The endorsed candidates and their respective districts include:

A brief synopsis of each candidate follows:

District 1: Brenda Muhammad
Muhammad is currently an active board member with the Atlanta Board of Education. She also serves on the board of directors at Southside Health Center, the Warren Memorial Boys and Girls Club, and the National Kidney Foundation. Muhammad is a former board member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Crime Commission and is active in her local PTA and the South Atlanta Neighborhood Development (SAND).

District 2 - Mitzi Bickers
Bickers, a representative of district two and current president of the Atlanta Board of Education, grew up in the Atlanta Public School system where she attended M. Agnes Jones Elementary School and Frederick Douglass High School. After graduating from college, she returned to the Atlanta Public School system as a teacher. She has also served as chairperson for the School Facilities Committee and Facilities Related Issues. During her first term on the board, Bickers served as vice president of the board, chairperson of Student Support Services, and chairperson of Governmental Relations.

District 3 - Michael Holiman
Holiman has served on the Atlanta Board of Education since 1997. He also serves on the boards of Atlanta Educational Television Cooperative (WPBA-TV and WABE-FM) and the Georgia Press Association. From 1995 to 1997, he served as chair of a Citizen Advisory Panel that reported monthly to Fulton County Juvenile Court Judges with recommendations relative to children in the state foster program. Holiman was a member of the Morningside Lenox Park Association board from 1993 to 1997 and served as president during 1997.

District 4 - Katy Pattillo
Pattillo has worked with the PTA of Sarah Smith Elementary School for seven years, and while serving as president she was instrumental in the school being named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, the highest award a school can receive. She also served as chair of the Metro Atlanta Boys and Girls Club and is currently a board member. Pattillo is a former lawyer who worked in the United States Senate and participated in Leadership Atlanta in 1987.

District 5 - Tim Birt
Birt grew up in district five. He is founder of Brothers For Unity, an organization that works with at-risk youth. He's also worked with The Atlanta Project as a volunteer youth coordinator for the Archer Cluster. Birt served on the board of directors of Harry's Farmers Market for corporate sponsorship for the Archer Cluster and served with the 100 Black Men of Atlanta as a volunteer and youth advisor.

District 6 - Sadie Dennard
Dennard has been the 6th district representative of the Atlanta School Board since 1994. Since her election, Dennard has served as president and held the post of chairman of the Committees on Instruction, Personnel and Government and Community Involvement. Additionally, she has provided key leadership for the board's strategic planning activities, establishment of curriculum standards, performance standards for teachers and the establishment of a 0-3 early learning task force. Currently, Dennard is the Board Accountabilities Chairman. She's also a member of the board of directors for the Georgia School Board Association, Project GRAD, Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, WPBA, the Atlanta Council of PTA Advisory Council, the American Association of Blacks in Energy, and the Adams Park Neighborhood Association.

District 7 - Eric Wilson
As a volunteer and mentor, Wilson has served with the United Way-Success By Six Mentor Program, and as a volunteer with the Metro Atlanta Youth Motivation Days at Mary Lin Elementary, South Atlanta and Alonzo Crim High Schools. In addition, he served as a mentor in the Morris Brown Head Start Program. Wilson is an active member on the board of directors for the Youth Connection, The Clean Air Campaign, the Fernbank Natural Museum Artemis Guild, the Atlanta Empowerment Zone, and a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. where he participates in its annual S.A.T. classes for high school students.

District 8 - Mark Riley
Riley is the director of the Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, which was invested in public school reform and improvement efforts such as the Atlanta Committee for Public Education and The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education. He is a board member of Charis Community Housing and Collaborative Education Partnership. Riley is a past board member of Georgia Trust for Historical Preservation and has participated in Leadership Atlanta.

District 9 - Emmett Johnson
Johnson has served on the Atlanta Board of Education since 1997 where he chaired the Community Support of School Reform and Innovations Ad Hoc Committee in 2000, and currently chairs the Board Development task force. Johnson has been an officer of PTA for 16 years, and is a past president of the Atlanta Councils of PTAs, Douglas High School PTSA and the Collier Heights Elementary School PTA. Also, he served on the Youth & Educational Advisory Committee for the 1996 Paralympic Games.

About EduPAC

EduPAC is made up of influential organizations in metro Atlanta including 100 Black Men of Atlanta, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and the Metro Atlanta Coalition of 100 Black Women. In 1993, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce initiated the creation of EduPAC to improve the Atlanta Public School System as a huge priority for the business community and all organizations involved. Established for the 2001 November 6th Atlanta School Board election, EduPAC is dedicated to promoting quality leadership for Atlanta Public Schools.

Note: For complete biographical and contact information for endorsed contacts, please contact John Walker at 404-739-0224.