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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.
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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.
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