Board of Directors







Executive Committee

Chairman
Kenneth L. Barr
Principal
Barr Consulting Group

Vice Chairman
Wendy A. Lopez
Chief Executive Officer
LOPEZGARCIA GROUP

Secretary
Robert F. Pence, P.E.
President & CEO
Freese and Nichols, Inc.

Treasurer
William Hanley
Partner Financial Services
KPMG LLP

Director at Large (Dallas)
Wright Lassiter, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Dallas County Community College District

Director at Large (Fort Worth)
Donna R. Parker
Senior Director
Jacobs Carter Burgess

Director at Large (Mid-Cities)
Robert N. Cluck, M.D.
Mayor
City of Arlington

Director at Large (Suburban)
Bill Keffler
City Manager
City of Richardson

Director at Large
Luis Cruz
Region President
Verizon Wireless

Director at Large
Timothy Ward
President
Hillwood/Alliance

Director at Large (Dallas)
Stanley R. Levenson
CEO
Levenson & Brinker Public Relations

Immediate Past Chairman
H. Dan Farell
(Retired)
TXU Corp.

General Counsel
Hal T. Thorne
Partner
Thorne & Thorne, Inc.

Board of Directors

Jack Addams
Director of Public Finance
First Southwest Company

Craig Banaszewski
General Manager
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.

Brian D. Barnard
Chairman
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce

Gretchen Bataille
President
University of North Texas

Jeffrey Baum
Vice President-Global Communications
Electronic Data Systems Corporation

G. Andre Bens, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing & Technical Operations
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

Shawn Bhagat
Representative
Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber

Lillie Biggins
Chair
DFW International Airport Board

Ronald F. Branson
Mayor
City of Carrollton

Clayton Chandler
City Manager
City of Mansfield

Bob Chereck
Chairman
Greater Dallas Chamber

Joe Chow
Mayor
Town of Addison

Thomas W. Codd
Assurance Leader
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Mike Cox
Vice President of Communications
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Larry Daniels
General Manager
Hyatt Regency DFW

Nunzio M. DeSantis
Executive Vice President
HKS Inc.

Dan R. Eddy, III
Past Chairman
Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce

Fran Eichorst
General Manager
Fidelity Investments

Dale Fisseler
City Manager
City of Fort Worth

Kent Foster

David Gill
Vice President External Affairs
Oncor Electric Delivery

Jamie Grant
Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce

David L. Green
Mayor
City of Duncanville

Dan Hagan
Managing Director/Corporate Affairs
American Airlines, Inc.

Tom Hart
City Manager
City of Grand Prairie

Barbara Hermann
General Manager
FMC Airport Systems

Kristin Holt
Director of Foods
Pepsi Bottling Group

Carl Huncharek
Director, BAE Systems E&IS
BAE Systems

Andrew K. Johnsen
Assistant Vice President State Government Affairs
BNSF Railway Company

Ronald Jones
Mayor
City of Garland

Wes Jurey
President & CEO
Arlington Chamber of Commerce

Leslie Jutzi
Director of Government Affairs & Community Relations
The Allen Group

Tom Leppert
Mayor
City of Dallas

Scott Lewis
Executive Vice President
Capital One, N.A.

Jerry Lewis
Vice President Communications
The University of Texas at Arlington

David Lind
Managing Principal
Corgan Associates, Inc.

John Loftis
Vice President
HDR, Inc.

Norm Lyons
Vice President, Community Development
Texas Rangers Baseball Club

Gary Metzler
Manager, Worldwide Facilities
Texas Instruments Incorporated

John Monaco
Mayor
City of Mesquite

Mike Moncrief
Mayor
City of Fort Worth

Charles W. Moore, Jr.
Vice President, Customer Support
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Tom Oppenheim
Managing Director
Morgan Keegan

Mark Ozenick
Senior Vice President
Thomas Group, Inc.

Joe Philipp
Councilmember
City of Irving

Robert Prange
Senior Vice President
Bowie-Sims-Prange Group

Malcolm Y. Quon
Vice President of Marketing
EFW

Wesley Ratcliff
Chairman
Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce

Holly Reed
Vice President External Affairs
AT&T Texas

Monica Reyes
Manager, Community & Public Affairs
Fluor Enterprises, Inc.

Thomas Rose
Director, Government Policy
Luminant

Andrew Rosell
Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

David O. Russell
Vice President, External Affairs
Verizon Communications

Mary Lib Saleh
Mayor
City of Euless

Todd R. Schultz
U.S. Government Relations Manager
Exxon Mobil Corporation

Kristi Sherrill Hoyl
Vice President of External and Governmental Affairs
Baylor Health Care System

Susan E. Skaggs
Director of Civic Affairs
Dallas Cowboys Football Club

James Spaniolo
President
The University of Texas at Arlington

Mary K. Suhm
City Manager
City of Dallas

David Tesmer
Sr. Vice President, Advocacy and Community Benefit
Texas Health Resources

Gary Thomas
President and Executive Director
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority

Rich Thomas
CEO
MetroTex Association of Realtors

Stephen Tolerico
Vice President of Marketing
Sewell Automotive Companies

Sarah Walls
Environmental Attorney
Cantey & Hanger, L.L.P.

Dave West
Senior Vice President - Operational Services
Rent-A-Center, Inc.

William D. White, Jr.
Of Counsel
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP

Julie H. Wilson
Vice President - Corporate Development
Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Connie Yates
Director of Public Affairs
Tom Thumb Food & Pharmacy

Gerald Zenick
Vice President Operations
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Victor M. Zepeda
Chairman
Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Directors Ex-Officio

Chad Adams
County Judge
Ellis County

W. Mike Baggett
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Executive Committee
Winstead PC

Bob Bolen
Fort Worth Executive Roundtable

James N. Falk
President & CEO
World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

Jorge Figueredo
Executive Director
North Texas Tollway Authority

Jim Foster
County Judge
Dallas County

Donna Halstead
President
Dallas Citizens Council

RaDonna Hessel
President
Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce

Mary Horn
County Judge
Denton County

Cynthia B. Nunn
President
Center for Nonprofit Management

Josie Orosco
Director
United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce

Dan S. Petty
President/CEO
North Texas Commission

Patricia A. Porter
Chief Executive Officer
North Texas Business for Culture and the Arts

John Scovil
North Central Texas InterLink

Keith Self
County Judge
Collin County

Bill Sproull
President/CEO
Metroplex Technology Business Council

B. Glen Whitley
County Judge
Tarrant County

Nancy Williams
President
The Health Industry Council of the D/FW Region

Directors Emeritus

Lee F. Jackson
Chancellor
University of North Texas System

David O. Russell
Vice President, External Affairs
Verizon Communications

John Carpenter
Executive Director
Dallas Regional Mobility Coalition

Ruben E. Esquivel
Vice President, Community and Corporate Relations
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Erma C. Johnson Hadley
Vice Chancellor, Administration
Tarrant County College District

Directors, Past Chairmen

Gale Duff-Bloom

Peter W. Baldwin
Colliers International

Joseph M. Grant
Chairman
Texas Capital Bank

Robert L. Herchert
Chairman of the Board
Freese and Nichols, Inc.

Allan Howeth
Cantey & Hanger, L.L.P.

Ray L. Hunt
Chairman
Hunt Oil Company

Alfred Hurley, Ph.D.

C. H. Moore
(Retired)
KPMG LLP

Charles Pistor
(Retired)
Southern Methodist University