Kim Scholes

J. Kim Scholes is the Vice President of Human Resources for Network Communications, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, the leading real estate media company, publisher of The Real Estate Book, Apartment Finder, and numerous luxury design magazines nationwide, including include Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles and Atlanta Home Improvement. 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, now AT&T Wireless. In fact, she was responsible for integrating the entire headquarters marketing department at the latter before she left that Fortune 100 company to accept her current role. Although she considers herself a generalist with HR operations and merger/acquisitions expertise, she is a subject matter expert in HR operations management and employee and labor relations with particular emphasis in facilitating automated progressive disciplinary actions, workforce and succession planning initiatives, management development programs, and alternative dispute resolution techniques.
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 implemented merger/integration projects, developed a double-digit, multi-million dollar budget, facilitated change management, maintained HR policy oversight, and provided guidance on national/regional employment issues for her previous employer, and acted as an employee advocate for workforces comprised of diverse occupations. Her quality service and professionalism within these organizations have warranted her receipt of numerous promotions, official letters of appreciation from clients, performance and incentive bonus awards, including one of Cingular’s first Key Contributor Awards, and the federal Achievement Medal for Civilian Service. Kim received a Bachelor of Science degree and an MBA with concentrations in management and marketing from the University of Tennessee, graduating from both curricula with high honors.