Keith Parker

Keith T. Parker is President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Goodwill of North Georgia, one of the southeast’s largest retail and nonprofit organizations. Goodwill spans a 45-county territory, operating 69 stores, 49 attended donation centers, and 14 career centers. Goodwill employs over 3,000 team members, each of whom plays a direct or supporting role in the organization’s donated goods retail operations and its free-to-the-public career services.

Recently celebrating his fifth anniversary with Goodwill, the organization has helped 96,700 people become gainfully employed and moved 44% of people into living wage jobs during Parker’s tenure. He is also proud to work alongside an executive leadership team and board that reflects the people in the areas that Goodwill serves.

Parker has received numerous awards and accolades as a transformational leader throughout his career. He was recognized as Most Admired CEO and has been named for the fourth consecutive year as one of the City’s Most Powerful Leaders by Atlanta Magazine (2019 – 2022). He remains active and engaged with the Rotary Club of Atlanta, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Learn4Life, and the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Parker and his wife are natives of Virginia and have three children. He holds an MBA from the University of Richmond, a Master of Urban and Regional Planning, and a BA in Political Science from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is also a 2014 graduate of Leadership Atlanta.