Board of Directors
Meet our 2026 Board of Directors
Officers
Justin Shipley, Chair
Partner
Jackson Walker, LLP
Bobby Abtahi, Chair Elect
Attorney
Law Offices of Robert B. Abtahi
Dawn Moore, Immediate Past Chair
Philanthropic Leader
Tamela Thornton, Secretary
Executive Director
Urban Land Institute
Jake Bender, Treasurer
Partner & CFO
High Roller Group
Thomas Allen, General Counsel
Partner
FBT Gibbons LLP
Lisa New*
Chief Executive Officer
Dallas Zoo
Directors
Stephanie Ainscow
Vice President & General Manager of Data Products
Insulet
Bill Albers
Owner / Chairman of the Board
American Excelsior Company
Nicole Anderson
President
AT&T Foundation
Alex Arellano
Partner
Elevate Music
Connie Kleinert Babikian
President
The Pillow Bar
Chris Bhatti
Assistant Vice President / Associate Dean
UT Dallas
Robyn Chauvin
Philanthropic Leader
Calvert Collins-Bratton
Chief Relationships Officer
Communities Foundation of Texas
Mary McDermott Cook
President
The Eugene McDermott Foundation
Cristin Dalecki
Vice President and Private Wealth Advisor
Goldman Sachs
Steve Durham
Founding Member & Chairman
Americas Strategic Holdings, LLC
Ruben Esquivel
VP, Community & Corporate Relations
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Bill Evans
Philanthropic Leader
Matt Garcia
Principal
Cornerstone Government Affairs
Jennifer Staubach Gates
Philanthropic Leader
Marena Gault
Philanthropic Leader
Liz Gibson
General Counsel
Toyota North America
Ryan Gummer
President
Gummer Capital Partners
Xavier Henderson
Chief Development Officer
For Oak Cliff
Kim Hext
Philanthropic Leader
Josh Hinkel
Partner
Bain & Company
Grafton Ifill, III
Market Team Lead
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Cynthia Leano
President
The Koz Foundation
Enrique MacGregor
Managing Director
Alternus Group, LLC
Jerry Miller
Partner
PwC, LLP
Ruth O. Mutch
Philanthropic Leader
Dr. Hector Nazario
Chief of Division of Hepatology
The Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas
Nancy Patterson
Attorney
Nancy P. Patterson, PC
Mandy Price
Partner
Galvanize Sustainable Capital
Paul Puopolo
Executive Vice President, Innovation
DFW Airport
Doug Rabe
Philanthropic Leader
Gaby Rawlings
Associate National Counsel
D.R. Horton, Inc.
Brad Rejebian
President & CEO
Pavilion Bank
Hannah Riley*
Founder, Ionic Salt Room
Dallas Zoo Volunteer Committee Chair
Steven J. Roth
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Ivan Roussev
Senior Manager, Machine Learning and AI
Ernst & Young
Debbie Ryan
Partner
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Andrea Sanders
Director, Dallas Customer Service
Oncor
JP Sevilla
Managing Director
Skyview Group
Dr. Jennifer Stimpson
Director of Education
National Aviation Education Center
Taylor Toynes*
City of Dallas Liaison
Park Board – District 4
Alicia Sienne Voltmer
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Gayla Von Ehr
Philanthropic Leader
Jacob Walter
Senior Vice President
Hillwood Urban
Chuck Whitten
Global Head of Bain Digital
Bain & Company
* Ex officio / non-voting member