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