Lamont Lee Johnson Jr.
was born in Jersey City, NJ At 7,
Lamont started to develop a love for
Architecture, and design, mainly home design, when his father took the family
out in search for a larger home. The family never did move, but during that
family outing, Lamont gathered up as much information, and floor plans has
he
could. Later he started drafting his own home designs. During high school, from
1977 to 1981, Lamont studied architectural drafting and design.
After
graduation, Lamont enlisted in
the United States Navy. Although
Lamont spent 12
years in the military before his medical discharge in September 1992due to a
knee injury,
he never lost sight of his true love for home design.
Using his Veteran’s benefits,
and GI bill to further his education,
Lamont attended school at ITT
technical institute and earned a
Associates of Applied Science
Degree for Architectural theory, and
Computer Aided Drafting operations. Lamont maintained a 4.0 average,
and
received highest honors, and
was awarded for his designs in the
San
Diego worlds fair.
After graduation in 1995, Lamont relocated to Atlanta, GA he started his
career assisting engineers in the development of substations and
transmission lines at the Municipal
Electrical Authority of Georgia. Two
years later Lamont developed a
small part time business drafting and
designing one family homes in the
Atlanta area. In 2000, Lamont began
working for the Home Depot, were he designed, organized activities
between vendors and construction of several EXPO design centers and Home
Depot retail stores that span from as
far north as Queens, NY to Naples,
FL, and as far west as Phoenix, AZ.
Lamont continues to design and
develop plans for homes throughout
the
south side of Atlanta.
Jim Galloway
Born
Lived
Played
It was a dark and rainy night.
Born second in a family of seven children. Traveled globe as a military dependant,
Returning to united states and settling in Augusta Georgia.
When I
turned 19 was drafted in
military,
(the only lottery I ever won)
Before I had to show up for army, I
enlisted in navy. Four years later and more down to earth, I set out to
rule the world. Reality set in, and I was just another shmoe.
Worked as an electrician for a period. Broke my
leg in motorcycle
accident, and
decided my next job would be sitting down. Went to
machine design school, Thomaston Georgia, 3.8 average, working a full
time job and getting
on with my life. Soon was degreed
and full of
knowledge, I set out to find
my fortune. Got a job working 65
miles
out, riding my motorcycle to and from 115 round trip daily, I decided to
move to Duluth Georgia. Moved to
Lilburn Georgia. Working and studying
design, I met my present wife at a
holiday inn. It was a cold and
similar night, when I decided to put my building habits to work Bought a
house, made
it a home, my ex-boss (a carpenter)
by chance assisted, a
room for an
office was slowly coming together.
In a knowledgeable
fashion, it was
then that I decided to use my skills helping others less
capable. This is where Lamont & I came together
at this point in
history.
Today, a no name knucklehead,
Tomorrow, who knows…?
Heather Opalia Kostka
attained her Bachelor’s of Arts in Philosophy from Emory University
in 2006 with
a minor in Political
Science. While in college, she was
the President of the
Filipino Students Association and was very active
in groups such as the
International Cultural Committee, Emory University Chorus, TAAL Soul (an east
Asian
dance group), Miracle Marathon,
and Emory’s intramural volleyball
team.
She also interned with such nonprofits as the Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society, the
Red Cross,
and the American Kidney Fund. She
was also crowned Miss Fil-Am of
Metro Atlanta in 2003, Miss Philippines Federation of Georgia in 2004,
and Miss
Philippines Tourism at
the Miss Philippines pageant in 2004.
As a college
graduate, she still remains very active within the community.
She is the
Youth Coordinator and Music Director of International Bible Church,
where she also lends her talents playing the piano, guitar, or bass
guitar, and she actively volunteers with Hands on Atlanta as an Americorps 300 member. You can also find her spending time with such
groups as Feed My People, the Atlanta Community Food Bank, and the
Hampton City Council.
As of March 3, 2007,
Heather married
her high-school sweetheart of 6 years and is happily
settled down in Hampton, Georgia. She is currently employed by
the Flint
River Council of the Boy Scouts of America as a District Sales Executive
and is the mother of 3 beautiful dogs named Maple, Dunkin, and Donut.
As
part of the Two Screws and A Nut team, Heather loves to take discarded,
unwanted furniture left on the side of the road and bring them back to
life.
Though she has no formal training,
it is her passion to give
things a
second chance!
