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Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Meet our 2025 Board of Directors

Officers

Justin Shipley, Chair 
Partner
Jackson Walker, LLP

Bobby Abtahi, Chair Elect
Attorney
The Law Office of Robert Abtahi

Dawn Moore, Immediate Past Chair
Philanthropic Leader

 

Tamela Thornton, Secretary
Executive Director
Urban Land Institute

Jake Bender, Treasurer
Partner & CFO
High Roller Group

Thomas Allen, General Counsel
Member
Frost Brown Todd LLC

Lisa New*
Chief Executive Officer
Dallas Zoo

 

 

 

Directors

Stephanie Ainscow
Vice President & General Manager of Data Production
Insulet

Bill Albers
Owner / Chairman of the Board
American Excelsior Company

Nicole Anderson
President
AT&T Foundation

Alex Arellano
General Counsel
American Airlines Center

Connie Kleinert Babikian
President
The Pillow Bar

Jayda Batchelder
Philanthropic Leader

Harrison Blair*
Board Member – District 4
Dallas Park and Recreation Board

Diane Brierley
Philanthropic Leader

Lane Britain
Partner
Petro Cap

Robyn Phillips Chauvin
Philanthropic Leader

Mary McDermott Cook
President
The Eugene McDermott Foundation

Cristin Dalecki
Vice President
Goldman Sachs & Co

Ruben E. Esquivel
VP, Community and Corporate Relations
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Bill Evans
Philanthropic Leader

Raymond R. Ferrell
CEO & General Counsel
June Six Ventures & Consulting

Lois Finkelman
Philanthropic Leader

Matt Garcia
Principal
Cornerstone Government Affairs

Jennifer Staubach Gates
Philanthropic Leader

Marena Gault
Philanthropic Leader

Cindy M. Gummer
Owner
The Enchanted Galleries

Kevin Hanrahan
President
Optimus Recruiting

Xavier Henderson
Chief Development Officer
For Oak Cliff

Kim Hext
Philanthropic Leader

Josh Hinkel
Partner
Bain & Company

Grafton Ifill, III
Market Team Lead
J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Kiyundra Jones
President
Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce

Taylor Jones*
Project Chair
Junior League of Dallas

Cynthia Leano
Philanthropic Leader

John I. Levy
Co-CEO and Co-President
NCH Corporation

Chequan A. Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
Crunch Fitness

Enrique MacGregor
Group Managing Director
Alternus Group, LLC

Jared Miller
Mobile Packaging
Qorvo

Jerry Miller
Partner
PWC, LLP

Dr. Hector Nazario
Chief of Division of Hepatology
The Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas

Nancy Patterson
Attorney
Nancy P Patterson, PC

Steve Penrose
Philanthropic Leader

Mandy Price
Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer
Kanarys, Inc.

Douglas E. Rabe
Philanthropic Leader

Royce Ramey
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Versant Capital Management

Gaby Rawlings
Associate National Council
D.R. Horton

Brad Rejebian
President & Chief Executive Officer
Pavillion Bank

Hannah Riley*
Volunteer Committee

Rudy Rodriguez
Philanthropic Leader

Steven J Roth
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Parkland Health & Hospital System

Ivan Roussev
Senior Manager, Machine Learning and AI
Ernst & Young

Debbie Ryan
Partner
Squire Patton Boggs

Andrea Sanders
Director of Dallas Customer Operations
Oncor Electric Delivery

JP Sevilla
Managing Director
Skyview Group

Ann Stuart, Ph.D.
Philanthropic Leader

Alicia Voltmer
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Gayla Von Ehr
Philanthropic Leader

Joan Walne
Philanthropic Leader

Mark Walsh
Senior Director of Strategic Relationships
True North Advisors

Jacob Walter
Senior Vice President, Development
Hillwood

Chuck Whitten
Philanthropic Leader

 

* Ex officio / non-voting member