James Dupree

James Dupree brings more than four decades of serving children, youth, and families plus numerous other professional accomplishments to The Bloom Group, and he puts his detailed knowledge of interactions between government and the private sector to work for our clients. He was the CEO of the Alabama Department of Youth Services and has worked as a consultant on criminal justice, youth and families, and business matters and as a management professor at the University of Alabama graduate school.

Key Areas of Expertise
Organizational management
Governmental affairs
Health and human services
Criminal justice
Court testimony and legal proceedings
Education
Public utilities
Community relations

Key Issue Areas
State and federal funding
Licensure and regulation
Facilities planning
Health, mental health and services for youth and adolescents
Legislative affairs
Economic and business development

Professional & Community Affiliations
Department of Youth Services Board
Board of Friends University of Alabama
Alabama Social Work Hall of Fame
Advisory Board – Baptist Hospital, Montgomery
Governor’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Board
Montgomery Rotary Club
Board of Directors of the Southeast YMCA
Alabama Health Insurance Plan Board
Board of Directors of the American Red Cross of Central Alabama
Senior Consultant with the American Corrections Association
Council of Juvenile Corrections Administrators
Past Vice Chair of the National Commission on Accreditation in Corrections
Past Chair of the Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners
Past President of the Alabama Conference on Social Work
Past Chair of the Alabama Conference AME Church Credit Union
Past member of the Montgomery Family Guidance Center Board
Past member of the Montgomery Group Homes for Children Board
Past member of the American Association of State Social Work Boards

Education
M.S.W., University of Alabama
B.S., Miles College