Phil Olaleye

Phil Olaleye lives in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] Olaleye's career experience includes working as the executive director of Next Generation Men & Women and the director of WorkSource Atlanta. He has served in the U.S. Peace Corps and as the president of Organized Neighbors of Summerhill.[2]

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Phil is the Executive Director of Next Generation Men & Women, an education nonprofit closing the opportunity gap for under-resourced high school students in Atlanta through exposure and support to graduate prepared for college and career. Prior to that, Phil served as the Director of Performance Management at WorkSource Atlanta and as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines.

The former President of the Organized Neighbors of Summerhill, Phil is a 2021 Georgia Trend 40 Under 40 and 2020 Atlanta Business Chronicle 40 under Forty honoree. Phil graduated from Duke University in 2007 and received a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2014. Raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia, Phil is a proud son of Nigerian and Colombian immigrants. Phil is married to Sabrina Gómez and they live in Summerhill with their infant son, August.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Fostering Thriving FamiliesBuilding Healthy CommunitiesDefending our Democracy

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

My top three priorities include:

1. Fostering Thriving Families - For Georgia’s economy to recover and stay competitive, we need to harness all peoples’ talents and support working families. Equitable investments to fund more teachers, emotional and mental health support, enrichment programs, and expand needs-based scholarships will set youth up for success. Removing barriers to high-quality training opportunities and increasing the state minimum wage to meet a livable standard of pay will ensure all Georgians can thrive as adults.

2. Building Healthy Communities - In Georgia, 1.4 million adults and children do not have health insurance. Expanding Medicaid would extend health insurance to thousands of children, to over 155,000 women, and to nearly half of Georgia’s uninsured veterans and their spouses. Additional investments in affordable, reproductive healthcare are critical to resolving racial disparities in health care access and outcomes.

3. Defending our Democracy - Georgia is the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement, but it is also ground zero for an ongoing assault on our fundamental right to participate in free and fair elections. Since 2020, there has been a concerted effort to make voting more difficult especially among Black, Latino, and young voters. These efforts threaten our right to make our voices heard and undermine our democracy. We must elect leaders who will fight to protect and expand our collective right to vote and be heard — not limit it.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Landscaping for a couple of months and waiting tables at Waffle House for a little more than a year.