Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul is August Table Lodge Speaker 

Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, a frequent visitor to Israel and a leader of efforts on behalf of Jews and fighting antisemitism, will be our Table Lodge speaker at our Aug. 19 OLM at Congregation Or Hadash. 

Elected mayor in November 2013, Rusty brings more than 40 years of federal, state and local public policy and public administration experience to the job. He is currently serving his third term. 

He was elected to the founding city council for Sandy Springs in November 2005 and chaired the city’s charter review commission and the Sandy Springs Development Authority. Nationally, he served as Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations in the first Bush Administration under Secretary Jack Kemp, who also appointed him acting Assistant Secretary of Community Planning and Development and tapped him to oversee the department’s disaster response to Hurricane Hugo and the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. He received the Secretary’s Golden Eagle Award, the highest honor a cabinet officer can bestow.  

He is a former Georgia State Senator and also served on the Stone Mountain City Council and served three terms on the Georgia Municipal Association board of directors. In 1995, he was elected chairman of the Georgia Republican Party and served on the Republican National Committee, where he chaired the State Chairman’s Advisory Committee. 

He is a past chairman of the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Center Chamber of Commerce and a member of Sandy Springs Rotary. He and his wife, Jan, are parents of five adult children and attend Holy Innocents Episcopal Church.

• Date and Place: Aug. 19, Congregation Or Hadash
• Snacks and Schmooze: 7 p.m.
• OLM: 7:30 p.m. (HOD Brethren Only)
• Dinner and Table Lodge: 8:30 p.m. (Guest Registration Required)