North Fulton NAACP Leadership

Dr. Kay Howell
President
Dr. Kay Howell is a growth-oriented and strategic leader with twenty years of combined experience leading multinational teams, creating corporate compliance programs, and implementing innovative solutions to reduce costs, control risks, and increase revenues. Kay has a proven expertise in managing across functional and profit centers for numerous Fortune 500 companies, delivering enterprise wide process improvement results. Kay is a forward thinking and charismatic leader with strategic planning aptitude to surpass expectations and goals.

Theresia Sims Carrington
1st Vice President
Theresia Cecelia Sims Carrington is a woman committed to improving the community and making a difference in the lives of others. She has an MBA with concentration in Accounting from California State University. Ms. Carrington worked as an executive with United Airlines, IBM, GenRad, HP (formerly Digital Equipment), and is retired from Equifax where she was a Vice President and an International Consultant. Many organizations benefit from her commitment to community service. In addition to North Fulton NAACP, she currently serves as 1st VP for the State of Georgia National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW), co-chairs the Ways and Means Committee for the North Fulton Section, and is a member of the NCNW National Health Equity Committee. Ms. Carrington is a Golden and Life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, IncorporatedĀ® where she has served in many capacities, including Chapter President and Cluster Secretary.

Reneatta Austin
2nd Vice President
Reneatta currently serves on the Executive Board as the 2nd Vice President of the North Fulton NAACP

Maggie Goldman
Treasurer
Maggie Goldman, her husband David and their son Matthew live in Johns Creek, near Newtown Park. She is a Realtor and owner of Buy & Sell Differently and has been assisting clients buy and sell homes since 2014. She is active in her community as a Board Member of Family Promise of North Fulton/Dekalb, Field Director or North Fulton Democrats and a Co-Founder of the North Fulton chapter of the GA NAACP

Erika Barnes Ford, MPA
Assistant Treasurer
Erika Barnes Ford is a Political Strategist based in Roswell, Georgia. Her firm, Southern Solutions, LLC, provides project management, business consulting and political strategy, specifically campaign management, systems change, process improvement, development, and strategic planning. Erika is a Woodruff Scholar Graduate of Agnes Scott College – BA in History/ Africana Studies. She earned her Master of Public Administration at Troy University (Alabama) and is presently studying at Pepperdine University – Graduate School of Education and Psychology in the Global Leadership and Change Ph.D. Program. Ms. Barnes Ford presently serves on the Executive Boards of several organizations including the NF NAACP and is the Chair of both the Community Coordination Committee and the Economic Development & Labor Committee.

Ashley Jones, MS, PMP
Secretary
Ashley is a PMPĀ® Certified Project Manager specializing in creative operations, planning, cross-functional team leadership, and process improvement. She has over 10 years of experience in project management, research and development, and advocacy within the public health space, including an extensive background in government and non-profit health organizations. Ashley holds a BA in Criminal Justice from Saint Leo University, as well as a Masters degree in Clinical Research from Walden University. Ms. Jones presently serves on the Executive Board for the NF NAACP as Secretary and is the Chair of the Membership and Communications, Press, and Publicity committees.