Leadership
Board of Directors
Margaret Hirsch, Chair
President
Hirsch Family Foundation
Ben Leal, Vice Chair, Chair-Elect
President
The Addy Foundation
Laura Whitley, Secretary
Partner
Haynes & Boone
Liz Martin, Treasurer
Partner
Goldman Sachs
Lindsay Billingsley
Founder
LAB Strategies
Alan Cohen
CEO
Child Poverty Action Lab
Jon Dahlander
Chief Intergovernmental Relations & Partnerships
Dallas ISD
Dr. Pamela Lear
Deputy Superintendent of Staff and Racial Equity
Dallas ISD
Patty Leyendecker
Representative
The Crystal Charity Ball
Jessica Nowitzki
Community Volunteer
Nowitzki Family Foundation
Drexell Owusu
Chief Impact Officer
Dallas Foundation
Karen Pollock
Community Volunteer
Philanthropist
Dr. Mark Ramirez
Associate Superintendent
Dallas ISD
Miguel Solis
Chief of Staff
Commit Partnership
James Walton
Partner
Ernst & Young
Abigail Williams
Founder & CEO
United to Learn
Advisory Council
Robin Hinkle
Associate for Mission & Outreach
St. Michaels & All Angels
Drexell Owusu, Chair
Chief Impact Officer
Dallas Foundation
Cristina Barbosa
Executive Director
Michael Young Family Foundation
Douglas Burak
Cigarroa Elementary Principal
Dallas ISD
Ruth Burke
Associate Head of School
Episcopal School of Dallas
Juan Cordoba
Executive Director
Dallas ISD
Laura Day
Executive Director
Institute for Social Impact
Renza Diaz
U2L Liaison
Community Volunteer
Carol Goglia
President & CEO
Catch up & Read
Susan Harris
Manager
Atmos Energy
Caroline Hazlett
Director, Impact
HPUMC
Betsy Healy
Associate Director
Harold Simmons Foundation
Dr. Joan Hill
Head of School
The Lamplighter School
Regen Horchow
Chair
Early Matters Dallas
Mary Jalonick
Community Volunteer
Chelsea Jeffrey
Managing Director
Early Matters Dallas & Commit Partnership
Ashwina Kirpalani
Managing Director
Commit Partnership
Jeff Kitner
COO
North Dallas Chamber
Whitney Lewis
General Counsel
Tiedemann Advisors
Jennifer Lind
Community Impact Director
Vizient, Inc.
Renda Mathew
President Dallas Region
Truist Bank
Tanya McDonald
Founder
It’s Lonely at the Top!
Carolyn Miller
Community Volunteer
Karen Natividad
Senior Accountant
Weaver
Kaitlin Prieur
Learning Environment Advisor
United to Learn
D’Ann Riemer
Community Volunteer
Byron Sanders
President & CEO
Big Thought
Nicole Small
President
LH Holdings, Inc.
Lyda Hill Foundation
Dottie Smith
President
Transcend
Lisa Stewart
Community Volunteer
Erica Strauss
Dir. of Social Justice & Special Projects
Temple Emanu-El
Dimple Sureka
Cmty Philanthropy Officer
Communities Foundation of Texas
April Thomas
Parent
Dallas ISD
Dawne Tribolet
Community Volunteer
Rev. Matthew Tuggle
Executive Minister
Highland Park United Methodist Church
Deborah Walker
Owner
Deborah Walker & Associates
Maurice West
Vice President of Development and External Affairs
Paul Quinn College
Debbie Wilson
Owner
Cambridge Companies, Inc.
Angela Woodson
Director of Stewardship and Strategic Initiatives
The Dallas Foundation