Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor who had assumed the role in June. Both Georgia and South Carolina have become crucial to the Democratic Party ahead of the 2024 election cycle.
