At the December 13 luncheon, the 2005 Dallas HR Volunteers of the Year were announced. Our Committee Member Volunteer of the year is Chris Luttrell. Chris joined the Silent Auction team in 2004 and brought her enthusiasm, organization skills and strong work ethic to help us pull together a successful event. With that experience under her belt, she agreed to lead the Silent Auction team in 2005 – and what a great job she did! Chris recruited an enthusiastic, creative and dedicated team-- and under her leadership, they held DHR’s most successful Silent Auction yet – obtaining a
record number and variety of donations from both old and new participants – including ideas that had not been thought of before. The team brought in an unheard of amount -- over $8,000 -- to be donated from Dallas HR in support of the SHRM Foundation. Chris has been asked to return and head up our SHRM Foundation efforts, including the Silent Auction again in 2006 – and I’m sure it will be another record-breaking year!

Congratulations, Chris – and Thank You!

The Volunteer Leader of the Year award went to Leisha Cadwallader. Leisha has done an incredible job of building Job Link over the past years -- making it an exciting and dynamic group that supports the needs of the participants through networking opportunities and speakers on relevant topics. In 2005, she took it to the next level by creating E-Link – an opportunity for Executive Level HR Professionals who are in the job search process. Leisha’s passion was clearly evident as she organized this group, along with Sandi Stevens, and held the initial kickoff meeting (and now, subsequent meetings). She identified a need and developed a way to fill it. And, of the original 20 participants in the E-Link group, 7 have landed new positions in the last 30 days. All you need to do to witness Leisha’s passion and the commitment of her team, is visit the Job Link booth at an HR Southwest Conference. Whether she is wearing a giant aluminum foil Diamond or is dressed up like the Queen of Hearts – her caring, energy and enthusiasm is always on display.

Congratulations, Leisha, and Thank You!

Carla Williams, SPHR
2005 President
Dallas HR - 2005 SHRM Pinnacle Award Winner

"Excellence Through Partnerships"

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