E-Mail Address: awan@atlantaga.gov

Office Location:
Atlanta City Hall
55 Trinity Ave, S.W.
Suite 2900
 Atlanta, GA 30303-3584

Main Phone: (404) 330-6049
Fax: (404) 658-6073

Committee Assignments:
Community Development Human Resources
Finance Executive
Committee on Council

Staff Contacts:
Sheila Parrott

Alex Wan, an active business and community leader, is seeking the Atlanta City Council District 6 seat.
Business acumen
* Engineer by training with hands-on business, management and finance experience
* Has balanced budgets, met payroll
* Understands both the revenue and the expense side of challenges and solutions
* Knows how to make difficult choices when resources are scarce
Wide breadth of long-time community service
* Member of the Morningside Lenox Park Neighborhood Association; 15+ year Morningside resident
* Morningside Lenox Park Association Business Liaison for 2008
* Graduate of Leadership Atlanta and Leadership DeKalb, and chaired the latter
* Serves on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Development Authority (Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair)
* Former Atlanta Volunteer Chair and Atlanta Federal Club (donor circle) Co-Chair for the Human Rights Campaign
* Founded and served as the first president of an all-volunteer non-profit benefitting socio-economically disadvantaged children
* On the board of the Asian American Heritage Foundation
* Previously served on the Insurance Commissioner’s Better Georgia Executive Round Table and the Governor’s Small Business Advisory Council
Accessible leader, neighbor, friend
* The temperament you want in a trusted leader – a natural listener and consensus-builder who builds strong effective relationships and speaks his mind concisely
* Raised in Atlanta from the age of three (Morningside resident for 15 years)
* Many accolades, including Georgia Trend Magazine’s “Forty Under 40” and the Georgia Asian Times “25 Most Influential Asian Americans in Georgia”
* A fitness enthusiast who is a certified SCUBA diver, and has completed marathons and half marathons
Alex’s “day job” reflects the blending of his best business, community and personal characteristics: He is Director of Development for Jerusalem House, Atlanta's oldest and largest provider of permanent, supportive housing for homeless or low-income individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS.