J. Kim Scholes

Current

• VP of Human Resources at Network Communications, Inc. (NCI)

Education

• University of Tennessee-Knoxville - College of Business Administration
• University of Tennessee-Knoxville
• Carlisle High School

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J. Kim Scholes’s Summary

J. Kim Scholes is the Vice President of Human Resources for Network Communications, Inc., in Atlanta, Georgia, the publisher of The Real Estate Book, Apartment Finder, and numerous luxury design magazines nationwide which include Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles and Atlanta Home Improvement, promoted from Director after ten months. A certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Kim possesses an extensive background in human relations for both the public and private sectors, having previously held progressively-responsible positions for the Department of Defense/Army, the U.S. General Services Administration, Sportslife/Crunch Fitness/Bally's International, Fitzgerald+Co/McCann-Erickson, and for the Southeast Regional Headquarters of Cingular Wireless. Although she considers herself a generalist with HR operations and merger/acquisitions expertise, she is a subject matter expert in HR operations and employee and labor relations with particular emphasis in facilitating automated disciplinary action and alternative dispute resolution. Kim has successfully consulted with and trained bargaining and non-bargaining unit employees, supervisors, managers and senior executives within the defense and telecommunications branches of the federal government, including implementing change management during a critical period of reorganization due to national reinvention initiatives. She has also completed merger/integration projects by developing a double-digit, multi-million dollar budget, facilitating change management, maintaining policy oversight, and providing guidance on national/regional employment issues for her previous employer, and acted as an employee advocate for workforces comprised of diverse occupations.

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J. Kim Scholes’s Groups:

Leadership Atlanta Class of 2009 * SHRM (Virtual Strategic Network for HR Executives) * Junior League of Atlanta, Inc. (Past Board of Directors-VP, IO and Advisory Planning, and Corresponding Secretary) * Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Associates (Past Member Orientation Chair & Staffing Manager) * American Red Cross (Past Fulton County Advisory Board) * UT Atlanta Alumni Chapter Board of Directors (Ex-Oficio) * UTCEHHS (Past Chair, Dean’s Board of Visitors) * Delta Delta Delta Atlanta Alumnae Chapter (Ex-Oficio) * Atlanta History Center Members’ Guild * National Society DAR (Past 2d Vice Regent and Chaplain) * Colonial Dames XVII Century Society (Current Corresponding Secretary and Past Registrar) * Atlanta Board of Education (Ethics Commission) * 2008-2010 Hope and Will Ball Host Committee * 2008 Ronald McDonald House Charities Golf & Dinner Auction Gala * 2008 Fashion Cares Patron Committee * 2009 Pink Ribbons Luncheon Chair

•    Human Capital Institute
•    SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) UV SHRM Networking Tool
•    Junior League of Atlanta, Inc.
•    Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
•    Cherokee Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
•    Thomas Johnson Chapter, National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
•    Atlanta History Center Members' Guild
•    H.R. Professionals
•    University of Tennessee, Knoxville
•    Cingular/BellSouth Mobility ALUMNI
•    Tennessee MBA Alumni
•    Worldwide Contact Center Professionals - Largest Network for Call Center Professionals
•    Women For Hire
•    FEDERAL BIZ Network - Government Stimulus Teaming Jobs PMI Consulting Funding Sales Opportunities
•    Benefits Forum & Expo 2009 Networking Group
•    Leadership Atlanta
•    Military Brats of the USA!
•    Career Rocketeer | Career Launch Network
•    Women's Wear Daily
•    Society for Low Country Recruiters
•    The Clean Air Campaign
•    Employee Benefit Adviser Summit Networking Group
•    JobAngels
•    Executives Only - VP & Above
•    HR.com
•    SHRM Learning System
•    Federal DoD Sales Professionals and Partners
•    Worldwide Medical & Science Recruitment Network
•    The Recruiter Training Center
•    VPs of HR
•    Turknett Women in Leadership
•    Never Get Lost Again..Navigating Your HR Career
•    The Creative Coast Alliance

J. Kim Scholes’s Honors:

Kim has recently graduated from the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2009, and was awarded the Junior League of Atlanta, Inc. 2007 90th Anniversary President’s Award for exemplifying the true spirit of dedication, commitment, and service to both the organization and to the President. She has also been recognized as a 1997 UT College of Human Ecology Centennial Leader, a United Way VIP member, a Delta Delta Delta Atlanta Alumnae Chapter Woman of the Year, and a 1996 Olympic Games Rehearsal Team Placard Bearer for the country of Andorra. Kim is also a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and has received a Cingular Wireless Key Contributor Award, the federal Achievement Medal for Civilian Service, and was selected as a PAC Outstanding Scholar Intern for the Department of Defense/Army in both the Computer Programming and Personnel Management Journeyman Individual Development Program Curricula.

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