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Georgia CASA honors Chris Hollifield with Board Leadership Award
We are so excited to share the news that our own Chris Hollifield, board member with Hall-Dawson CASA, has received the 2023 CASA Board Member Leadership Award in Georgia. Chris was officially awarded at the Georgia CASA Conference in Atlanta on August 12th.
An active member of the Hall-Dawson CASA Board for 16 years, Chris started as Treasurer, and in 2021 and 2022, he served as Board Chair during some challenging times. He is well-known in the Gainesville community as an audit and accounting professional, but his dedication to his family is what truly defines him.
Chris is an excellent communicator who thinks logically and in an organized manner. He sets a positive example for others to follow. As Treasurer and Chair, he has worked tirelessly to support the growth of Hall-Dawson CASA and ensure its mission to provide trained, screened, and supervised volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused or neglected children requiring court intervention.
When Chris took over as Board Chair, Hall-Dawson CASA was undergoing many changes. Executive Director Janet Walden says that Chris was the perfect leader to ensure the changes were implemented successfully. She appreciated his leadership and knew he was the right person to guide them forward.
“The reason I serve CASA is the impact that CASA makes in a child’s life,” Hollifield says. “We tell their story when no one will listen. In their world we are the adult in their corner who will speak up for their best interest. My wife and I once had an opportunity to foster two boys for a short time and I saw first-hand what some children have to go through and the difference a CASA can make.”
Chris’s exceptional contributions and unwavering dedication make him a model board member and very deserving of the Georgia CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Board Member Leadership Award.
