{"616831":{"#nid":"616831","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Public Policy Graduate Appointed City of Atlanta Director of Intergovernmental Affairs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFatimot Ladipo, who earned a master\u0026rsquo;s degree in 1999 from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u0026rsquo;s School of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E, has been named director of intergovernmental affairs for the City of Atlanta. In her announcement, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms also named William L. Hawthorne, III, Esq.\u0026nbsp;chief equity officer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As part of our One Atlanta vision, I am committed to assembling a world-class workforce to deliver the best service to our city and residents,\u0026rdquo; Mayor Bottoms said. \u0026ldquo;I am excited that William Hawthorne and Fatimot Ladipo have joined our team and will bring their vast public and private sector expertise to our Administration.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs director of intergovernmental affairs,\u0026nbsp;Ladipo will oversee the city\u0026rsquo;s state and federal government affairs team along with the city\u0026rsquo;s legislative team, which represents the mayor\u0026#39;s administration before the Atlanta City Council.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELadipo most recently served as regional director for external affairs for AT\u0026amp;T, where she was responsible for advancing the company\u0026#39;s legislative and regulatory agenda at the local and state level. Prior to joining AT\u0026amp;T, Ladipo also served as executive director of government relations for Kennesaw State University and\u0026nbsp;assistant director of federal relations at Georgia Tech. She currently serves on the School of Public Policy\u0026#39;s Advisory Board.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am excited to join Mayor Bottom\u0026rsquo;s Executive Office and help advance her legislative agenda for One Atlanta,\u0026rdquo; Ladipo said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Public Policy is a unit of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ethe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms recently announced two high-level appointments for the City of Atlanta, which included the appointment of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E graduate Fatimot\u0026nbsp;Ladipo as director of intergovernmental affairs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms recently announced the high-level appointment for Fatimot Ladipo, who earned her M.S. at the School of Public Policy in 1999."}],"uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-01-24 17:50:22","changed_gmt":"2019-02-08 21:38:52","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","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":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"180295","name":"Faitmot Ladipo"},{"id":"1134","name":"City of Atlanta"},{"id":"180296","name":"Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms"}],"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":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.538.6846\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}