Meet President Jon Blankenship
Jon joined the Rotary Club of Birmingham in 2001. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia. He received his Master’s Degree in Psychology from George Mason University and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego. He also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard. In 1981, he began working as a management psychologist, consulting to businesses and organizations. He co-founded Blankenship & Seay Consulting Group in 1989, with Buddy Seay, a fellow Rotarian, and the firm now also includes fellow Rotarian Duncan Hulsey.
Jon’s areas of expertise include pre-employment selection and assessment, leadership development and succession planning, executive coaching, career assessment, and culture and attitude surveying. He is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society of Consulting Psychology. He is a co-author of the book entitled Managing Stress Before It Manages You.
Jon and his wife, Dalton, have lived and worked in Birmingham since 1981. They have two sons, one daughter, and four grandchildren. Through the years, Jon has been active in a number of community organizations. In addition to his service through the Rotary Club of Birmingham, he has served on the boards of the Birmingham Chapter of the American Red Cross, Birmingham Crisis Center, the Lakeshore Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Alabama Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the University of Alabama School of Nursing and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.
Jon is a woodworker and a sailor, both on Lake Martin and in the Caribbean. His interest in travel started in college. In fact, he was an accomplished hitchhiker who once “hitched” from Yosemite Park to Eugene, Oregon, and from Charlottesville, Virginia to Washington, D.C., making that trip in less time than he was able to drive it. His professional and personal travels have taken him to Israel, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, China, and Africa, and many other destinations.
