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2004 - 2005 Executive Committee
The executive committee is composed of the Metro Atlanta chapter's five elected officers whose mission is to oversee the overall operations of the chapter, including policy and committee appointments.
 Jackie Jackson: President Jacqueline (Jackie) McClenton Jackson- Harvey, former publicist-realtor-turned librarian, is in the second of a two-year term as President of the Metro Atlanta AAHGS-GA Chapter. She serves as the Children's Librarian at the College Park Branch of The Atlanta-Fulton County Library System.
Jackie is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. She and her two siblings, Carl and Joan Harris, moved to Peoria, Illinois, with their mother, Mary Faye McClenton Harris, in the late 1940s. While in Peoria, Jackie attended Lincoln Elementary and Roosevelt Jr. High Schools, later graduating from Manual High in 1962. In 1970, Jackie relocated to Cleveland, Ohio with her four children: Candith and Corey Smith and Chester-Bryce and Chelsea Jackson. Jackie earned her Bachelor's degree and completed the coursework for a Master's Degree in Communication at Cleveland State University between 1975 -1979. She founded and operated the minority publicity and promotion agency, Jackie Jackson & Associates, from 1980-1986 and the real estate brokerage firm of Emerald Land & Homes, from 1986-1997. Jackie relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1997 and earned a Master's in Library Studies from Clark-Atlanta University in 1999. Jackie is the creator of a line of classic Emerald Teddy Bearlings and is a hobby quilter. She resides in College Park, Georgia, with her husband, Cortez L. Harvey, Sr.
 Monica J. Hackney: Vice President  Monica is native of Atlanta, Ga. She was educated in the Atlanta Public School System and attended Atlanta Junior College (now Atlanta Metropolitan College) and Georgia State University in the field of Planning and Economic Development.
Monica began her career at Atlanta Public Library (now Atlanta-Fulton Public Library) in 1978. She has worked in the Georgia Local and Family History Department of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library since 1996, where she has created such programs as Genealogy Coffee Hour, the annual Family Reunion Planning Workshop and Poets' Cafe. Monica plans to retire from the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library in 2005. Monica's involvement in genealogy began when she started her journey of tracking down her ancestors in 1985. She attended her first National AAHGS conference in 1999 and co-founded the Metro Atlanta chapter with Doris J. Posey in 2000. She served as the first Vice President of the Metro Atlanta chapter from 2000-2001. Monica is a member of the National Council of Negro Women-Dekalb Section, the Red Hat Society, and the Dekalb County Ambassador Force, and she serves on the Fulton County Juvenile Court Citizen Review Panel. Monica is also a certified event coordinator and plans to make this her "after retirement" business venture.
 Joyce Matthews: Recording Secretary  Joyce is a native of Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from Wayne State University, in Detroit, with a B.A. in Liberal Arts. She has lived in New York City, Houston, Texas, and San Francisco, California. Joyce retired from Delta Air Lines in 2003 after 33 plus years. She is presently employed with Imagine It! The Children’s Museum of Atlanta.
Joyce is on the Family Selection Committee for South Fulton Habitat for Humanity and on the Fulton County Juvenile Panel Review Board. The proud parent of two lovely daughters, Lorrie and Lisa, Joyce became interested in genealogy after hearing her mother tell stories of her younger years growing up in Arkansas. Joyce says, "It made me realize how intertwined history and genealogy are. When my husband died, at such a young age, I also realized how important it is to gather and record family information at every opportunity. Time waits for no one."
 Kenny Burton: Correspondence Secretary  A native of Atlanta, Ga., Kenny attended public school at Collier Heights Elementary and Frederick Douglass High. He furthered his education at Georgia State University (Art) and Atlanta Area Tech. (Architectural Drafting). For the past 25 years he has worked as a structural drafter/engineer, with the Georgia Department Of Transportation.
His outside interests include earning his Competent Toastmaster Award (CTM) from Toastmasters International, which he credits with improving his writing and public speaking skills. He is an independent researcher/genealogist, author, sculptor, lyricist, and former bass guitarist with The Revival Mission Movement Gospel Choir.
 Jean Freeman: Treasurer  Born in Atlanta. Ga., Jean spent her early years in Chicago before returning to Atlanta to make the city her permanent home. Jean is the great grandaughter of Ed and Clara Sloan of Abbeville, South Carolina. The Sloan family has been celebrating family reunions since 1955.
Jean combines her passions for sewing and family by creating memory quilts filled with the photographs and names of Sloan ancestors and descendents. Jean's goal is to "to demonstrate the importance of family and the beauty of the art of quilting through my creative work and to expose both family history and the tradition of quilting to many generations and cultures of people." Jean is married to Henry Freeman; they are the parents of three children, one deceased, and grandparents of five.
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