Robb Pitts

District 2 (At Large)

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Robb Pitts is the Fulton County Commissioner representing District 2, which consists of the entire County. He was elected to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in November 2002 and re-elected in 2006.

Commissioner Pitts previously served as a member of the Atlanta City Council for 20 years, chairing the Finance and Community Development committees for several years. He encouraged efficiency in city operations and procurement procedures, earning a reputation as the “taxpayers’ watchdog” by scrutinizing spending and diligently reviewing the annual budgeting process. Elected 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 Hispanomericana, Kent State University and La Universidad Interamericana. He has a masters degree in business administration from Emory University and studied at Georgia State University. He is a registered agent with New England Financial Group and president of R.L.P. Corporation, a sales and marketing firm.

He 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.

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, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, Atlanta Economic Development Corporation, Urban Residential Finance Authority, Latin American Association, Atlanta Ballet, Arts Festival of Atlanta, and Center for the Puppetry Arts. He is a lifetime member of the NAACP.

A native of Haddock, Georgia, Commissioner Pitts and his wife, Fran, have a daughter, Jordan.