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“I’m looking forward to working with Mayor Andre Dickens as DeKalb’s next CEO,” said Johnson. “Atlanta and DeKalb are deeply connected, and collaboration between our two governments will be essential in facing our shared challenges, from public safety to housing. I am grateful to have his support.”
Mayor Dickens’ agenda of “Moving Atlanta Forward” includes the City’s first-ever investment in early childhood education; double digit reductions in crime; thousands of new units of affordable housing, and several other initiatives that contribute to smart economic growth, upgrades to public infrastructure and increased government transparency.
Commissioner Larry Johnson has served as DeKalb District 3 Commissioner since November of 2002. In November 2018, he was re-elected for his fifth term. He has been a member of the National Association of Counties (NaCo) since 2005. In July 2021, Johnson was elected president of NACo, and in 2017, he was appointed as the chair of NACo’s Large Urban County Caucus. Johnson earned his Bachelor’s of Science in Community Health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and obtained a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Northern Colorado. In 2005, he was appointed chair of the Health Disparities Subcommittee of the Health Steering Committee for NaCo. Johnson is married to Tanisha Johnson, Ph.D, and they have an adult daughter.<