This Week's Speaker: Frank Blake, Chairman Grady Hospitals BoD
Frank Blake, retired chairman and CEO of The Home Depot, chairs the Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation Board.
Before joining The Home Depot in 2002, he was deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy, a role similar to that of chief operating officer in the private sector. He managed the department’s annual $19 billion budget and influenced policy decisions.
Earlier, Blake served as general counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, deputy counsel to then-Vice President George H.W. Bush and law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court.
From 1991 to 1995, he briefly left the public sector to work at General Electric, where he served in various roles, including general counsel and senior vice president, Corporate Business Development. During his time there, he oversaw worldwide mergers, acquisitions and dispositions.
After his final return to the private sector with Home Depot, Blake’s first served as executive vice president for Business Development and Corporate Operations, and vice chairman on the board of directors, reporting directly to then-Chairman and CEO Robert Nardelli.
He was responsible for the company’s real estate, store construction and maintenance, credit services, strategic business development, special orders and service improvement, call centers and Installation Services. He became chairman and CEO in 2007 and restored the company’s stock performance.
Blake is active in Atlanta’s business and philanthropic communities. He is a director of Delta Airlines and the Georgia Aquarium.
He holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a jurisprudence degree from Columbia University School of Law.
President Nominee of Rotary International for 2019-20
Mark Daniel Maloney,
of the Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, USA,
is the selection of the Nominating Committee for
President Nominee of Rotary International for 2019-20
Mark Daniel Maloney, of the Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, USA, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International for 2019-20. He will be declared the president-nominee on 1 October if no challenging candidates have been suggested.
"The clubs are where Rotary happens," says Maloney, an attorney. He aims to support and strengthen clubs at the community level, preserve Rotary's culture as a service-oriented membership organization, and test new regional approaches for growth.
"With the eradication of polio, recognition for Rotary will be great and the opportunities will be many," he says. "We have the potential to become the global powerhouse for doing good."
Maloney is a principal in the law firm of Blackburn, Maloney, and Schuppert LLC, with a focus on taxation, estate planning, and agricultural law. He represents large farming operations in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States, and has chaired the American Bar Association's Committee on Agriculture in the section of taxation. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Alabama State Bar Association, and the Alabama Law Institute.
He has been active in Decatur's religious community, chairing his church's finance council and a local Catholic school board. He has also served as president of the Community Foundation of Greater Decatur, chair of Morgan County Meals on Wheels, and director of the United Way of Morgan County and the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce.
A Rotarian since 1980, Maloney has served as an RI director; trustee and vice chair of The Rotary Foundation; president's aide; zone coordinator; and a leader on the Future Vision and 2014 Sydney Convention Committees. He serves on the Operations Review Committee and has served on the Rotary Peace Centers Committee. He has received the Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Award. Maloney and his wife, Gay, are Paul Harris Fellows, Major Donors, and Bequest Society members.
Felipe Bassani, GSRP Student Arrived!
Felipe Bassani (GRSP Student) arrived!
A small but enthusiastic group of Rotarians met our 2017-2018 GRSP student (Felipi Bassani) at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport on Tuesday evening (08/08/17). Included in the group were Tim Le, Rick Otness (and his son Eric) as well as Jackie Cuthbert. Felipi will be the speaker at our Club's meeting on 09/08/17 .
Fun facts about Felipi's home country of Brazil
Official language: Portuguese
Population: 200+ Million (5th largest country in world)
Size: 3.7 Million Sq. Miles (5th largest in world)
Economy: $2.14 Trillion (8th largest in the world)
Reminder - UPDATE YOUR PROFILE!
July marked a new Rotary year!
Please log onto dunwoodyrotary.org and use the tabs at the top to find and update your membership profile, if you have not done so.
Thanks much!
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