Kelly Robinson

About Commissioner Kelly Robinson

Kelly Robinson serves as Vice-Chairman and District 2 Commissioner for the Douglas County Board of Commissioners. As the District 2 Commissioner, Robinson represents Lithia Springs, Deer Lick, Boundary Waters, Chestnut Log, Factory Shoals, Old Colonial as well as the Sweetwater State Park areas. Robinson also serves the primary corridors of Riverside Drive, Thornton Road, Veterans Memorial Highway, Fairburn Road, and Highway 166.

Commissioner Robinson currently serves as Chair of the Finance, Transportation, and Economic Development committees. Through his role in these committees, he has spearheaded the effort to negotiate the first ever intra-county bus system to include “regional” route design connecting through Cobb County and the rebranding of all county mobility programs into what is now known as “Connect Douglas”. Commissioner Robinson has championed a long-term capital policy that the Board of Commissioners adopted unanimously as well as a long-term capital plan for financial purposes. Robinson also served as lead local legislator to validate the strategic fit and performed site due diligence leading to the securing of Georgia’s largest economic investment deal in history - the $2.5 billion Switch Data Center.

Robinson has consistently believed that Douglas County's future quality of life can only be increased with a focus on economic development involving innovation, industry, and investment as well as housing policy. He writes and publishes policy papers on various housing and financial topics that extend solutions toward national issues. Commissioner Robinson’s most recent legislative success involved the advocacy and unanimous vote for a county wide sponsorship of a financial literacy and entrepreneurship program partnering with the University of West Georgia in response to the impact of the Great Pandemic on the local economy.

Possessing 27 years of business experience, Commissioner Robinson operates as CEO and co-founder of Archie Mae, a housing advocacy and capital markets firm. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Pricing at Wachovia within its $4 billion commercial banking group and treasury services. Robinson also served as International Strategy Consultant for two companies that went public (iXL and Sapient). He worked in four countries (England, Germany, Japan and Spain) where key clients were HP, American Century, JP Morgan and Delta Airlines. Robinson serves on various small business boards and nonprofit organizations, including the Bronner Business Institute. He is a member of ACCG, serving on the Transportation and Economic Development committees.

In addition to his other professional endeavors, Robinson is a certified part-time instructor at Georgia State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (Marketing) in 1993, and Master’s in Management (Strategic Planning) in 1996. He instructed students on Decision Sciences, Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business from January 2010 - 2012.

Douglas County voters first elected Vice Chairman Robinson to office in 2008 and re-elected him in 2012, 2016 and 2020. Robinson is a proud father of his two sons, Kelly Jr. and Christopher. He is currently working on his first memoir about his political journey.