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Board of Directors
(2016 – 2017)
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
Lee McKinney
Treasurer
Avalyn Pace
VP Artistic
Sheena Payne
VP Marketing
Paulette Turner
Secretary
Kim Whitaker
VP Development
Ann Williams
Founder
Lisa Young**
VP Finance
Board of Directors
Fernando M. Aguirre**
BEHR Group Holdings
Bate Bate
Community Volunteer
Christi Blakelock
Accompany Partners, LLP
Juanita Brown
Downtown Business News
Joleen Chambers
Community Volunteer
Greer L. Christian
Wells Fargo
Kellie L. Crewse
J.P. Morgan
Marie Diaz
Pursuit of Excellence
Robbie Douglas
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
Ann E. Dudley**
American Airlines - Retired
Lawanda Penland Dunwell
The Raytheon Company
Sylvia Hougland
OCA / City of Dallas Liaison
Andre Jessie
Echo Transportation
Stephanie L. Johnson
AT&T
Marianne Lamont
Texas Instruments
Richard Lee**
Houlihan Lokey
Terrence G. Maiden
Corinth Properties
Dr. Shea Manigo
CVS/Target Channel
Rev. Claude Maples
Community Volunteer
Shelia McAfee
MUFG Union Bank, NA
Heidi K. Murray
Leadership Women
Herdercine Nash
Community Development Volunteer
Frank Samuels
Deloitte, LLP
Willow Sanchez
MW Logistics, LLC
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
Terdema L. Ussery, Esq.
Community Volunteer
Jim Washington
The Dallas Weekly
Kwame Watkins
Sodexo USA
Paula Watkins
The Bridge at Fair Park
Petre White
Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau
** National Board Members