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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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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
Peter S. Brodsky
Owner and Developer, The Shops at RedBird
Stephen R. Akers
Lise E. Anderson
Anderson & Brocious, P.C.
Lesly B. Annen
Eric W. Bennett
John F. Bergner
Santo Bisignano
Jonathan S. Blum
Stephen J. Blum
Jaime Boyles
Marty Brainerd
Sabina C. Bramlett
Todd Bright
Bright and Bright
Laura J. Brown
Kevin Calandro
The Calandro Group at Morgan Stanley
Thomas H. Cantrill
Bill E. Carter
Jamie L. Carter
Rebecca Egelston Caso
Attorney at Law
Brooks Caston
Michelle Castro
Heritage Auctions
Richard T. Cheatham
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
Kirkpatrick Mathis & Brown, LLC
William D. Elliot
Kerry Wildenthal Fagelman
G. Myrph Foote
Attorney At Law
Kristi S. Francis
Micheal P. Geary
Shannon Guthrie
Mark Hagan
Scott Hancock
Todd S. Healy
Angie Herrington
Ladd Hirsch
Kendall R. Holden
Holden & Parker, P.C.
G. Dulany Howland
Cynthia D. Hurley
Loveland, Grace, Hurley, PLLC
Alan Ives
Sherell Jefferson
Susan Wells Jenevein
Anne Jones
Stanford M. Kaufman
Kaufman & Associates
Morgan Kennedy
Bank of America, US Trust
Peter D. King
Geary, Porter & Donovan, P.C.
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 C. Maus
Steve Maus
Laura Maxfield
Royce W. Medlin
Danika Mendrygal
Mitch Miller
Abe Minkara
Ryan P. Moffett
Northern Trust
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
Swingle Collins & Associates
Deborah Pritchard
Kirkpatrick Mathis & Brown, LLC
Vicki S. Ratliff
Brandon Ratzlaff
Tasha Ravinowich
James V. “Jim” Roberts
David Rosenberg
John K. Round
Tyler Russell
Tara L. Scottino, CFP
Shashin G. Shah
Chuck Sharpe
Cyndy Silverthorn
Jana Simons
Tracey Spivey
Laurel Stephenson
Lacey Stevenson
Scott Sweet, J.D., CFP, ChFC, CLU, RICP
Richard J. Szelc
Megan Terrell
Charles E. Thoele
Kristine M. Thomas
Christine S. Wakeman
Dusty D. Wallace
Duncan Webb
Tresi Weeks
Jon Weinstein
Thomas Welch
Robert White
John Willding
Genevra M. Williams
Billie Ida Williamson
Accounting & Tax Consulting
Lawrence M. Wolfish
Scott A. Wood
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.