Kalinthia Dillard, Esq.

General Counsel/ Deputy Inspector General Palm Beach County Office of Inspector General

WEST PALM BEACH, FL

Kalinthia

Dillard became the Palm Beach County Office of Inspector General’s General Counsel in 2015 and General Counsel & Deputy Inspector General in 2017. After graduating from Clemson University and the Florida State University College of Law, she clerked at the 4th District Court of Appeal. After that, she practiced civil litigation at private law firms and worked for the School District of Palm Beach County

She is a devoted wife to Byron and a loving mother to Kadyn. She enjoys serving the community. She is Vice President of the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches and Co-Chair of the PBC Bar Association’s Professionalism Committee. She is a Diamond Life Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and an alumnus of Leadership PBC and Leadership Florida Cornerstone- Class 39.

Kalinthia is past president of the F. Malcolm Cunningham, Sr. Bar Association; West Palm Beach (FL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated; YWCA of PBC; and Virgil HawkinsFlorida Chapter National Bar Association. Additionally, she is a past Chair of The Florida Bar’s Law Related Education, Education Law, Professional Ethics, and Grievance Committees.

Interesting Insights

ORGANIZATION AFFILIATIONS:

The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches (Vice President), Board of Directors, The West Palm Beach (FL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated (Past President), Member, Palm Beach County Bar Association (committee chair), Member.

PERSON MOST LIKE TO MEET:

Maya Angelou & Toni Morrison, Michelle Obama, Mellody Hobson & Jamie Dimon

HOBBY / LEISURE ACTIVITY:

Traveling, Reading, Scrapbooking

SOMETHING MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT ME: I love Disney (I have completed several Disney Half Marathons, visit the parks & collect Minnie Mouse figurines)

She served as Chair of the Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Law Related Education Committee and Co-Chair of the Committee for Diversity and Inclusion. She has published articles and spoken on the topics of women in leadership, ethics, diversity, and inclusion. She has served as an instructor for the Association of Inspectors General Certification Program. Kalinthia also served as a Board Member of the Women’s Foundation of Palm Beach County, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Adopt A Family of the Palm Beaches, and a Charter Board Member of the Sheree Davis Cunningham Black Women Lawyers Association.

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