Three FAMU alumni set to be inaugurated as mayors in Georgia

L-R: Keisha Lance Bottoms, Deana Holiday Ingraham, and Booker Gainor

Three alumni of Florida A&M University will soon be sworn in as the new mayors of Georgia cities. Two are graduates of the School of Business and Industry and one is a graduate of the School of Journalism, Media and Graphic Arts (now the School of Journalism and Graphic Communication).

Keisha Lance Bottoms, Mayor-elect of Atlanta, Georgia

College: School of Journalism, Media and Graphic Arts

Major: B.S., Broadcast Journalism

Graduation Year: 1991

Inauguration Date: January 2, 2018

Deana Holiday Ingraham, Mayor-elect of East Point, Georgia

College: School of Business and Industry

Major: B.S., Accounting and Business Administration

Graduation Year: 1996

Inauguration Date: December 30, 2017

Booker Gainor, Mayor-elect of Cairo, Georgia

College: School of Business and Industry

Major: B.S., Business Administration with a Concentration in Marketing

Graduation Year: 2012

Inauguration Date: January 8, 2018