In 1975, Rahn was born in Los Angeles to Gail and Whitman Mayo. Whitman Mayo, an actor best known for his role as Grady on the 1970’s TV show “Sanford and Son”, began his political involvement in the 1950’s becoming a U.S Army Veteran, and continuing community involvement as a performing arts activist and professor at Clark Atlanta University.

In 1997, Rahn graduated from Howard University with a degree in Communications. While attending Howard, Rahn met his wife Cristel, the couple moved to Dekalb County in 2001. In 1998, he continued his commitment to community by becoming a youth mentor with Big Brothers, Big Sisters.


Rahn has been an active member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity since 2003, working with the Guide Right youth development program as a mentor and serving as a reading tutor in the Decatur Housing Authority’s after school program.

In 2006, Rahn was appointed as a Block Captain for the Brook Glen Neighborhood Association. He was elected Vice President of the Neighborhood Association in 2006, with responsibility for securing memberships and garnering neighborhood support for the Flakes Mill Adopt-a Road community clean-up program.

Rahn is a motivational speaker at high school business education classes and the Youth Vibe program at Cedar Grove High School. Discussion topics involve credit management and fiscal responsibility.

Rahn’s current and past non-profit board appointments include: the Atlanta Housing Authority Landlord advisory board in 2004, which focused on ways to improve relations between neighborhoods and Section 8, service on the Art Think Dekalb board in 2005, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts in Dekalb County, and appointment to the United Way in Dekalb Advisory Board in 2007.

Professionally, Rahn spent several years working in the Radio Broadcasting field as an advertising sales representative and co-host of radio programs on 1380 WAOK and the Reggie Gay Gospel show on 91.9 WCLK. In 2005, Rahn has worked full-time in the residential real estate industry since 2001. Rahn enjoys martial arts and acting, with a role in a 2005 film, “The Walk”. Rahn and wife Cristel attend Ray of Hope Christian Church in Decatur.