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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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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Treasurer
Tony, as he is more popularly known, graduated from the University of Technology, Jamaica in 1984 as an Associate of the Institute of Bankers (AIB). He later entered Georgia State University, from which he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with a major in Accounting and Computer Communication Systems.
He has held senior positions at the Workers Bank in Kingston and the IBM Corporation in New York. These have enabled him to gain varied experiences in business management and administration. He is currently the Managing Director of Innovative Business Group, LLC, an Atlanta consulting firm providing accounting, financial and tax services.
His community services involvement includes volunteer soccer coach at the Stone Mountain Youth Soccer Association, Treasurer of the Stone Mountain High School Marching and Auditor to Rockbridge Elementary School.
Norman is married and is the father of two grown children and the grand father of one child
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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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Secretary
Ms. Ricketts earned a Bachelors Degree from the University of the West Indies, Mona, and a Masters Degree in Business Administration, (MBA), from the University of Miami. She is an educator and has worked in the educational arena for many years, teaching in Jamaica, the Bahamas and the United States. She is presently employed as a teacher of Mathematics with the Fulton County Board of Education.
Ms Ricketts also studied and worked in the IT arena. She is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), A CISCO certified Network Associate (CCNA), and a Certified Security Network Administrator (CCSA).
Working with voluntary organizations is not new to Ms. Ricketts. She is well known for her work among the Jaycees of Jamaica, having served as Secretary for two years to the St. Andrew Jaycees in Kingston Jamaica before migrating to the Bahamas. She has also worked with Bahamas Jaycees where she won an award for Best Implemented Project in 1984. Ms Ricketts was very involved with the Kiwanis Clubs of the Bahamas where she served as Key Club Advisor to Junior Kiwanians. Her dream for the Atlanta Jamaican Association is to have all the sister Jamaican organizations in Metropolitan Atlanta united under a single umbrella of the Atlanta Jamaican Association.
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Assistant 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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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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