{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Doug Shipman | image = Doug Shipman headshot.jpg | caption = Shipman in 2022 | office = President of the [[Atlanta City Council]] | term_start = January 3, 2022 | term_end = January 5, 2026 | predecessor = [[Felicia Moore]] | successor = [[Marci Collier Overstreet]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | education = [[Emory University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard Divinity School]] ([[Master of Theology|MTh]])<br>[[Harvard Kennedy School]] ([[Master of Public Policy|MPP]]) }} '''Doug Shipman''' is an American politician and civic leader who served as president of the [[Atlanta City Council]] from January 2022 to January 2026 after being elected in December 2021. Shipman previously held leadership positions in cultural and nonprofit organizations in [[Atlanta]].<ref name="Emory News Center">{{cite web |last1=Douglas-Brown |first1=Laura |title=Emory alum Doug Shipman elected Atlanta City Council president |url=https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/12/er_shipman_atlanta_city_council_president_02-12-2021/campus.html |website=Emory News Center |publisher=Emory University |access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Shipman grew up in the rural area of [[Bull Shoals, Arkansas]]. He moved to Atlanta to attend [[Emory University]], where he graduated [[magna cum laude]] in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics. He later earned a Master of Theological Studies degree from the [[Harvard Divinity School]] and a Master of Public Policy degree from the [[Harvard Kennedy School]].<ref name = "Emory News Center" />
== Career == From 2007 to 2015, Shipman was the founding [[CEO]] of the [[National Center for Civil and Human Rights]]. In this role, he oversaw the design, construction, and launch of the center.<ref name = "Emory News Center" /><ref name="Atlanta Business Chronicle 1">{{cite web |last1=Moriarty |first1=Erin |title=Turning a dream into reality |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2007/05/14/story2.html |website=Atlanta Business Chronicle |access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="Atlanta Business Chronicle 2">{{cite web |title=Doug Shipman |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2012/06/15/doug-shipman.html |website=Atlanta Business Chronicle |access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="Atlanta.gov">{{cite web |title=Council President Doug Shipman |url=https://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/council-members/council-president-doug-shipman |website=Atlanta.gov |access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="Atlanta Magazine">{{cite web |title=Doug Shipman: We must embrace not only the letter but the spirit of the Civil Rights Act |url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/doug-shipman-we-must-embrace-not-only-the-letter-but-the-spirit-of-the-civil-rights-act/ |website=Atlanta Magazine |date=26 June 2024 |access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref>
Shipman served as CEO of [[Boston Consulting Group|BCG BrightHouse Consulting]] from 2015 to 2017.<ref name = "Emory News Center" /> He was the President and CEO of the [[Woodruff Arts Center]] from 2017 to 2020.<ref name = "Emory News Center" /><ref name="The Atlanta Journal-Constitution">{{cite web |title=Former Woodruff CEO Doug Shipman jumping into Atlanta council president race |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/former-woodruff-ceo-doug-shipman-jumping-into-atlanta-council-president-race/ZY37TTH6QJDCNFCTH7BSRNXWIA/ |website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=16 January 2025 |last1=Capelouto |first1=J. D. }}</ref>
=== Council === In December 2021, Shipman was elected president of the Atlanta City Council, taking office in January 2022.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} In August 2024 Shipman and other elected officials urged [[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]] and the city of Atlanta to move forward with rail on the [[Atlanta Beltline]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Capelouto |first1=J. D. |title=Incoming council president hopes to bring 'fresh leadership' to Atlanta government |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/incoming-council-president-hopes-to-bring-fresh-leadership-to-atlanta-government/B37OF5LQCNF7ZMJICJ6M3FX74Y/ |website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Saporta |first1=Maria |title=Doug Shipman: 'Rail is the only viable solution' for Atlanta Beltline |url=https://saportareport.com/doug-shipman-rail-is-the-only-viable-solution-for-atlanta-beltline/sections/reports/maria_saporta/?t |website=Saporta Report |date=19 August 2024 |access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref> Shipman announced in February 2025 that he would not seek a second term in the November 2025 election due to family medical issues.
Shipman currently serves on the board of trustees for [[The Carter Center]]<ref name="Carter Center Board of Trustees">{{cite web |title=Board of Trustees: The Carter Center |url=https://www.cartercenter.org/about/trustees/index.html |website=The Carter Center |access-date=27 January 2025}}</ref> and as a board member for the [[Atlanta International School]]. He previously held board positions with the [[Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce]], [[Midtown Atlanta|Midtown Alliance]], and the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau.<ref name = "Emory News Center" /><ref name="Fox 5 Atlanta">{{cite web |title=City Council President Doug Shipman's inaugural address |url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/video/1019117 |website=Fox 5 Atlanta |date=3 January 2022 |access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref>
== Personal life == Shipman is married to Bijal Shah, an associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at [[Emory University School of Medicine]] and an [[Emergency Room|ER]] physician at [[Grady Memorial Hospital]]. They have two daughters.<ref name = "Emory News Center" /> He is an avid runner and is on the [[Atlanta Track Club]] board of directors.<ref>{{cite web | title = Atlanta Track Club Board of Directors|url=https://www.atlantatrackclub.org/atlanta-track-club-board-of-director |website=Atlanta Track Club |access-date=18 January 2025}}</ref>
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