SMITHFIELD — The Johnston-Lee-Harnett Community Action Inc. Board of Directors has appointed Ruby Rouse Bryant as the organization’s executive director. She succeeds Dr. E. Marie Watson, who led the agency for more than 40 years.
Bryant’s involvement with JLHCA began in 1978, when she participated in the Head Start program as a parent and volunteer on the Head Start Policy Council. She later served on the organization’s Board of Directors from 1991 to 2000.
Following her board service, Bryant joined the agency as a Community Services Block Grant senior family services counselor and Harnett County supervisor in the Lillington office. In 2008, she became the organization’s first human resources director…