Dee Evans
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Dee Evans is an Association Meeting Planner from Dallas, Texas. She attended Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas where she double majored in Political Science and English Literature. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and the Pleasant Grove Community Baptist Church in Dallas.

Dee is a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and has taught meeting management courses as an Adjunct Professor at Richland College and served on the Richland College Travel, Exposition and Meeting Management Advisory Board.

Dee has served on boards and committees of several businesses and charitable organizations including: the Dallas Women’s Foundation, Genesis Women’s Shelter, Girl Scouts of North Texas, Meeting Professionals International (MPI), National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners, American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), several chambers of commerce and is a founding member of the YWCA Young Leaders Board.

Among Dee’s national accomplishments are: Tomorrow’s Leader of MPI, ASAE Diversity Executive Leadership Scholar (first from the State of Texas), Association Trends Magazine Young and Aspiring Association Professional (recognizing outstanding business and industry leaders under 40) and the APEX Award For Distinguished Service for notable contributions that enhance the travel and tourism industry.

Blog Entries by Dee Evans

Mitt Romney Is Playing the Mainstream Media Like a Fiddle -- and the Problem Is That They Are Actually Dancing to the Music

(13) Comments | Posted May 17, 2012 | 2:32 PM

Mitt Romney is running for president of the United States of America and in less than six months, citizens of this country will go to the polls to vote for whom they think has the best policies and who would do a better job of running this country. But there...

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Once Again for the Cheap Seats: We're Still Creating Jobs Where We Were Once Losing Jobs!

(110) Comments | Posted May 4, 2012 | 8:42 PM

Okay, we know it's political silly season but sorry I still don't see the reason for the outrage! When there is an addition to the number of jobs added and a subtraction to the unemployment number... how is that a bad thing! And by the way for those not clued...

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Obama Can't Use Bin Laden but Bush Could Use Saddam and 9/11 -- Really?

(185) Comments | Posted May 1, 2012 | 8:55 PM

Are you kidding me? Seriously, are you kidding me? Actual, legitimate media pundits and political professionals are really asking if President Obama should tout the killing of Osama bin Laden during his re-election campaign? Really... seriously???

I honestly don't know where to start. These are some of...

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Past Presidents Have Campaigned for Re-Election on Air Force One... So Why Is Obama Treated Differently?

(435) Comments | Posted April 27, 2012 | 2:20 PM

Okay, here we go again! This is really getting sad. I am so sick and tired of enduring the stupidity of these constant suggestions that President Obama is not entitled to any and every benefit, advantage and perk of the office of the President of the United States that every...

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Every Former President Has Campaigned for Re-Election on Air Force One. So Why Is Obama Different?

(27) Comments | Posted April 26, 2012 | 5:36 PM

Okay, here we go again! This is really getting sad. I am so sick and tired of enduring the stupidity of these constant suggestions that President Obama is not entitled to any and every benefit, advantage and perk of the office of the president of the United States that every...

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Hilary Rosen Was Right in One Sense -- Not All Moms Have a 'Choice' to Be a Stay-at-Home Mom

(69) Comments | Posted April 12, 2012 | 9:58 PM

My mother finally got her chance to be a stay-at-home mom... at age 65. As a single Mother with 5 kids she didn't have a 'choice' of staying home and raising her kids... she HAD to work to put food on our table, clothes on our backs and a roof...

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In the Words of Jerry Maguire, We Live in a Cynical, Cynical World -- and Our Habits Reflect It!

(0) Comments | Posted April 10, 2012 | 10:09 AM

One of my favorite movies of all time is the hit movie Jerry Maguire starring Tom Cruise and Academy Award winner, Cuba Gooding Jr. And in a movie that was chock full of great lines (i.e., "Show me the money!"), one of my favorite lines in one of my favorite...

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How President Obama and Dems Can Win by Losing the Health Care Fight

(5) Comments | Posted March 27, 2012 | 4:35 PM

Yes, naysayers, President Obama and the Democrats can win by losing the Supreme Court case on the Affordable Health Act. How?

#1 - Losing this case will take away the GOP's primary talking point in their campaign against President Obama... REPEALING 'OBAMACARE'! Where will Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum go...

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Another Concern About the Legitimacy of Some Polling Questions

(13) Comments | Posted March 13, 2012 | 10:37 AM

Okay, for the most part I really do appreciate the hard job that our media has and what it takes to do the job that they do, but it's times like this that I remember why so many people have such a strong dislike for the media.

First and foremost,...

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Is President Obama Only Running for Re-Election During Bad News Days?

(11) Comments | Posted February 29, 2012 | 4:00 PM

Question: Is President Obama only running for re-election when there is bad news on the horizon? I'm not sure but that's what it looks like in the media these days. Whenever a bad news topic arises like high gas prices or Iran, Obama's face is plastered all over the news...

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Smithsonian Groundbreaking Snubs Obama: Were They Low on Shovels? (Updated)

(16) Comments | Posted February 22, 2012 | 1:26 PM

As an African American, I'm very proud of the upcoming Smithsonian National Museum for African American History and Culture and all that it represents, but the groundbreaking event itself left a whole lot to be desired.

First of all, someone please explain to me why the President of the...

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Bill Clinton an Obama Ally? With Friends Like This...

(8) Comments | Posted November 8, 2011 | 12:28 PM

Will Bill Clinton's self-centered balloon ever land? I'm sure when people asked Barack Obama which former president he would most worry about stomping on his message on a regular basis, he never thought it would be Bill Clinton.

Every time I turn around, Bill is on my TV. He's either...

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