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Board of Directors

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

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