{"475311":{"#nid":"475311","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IMPACT Presents: Randy Lewis, Author","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstitute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ray-c-anderson-center-for-sustainable-business\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERay C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EServe, Learn Sustain\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;invite you to our event featuring Author, Randy Lewis.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeace Corps volunteer, Arthur Murray dance instructor, Ernst and Young partner,\u0026nbsp;Fortune 50 senior executive and accidental advocate. Before retiring in 2013, as Senior Vice President he led Walgreens\u2019 logistics\u0026nbsp;division for sixteen years as the chain grew from 1,500 to 8,000 stores with the most advanced logistics network in its industry.\u0026nbsp;Believing that people\u0026nbsp;with disabilities could do more, he also pioneered a disability employment model in its distribution centers that resulted in ten percent of its workforce consisting of people with disabilities\u0026nbsp;(1,000+ PWDs). This\u0026nbsp;initiative is being rolled out nationwide in Walgreen stores across America. It is changing the lives of thousands and serving as a model for other employers in the U.S. and abroad including large employers such as P\u0026amp;G, Lowe\u2019s, Meijer and Marks \u0026amp; Spencer (UK).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERandy has shared the story across the U.S., Canada and abroad of how steward leadership can both improve performance and benefit the community.\u0026nbsp;His book,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nogwog.com\/the-book\u0022\u003ENo Greatness Without Goodness\u003C\/a\u003E, recounts the story of what led him to create the Walgreens Model that has been referred to as the \u201cgold standard of disability hiring\u201d and how he was able garner the support to make it successful.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe remains active in business and serves as a director of Wendy\u2019s. In addition to maintaining an active speaking schedule, he lends his time and experience to the disability hiring movement. Over the past year, he has been developing the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca title=\u0022NOGWOG Disability Initiative\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/nogwog.com\/nogwog-disability-initiative\/\u0022\u003ENOGWOG Disability Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E, as an effective, low-cost and sustainable disability hiring model for employers. It a private\/public partnership between employers, community providers and government to provide employers the qualified candidates they need and people with disabilities the opportunities they seek.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELewis will speak at Georgia Tech\u0027s\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/impact\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;IMPACT Speaker Series\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Wednesday,\u0026nbsp;March 2, 2016.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout the Impact Speaker Series:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from \u0022building a venture around intellectual capital\u0022 to \u0022successful entrepreneurship in large organizations\u0022 and \u0022socially responsible leadership\u0022. The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe series is free and open to the public, reservations are not required.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4 class=\u0022relatedLinksTitle\u0022\u003ERELATED LINKS\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul class=\u0022relatedLinks\u0022\u003E\u003Cul class=\u0022relatedLinks\u0022\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/impact.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIMPACT Home\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EILE Home\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"IMPACT Speaker Series presents Randy Lewis, Author of No Greatness Without Goodness Former Senior VP, Walgreens"}],"uid":"27336","created_gmt":"2015-12-02 16:14:10","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:17:31","author":"Dori Pap","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-03-02T20:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-03-02T22:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-03-02T22:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-03-03 01:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-03-03 03:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-03-03 03:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"475291":{"id":"475291","type":"image","title":"Lewis","body":null,"created":"1449257202","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:26:42","changed":"1475895225","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:45","alt":"Lewis","file":{"fid":"205744","name":"photo_randylewis.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/photo_randylewis_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/photo_randylewis_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":93437,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/photo_randylewis_0.jpg?itok=sbYC1jO7"}}},"media_ids":["475291"],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDori Pap: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}