Amir Farokhi is currently the Atlanta city council member representing District 2. He was elected in 2017 and has served one term. He is chair of the City Council's Zoning Committee and a member of the Public Safety and Transportation committees.

Amir works for CARE USA, an organization fighting world hunger and poverty. He practiced law with an international law firm for five years before starting a nonpartisan nonprofit called GeorgiaForward. While running the nonprofit, he launched the Young Gamechangers program, a leadership action program bringing together 50 Georgian leaders under the age of 40 to address issues in Georgia cities. Amir then served as the COO of College Advising Corps, a national education nonprofit working to increase the number of low-income students who apply and attend college.

Amir was born and raised in Atlanta. He is a graduate of Duke University and Duke School of Law and is the first Iranian-American elected official in the American South. He lives with his wife in Old Fourth Ward.