Dedicated to the success of all students

Our Team

Our Board of Directors

 

BRIAN HALL, Chair
EVP Finance, Hanover Property Company

SEAN ALLEN
Owner, FastSigns

STEPHEN BARNES
Principal, Barnes Real Estate Investments

VICENTE GARCIA, Treasurer
Finance Executive, Former PepsiCo, Former Bilingual Teacher

SUZY GEKIERE
Community Volunteer, Crystal Charity Ball

CAROL PIERCE GOGLIA
President & CEO, Catch Up & Read

ANGELICA LEVERONI GOMEZ
Sr. Program Officer, Schusterman Philanthropies

ANN KIGHT
Professor, Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education, SMU

MICHAEL KONRADI
Chief Marketing Officer, Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

CATHERINE LEBLANC
Founder, Catch Up & Read

GABRIELA NORTON
President & CEO, People Performances Resources

REO PRUIETT, Ed.D., Vice Chair
Chief Programs & Engagement Officer of Educate Texas, Communities Foundation of Texas​

ERIC REEVES
Managing Director, High STEPS, LLC

JASON SANDERS, Board Secretary
Founding Member, Sanders Collins LLP

WILLIAM TOLES
Attorney, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.

DINA VASQUEZ
Speech Language Pathologist, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD

Our Advisory Board

 

RICHARD EISEMAN, Chair
CEO, Eiseman Jewels

DORETHA ALLEN, Ed.D., NBCT
School Design Administrator, Garland ISD

NANCY BERNARDINO, Ed.D.
Associate Superintendent, Dallas ISD

BRENDA BUSCH
VP of Operations, Finance, Marketing & HR, Lakewood Brewing Company

JULIE DIAZ
President & CEO, The Dallas Foundation

BOB DRANSFIELD
Attorney, Norton Rose Fulbright, LLP

TOM DUNNING
Chairman & CEO, Lockton Benefits

LINDA PERRYMAN EVANS
Former President & CEO, The Meadows Foundation

ELIZABETH GAMBRELL
Civic Leader

JUDY GIBBS
Civic Leader

SALLY HOGLUND
Civic Leader

CHELSEA JEFFERY
Chief Regional Impact Officer, EC-12, The Commit Partnership

RANDY KELLEY
Former Senior Partner & Director, Spencer Stuart

DICK LEBLANC
President, Hanover Property Company

JAY MCAULEY
VP of Strategic Relationships, True North Advisors

DEBORAH (DEBBIE) OATES
Civic Leader

ANGIE PARRA
Executive Director, Requisite Capital Management

KEN SANDSTAD
President, The Sandstad Group

MEG SARTAIN
Founder, Sartain Partners

CAROL VIG
Founder, Carol Vig Photography

ROBERTA WILLIAMSON
Civic Leader

LINUS WRIGHT
Former Under Secretary of Education

SALLY LYONS WYATT
Global EVP & Chief Advisor Consumer Goods & Foodservice Insights, Circana

Our Data Council

 

NANCY BERNARDINO, Ed.D., Chair
Associate Superintendent, Dallas ISD

SANDRA BARRIOS, Ed.D.
Executive Director, Dallas ISD

ERICA FOWLER
Analytics Consultant, Good Insights

JUSTIN HASSAN
Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Uplift Education

ANN KIGHT
Professor, Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education, SMU

KRISTIN KUHNE, MPA, Ph.D.
MPA, Ph.D. The Educator Collective

LISA LOVATO, Ed.D.
Chief Schools Officer, Cityscape Schools

MAGDALENA PANDO
Associate Professor, SMU

LORENA TULE-ROMAIN
Co-Founder & COO, ImmSchools

KRISTEN WATKINS
Director of Personalized Learning, Akiba Yavneh Academy