Husband, Father, Small Business Owner, Community Leader
A native of Orlando, Florida, Dontaye Carter is the founder/owner of Carter Media Group and an alum of Florida A&M University.
He has served as the vice chair of the School Governance Council at Dunwoody Springs Elementary, an executive board member of the PTO, and as chair of North Fulton Democrats. He is also the first vice president of the Atlanta NAACP and serves as the communications chair for the Georgia NAACP. In addition, he served as a board member of CURE Childhood Cancer for two years, concluding in 2024.
Dontaye Carter announced his second candidacy for mayor of Sandy Springs on January 19, 2025. He finished second in his previous run in 2021.
Dontaye lives in Sandy Springs with his wife, Dr. Karen Creed, a board-certified OBGYN at Northside Hospital, and their six-year-old daughter, co-author of the book My Daddy and Me, Kyleigh.