H. James Dallas is the President of J. Dallas & Associates. He is an accomplished senior executive with extensive experience as an agent of change in large domestic and international corporate settings. James has successfully implemented more than 10 transformational and turnaround initiatives, 30 acquisition integrations, five operations/quality shared services centers of excellence and three innovation centers.
He has more than 30 years experience in general management and business operations roles, as well as Chief Information Officer positions. He retired in 2013 as Senior Vice President of Quality, Operations and IT at Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), a global medical technology company that employs approximately 45,000 people and does business in more than 120 countries. He also served as a member of Medtronic’s executive management team.
Prior to joining Medtronic in 2006, he was Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Georgia-Pacific Corporation, a global forest products company that employs more than 55,000 people. In his 22 years there, he held a series of information technology and operating roles of increasing responsibility. He also served as a member of its executive management team. The majority of his career has been focused on bridging the gap between strategy and execution, using IT both strategically and entrepreneurially, in addition to leadership development.
He has been named one of the most powerful black men in corporate America several times in his career by Black Enterprise and Savoy magazines. He currently serves on several boards, including those of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), Capella Education Company (NASDAQ: CPLA), WellCare Health Plans (NYSE: WCG), Grady Memorial Hospital and The Atlanta Community Food Bank.
James has also written the book Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change: Inspire the People and Succeed Where Others Fail and articles featured on Fortune.com. His book was named by Inc.com as one of the top ten business books of 2016. In 2013, he founded J. Dallas & Associates, a change management company that assists businesses leaders, nonprofits and governmental agencies achieve the organizational alignment needed to successfully implement transformational change.
He is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and he and his wife Celest have been married for 36 years and have three daughters.
As the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta begins it's Centennial Celebration, the Centennial Committee has created a speaker series to highlight people and activities from the club's past 100 years! On October 24th, we will meet Virgil Warren!
Join another Westview Cemetery “resident”, Virgil Warren, who will follow Mr. Heinz’ lead and take you through the next 16 years of club history: Hillside, the “Songs of Kiwanis”, a new luncheon venue, an Atlanta Civic Club baseball game challenge, and gun control (?) will be featured topics! Don’t miss it!!
National Philanthropy Day 2017 is Thursday, November 9th and the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta is proud to be the Philanthropy in the Classroom Presenting Sponsor! We have 40 reserved seats for Kiwanis Atlanta members. There is no charge for regular members, and Associate/Satellite/Emeritus/Honorary members may attend for the regular $15 luncheon charge. Member guests may attend if seats are available for the guest charge of $35. Please email KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com by October 31st to put your name on the RSVP list. Parking is available in the Aquarium lot for $7. Remember, there is no luncheon meeting on Tuesday, November 7th.
We hope you are enjoying your new Kiwanis Club of Atlanta name badges! If you would prefer to have your full name or nickname on your badge, or if your membership year is wrong, please contact the office so we can update your badge.
Also, we know several of you were president of another Kiwanis Club before joining the Atlanta club. If you would like to have this recognition on your badge, let us know the name of the club you served as president.
Blake Young, 2017-18 President of the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta, welcomes you to our website and invites you to celebrate our club's Centennial Year!
Welcome to the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta, now proud to be celebrating its 100th year of serving the diverse needs of the children of Atlanta and the region.
We are first and foremost a highly respected service organization, providing many meaningful opportunities for our members to make a difference in our community.
Our weekly lunch meetings provide opportunities to learn something new about a wide range of subjects focusing on such things as local, national and international issues in business, government, education, health, technology and sports among others.
Kiwanis also provides our members the opportunity through networking to develop professional and personal relationships with fellow leaders in business, government, education, military and not-for-profit organizations.
If you are interested in becoming associated with a dynamic service organization, we would welcome you as our guest at a future meeting. Simply call the Kiwanis office at 404 521-1443, or send an email to KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com and we will look forward to meeting you and telling you more about our Club and the opportunities it has to offer.
You've heard the buzz ... Kiwanis Club of Atlanta turns 100 next year! We will be celebrating all during our 2017-18 club year, which kicks off October 3rd. At various meetings you will learn a bit about our club's history and the incredible service we do for the community. And we will be raising money for our centennial project - a Garden and Pavilion for Hillside - so those extra dollars you contribute will be paying it forward for the next 100 years!
A highlight this coming year will be the Centennial Gala, April 24th, 2018 at the Atlanta History Center. Mark your calendars now for this incredible event that you will not want to miss and watch your emails and the Atlanta Bulletin for more information during the next few months!
Just in case you missed the last couple Member Spotlights at the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta luncheon meeting, we have listed the last few below. The next time you need someone with their expertise, please, "Do Business with a Kiwanian!"
"Do Business" with these Kiwanians!
Kelley Bowden is a Catering Sales Manager at Bold Events, a Catering and Design company located at King Plow Arts Center. Bold is a part of Fifth Group Restaurants. For more information on the company and how we can help make your next event a success, please visit www.bold-events.com. Kelley can be reached at kbowden@bold-events.com or 678-302-3213.
John Fenton, is founder/CEO of JFHealthyLiving, executive coach and Vistage Chair. He helps CEOs and leaders achieve greater success with fewer hours and improved relationships through 1-to-1 coaching, private advisory boards, seminars and workshops. If you want to think differently, make better decisions, take bold action and create meaningful results, contact John at jfenton@jfhealthyliving.com.
Elizabeth Fullerton is the Communications Specialist for the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (CORE), public private nonprofit that promotes higher quality, better organized and more cost effective cancer care for Georgians. Among its many initiatives are the online resource, GeorgiaCancerInfo.org and the Cancer Survivorship Connection (www.GeorgiaCancerInfo.org/survivorship). Elizabeth can be reached at efullerton@georgiacore.org or 404-273-6297.
Do you want to let the members of our club know more about you and your business? Do you want to network and cultivate more business contacts? If you answered yes, then you need to sign up to do a "Member Spotlight" at one of our club meetings!
Spotlights are done every 2nd and 4th Tuesday luncheon meeting (and the occasional 5th) each month. You have two minutes to showcase your business and tell the other members how you can benefit them! To get on the schedule, just email Karen at KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com.
Don't get the BOOT! Be sure your car has a Kiwanis Club of Atlanta car decal properly displayed on your vehicle.
The security company contracted by Lanier Parking will be booting all cars that are parked in the reserved parking places and that do not have a valid decal on their car identifying them as attending the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta luncheon. So if you arrive prior to 11:45 am on Tuesday, please make sure you have a parking decal on your car. You can get a decal from Karen at the luncheon meeting, and then place it on the right back window (passenger side) from inside your car. They are static cling, so easy to put on and take off!
