Leadership
Board of Directors
David Monaco, Chair
Head of School
Parish Episcopal School
Tanya McDonald, Vice Chair
Co-Creator
It’s Lonely at the Top
Laura Whitley, Secretary
Attorney
Haynes & Boone
Justin Reeves, Treasurer
Partner
Weaver
Alan Cohen
CEO
Child Poverty Action La
Margaret Hirsch
Executive Director
Hirsch Family Foundation
Dr. Pamela Lear
Chief of Staff
Dallas ISD
Karen Pollock
Community Volunteer/Philanthropist
Dr. Mark Ramirez
Executive Director
Dallas ISD
Miguel Solis
Chief Programs Officer
Coalition for a New Dallas
Abigail Williams
Founder & CEO
United to Learn
Advisory Council
Cristina Barbosa
Executive Director
Michael Young Family Foundation
Ruth Burke
Associate Head of School
Episcopal School of Dallas
Laura Day
Executive Director
Institute for Social Impact The Hockaday School
Betsy Healy
Associate Director
Harold Simmons Foundation
Dr. Joan Hill
Head of School
The Lamplighter School
Regen Horchow
Chairman
Early Matters Dallas
Mary Jalonick
Community Volunteer
Sophia Johnson
Founder & President
Alpha Business Images, LLC
Michelle Kinder
Speaker and Writer
Ashwina Kirpalani
Managing Director
Commit Partnership
Candace Krause
Principal
Krause Strategies
Ben Leal
President
The Addy Foundation
Carolyn Miller
Community Volunteer
Heather O’Neill
Senior Underwriter
AXA XL
D’Ann Riemer
Community Volunteer
Byron Sanders
President & CEO
Big Thought
Nicole Small
President
LH Holdings, Inc.
Lyda Hill Foundation
Dottie Smith
President
Commit Partnership
Lisa Stewart
Director of Outreach Ministries
Highland Park United Methodist Church
Angie Torres
Executive Director
Dallas ISD
Dawne Tribolet
Community Volunteer
Rev. Matthew Tuggle
Executive Minister
Highland Park United Methodist Church
Deborah Walker
Owner
Deborah Walker & Associates
Debbie Wilson
Vice President
Cambridge Companies, Inc.
Angela Woodson
Director of Service Learning & Community Service
Greenhill School