Kelly Girtz

Kelly Girtz
Mayor of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
Assumed office
January 8, 2019
Preceded byNancy Denson
District 9 Commissioner for Athens-Clarke County
In office
2007–2019
Personal details
Born
Kelly Darryl Girtz

November 12, 1971 (1971-11-12) (age 53)
Bath, Maine, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseAndrea Griffith-Girtz
Children1
Alma materOld Dominion University (BS)
Piedmont College (MAT)
OccupationPolitician, educator

Kelly Darryl Girtz (born November 12, 1971) is an American educator and politician currently serving as mayor of the unified government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, having succeeded Nancy Denson in January 2019. Before he was sworn in as mayor, Girtz maintained a long career as a teacher and school administrator in Northeast Georgia.