Rocsean Spencer has been picked to lead the City of Atlanta’s Office of Contract Compliance (OCC), according to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens. In an interview with The Atlanta Voice on Monday afternoon, Dickens told the Voice that Spencer was selected after a national search.
“She has the experience, her whole career has been about providing diversity and equity,” Dickens said. Dickens added that Spencer, a wife and mother of three adult children, has made sure small businesses have gotten a good shot at city contracts. Most recently in stints as the inaugural Chief Diversity Officer and Small and Emerging Business Program Director for the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Spencer holds degrees from Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Morgan State University and Southern University at New Orleans.
The OCC, which was started during the ground-breaking Maynard Jackson administration, is designed to help small Black-owned and female-owned businesses secure formal contracts with the City.
“It’s a special office which is designed to provide opportunities for contracts in the city’s various departments,” Dickens said about the OCC, which he calls one of the greatest . On Spencer, he added, “She is going to do an excellent job.”
Some of the departments that will be available for OCC-related contracts are the City’s aviation, watershed, and general fund departments.