ATLANTA — Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is joining the Biden administration in a senior White House role.
Bottoms, who served as mayor from 2018 through 2021, will be a senior adviser to the president focused on public engagement, the White House announced Wednesday. She will also oversee the White House Office of Public Engagement. Sharing the news on Instagram Tuesday evening, Bottoms added: #Honored.
In a statement, President Joe Biden said Bottoms “understands that democracy is about making government work for working families, for the people who are the backbone of this country.”
