{"653292":{"#nid":"653292","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Alumnus Elected Mayor of Atlanta ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlumnus and former Georgia Tech staff member Andre Dickens will be the next mayor of Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 2013, Dickens has served as a member of the Atlanta City Council. In addition to his role as a councilmember, Dickens is the chief development officer for TechBridge, a nonprofit that drives community impact by bringing affordable technology and business expertise to other nonprofits.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe joined Georgia Tech as a staff member from 2010 to 2016. During his time as assistant director of outreach initiatives for OMED: Educational Services, he led several programs: the African American Male Initiative, the Challenge program for first-year students, and the Focus program for prospective graduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;From his beginnings in Atlanta Public Schools to his time as a Yellow Jacket, and beyond, Andre continues to make his Georgia Tech family proud and we congratulate him as he becomes Atlanta\u0026rsquo;s next mayor,\u0026rdquo; said \u0026Aacute;ngel Cabrera, president of Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;I know he will serve the Atlanta community well and we look forward to working with him.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDickens, a member of Tech\u0026rsquo;s Alumni Association Board of Trustees, will be the second alumnus to serve as the city\u0026rsquo;s mayor, joining Ivan Allen Jr. He holds a bachelor\u0026rsquo;s degree in chemical engineering from Georgia Tech and a Master\u0026rsquo;s of Public Administration from Georgia State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlumnus and former Georgia Tech staff member Andre Dickens will be the 61st mayor of Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Alumnus and former Georgia Tech staff member Andre Dickens will be the 61st mayor of Atlanta. "}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2021-12-01 15:14:45","changed_gmt":"2021-12-01 15:18:59","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-12-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-12-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"646741":{"id":"646741","type":"image","title":"Andre Dickens Speaks at EcoCommons Event","body":null,"created":"1619051488","gmt_created":"2021-04-22 00:31:28","changed":"1639066420","gmt_changed":"2021-12-09 16:13:40","alt":"Andre Dickens, Atlanta city council ","file":{"fid":"245494","name":"21C4203-P1-009.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/21C4203-P1-009.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/21C4203-P1-009.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1048913,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/21C4203-P1-009.JPG?itok=yaxgbDSD"}}},"media_ids":["646741"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}