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Anne “AJ” Johnson
President and CEO
H.E.A.R.T Organization, Inc.
THE MARCH 2023:
CELEBRATING THE WOMEN OF SMALL TOWN AMERICA
ISSUE OF RURAL LEADER MAGAZINE HAS BEEN ISSUED.
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It is truly an honor to work, serve and be considered a beacon of hope in my community. Thank you so much Dr. Kuanita Murphy for the vision in celebrating
Women in Small Town America. I wish your Magazine continued success.
AJ Johnson
CONGRATULATIONS to all Honorees🌹💐
Anne “AJ” Johnson is from Leesburg, GA and is an honor graduate of Lee County High School and Albany State University (West Campus). AJ retired in February 2007 after 29 years of employment from the Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH. As a P&G corporate manager and leader, she received extensive training in Purchases and Supplier Diversity. She is recognized through the work she has done for Procter & Gamble, H.E.A.R.T. Organization, Inc., and The Georgia and National Minority Development Councils.
Since retirement, AJ demonstrates leadership and volunteerism while making significant contributions as a Community Youth Leader and Motivational Speaker. She mentors and helps create programs for local school and university students to help improve their quality of life, she helps develop them into community leaders and helps prepare them for adulthood and employment.
Even in a pandemic, her leadership in the areas of education, community and civic services is visibly shown. In 2021, she was the keynote speaker on Confidence for the city of Albany’s Parks & Recreation’s Girls Talk Fall Lineup of Empowering Workshops.
She serves as a network and support base for the Dougherty Comprehensive High School’s Jobs for Georgia Graduates program to demonstrate and reinforce the essential values of learning, self-motivation, self-empowerment, sound decision-making, and academic excellence. As President and CEO of H.E.A.RT. Organization, Inc. (Hands Extended Across Reaching Together), she ensures the humanitarian support of those in need; she has chaired and supported numerous charitable benefits such as the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Breakfast, Haiti Relief, Hurricane Katrina and Stop the Violence Youth Summit. Her current endeavors are “Shoes from the H.E.A.R.T” where over 6,700 economically disadvantaged K-5th Grade children have received a pair of quality athletic shoes.
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