Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the members of her transition team. The team is tasked with providing advice and counsel to Mayor Bottoms as she recruits and appoints key positions within her Administration and formalizes her first term agenda.

“I am pleased to announce my Administration’s transition team and am thankful to both Larry Gellerstedt and Vicki Palmer for their leadership and expertise in recruiting leaders who share my commitment to improving communities throughout our City,” said Mayor Bottoms. “I look forward to working with this thoughtful, committed and experienced group who I trust will help my Administration build a team focused on ensuring that all Atlantans can participate in our City’s growth and success.”

The 38-member team, co-chaired by Larry Gellerstedt, Chairman of the Board & CEO of Cousins Properties, and Vicki R. Palmer, former Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., includes a cross-section of constituents with diverse backgrounds, interests and skills sets.

“Larry and I are privileged to work with Mayor Bottoms and this esteemed group of leaders,” said Vicki Palmer. “The individuals selected represent sectors and communities across the city, and I am confident that their advice and counsel will be invaluable to this Administration.”

The Bottoms Administration transition team includes:

David Abney, Chairman & CEO, UPS

John Ahmann, Executive Director, Westside Future Fund

Byron Amos, Atlanta Public Schools Board Member, District 2

Claire Lewis “Yum” Arnold, CEO, Leapfrog Services

Ed Bastian, CEO, Delta

Randy Beall, Business Manager, Atlanta and North Georgia Building and Construction Trades

Raphael Bostic, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Matt Bronfman, CEO, Jamestown

Cassius F. Butts, Former Obama Appointee and CEO, Capital Fortitude Business Advisors

Senator Jason Carter, Partner, Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP

Ron Clark, Founder, The Ron Clark Academy

Shan Cooper, Chief Transformation Officer, WestRock

David Cummings, CEO, Atlanta Ventures

Mawuli Mel Davis, Attorney & Co-Founder, The Davis Bozeman Law Firm

Rene Diaz, President & CEO, The Diaz Group

Christopher R. Edwards, MD, Fellowship Trained Spine Surgeon, Atlanta Neuro Spine Institute, LLC

David H. Eidson, President & CEO, Coxe Curry & Associates

Sloane Evans, Vice President, Human Resources, Georgia Power Company

Marty Flanagan, President & CEO, Invesco Ltd.

Clifford “TI” Harris, Grammy Award Winning Rapper, Actor, Entrepreneur & Activist

Virginia Hepner, Former Corporate Executive & Arts Leader

Douglas J. Hertz, Chairman & CEO, United Distributors, Inc.

Nancy Flake Johnson, President & CEO, Urban League of Greater Atlanta, Inc.

Noel Khalil, Chairman & CEO, Columbia Ventures LLC

Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, Founding Partner, Lawrence & Bundy LLC

Kenny Leon, Tony Award Winning Director & Founder, True Colors Theatre Company

Milton J. Little, Jr. President & CEO, United Way of Greater Atlanta

Amol Naik, Director of Special Projects, MailChimp

Keith T. Parker, President & CEO, Goodwill of North Georgia

Beatriz Perez, Senior Vice President, Chief Public Affairs, Communications & Sustainability Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

Cecil Phillips, Chairman & CEO, Place Properties

Helen Smith Price, Vice President, Global Community Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company and President, The Coca-Cola Foundation

Michael “Killer Mike” Render, Artist, Activist, & Businessman

A.J. Robinson, President, Central Atlanta Progress, Inc./Atlanta Downtown Improvement District

Bill Rogers, Chairman & CEO, SunTrust Banks, Inc.

Dr. Catherine Ross, Professor of City Planning and Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Carol Tomé, CFO & Executive Vice President, The Home Depot, Inc.

Reverend Raphael G. Warnock, Senior Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church