SHARON JOHNSON FONTENOT
Chief Financial Officer/HR Director
Sharon Fontenot, M.B.A. is a Financial Advisor and Business Consultant. She is a frequent public speaker on financial planning, tax strategies, entrepreneurship, and business planning. Sharon was also a moderator and contributing panelist for the Continuing Legal Education course “The New Economy & the ABC’s of Financial Survival” presented to the Gate City Bar Association.
Ms. Fontenot has extensive expertise in financial management, asset allocation, risk management, and wealth accumulation. She began her career in accounting as a corporate auditor at Kraft Foods and Philip Morris Companies developing technical models to analyze and review internal accounting controls for companies in the industrial, food manufacturing and distribution sectors.
After graduating from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, Ms. Fontenot became a Director of Business Development for then American Security Group (now Assurant Group) where she developed business and marketing plans for new products to take full advantage of the vast credit card distribution channel. Ms. Fontenot has remained in the insurance industry for more than 20 years as a Product Manager for Progressive Corporation in New York, NY; Operations Director for Infinity Property & Casualty in Alpharetta, GA; Agent for State Farm Insurance in Kennesaw, GA and currently as Insurance and Tax Advisor building her own personal practice at Sable Investment Management Corporation in Smyrna, GA.
As an adjunct to her career experience, Ms. Fontenot has always maintained involvement in community activities to lend her education and experience to the cause of organizations such as The National Black MBA Association – Atlanta Chapter, Community Consulting Teams, The Coalition of 100 Black Women and the Alumni Chapters of both Florida A&M University and Duke University.
Ms. Fontenot graduated cum laude from Florida A&M University with a BS in Accounting in 1986 and received her MBA in strategy and marketing from the Fuqua School at Duke University in 1993. She is a lifetime member of the National Black MBA Association and has held both the Vice President of Administration and Vice President of Operations, positions on the board of the organization’s Atlanta Chapter. Ms.
SHARON JOHNSON FONTENOT
HR Manager/Chief Accounting Officer
Sharon Fontenot, M.B.A. is a Financial Advisor and Business Consultant. She is a frequent public speaker on financial planning, tax strategies, entrepreneurship, and business planning. Sharon was also a moderator and contributing panelist for the Continuing Legal Education course “The New Economy & the ABC’s of Financial Survival” presented to the Gate City Bar Association.
Ms. Fontenot has extensive expertise in financial management, asset allocation, risk management, and wealth accumulation. She began her career in accounting as a corporate auditor at Kraft Foods and Philip Morris Companies developing technical models to analyze and review internal accounting controls for companies in the industrial, food manufacturing and distribution sectors.
After graduating from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, Ms. Fontenot became a Director of Business Development for then American Security Group (now Assurant Group) where she developed business and marketing plans for new products to take full advantage of the vast credit card distribution channel. Ms. Fontenot has remained in the insurance industry for more than 20 years as a Product Manager for Progressive Corporation in New York, NY; Operations Director for Infinity Property & Casualty in Alpharetta, GA; Agent for State Farm Insurance in Kennesaw, GA and currently as Insurance and Tax Advisor building her own personal practice at Sable Investment Management Corporation in Smyrna, GA.
As an adjunct to her career experience, Ms. Fontenot has always maintained involvement in community activities to lend her education and experience to the cause of organizations such as The National Black MBA Association – Atlanta Chapter, Community Consulting Teams, The Coalition of 100 Black Women and the Alumni Chapters of both Florida A&M University and Duke University.
Ms. Fontenot graduated cum laude from Florida A&M University with a BS in Accounting in 1986 and received her MBA in strategy and marketing from the Fuqua School at Duke University in 1993. She is a lifetime member of the National Black MBA Association and has held both the Vice President of Administration and Vice President of Operations, positions on the board of the organization’s Atlanta Chapter. Ms.