{"601217":{"#nid":"601217","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Catherine Ross on Atlanta Mayor\u2019s Transition Team","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECatherine Ross, a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/design.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Design\u003C\/a\u003E professor, has been chosen to join the transition team of the new Atlanta mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe mayor announced her team in early January. The 38-member team will be tasked with \u0026ldquo;providing advice and counsel to Mayor Bottoms as she recruits and appoints key positions within her Administration and formalizes her first term agenda,\u0026rdquo; according to a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.atlantaga.gov\/Home\/Components\/News\/News\/11389\/672\u0022\u003Enews release from her office\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/planning.gatech.edu\/catherine-ross\u0022\u003ERoss\u003C\/a\u003E is the Harry West Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/planning.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of City and Regional Planning\u003C\/a\u003E and director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cqgrd.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Quality Growth and Regional Development\u003C\/a\u003E. On the team she joins a diverse group that ranges from CEOs of major Atlanta corporations and non-profits to members of the arts, education, legal, and business communities. She expects the term to be about 90 days.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe team met recently with Bottoms, and Ross said they are still working out details, but she expects committees will be formed to help the mayor determine needs and achieve her highest priorities.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRoss feels the new mayor brings a fresh perspective and is open to different opinions, ready to embrace all that Atlanta is and all that the region is. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.metroatlantachamber.com\/assets\/exectuve_profile_16-17_january_2017_6aJ57mX.pdf\u0022\u003EHome to more than 5 million people and more than 160,000 businesses\u003C\/a\u003E, metro Atlanta is recognized as an international gateway and the economic engine of the southeast.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRoss said Bottoms is committed to transparency and a public\/private way of doing things.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERoss described the makeup of Bottom\u0026rsquo;s team as \u0026ldquo;a good indication of the broad-based, inclusive, creative, and innovative approach to being mayor. This is what attracted me to want to be involved.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRoss brings decades of experience in planning and transportation to the team. She said infrastructure is important to our city economy and continued growth and prosperity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERoss is an internationally recognized expert on transportation systems planning, urban planning, and quality growth. She also currently is deputy director of the National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management. She has extensive experience in both the public and private sector, and served as executive director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA) from 1999 \u0026ndash; 2003.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRoss called it a \u0026ldquo;privilege and honor to be asked to help. We all care about our city and want to make it better. When you are called to help it really is a chance to move Atlanta forward. That resonates with me. City planning is in my blood.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Catherine Ross joins a diverse group of city leaders on the transition team of the new Atlanta mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" Professor Catherine Ross joins a diverse group of city leaders on the transition team of the new Atlanta mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms."}],"uid":"32550","created_gmt":"2018-01-23 19:08:20","changed_gmt":"2018-01-26 13:59:49","author":"Malrey Head","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"590152":{"id":"590152","type":"image","title":"Catherine Ross","body":null,"created":"1491852449","gmt_created":"2017-04-10 19:27:29","changed":"1491852449","gmt_changed":"2017-04-10 19:27:29","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224831","name":"Catherine Ross.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Catherine%20Ross.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Catherine%20Ross.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":23674,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Catherine%20Ross.jpg?itok=Utr6cxnm"}}},"media_ids":["590152"],"groups":[{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"},{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"60380","name":"CSPAV - Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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\u003EMalrey Head\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDigital Communications Specialist\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmalrey.head@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}