Success North Dallas

APRIL 15TH, 2026 AT 7:00 AM
FIRESIDE CHAT: WAYNE WHITE, CEO OF COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS IN CONVERSATION WITH JIM SHIELDS, FOUNDER & SHAREHOLDER OF SHIELDS LEGAL GROUP

DOING GOOD IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS
What if one of your greatest business advantages isn’t found in your strategy… but in your impact? Join us this April at Success North Dallas for a powerful and practical conversation.
Key Takeaways from our Keynote Speakers:
• The role businesses play in driving regional impact
• Why community engagement creates a competitive advantage
• How generosity strengthens employee engagement and culture
• Aligning company values with real community needs
• Leveraging North Texas Giving Day to amplify your impact
In this engaging Fireside Chat, Wayne White, CEO of Communities Foundation of Texas, in conversation with Jim Shields, Founder & Shareholder of Shields Legal Group, will explore how purpose-driven leadership isn’t just good for the community, it’s good for business. This is a conversation for leaders who want to grow their business while making a meaningful difference.
Don't miss this timely, high-energy session packed with inspiration and opportunity! Come for a morning of networking and a chance to connect with fellow high-achieving professionals. Members, bring a first-time guest—they’re on us! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of today’s sharpest minds in business.
At our monthly events, you can expect an exciting opportunity to connect with, learn from, and grow alongside the leaders shaping the future. This is your chance to network with industry innovators, gain insights into cutting-edge trends, and participate in discussions that inspire your journey toward making an impact.
At this meeting, we'll explore the intersection of Relationships ~ Resources ~ Results, and community impact in today’s business landscape.
Don't miss out on this transformative experience!
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS
Wayne White
Wayne White joined CFT as president and CEO in July 2023. He’s a seasoned executive leader with more than 30 years of corporate and nonprofit leadership experience. Wayne has a strong organizational management skillset, having led teams of varying sizes across multiple disciplines, cultures and geographies. He also has a successful fundraising track record and is passionate about building and implementing new strategies to help grow the charitable resources CFT will be able to put into the community.
Wayne started his career as a member of GE’s Management Development Program. He subsequently held positions of increasing responsibility at prominent corporations including: AT&T Ameritech (general manager), Verizon Wireless (region president), Motorola (corporate vice president), Kobo (executive vice president), and Alcatel (vice president, North America). Most recently, Wayne spent five years as a senior executive at the American Cancer Society, where he led the North Central Region and National Partnerships. During his tenure, he significantly accelerated growth in philanthropic giving and introduced a collaborative incentive plan that was adopted nationally.
Wayne holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a Master of Science degree in telecommunications from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA in marketing from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Wayne is featured on D CEO’s Dallas 500 list, Modern Luxury Dallas’ Power Players list, and is a past recipient of Crain’s Detroit 40 Under 40 Award. He currently serves on the Dallas Regional Chamber Board of Directors, the Advisory Board of Southern Methodist University’s Lyle School of Engineering, and is part of the 2025 Class of the Dallas Assembly.
Jim Shields
Jim Shields is a serial entrepreneur, strategic investor, and a successful attorney with over four decades of experience supporting closely held founder-led businesses. He enjoys managing complex commercial business litigation and representing financial institutions and capital intermediaries. He has substantial legal and business experience in a variety of industries, with a long history of success.
Jim is a frequent lecturer on topics related to management of complex legal disputes and litigation strategy. He also often speaks to business leaders, executives, and business owner groups on various topics, including the art of negotiation, anatomy of a real estate transaction, and effective preparation for sell-side exit transactions of closely held companies. Jim also passes along his hard-earned wisdom at North Texas universities where he speaks on entrepreneurship and topics related to business success.
Giving back to the North Texas community and fostering talents of young entrepreneurs are strong passions of Jim’s. In 2013, he launched a community involvement project called IMPACT 365, which inspires each individual in the firm to take intentional action every day to help someone else. Jim pours his heart, time, and resources into Communities Foundation of Texas, a North Texas-based foundation that focuses on businesses partnering with charities to provide a positive local impact. Shields Legal has been a Cornerstone Sponsor of the Foundation since its inception.

Wishing you a Happy and
Blessed Easter 🙏🙏🙏

15 REMINDERS FROM THE ELDERS:
1. Get up with the sun to pray. Pray alone.
2. Be tolerant of those who have lost their way. Ignorance, presumption, anger, jealousy and greed come from a lost soul. Pray for them to find guidance.
3. Find yourself, by your own means. Do not let others make your path for you. It is your path, and only yours. Others may walk with you, but no one can make your way (or walk your path) for you.
4. Treat guests in your home with great consideration. Serve them the best food, give them the best bed and treat them with respect and honor.
5. Do not take what is not yours, whether from a person, a community, from the jungle or from a culture. It was not given or won. It is not yours.
6. Respect all the things that are on this earth, be they people, plants and animals.
7. Honor the thoughts, desires and words of all people. Never break them in, or make fun of them, or imitate them rudely. It gives each person the right to their personal expression.
8. Never talk about others in a bad way. The negative energy you put into the universe will multiply when it returns to you.
9. All people make mistakes. And all the mistakes can be forgiven.
10. Bad thoughts cause illness to the mind, body and spirit. Practice optimism.
11. Nature is not FOR us. It is PART of us. She's part of your family in the world.
12. Children are the seeds of our future. Sow love in your hearts and water them with wisdom and life lessons. When they grow up, just give them space to grow up.
13. Avoid hurting the hearts of others. The poison of their suffering will return to you.
14. Be true (transparent ) all the time. Honesty is the test of one's will in this universe.
15. Keep yourself balanced. Your Mental person, your Spiritual person, your Emotional person, and your Physical person: they all have the need to be strong, pure and healthy..,.