Full Name
Kendra Cotton
Job Title
CEO
Company
New Georgia Project
Speaker Bio
Kendra Davenport Cotton is a seasoned professional with more than 20 years of experience building and cultivating relationships in order to advance a favorable public image and positive strategic agenda for the individuals and organizations that she serves. Kendra is currently the chief executive officer for New Georgia Project, Inc.
Kendra was the founding executive director of Rep GA Institute, Inc., Georgia’s statewide c3, nonpartisan leadership training HUB, as well as its c4 arm Represent Georgia Action Network. Prior to this role, she was a campaign manager for the successful Georgia Association of Educators’ Vote “NO” on Amendment 1 statewide ballot initiative during the November 2016 election cycle. Once a 16-year resident of North Carolina, Kendra was the policy director for the NC State Treasurer’s office where she held primary responsibility for leading the office’s education policy agenda. Before joining the Treasurer’s Office, Kendra completed a five-year tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill, serving first as the associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South and ending as the Project Director for the university’s Community-Campus Partnership initiative.
A staunch public-school advocate, Kendra is a proud PhD dropout holding ABD status at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is a Diamond Life Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and resides in Smyrna, GA with her family.
Kendra was the founding executive director of Rep GA Institute, Inc., Georgia’s statewide c3, nonpartisan leadership training HUB, as well as its c4 arm Represent Georgia Action Network. Prior to this role, she was a campaign manager for the successful Georgia Association of Educators’ Vote “NO” on Amendment 1 statewide ballot initiative during the November 2016 election cycle. Once a 16-year resident of North Carolina, Kendra was the policy director for the NC State Treasurer’s office where she held primary responsibility for leading the office’s education policy agenda. Before joining the Treasurer’s Office, Kendra completed a five-year tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill, serving first as the associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South and ending as the Project Director for the university’s Community-Campus Partnership initiative.
A staunch public-school advocate, Kendra is a proud PhD dropout holding ABD status at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is a Diamond Life Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and resides in Smyrna, GA with her family.
