July 19th 2023.
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is now returning to the White House in a new role. She is set to join the President’s Export Council, a principal national advisory committee on international trade. According to the International Trade Administration, this committee “advises the President of government policies and programs that affect U.S. trade performance; promotes export expansion; and provides a forum for discussing and resolving trade-related problems among the business, industrial, agricultural, labor and government sectors.”
In an Instagram post, Bottoms expressed her excitement for the new position. She wrote, “I am honored to be appointed a member of the President’s Export Council.”
White House officials further praised Bottoms in a statement to the Atlanta Daily World. They mentioned her “steadfast leadership and equity-focused philosophy,” which has earned her accolades and leadership positions such as Chair of the Community Development and Housing Committee and the Census Task Force for the United States Conference of Mayors, Trustee for the African American Mayors Association, Chair of the Platform Committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention and the DNC’s Vice Chair of Civic Engagement and Voter Protection.
In early 2023, Bottoms resigned from her role as a senior official at the White House, as previously reported by BLACK ENTERPRISE. She shared that her decision would grant her more personal time to spend with her family as she returned to Georgia. Despite leaving the White House, Bottoms revealed that she was still working in public policy and was open to returning to the White House in the future.
Now, Bottoms has officially returned to the White House as a member of the President’s Export Council. Her role as a senior adviser and Director of the Office of Public Engagement ended in February 2023. With her new role on the council, she is sure to bring her strong leadership and equity-focused philosophy to the table.
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