In 2022, the MAX Board of Directors created the Wendell Dallas Excellence in Leadership Award in honor of our founding board chair, Wendell Dallas.
This award recognizes individuals who have gone above and beyond in providing leadership in workforce development through the Metro Atlanta eXchange for Workforce Solutions (MAX) and/or MAX partners. An individual recognized through this award is known for leading with integrity, devotion, and selflessness in service to others in the workforce development sector.
Previous recipients have included Jenny Taylor, Karen Leone de Nie, and Dr. Barbara Wall.
The next award will be given during the 2025 MAX Annual Meeting of the membership on Wednesday, December 10th, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, 2025.
The MAX Board of Directors invites you to nominate an individual you believe should be honored through this award. We ask that you submit your nomination no later than Friday, November 7, 2025.
Click here to nominate someone today!
ABOUT THE MAX WENDELL DALLAS EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP AWARD
Wendell Dallas and partners launched MAX in 2014. Says Wendell about the development of MAX: “Not only are we committed to the workforce system, and we’re working together and supporting each other, we know each other, we trust each other, and we like each other.”
In 2016, Dallas accepted the invitation to serve as MAX’s founding board chair and continued to develop the board of directors and MAX organization in the years that followed while also serving as chair of Georgia’s State Workforce Development Board, in leadership roles with the National Association of State Workforce Board Chairs, and in many other civic leadership capacities. Dallas is well-known for going above and beyond in providing leadership in workforce development and for leading with integrity, devotion, and selflessness in service to others in the workforce development sector.