Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms today announced the Co-Chairs and Honorary Chairs of her Transition Team, Georgia’s Promise. 

The chairs will help Governor-elect Bottoms create the structure of her Administration.  Additional team members and policy staff will be announced next week.  Gov.-elect Bottoms will work with Governor Kemp and his staff for a seamless transition of power.  Gov. Kemp may convene a Special Session in the coming weeks to address budget issues. 

Co-Chairs:

• John King will serve as Chief Operating Officer of Georgia’s Promise and former COO of the City of Atlanta
  
• Arthur Blank – Co-Founder, the Home Depot
  
• Ross Beverly, former President of Spellman College
  
• Jason Carter, former state Senator
  
• Carmen Chubb, former Chief of Staff, Mayor of Atlanta
  
• Richard Cox, former Chief Operating Officer, City of Atlanta
  
• Jane Kidd, former state Representative
  
• Michelle Nunn, CEO, CARE USA
  
• Vicki Palmer, former lead of Bottoms mayoral transition team
  
• Tyler Perry - Film Maker
  
• Rashad Taylor – former state Representative
  

Honorary Co-Chairs

• Commissioner Peter Hubbard, Public Service Commission
  
• Philip Gilman, Deputy Chief of Staff, Mayor Bottoms, Director of Acquisitions and Housing Policy, Sugar Creek Capital
  
• House Minority Leader, Carolyn Hugley (presumptive Speaker of the House in 2027)
  
• Lt. Governor-elect Josh McLaurin
  
• Senate Minority Leader Harold Jones
  
• Calvin Smyre – Dean of the Georgia House of Representatives
  
• Thurbert Baker, former Attorney General
  
• Cathy Cox, former Secretary of State
  
• Pierre Howard, former Lt. Governor
  
• Alisha Johnson, former state Representative
  
• Sam Nunn, former U.S. Senator
  
• Michael Thurmond, former Labor Commissioner
  
• Senator Raphael Warnock, U.S. Senate
  
• Ambassador Andrew Young