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Office Location:
Atlanta City Hall
55 Trinity Ave, S.W.
Suite 2900
Atlanta, GA 30303-3584
Web Site
www.hlamarwillis.com
Main Phone:
(404) 330-6041
Fax: (404) 658-6454
Staff Contacts:
Melanee Farrah, and Adrian Smith
Committee Assignments:
Community Development/Human Resources
Public Safety
Transportation
A
lifelong resident of
Atlanta
, H. Lamar Willis has served the citizens of
Atlanta
as the Post 3 At-Large council member since 2001 and will continue to
pursue excellence during his second term. Having been re-elected without
opposition in 2005, he currently serves as President Pro-tempore, on the
Transportation Committee, Finance/Executive Committee & Public
Safety Committee.
After
graduating from
Morehouse
College
he entered
Carnegie
Mellon
University
as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. After receiving his Master of Science
degree, Councilman Willis joined the
Pittsburgh
office of the Deloitte & Touché Consulting Group where he served as
a public sector/government information technology consultant. Upon his
departure from Deloitte & Touché, Councilman Willis went on to
Boston College Law School (BCLS) for his Juris Doctorate. As a student
at BCLS, Lamar served as First Circuit Governor for the American Bar
Association/Law Student Division (ABA/LSD) President of the Black Law
Students Association, and Regional Representative for the BCLS chapter
of ABA/LSD. At graduation, Lamar received the Susan Grant Desmarais
Award for Public Service Achievement and Leadership.
Councilman Willis remains active in his community as a member of the
Board of Directors of Techbridge, Southwest YMCA, the Emory Board of
Visitors and the Atlanta Cooperative Development Incorporation. He is
also a member of the 2004 Class of Leadership Atlanta. Willis recently
served as a German Marshall Memorial Fellow, as well as a delegate with
the American Council of Young Political Leaders to
Argentina
&
Uruguay
.
Willis is also the Founder and Chairman of the H. Lamar Willis
Foundation, which since 2002, has awarded over $150,000 in scholarships
to
Atlanta
high school seniors. Each
year his foundation sponsors its “Swing Into Spring,” golf and
tennis camp for over one hundred (100)
Atlanta
youth. The camp is going
into its 5th year. In
2004, to encourage parents to read with their children, Willis partnered
with Target Stores for “Storytime Atlanta,” where he was able to
provide 10,000 books for children throughout the city.
In an effort to create an awareness and appreciation of trees as
a fundamental, renewable natural resource Willis partnered with Lowe’s
to host the third annual “Plant a Tree -- Build a Community”
initiative that has been responsible for the distribution of 1,000
mature trees to nearly 40 communities throughout the City of
Atlanta
.
Some of the Councilman’s
most recent honors include:
§
Georgia Trend’s
100 Most Influential Georgians, 2006
§
Atlanta
Commission on Women Golden Anchor Award, 2006
§
Urban League Young Professionals Dream Catcher Award, 2005
§
Regional Leadership
Institute Class, 2005
§
Outstanding
Atlanta
Inductee, 2004
§
Leadership
Atlanta
Class, 2004
In
addition to his duties as a council member, Councilman Willis also
practices law in
Atlanta
(licensed in GA & FL). He
is married to Dr. Kamili Willis, a graduate of
Spelman
College
and the Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of
New Jersey
. They are the proud parents of seven year-old daughter, Kayla and two
year-old son Henry. He and his family have been active members of
Cascade
United
Methodist
Church
for nearly 30 years.dan attorney with the Federal Aviation Administration. |
