Development Authority of Fulton County
Sarah-Elizabeth Langford is the Executive Director of the Development Authority of Fulton County, which encourages development throughout Fulton County through incentives and other strategic initiatives. A former First Lady of the City of Atlanta, Langford has worked on initiatives that include partnering with Google Fiber to provide low-income families with technology and high-speed internet services. She also helped open a technology center and computer lab with the WNBA in partnership with the YWCA and supported the grand opening of technology incubator Tech Square Labs and the Vine City At-Promise Youth Center. Langford is an Atlanta native and Pace Academy graduate. She was an NCAA Academic-All-American gymnast at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where she received a B.A. in French. She also earned a J.D. from Howard University School of Law. Langford serves on the boards of the Atlanta Children’s Museum, the Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students (GEEARS), the Motherless Daughters Foundation, and the nonprofit BIH. Langford served as the Fifth Congressional District Representative on the Board of Regents from 2017 to 2024.
