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Board of Directors
(2017 – 2018)
Executive Board
Dr. Marvin E. Robinson
Chairman - Emeritus
Accommodations, Inc.
Gilbert Gerst
Chairman
Georgia Scaife
President
Mark Cooks
Vice President
A. Shonn Brown
VP Governance/Nominating
Clem Maddox
VP Government Affairs
Charter Spectrum
Lee McKinney
Treasurer
Sheena Payne
VP Marketing
Paulette Turner
Secretary
Kim Whitaker
VP Development
Ann Williams
Founder
Lisa Young**
VP Finance
Board of Directors
Nnamdi M. Anozie
Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst, LLP
Juanita Brown
Downtown Business News
Joleen Chambers
Community Volunteer
Greer L. Christian
Wells Fargo
Kellie L. Crewse
J.P. Morgan
Kyle Davis
Marie Diaz
Pursuit of Excellence
Robbie Douglas
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
Ann E. Dudley**
American Airlines - Retired
Lawanda Penland Dunwell
The Raytheon Company
Carisma Ramsey Fields
NBC 5 - Dallas-Fort Worth
Ken Holdman **
SodexoMAGIC
Andre Jessie
Echo Transportation
Ella Goode Johnson
Liaison, OCA/City of Dallas
Stephanie L. Johnson
AT&T
Marianne Lamont
Texas Instruments
Richard Lee
AlixPartners, LLP
Terrence G. Maiden
Corinth Properties
Dr. Shea Manigo
CVS Health
Rev. Claude Maples
Community Volunteer
Shelia McAfee
MUFG Union Bank, NA
Heidi K. Murray
Leadership Women
Herdercine Nash
Community Development Volunteer
JeAnna L. Parker
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Frank Samuels
Accenture
Willow Sanchez
Law Office of Willow Sanchez, Counsel to the Arts
Jack Skinner
Oversee My IT, LLC
Diane Stephenson
American Red Cross - North Texas Region
Robert B. Tapley
The Tapley Group, Inc.
Linda Todd
Xerox Corporation
Jim Washington
The Dallas Weekly
Paula Watkins
The Bridge at Fair Park
Petre White
VisitDallas
Freda Wright
** National Board Members