Carnette Robinson Johnson was born in Athens, Alabama.  The only child of Carnell and Geraldine Robinson, decided to attend the University of North Alabama in the sixth grade while on a field trip to the planetarium.  She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Accounting in May of 1983.  In May 2018, she completed her Executive Master’s degree of Business Administration from the University of North Alabama.

After receiving her degree in 1983, Carnette moved to the Bay Area of California where she worked in the fields of auditing and cost accounting for a major food corporation.  In 1987, Carnette relocated to the Los Angeles area where she continued to work in cost accounting in the aerospace and healthcare industries.  Since 1993, she has worked in the glue applicator machinery industry and resides in the Atlanta area.  Her current position is Controller of the John’s Creek facility in Georgia. Major goals include the reduction of operational costs while continuing to produce quality product. She completed a global cost accounting manual to be distributed to subsidiaries that aren’t currently on SAP.

Carnette is the mother of two young men- Cole and Quinton Johnson.  In 2013, she formed a committee called “The Flashback Committee” who are a group of African American alumni who planned events during homecoming and helped establish a need-based scholarship at UNA in the name of her classmate, Major Dwayne Williams who was tragically killed at the Pentagon during 9/11. Last year, she established an endowment at UNA called the Geraldine Hobbs Robinson food pantry endowment in honor of her mother who passed away of ovarian cancer in 2012.  Recently, she has been serving on an executive board to establish her employer’s Black Employee Network which will promote, support, retain, and mentor black employees.

 In August of 2021, she formed an LLC with her sons that is real estate related.  The Colquin Robinson Group, LLC will concentrate on co-living, mental welling-being, and home ownership.  To prepare for retirement, Carnette is concentrating on leaving a legacy in the form of a business that will provide income for herself, her sons, and their future families. One of the goals for the LLC is to provide low- income housing along with life skills for sustainability.   She is also hopeful that she will work for the University of North Alabama at some point after her retirement.