ABOUT THE PRESIDENT & CEO

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President and CEO Anne Torres is a communications professional with more than a decade of substantial experience in strategic planning, brand strategies, crisis communications and social media engagement. During her career, Ms. Torres has elevated the national profiles of three leading Democratic Mayors including former Mayor Cory Booker, Mayor Kasim Reed and Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

As the former Director of Communications for Mayor Kasim Reed and Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in the City of Atlanta, she oversaw the Mayor’s and the city’s communications strategy, including, but not limited to: speech writing; developing media responses; providing communications counsel to senior administration officials on important current local and national issues; and developing professional communication messages on critical city related policies. 

Prior to joining Mayor Reed in Atlanta, Ms. Torres served as Director of Communications for Mayor Cory A. Booker in Newark, NJ. She was the youngest senior official in the Booker Administration. As the Director of Communications for the City of Newark, New Jersey, Ms. Torres established an award-winning multi-platform communications network earning her recognition from the New Jersey League of Municipalities as the ‘Best City Office of Communications in New Jersey’.