"I enjoy the opportunity to serve and improve my community," Hunter said. "I am honored Mayor Tumlin has appointed me to the MHA board, and I look forward to participating in its innovative approach to quality affordable housing in Marietta."
The MHA is transforming affordable housing for its 2,200 families in Cobb from the obsolete housing projects of the past to placing people in private homes with the help of Section 8 vouchers, MHA Executive Director Ray Buday said.
Tumlin said, "Mitch will be a great addition to the board."
Hunter's father, David, an insurance agent with Little and Smith, served on the Marietta Housing Authority five years ago, Tumlin said.
Hunter, 31, ran U.S. Congressman Phil Gingrey's (R-Marietta) first campaign for Congress in 2002 and went to Washington as his chief of staff, serving from 2003 through 2006. He is now Gingrey's political strategist and runs Hunter Public Strategies, a public affairs consulting firm. One of his clients is former Cobb Commission Chairman Sam Olens, who is vying to become Georgia's next attorney general.
The Marietta native attended Marietta High School, where he was editor of the Olympian yearbook, a yearbook his great grandmother, Lucille Morris Suhr, served as the first editor of, he said.
He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Georgia. Mitch Hunter is married to Jaillene Hunter, who serves as Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle's spokeswoman. They have an 11-month-old son, James.
Councilman Johnny Sinclair previously appointed Mitch Hunter to the Marietta Citizens Parks Committee, which is charged with advising the city council how to spend the $25 million parks bond voters approved in November.
Mitch Hunter said his hobbies are spending time with his family, politics and golf.
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