Michael Caldwell

Mayor

Mayor Michael Caldwell is a successful entrepreneur, business owner, a former four-term member of the Georgia House of Representatives, and the 31st Mayor of the City of Woodstock. He is raising his family in downtown Woodstock, he has built his business in downtown Woodstock and he is committed to making Woodstock the best city in America to live, work and play.

Caldwell owns Black Airplane, a digital product agency employing more than 30 Georgians full-time in Woodstock. The award-winning company serves clients like Aflac, Coca-Cola, and the Department of Defense. As a proven technology leader in Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp appointed Caldwell to serve on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Technology Authority. Caldwell was also elected by the Mayors of Cherokee County to serve on the Atlanta Regional Commission and was appointed by Chairman Andre Dickens (the Mayor of Atlanta) to serve as the Vice Chairman of the ARC.

In 2012, Caldwell was elected the youngest state legislator in the United States and served Woodstock for eight years in Georgia’s House of Representatives. He earned the fifth most conservative voting record in the Georgia General Assembly while championing ethics reform, term limits, and economic freedom across Georgia.

Caldwell was on the founding team of the North Atlanta Venture Mentoring Service, the first MIT trained entrepreneurial mentoring service in Georgia aimed at helping new ventures increase their odds of success here in Cherokee County. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Cherokee County Historical Society, and his wife Katie serves as the President of the Woodstock Arts Board of Directors.

Michael grew up in Towne Lake and Woodstock, graduated from Cherokee County Public Schools, and earned his BBA in Finance from Kennesaw State University in less than three years. Michael and his wife Katie have three children, Oliver, Elizabeth and Charlotte. The Caldwell family are members of Sojourn Woodstock.