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
Sandra Lee Gammon is a graduate of Meadowbrook High School in Kingston and the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Berkshire, England. She is a Sugar Artist, which means that she custom-makes decorations from Sugar, an art in which she received specialized professional training. She is the CEO of Celebration Time, a wedding consulting business. After twenty years in banking, her combined passion for finance, art and fashion has led her to Dillards Atlantic Station where she is the Store Auditor.
Sandra is a Past President and fifteen year member of the Lions Club of St Andrew Central in Jamaica. As a Lion, she was recognized as the Most Outstanding Treasurer for the Zone, Region and District for the year 2000-2001, It is her commitment to the words, “We Serve” that led her to join the Atlanta Jamaican Association (AJA) when she migrated to Atlanta in 2006.
She has three children and three grand 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
Dawnet officially joined the AJA in 1990 and has been an active member ever since. She served as Secretary, twice as Vice President and is presently serving as a Trustee for the third time. She has chaired both the Membership and Social committees in the past. At the same time she is an active member of the Atlanta Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee and each year travels with the Health Mission to Montego Bay. She is a Charter member of the National Council of Negro Women, Dekalb Chapter. Dawnet is a Medical Office Administrator and has been with the same company for twenty years.
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Parliamentarian
Constance Witter, popularly known as Connie, is a Journalist, Public Relations Consultant, English Teacher and Drug Addiction Counselor. After graduating from Immaculate High School, she went to work as a Reporter for The Gleaner Company which later awarded her a scholarship to pursue Mass Communication studies at the University of the West Indies. Connie subsequently received training in with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Electronic media.
She worked with the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) as a News Reporter and Presenter, before her promotion by the Corporation to the position of Regional Manager with responsibility for the Parishes of Portland, St. Mary and St. Ann. She recently received a Congressional Award for voluntary work in the United States and as Executive member of the Caribbean American Heritage Coalition.
Connie is married to Attorney Earl Witter, the Public Defender for Jamaica. They have two sons. Her hobbies include writing plays, drama and dancing.
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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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Trustee
A fifteen (15) year member of the Atlanta Jamaican Association, Casmel has served as Secretary of the Association during the Presidency of Astley and the Presidency of Derrick Harvey, after which she served as chairperson of the Family Relations Committee. During the period of an interim Board she was asked to serve as Secrretary of the Association under the Interim President, Derrick Wright. Casmel is a member of the cultural group the Sugar Canes. She is a Dekalb County employee with over ten (10) years of service in the field of law. She is married to Ranny Williams and both are active members of the White Oaks Baptist Church.
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