{"id":22166,"date":"2024-03-08T12:12:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T17:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=22166"},"modified":"2024-03-08T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T17:12:11","slug":"sen-ossoff-commends-urban-league-of-greater-atlanta-president-ceo-nancy-flake-johnson","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-commends-urban-league-of-greater-atlanta-president-ceo-nancy-flake-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Commends Urban League of Greater Atlanta President & CEO Nancy Flake Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta, Ga.<\/strong> \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is recognizing Nancy Flake Johnson for her leadership as President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta with an Official U.S. Senate Commendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Johnson has served as President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta since 2008, working to deliver impactful programs focusing on economic mobility; developing, delivering, and advocating for innovative policies; and creating partnerships in both public and private sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Johnson has played a pivotal role working to empower Black-owned small businesses, provide direct support to young people, and help connect job seekers with workforce development and employment opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMr. President, as Georgia\u2019s U.S. Senator, I commend Nancy Flake Johnson for her work and for her leadership as President of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please find Sen. Ossoff\u2019s Official U.S. Senate Commendation to Ms. Nancy Flake Johnson <\/u><\/strong>here in the Congressional Record<\/strong><\/a> and below:<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMr. President, I rise to commend Nancy Flake Johnson of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta for her leadership and service to the State of Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMs. Johnson has served as President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta since 2008. She previously served as Vice President of Programs for the Detroit Urban League, led Howard University\u2019s Small Business Development Center, and operated an accounting practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnder Ms. Johnson\u2019s leadership, the Urban League of Greater Atlanta has worked tirelessly to deliver impactful programs focusing on economic mobility; developing, delivering, and advocating for innovative policies; and creating partnerships in both public and private sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Urban League works to empower Black-owned small businesses, provide direct support to young people, and help connect job seekers with workforce development and employment opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis year, Ms. Johnson was named one of Georgia Trend<\/em>\u2019s 2024 Most Influential Georgians. She was previously honored as one of 21 Women Who Mean Business for 2020 by the Atlanta Business Chronicle<\/em> and was a 2019 Honoree as one of Atlanta\u2019s 500 Most Powerful Leaders by Atlanta Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMr. President, as Georgia\u2019s U.S. Senator, I commend Nancy Flake Johnson for her work and for her leadership as President of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Atlanta, Ga. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is recognizing Nancy Flake Johnson for her leadership as President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta with an Official U.S. Senate Commendation. Ms. Johnson has served as President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta since 2008, working to deliver impactful programs focusing on […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22166","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/22166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/22166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22168,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/22166\/revisions\/22168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}