Teresa Pike Tomlinson (born February 19, 1965) is an American politician and attorney who in 2010, was elected and served as the 69th Mayor of Columbus, Georgia. On January 3, 2011, she was sworn in as the city's first female mayor. On May 20, 2014, she was re-elected to a second term with 62% of the vote, making her the first Mayor since the city's consolidation in 1971 to win re-election in a contested race.