Leadership
Board of Directors
Margaret Hirsch, Chair
President
Hirsch Family Foundation
Ben Leal, Vice Chair
President
The Addy Foundation
Laura Whitley, Secretary
Partner
Haynes & Boone
Justin Reeves, Treasurer
Partner
Weaver Accounting
Lindsay Billingsley
Founder
LAB Strategies
Alan Cohen
CEO
Child Poverty Action Lab
Dr. Pamela Lear
Chief of Staff
Dallas ISD
David Monaco
Former Independent School Leader
Jessica Nowitzki
Cmty Volunteer
Nowitzki Family Foundation
Drexell Owusu
Chief Impact Officer
Dallas Foundation
Karen Pollock
Community Volunteer/Philanthropist
Dr. Mark Ramirez
Chief of Schools
Dallas ISD
Miguel Solis
Chief of Staff
Commit Partnership
Abigail Williams
Founder & CEO
United to Learn
Advisory Council
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
Christian Corts
North Texas President
Truist Bank
Laura Day
Executive Director
Institute for Social Impact, Hockaday
Caroline Hazlett
Director, Impact
HPUMC
Betsy Healy
Associate Director
Harold Simmons Foundation
Carol Goglia
Strategic Impact Advisor
United to Learn
Dr. Joan Hill
Head of School
The Lamplighter School
Regen Horchow
Chairman
Early Matters Dallas
Mary Jalonick
Community Volunteer
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.
Tanya McDonald
Founder
It’s Lonely at the Top!
Carolyn Miller
Community Volunteer
Heather O’Neill
Vice President
Arch Insurance
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
U2L Liaison/Faith-Based Partnerships
United to Learn
Erica Strauss
Dir. of Social Justice & Special Projects
Temple Emanu-El
Dimple Sureka
Cmty Philanthropy Officer
CFT
Dawne Tribolet
Community Volunteer
Rev. Matthew Tuggle
Executive Minister
Highland Park United Methodist Church
Deborah Walker
Owner
Deborah Walker & Associates
Oric Walker
Vice President of Public Affairs
Atmos Energy
James Walton
Partner
EY
Maurice West
Vice President of Development and External Affairs
Paul Quinn College
Debbie Wilson
Vice President
Cambridge Companies, Inc.
Angela Woodson
Dallas Foundation