Kenneth Wayne Carter, American public relations and advertising agency executive. Named Man of Year, National Association Negro Business, Professional Women's Club, Dallas, 1986; recipient Target Impact award Texas affiliate American Heart Association, 1980, Quest for Success award Dallas Morning News, Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce; Southern University Alumni Federation scholar, 1973.
Background
Carter, Kenneth Wayne was born on September 8, 1954 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Ira Carter and Doris Marie (Hickerson) McCoy. Bachelor of Arts Journalism, Southern University, 1976.
Sports director Station KALO, Little Rock, 1976.
Education
Director public relations Dallas chapter American Heart Association, 1977-1981. Executive vice president Focus Communications Group, public relations and advertising, Dallas, since 1981.
Career
Sports director Station KALO, Little Rock, 1976. Director public relations Dallas chapter American Heart Association, 1977—1981. Executive vice president Focus Communications Group, public relations and advertising, Dallas, since 1981.
Member steering committee City of Dallas Public Information Task Force. Chairman community relations United Way. Board directors, chairman public relations committee Dallas Regional Minority Purchasing Council, Thelma Boston Foundation, Dallas Chamber of C.
Religion
Through The Lord’s Supper, or Holy Communion, the bread and cup symbolize the broken body and shed blood offered by Christ recall God’s great love for people; as they did for the disciples on the eve of Christ’s crucifixion.
Membership
Member steering committee City of Dallas Public Information Task Force. Member Public Relations Society American (secretary 1981-1982, director, national minority affairs committee), Dallas/Fort Worth Association Black Communicators, Texas Public Relations Association, International Association Business Communicators, Dallas Advertising League.