Our Board
Board of Directors
Ann Stuart, Ph.D., Chair
Previous Chancellor and President of Texas Women's University
LaMonte Thomas, Vice Chair
President and General Manager, Cigna HealthCare North Texas and Oklahoma
Tegwin Pulley, Treasurer
Texas Director, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE) Education Foundation
Whitney Strauss, Secretary
Senior Counsel – Corporate Social Responsibility, Sunwest Communications
Alan Cohen
President & CEO of Child Poverty Action Lab
Anne Crews, Immediate Past Chair
Vice President of Government Relations, Mary Kay Inc.
Don M. Glendenning
Managing Partner, Dallas Office, Locke Lord LLP
Susan Hoff
Chief Impact, Strategy, and Operations Officer of United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
Helen Holman
Retired from The Dallas Foundation as Senior Vice President and Chief Impact Officer
Cynthia Izaguirre
WFAA Co-Anchor News Channel 8
Madeline McClure, Founder
Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of TexProtects, Champions for Safe Children
Dr. Anu Partap
Director of The Center for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Eddie Reeves
Founder, Principal & CEO of Reeves Strategy Group
Stephen W. Roderick
Retired healthcare facility development and commercial real estate professional
Esequiel “Zeke” Sanchez
Founder and owner of DFG Partners, LLC.
Advisory Board
Denise Bates
Sr Interiors PM, Associate, Perkins&Will
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
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)
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
Robert Estrada
Senior Managing Director, Dallas; Chief Compliance Officer; Estrada Hinojosa & Co., Inc. Board of Directors, Chairman Emeritus
Kathleen Fletcher, MPH, Ph.D.
CEO, Voices for Children of San Antonio
Laura Gardiner
Loyalty Strategy and Marketing Expert; Community Volunteer and Advocate
Tammy Cotton Hartnett
Community Volunteer, Former Washington Political Appointee; Spouse of former State Representative Will Hartnett
The Hon. Lee Jackson
Retired Chancellor of the University of North Texas; Former Dallas County Judge; Former Texas State Representative
Scott Murray
Founder and CEO of Murray Video Productions; Former Broadcast Journalist
H. Len Musgrove, Jr, J.D.
Founder and Managing Shareholder, Musgrove Law Firm, P.C.
Janet Pozmantier, MS, LPC, LMFT, RPT
Director, The Center for School Behavioral Health at Mental Health America of Greater Houston
Stacy Rudd
Operations Manager, Swinerton
The Honorable Peter Sakai, J.D.
District Judge, 225th Judicial District Court of Bexar County; Appointee to the Texas Protect our Kids Fatality Commission
The Honorable Florence Shapiro
Former Texas State Senator, 1993 - 2013
Lisa K. Simmons
President, the Harold Simmons Foundation; Southwestern Medical Foundation Board; Zero to Five Funders Collaborative
The Honorable Royce West, J.D.
Texas State Senator, District 23; Managing Partner at West & Associates
