Mayor Rusty Paul

Russell K. Rusty Paul was elected Mayor in November 2013 and brings nearly 50 years of federal, state, and local public policy and public administration experience to the role. He is currently serving his fourth term.

In addition to his role as Mayor, Paul serves as the North Fulton County mayoral representative on the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) Board, a member of the Combat Antisemitism Movement's Mayors Advisory Committee, a member of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and Transportation Chair and member of the Legislative Committee for the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA). He also serves on the GMA Board of Directors.

Paul was elected to the founding City Council for Sandy Springs in November 2005 and served one term. He chaired the City's Charter Review Commission and the Sandy Springs Development Authority.

He was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations in the first Bush Administration under Secretary Jack Kemp. Secretary Kemp also appointed him Acting Assistant Secretary of Community Planning and Development and selected him to oversee the department's disaster response to Hurricane Hugo and the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.

Paul received the Secretary's Golden Eagle Award, the highest honor a cabinet officer can bestow.

In addition to his federal government service, Paul is a former Georgia State Senator. He also served on the Stone Mountain City Council.

In 1995, he was elected chair of the Georgia Republican Party and served on the Republican National Committee, where RNC Chair Jim Nicholson appointed him to chair the State Chair's Advisory Committee.

He is a past chair of the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Center Chamber of Commerce and a member of Sandy Springs Rotary. He and his wife, Jan, are parents of five adult children and nine grandsons, and they attend Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church.

Email: rpaul@sandyspringsga.gov