Our Board
Board of Directors
The Honorable Ann Margolin, Chair
Former Dallas City Council Member; Entrepreneur and Community Leader; Former Chair of Parkland Hospital
Anne Crews, Vice Chair
Vice President of Government Relations, Mary Kay Inc.
John Castle, Jr. Retired Executive Vice President of EDS; Chair of the Dallas Foundation; Former Advisory Board Member of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS)
Cynthia Izaguirre WFAA Co-Anchor News Channel 8
Eric Laub, Treasurer
Business Entrepreneur in Realty and Banking Industry
Charles M. Meadows, Jr., J.D. Partner, Meadows Collier Attorneys at Law
Mandy S. Price, J.D.
Co-Founder, Kanarys, Inc.
Tegwin Pulley
Dawna L. Richter Senior Vice President, Juniper Realty Advisors, LLC
The Honorable Florence Shapiro
Texas Senator, 1993-2013; Plano Mayor, 1990-1992; Plano City Council Member, 1979-1990
Whitney Strauss Executive Director, AdvoCare Foundation
Ann Stuart, Ph.D. Previous Chancellor and President of Texas Women's University
LaMonte Thomas President and General Manager, Cigna HealthCare North Texas and Oklahoma
Cheryl Mayo Williams
General Manager, The PLACE / T.D. Jakes Ministries
Connie Wilson, Ph.D. Dallas Independent School District; Board Member of the Mental Health Association of Texas; Past-President of the Mental Health Association of Greater Dallas
Madeline McClure, CEO
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TexProtects, Champions for Safe Children
Advisory Board
The Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair
Texas Senator, 1993-2013; Plano Mayor, 1990-1992; Plano City Council Member, 1979-1990
Emy Lou Baldridge
Founder and former Chair of Greater Texas Community Partners; Advisory member, Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center and Jonathan’s Place
The Honorable Darlene Byrne, J.D.
District Judge, 126th Judicial District Court of Travis County
Rebel Calhoun
Executive In Action consultant; Technology Sales Executive Integration Solutions Specialist with AT&T; Community Volunteer
Leslie Carpenter
Community Volunteer; Business Entrepreneur; Former aide to U. S. Senator Paul Simon; and foster parent
Leslie DeCillis
Attorney with experience in Software/ IT, Global Commercial Transactions, Privacy, Compliance and Cyberlaw Issues
Debra Decker
Senior Advisor, Stimson Center, Washington, D.C.; Former Consultant, Booz Allen, Washington, D.C.; Dallas Morning News Award Winning Editorial Writer; Lead Author of "Dallas Child Abuse Costs"
The Honorable Maurine Dickey
Former Dallas County Commissioner; MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors; Former Board Chair of Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Catherine Estrada
Uplift Education Fort Worth Advisory Board Member; Former Communities in Schools State Advisory Board Member; CIS of Tarrant County Advisory Board Member and CIS Foundation Advisory Board
Kathleen Fletcher, MPH, Ph.D.
CEO, Voices for Children of San Antonio
Laura Gardiner
Loyalty Strategy and Marketing Expert; Community Volunteer and Advocate
Jane Gilday
Principal, Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss; Auxiliary Board, Madison Square Boys and Girls Club of NY; Past Chair, The Walnut Hill School
Tammy Cotton Hartnett
Community Volunteer, Former Washington Political Appointee; Spouse of former State Representative Will Hartnett
The Honorable Lynn Hunt, J.D.
Founder of Hunt Ham PLLC, specializing in family law issues; former State Judge, 160th District Court, Dallas County.
The Hon. Lee Jackson
Retired Chancellor of the University of North Texas; Former Dallas County Judge; Former Texas State Representative
Bess Masterson, J.D.
Attorney with experience in arbitration, litigation and mediation
Catherine Clark Mosbacher
President and CEO, Center for Houston's Future; Mosbacher Energy Corporation; Board Member and past Chair of Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Scott Murray
Founder and CEO of Murray Video Productions; Former Broadcast Journalist
Janet Pozmantier, MS, LPC, LMFT, RPT
Director, The Center for School Behavioral Health at Mental Health America of Greater Houston
Dick Rogoff
Retired Chief Admin. Officer, Goldman Sachs U.S., and non-profit organization consultant
The Honorable Peter Sakai, J.D.
District Judge, 225th Judicial District Court of Bexar County; Appointee to the Texas Protect our Kids Fatality Commission
Lisa K. Simmons
President, the Harold Simmons Foundation; Southwestern Medical Foundation Board; Zero to Five Funders Collaborative
The Honorable Mark Strama
Former Texas State Representative, District 50
The Honorable Royce West, J.D.
Texas State Senator, District 23; Managing Partner at West & Associates
