ABOUT LORRAINE

Lorraine Cochran-Johnson is originally from Greenville, Alabama and a twenty-four-year DeKalb County, Georgia resident. Lorraine attended Troy University where she received a B.S. degree in Political Science and Criminal Justice; a M.S. in The Administration of Criminal Justice and received an M.P.A. in Public Administration with a concentration in Economic Development and Grant Writing from Auburn University before attending John Marshall Law School. Lorraine holds a business certificate from Harvard University in Delivering Public Services: Efficiency, Equity and Quality.

As a Commissioner, Lorraine has worked hard for the people since taking office in 2019. She has allocated over $6 Million in discretionary funding to non-profit and community-based organizations to meet the needs of DeKalb residents. And as the Chair of Public Works and Infrastructure, Lorraine has saved DeKalb residents over $92 million through mandatory audit and contract review and successfully oversaw the distribution more than $1.4 billion in funds associated with water, roads, and infrastructure, making her distribution as PWI the largest committee distribution by a commissioner as committee chair in the history of DeKalb County. Prior to joining the BOC in 2018, Lorraine oversaw as an independent contractor for the Kendeda Fund, the allocation of $20 million in housing funds to the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Project (ANDP) to be used in DeKalb County for renovations and housing, community and neighborhood sustainability.