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Our experts are here to help you build better tomorrows — whether by furthering your own giving, pursuing improvements to statewide education, or informing you about our charitable funds and grants. Whatever you care about, we can help you make it happen!
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Have a passion for helping build thriving communities? Want to bring your expertise to helping communities in North Texas? Looking to work alongside a team that’s committed? Join us!
Wayne White
President and CEO
Kerri Briggs, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Educate Texas
Calvert Collins-Bratton
Chief Relationships Officer
Nadine Dechausay
Chief Strategy and Insights Officer
Truman Greene
Chief Human Resources Officer
Robert Kent
Chief Philanthropy Officer
Carolyn A. Newham, J.D.
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Reo Pruiett, Ed.D.
Chief Programs and Engagement Officer, Educate Texas
Amir Tabei
Chief Information Officer
Jennifer Taylor
Chief Marketing Officer
Kristine Thomas
Senior Vice President, Finance
Connie Blass O’Neill
Board Chair; Civic Leader
Matrice Ellis-Kirk
Vice Chair; CEO, Ellis Kirk Group
Arcilia Acosta
President and CEO, CARCON Industries and Construction
Peter Brodsky
Owner and Developer, The Shops at RedBird
Richie Butler
Senior Pastor, St. Luke "Community" United Methodist Church
Rakesh Dahiya
Chief Investment Officer, Southern Methodist University
Michael Dardick
Executive Chairman, Granite Properties
José (Pepe) Guevara
Founding Managing Director, Millstone Assets
Gunjan Jain
Owner, Access Healthcare Services USA, LLC
Sarah Losinger
Civic Leader
Jill Louis
Dallas Office Managing Partner, Perkins Coie
Tom Montgomery
Managing Member, Montgomery Capital Advisers, LLC
Christopher Reynolds
Civic Leader
Katie Robbins
President and CEO, Hoblitzelle Foundation
Andy Smith
Director, Giving and Volunteering, Texas Instruments; Executive Director, TI Foundation
John Stephens
Retired Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, AT&T
Thear Suzuki
Global Client Service Partner, EY
Debra Brennan Tagg
President, BFS Advisory Group
Rob Walters
Senior Partner, Gibson Dunn
Stephen R. Akers
Lesly B. Annen
John F. Bergner
Santo Bisignano
Jonathan S. Blum
Stephen J. Blum
Jessica Boghetich
Aubrey Boswell
Jaime Boyles
Sabina C. Bramlett
Laura J. Brown
Kevin Calandro
Thomas H. Cantrill
Bill E. Carter
Jamie L. Carter
Scott Carter
Rebecca Egelston Caso
Brooks Caston
Michelle Castro
Britney Z. Clark
John M. Collins
Edward A. Copley
Kim Crawford, CPA
Cathleen Crews
Lora G. Davis
Scott M. Deke
Pamela Dennett
Joshua Dietz
Christene Dino
Christene “Chris” Krupa Downs
Daniel Drabinski
John A. Eads
William D. Elliott
Kerry Fagelman
G. Myrph Foote
Kristi S. Francis
Micheal P. Geary
Kal Grant
Shannon Guthrie
Mark Hagan
Scott Hancock
Todd S. Healy
Angie Herrington
Ladd Hirsch
Ken Holden
G. Dulany Howland
Cynthia D. Hurley
Alan Ives
Sherell Jefferson
Anne Jones
Stanford M. Kaufman
Kaufman & Associates
Morgan Kennedy
Peter D. King
Mark H. LaRoe
Patte Lee
Loic LeMener
Deborah LeMoine-Hickey
Lori A. Leu
Kenneth Lindh
Philip M. Lindquist
Norman A. Lofgren
Jonathan March
Eric D. Marchand
Richard Maus
Steve Maus
Laura Maxfield
Ashley McMillan
Royce W. Medlin
Danika Mendrygal
Mitch Miller
Abe Minkara
Ryan P. Moffett
Thomas Montgomery
Kathy Muldoon, CFP
Bill Mureiko
Will Nelson
Ira Nevelow
Retired
Lisa Newman
Daniel P. Novakov
Keith Novick
Lauren Olson
Yvonne M. Parks
Mark Plunkett
Jason M. Pond, CAPI, CPRIA
Deborah Pritchard
Kirkpatrick Mathis & Brown, LLC
Vicki S. Ratliff
Tasha Ravinowich
James V. “Jim” Roberts
David Rosenberg
Brandon Ratzlaff
John K. Round
Tyler Russell
Tara L. Scottino, CFP
Shashin G. Shah
Laurel Stephenson
Chuck Sharpe
Jennifer Sibley
Cyndy Silverthorn
Jana Simons
Tracey Spivey
Lacey Stevenson Rai
Scott Sweet, J.D., CFP, ChFC, CLU, RICP
Richard J. Szelc
Debra Brennan Tagg
Charles E. Thoele
Dusty D. Wallace
Christine S. Wakeman
Duncan Webb
Tresi Weeks
Jon Weinstein
Thomas Welch
Genevra M. Williams
Scott A. Wood
Lawrence M. Wolfish
Community speakers
We’ve got experts on call for you. Our team at Communities Foundation of Texas actively speaks in public settings and participates in panels and forums designed to spur charitable giving and community involvement.
Our experts can speak in-depth on a wide range of topics, and they love to engage in open discussions and participate in robust Q&As. Want to learn more about charitable giving and energize your community? Reach out and connect with us today.