Blue Ribbon Commission

Thought Leaders and Regional Experts

In order to best identify, target and impact the needs of our community, we brought together thought leaders and regional experts in the areas of education, income and health. The Blue Ribbon Commission and collaborative team of experts below bring diverse perspectives and insights from business, government and philanthropy. The results of their efforts are summarized in the final Blue Ribbon Commission report.

To learn more about the unique, collaborative nature of this effort, read the thoughts of one of the participating experts:

Mark DeHaven, Blue Ribbon Commission, Health
Florencia Velasco Fortner, Education Collaborative Team
Larry James, Income Collaborative Team

Education

Blue Ribbon Commission

Collaborative Team

Al Black
On-Target Supplies & Logistics

Brent Christopher
Communities Foundation of Texas

Dr. David Daniel
UT Dallas

Carolyn Bacon Dickson
O'Donnell Foundation

Dr. Linda Henrie
Mesquite ISD

Dr. Michael Hinojosa
Dallas ISD

Dr. Wright Lassiter
DCCCD

Tom Luce
National Math & Science Initiative

Dr. Marcus Martin
Education Is Freedom

Gerald McElvy
ExxonMobil Foundation

Dr. Dawson Orr
Highland Park ISD

Dr. Geoffrey Orsak
Southern Methodist University

Dr. Doug Otto
Plano ISD

Laura Sanford
AT&T Foundation

Robert Seward
Texas Association of School Boards

Wanda Smith
Head Start of Greater Dallas

Judith Allen
Communities in Schools

Cathey Brown
Rainbow Days

Mary Brumbach
DCCCD

Terry Flowers
St. Philip's School and Community Center

Cathy Galloway
Plano ISD

David Miller
Oak Hill Academy and Texas Association for Infant Mental Health

Ann Minnis
Head Start of Greater Dallas and Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas

Rachel Moon
Dallas ISD

Keisha Page
Foundation for Community Empowerment

Rosemary Perlmeter
Uplift Education Charter Schools

Ann Pomykal
Texas Instruments

Gwendolyn Sneed
Good Street Baptist Child Development

Martha Stowe
Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation

Melody Timinsky
Big Thought and Plano ISD School Board

Florencia Velasco Fortner
The Concilio

Liliana Valadez
Dallas ISD

Income

Blue Ribbon Commission

Collaborative Team

Phil Dyer
City of Plano

Kent Eastman
Capital One Bank

Linda Evans
The Meadows Foundation

Richard Holt
Bank of America

Mary Jalonick
The Dallas Foundation

Laurie Larrea
Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas

Elise Longpree
Dallas Morning News

Kevin March
Texas Instruments

Anne Motsenbocker
JPMorgan Chase

Amb. James Oberwetter
Dallas Regional Chamber

Don Williams
Foundation for Community Empowerment

Scott Wilson
KPMG

Richard Bernstein
Community Volunteer

Rose Broussard
Community Volunteer

Brian Burton
Wilkinson Center

Margareth Fanini
Comerica

Rod Ginther
Goodwill

Valerie Hodges
North Texas Future Fund

Larry James
Central Dallas Ministries

Steve Lafredo
Citi

Scotty Landry
Salvation Army Metro Command

Robert Marx
Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services

Edna Pemberton
Friends of Redbird Airport

Lynn Sipiora
Samaritan Inn

Jennifer Ware
YWCA

Health

Blue Ribbon Commission

Collaborative Team

Joel Allison
Baylor Health Care System

Rafael Anchia
Haynes and Boone

Dr. Ronald Anderson
Parkland Health and Hospital System

Dr. Mark DeHaven
University of North Texas and UT Southwestern

Christopher Durovich
Children's Medical Center

Ruben Esquivel
UT Southwestern

Douglas Hawthorne
Texas Health Resources

Ralph Holmes
Aetna

Margaret Jordan
Dallas Medical Resource

Jan Langbein
Genesis Women's Shelter

Stephen Love
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

Ron Lutz
Genesis Physicians Group

Dr. Stephen Mansfield
Methodist Health System

Dr. Daniel Podolsky
UT Southwestern

Barbara Cambridge
UT Southwestern

John Casteñeda
Turtle Creek Manor

Maria Clark
American Cancer Society

Lynn Davis
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center

Gordie Echtenkamp
YMCA

Susan Etheridge
CASA of Collin County

Betsy Fuchs
Jenesis Group

Jeff Hayes
VHA

Ben Jacobs
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

Bill Knudsen
UCP of North Texas

Margo Nielson
Rockwall County Helping Hands

Walter Nguyen
Mosaic Family Services

Margaret Patterson
Child Abuse Prevention Center

Lynette Payne
Galaxy Counseling Center

Dr. Keith Rawlings
AIDS Arms

Larry Robins
PediPlace

Paulette Standefer
Community Volunteer

Cheryl Sutterfield
American Red Cross

Joyce Tapley
Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Clinic

Barbara Lord Watkins
Community Volunteer

Volunteer Facilitators

Deb Gibbins
Frito-Lay

Helen Holman
Helen Holman & Associates

Clint McDonnough
Ernst & Young

Blaine Nelson
Deloitte

Scott Ozanus
KPMG

Phil Ritter
DFW International Airport

Debbie Taylor
Citi North America Community