{"616655":{"#nid":"616655","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fatimot Ladipo Appointed as New Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the City of Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFormer School of Public Policy alumni,\u0026nbsp;Fatimot Ladipo was recently appointed by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as the new director of Intergovernmental Affairs. In Fatimot\u0026#39;s new role, she will oversee the City of Atlanta\u0026#39;s state and federal governemnt affairs team along with the the legislative team which represents the Mayor\u0026#39;s administration before Atlanta City Council. Fatimot\u0026#39;s appointment is effective immediately.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFatimot Ladipo has over 15 years of experience in government and community affairs, including several years focused on education legislative issues. She\u0026nbsp;recently served as Regional Director for External Affairs for AT\u0026amp;T. At AT\u0026amp;T, Fatimot was where she was responsible for advancing the company\u0026rsquo;s legislative and regulatory agenda at the local and state level. She also served as the\u0026nbsp;Executive Director of Government Relations for Kennesaw State University (KSU). Ladipo is a member of the School of Public Policy Advisory Board.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFatimot\u0026#39;s appontment is effective immediately.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.atlantaga.gov\/Home\/Components\/News\/News\/11896\/672\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E to read Mayor Bottoms\u0026#39; statement on Fatimot\u0026#39;s appointment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Fatimot Ladipo, an alum of the School of Public Policy was recently appointed as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs."}],"uid":"34652","created_gmt":"2019-01-22 01:57:45","changed_gmt":"2019-02-25 07:08:23","author":"isaunders3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"616654":{"id":"616654","type":"image","title":"Fatimot Ladipo","body":null,"created":"1548122250","gmt_created":"2019-01-22 01:57:30","changed":"1548654788","gmt_changed":"2019-01-28 05:53:08","alt":"","file":{"fid":"234704","name":"Fatimot Lapido.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Fatimot%20Lapido.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Fatimot%20Lapido.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":32796,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Fatimot%20Lapido.jpg?itok=zr4dMPvi"}}},"media_ids":["616654"],"groups":[{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1134","name":"City of Atlanta"},{"id":"180255","name":"Director of Intergovernmental Affairs"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}