Robb Pitts is the Fulton County Commissioner representing District 2, which serves county-wide. He was elected to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in November 2002.

Commissioner Pitts previously served as a member of the Atlanta City Council for over 20 years, chairing the Finance and Community Development committees for several years. He encouraged efficiency in city operations and procurement procedures. He earned a reputation as the "taxpayers watchdog" by scrutinizing spending and the annual budgeting process.

Elected as President of the Atlanta City Council in 1997, he was a strong supporter of initiatives leading to tax relief for the elderly, including the reduction of sanitation fees and an increase in homestead exemptions for qualified seniors.

A businessman and former college professor, Commissioner Pitts earned undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate degrees in education, business, languages and Latin American Studies at Ohio University, La Academia Hispanoamericana, Kent State University and La Universidad Interamericana. He also received an MBA at Emory University.

Pitts was an instructor at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, visiting professor and guest lecturer at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, and assistant professor at Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) in Atlanta. He is currently a financial representative with New England Financial and a member of the Atlanta Board of Realtors.

Active in a variety of community programs and an avid arts patron, Commissioner Pitts has served on the boards of organizations such as the Georgia Municipal Association, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Atlanta Economic Development Corporation, the Urban Residential Finance Authority, the Latin American Association, the Atlanta Ballet, the Arts Festival of Atlanta, and the Center for the Puppetry Arts. He is also a lifetime member of the NAACP.

Commissioner Pitts is a native of Haddock, Georgia. He and his wife Fran and daughter Jordan reside in Atlanta.

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