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 ATLANTA MAYOR SHIRLEY FRANKLIN
Mayor Shirley Franklin is the 58th Mayor of the City of Atlanta. Mayor Franklin made history when she became the first female mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Mayor Shirley Franklin is working hard to make Atlanta a nurturing place for our children, a relaxing place for our visitors and a wonderful place for our residents to call home.
Since her inauguration in 2002, Mayor Franklin has worked to build a “Best in Class” managed city by strengthening existing frameworks, implementing progressive changes and making the tough decisions necessary to improve Atlanta. Those decisions have included:
• Hosting regular “Mayor’s Night In” meetings with employees and residents;
• Creating Atlanta Women’s Agenda Advisory Council to address how the City can better serve women;
• Creating the Clean Water Advisory Panel to provide objective, expert advice for improving the City’s storm and wastewater systems; and
• Implementing other commissions and taskforces including the Commission on Homelessness, Affordable Housing, Living Wage and Ethics Task Force.
The Mayor’s tough decisions have resulted in a balanced budget for three consecutive years. Mayor Franklin’s commitment to community is exemplified by her service on over 40 boards and committees throughout her career. She currently serves as a member of the Democratic National Committee and Treasurer of the Democratic Party of Georgia. She is the Georgia Municipal Associations’ 3rd Vice President, Chair of the Travel and Tourism Taskforce and the Women’s Caucus Vice-Chair of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. She is a member of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce’s Quality Growth Taskforce and a member of the National Conference of Black Mayor’s Business Council. Mayor Franklin is on the Atlanta Committee for CARE and Hemisphere, Inc. (Georgia’s bid for the Free Trade Area of the Americas Secretariat). She is secretary of the Board of the Atlanta Regional Commission and serves as Chair of its Ethics Committee and Secretary of the Executive Committee.
Mayor Shirley Franklin has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, Ebony magazine, Black Enterprise and many other national and local publications. Franklin earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Howard University and was awarded her Masters of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. Mayor Franklin was awarded an honorary degree from Howard University. Shirley has been a resident of southwest Atlanta for over 30 years and she is the proud parent of three adult children.
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