Patti Garrett

Mayor 
District 2 
First elected November 2009 
Patti.Garrett@decaturga.com

Patti Garrett was elected to the Decatur City Commission in 2009 and has served as Mayor since 2016.

She was recently elected to serve on the Board of the Atlanta Regional Commission; at ARC, she served as a member of the Local Leadership Housing Action Committee and serves as Vice Chair of the Community Resources Committee, and has been named to ARC's Climate and Energy Council. Patti is Past Chair of the Board of the National Civic League and serves on the Georgia Municipal Association's Federal Policy Council, participates as a member of the GMA Equity and Inclusion Commission and as a member of the Mayor's Reading Club.

Patti is a graduate of Leadership DeKalb and the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Regional Leadership Institute. She served as Honorary Chair of the Islamic Speaker’s Bureau 2019 Gala which honored Women of Influence and serves on the ISB Advisory Council. She has taught nutrition, provided nutrition counseling services, and worked as a Clinical Dietitian at Georgia State University and Emory University Health Services. She is interested in health policy, particularly related to access to healthy foods, equity, environmental policies, active lifestyles and the role of local government in fostering healthy, equitable and vibrant communities.

Patti graduated from Texas Christian University and received a Master of Science Degree from the University of Tennessee. She and her husband, Gary, live in Winnona Park and enjoy walking, biking and visiting their three grown sons and their families.