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AJA Executive Board (2012)
President Errol Ritchie
Vice President Allan Stewart
Treasurer Frank Watson
Assistant Treasurer Everton B. Williams
Secretary Jannice O'hea
Assistant Secretary Marcia Graham
Parliamentarian Copeland Comrie
Trustee Winston Rubie
Trustee Winston Henry
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 Errol Ritchie
Errol Ritchie

President

Errol is currently President of Tropic Products International, Inc., located in Stone Mountain, a major distributor of Caribbean products to wholesalers and retailers in the Southeast United States. He worked as an Analyst with Alcan Jamaica Limited at their Kirk vine Works in Jamaica before taking up residence abroad. Here in the United States, he worked as a Senior Systems Analyst with Pitney Bowes of Stamford, Connecticut and as a Financial Consultant with IBM, before starting his own business.

A graduate of Munro College in Jamaica, Errol holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and a Masters Degree in Business Administration with a major in Finance and International Business from Columbia University, New York. He was an avid hockey player and was a member of the Jamaica National Hockey squad in 1974.

He is married to Evora (nee Pearson) and has three children Errol Jr., Elizabeth and Cornel.

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Alan Stewart

Vice President

A toastmaster with a great understanding of parliamentary procedures, Alan, the former AJA trustee brings a wealth of leadership experience to the AJA. He has been president of Jamaican organizations in Miami, Michigan, Minnesota(co founded) and more recently CSC and the Cricket league in Atlanta. Alan has a masters degree in organic Chemistry and works as Director of R&D for a local company. He is also the President of his own Food Consulting company and does work in Jamaica, Canada, Chile, US and Russia.

Stewie, affectionately called by his friends is a Roman Catholic and an avid sports man who presently plays cricket among other sports. The Mannings High School graduate enjoys the theatre, any competition and visiting with his brothers and sisters in Jamaica. He has two daughters.

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Frank Watson

Treasurer

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Everton B. Williams
Everton B. Williams

Assistant Treasurer

Everton was a senior Auditor with one of Jamaica’s National Accounting Firm (Mair Russell & Partners- Chartered Accountants) He is a graduate of Strathford High school in Kingston was articled as an Accountant under the supervision of some of Jamaica’s brightest Accounting minds at the time.

In the United States of America, he graduated from Bloomfield College (New Jersey) with a Bachelor of Science (BS) Accounting-CPA. He is an Accredited Business Advisor (ABA) Certified Business Manager (CBM) and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Everton is licensed to practice as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the States of Georgia, New Jersey and New York. During his career he was the In-Charge Auditor at Frye Williams & Company, CPAs (now merged with Mitchell & Titus, CPAs), Senior Internal Auditor for New Jersey largest school district, and a State Auditor for Georgia Department of Transportation.

He has a vast knowledge and experience in Nonprofit Organizations, for profit Corporations and Local Governments, and has served in many capacities as Auditor, Accountant and Consultant. He is presently the Principal at the Certified Public Accounting Firm (Williams Associates, CPA). He is married and a father of three grown children.

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Jannice O'Shea
Jannice O'Shea

Secretary

Jannice graduated from the Kingston Technical High School and later from the University of Technology, with an Associate Degree in Business Administration. On leaving college, she was employed by Life of Jamaica before migrating to New York in 1985. Here she gained valuable additional business experience through employment with Prudential Insurance, Accredited Care, Inc. and Sprint. In 1990 she relocated to Atlanta and for twelve years was employed to

Monster Inc. She is currently engaged in Advertising and Marketing, with main emphasis on strategic solutions and product placements.

She is chairperson of the Social Committee of the Association. Jannice is passionate about community service. She was a member of the Jamaica and the New York branches of the Red Cross Association, and She currently serves as a teacher of English as a second language in the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library system. She actively volunteers with the Georgia Caribbean American Heritage Coalition and was a member of its 2010 United States census team. She also volunteers with several other organizations and clubs.

Her recreational interests are participating in Roundtable Summits that provide forums for healthy debates, dancing and attending theatre and stage productions of musicals and plays. Her church activities, as a member of Unity of Atlanta, include volunteering in the youth, drama and dance ministries. Her vision is to see AJA acquire a permanent home for conducting its meetings and hosting events and also become more generally accepted as the leader of Caribbean Associations in Atlanta..

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Marcia Graham

Assistant Secretary

Marcia currently works as a Petition /Para Legal with a prominent law firm in Atlanta which specializes in Bankruptcy Law.  Originally from St. Mary, Jamaica, she relocated to Montego Bay where she worked as an Administrative Assistant in the tourism and legal sectors. For over
ten years.

She was an active member of the Jamaica JAYCEES and served as the Secretary of the Montego Bay local Chapter. Marcia was also active in the Jamaica Junior Chamber of Commerce and became State Secretary of the Chamber before being elevated to the rank of Vice President.

Since migrating to Atlanta in 1991, Marcia has become involved in the work of several organizations.  She takes special pride in being a member of the Atlanta Jamaican Association, where one of her main focus is membership.  She is the owner of two businesses one provides janitorial services, while the other provides a wide variety of types of flooring for her customers. 

Marcia holds a Bachelors Degree in business administration from Phoenix University and an Associate Degree in Para Legal Studies.  She is a Notary Public for Clayton County.

She has three children including an adult son who currently resides in Hawaii.

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Copeland Comrie,
Copeland Comrie

Parliamentarian

 

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Winston Rubie
Winston Rubie

Trustee

Winston is a graduate of the Kingston Technical High School and is a trained Aircraft Maintenance Engineer and Pilot. He has worked in the aircraft industry for over thirty-four years. Winston has participated in several business training seminars, including The Dale Carnagie Institute, Profitable Management for The Retailer by Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., and Human Resource Management and Leadership.

He was the United States Labor Delegate to the Latin American Trade Conference held in Havana, Cuba, in 1955. He is a dynamic businessman who served as President and CEO of six successful businesses from 1962 to 2005 in New York and Baltimore He is a licensed Real Estate Broker and Appraiser.

Currently retired, Winston remains active as a Rotarian and ex-officio member of several organizations in which he has served over the years He is a “Paul Harris Fellow” in the Rotary Foundation. He is married and is the father of three grown children, one of whom is a Flight Engineer in the U.S. Navy.

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Winston Henry
Winston Henry

Trustee

Winston is currently a Mechanical Engineer, specializing in Packaging Machinery, with a food packaging company in Atlanta . Originally from St. Ann, Jamaica , Winston graduated from York Castle High school in Browns Town.

He worked with Barclays Bank Jamaica before attending the College of Arts , Science and Technology (now U-Tech) to earn a Diploma in Mechanical Technology. Winston then worked with Reynolds Jamaica Mines for two years and then went on to attend Penn State University . Winston graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T) with a Bs in Mechanical Technology.

Winston is married to Joycelyn, has three young adult children, and is a member of the Greenforest Community Baptist Church .

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