2013 IFMA Advocacy Day
Read an article written by Christy Jellets, Camp Property Manager with Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta. Christy recently attended Advocacy Day and submitted this summary article: 2013 IFMA Advocacy Day article
Atlanta Chapter of IFMA Wins Award of Excellence
Congratulations to the Atlanta Chapter of the International Facility Management Association for winning the IFMA Awards of Excellence 2013 Large Chapter of the Year Award! The awards committee cited the chapter’s innovation in a number of areas, including: Exceptional use of a Balanced Scorecard to track goals and keep the chapter aligned with its parent…
Career Mentoring Program Update
Career Mentoring Program Update By Joe Carroll, Chair, Career Services Committee The IFMA-Atlanta chapter Career Mentoring Program has been operational for nearly two years. We had 10 Mentees use the program and had a total of 7 Mentors. This program enables one person (the Mentor) to facilitate the development of another person (the Mentee) by…
Advocacy Day, by Christy Jellets, IFMA Foundation, Trustee & Chapter President, 2010-11
“Be at the table or be on the menu.” I am here! To use the word “Thrilling” is an understatement when I express how my career has come full circle. Beginning as an administrative support person for the Georgia Civil Rights Network, to Washington DC, obtaining updates on IFMA’s legislative agenda on “The Hill” is…
“Advocacy Day event on Sept. 11-12 in Washington, D.C.” By Gean Leyba
This year I had the pleasure of having Christy Jellets attend with me as part of our rotating participation. This will be my second year attending as last year was Dan Walther’s second year attending. We have established that as a member attending this event, we attend for two years and then rotate out so…
TrilogyFM Named One of Atlanta's "Healthiest Employers"
On the morning of February 18th, IFMA Atlanta sustaining patron, TrilogyFM/Millicare was recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the city’s “Healthiest Employers.” A number of chapter members were there to recognize the achievement. We congratulate Tom Haslach and the whole TrilogyFM team for a job well-done! You can see pictures of the…
Balanced Scorecard Updated!
Are you interested in the progress the chapter has made at achieving its goals this year? If so, you can view the 6 month report card created recently by our chapter’s board. Read it here!
Past, Present & Future with Joanne Cole
Thanksgiving has past and Christmas is just weeks away. That can only mean one thing; the IFMA Atlanta Holiday Party and Awards ceremony is coming up soon. In this time of year marked by tradition, it is only fitting that I have saved this interview for this special time of year. As is tradition, it…
IFMA Atlanta President, Christy Jellets, Challenges all Chapters to Donate to the IFMA Foundation
In the video below, Atlanta Chapter President, Christy Jellets challenges other IFMA chapters and members to match some of our own chapter’s initiatives in fundraising for the IFMA Foundation. Check it out!
The Making of a President
The Making of a President ~ Bio of Christy Jellets, IFMA Atlanta President 2010/11 by Chris Sanders It’s Friday around 12:30pm and typical for a Facilities Manager’s schedule; Christy Jellets and I are meeting at a Starbucks to conduct this interview. By typical I mean we had to reschedule several times and finally resorted to…