MITZI BICKERS: A TIMELINE

MITZI BICKERS: A TIMELINE 1966: Born in Atlanta to Ethel and the Rev. Benjamin Weldon Bickers, founder of Emmanuel Baptist Church in southeast Atlanta. Graduates from Spelman College in 1989. 1993: Elected to Atlanta Board of Education at age 27. 1998: Became pastor at Emmanuel Baptist. 2003: Resigned from school board to run for Fulton County Commission chairman; finished third in a four-candidate race. In March 2004, she forms the Bickers Group, a political consulting firm. October 2004: Files for bankr