Advisory Committee
Khaled Abdelghany, Ph. D. Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SMU
Dan Aptor, Digital Strategist, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor
Candice Bledsoe, Ph. D. Director of the Action Research Center in Dallas
Maria Boccalandro, Ph. D. Director of Sustainable Communities Institute, Cedar Valley College
Froswa Booker-Drew, Ph. D. Director of Community Affairs and Strategic Alliances, State Fair of Texas
Sila Cetinkaya, Ph. D. Department Chair and Cecil H. Green Professor of Engineering, SMU
Jeff Corkan Experience Strategist
Scott Douglas, Ph. D. Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, SMU
Doric Earle, MBA, Ph. D. Managing Director of Forward Planning & Dallas Unity Fund
Kris Gandham Director of Service Plan Research & Analysis, Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Ken Goodgames President & CEO, Community Council
Jo Guidice Director of Dallas Libraries
Dorothy Hopkins CFO JM Williams Group; President and CEO of Frazier Revitalization Inc.
Robert Hunt, Ph. D. Director of Global Theological Education, SMU
Larry James President and CEO of CitySquare
Benjamin Leal President and CEO of Jubilee Park
Owen Lynch, Ph. D. Executive Director at Restorative Farms
Meredith Walker Economist at EarthX
Cheryl McCarver Chief Impact Officer, Community Council
Ashley McIver Community Philanthropy Officer, Community Foundations
Janette Monear, President/CEO, Texas Trees Foundation
Regina Montoya, Esq. Chair of the Mayor's Task Force on Poverty
Jonathan Rich, Area Commander, The salvation Army DFW Metroplex Command
VR Small Executive Director of Women Veterans' Enterprise Center
Elizabeth Sobel Blum Community Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Jamila Thomas Senior Vice President Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star
Jaffer Traish VP Partnerships, Aunt Bertha
Wayne Walker Pastor & Executive Director Our Calling Inc.
Dan Aptor, Digital Strategist, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor
Candice Bledsoe, Ph. D. Director of the Action Research Center in Dallas
Maria Boccalandro, Ph. D. Director of Sustainable Communities Institute, Cedar Valley College
Froswa Booker-Drew, Ph. D. Director of Community Affairs and Strategic Alliances, State Fair of Texas
Sila Cetinkaya, Ph. D. Department Chair and Cecil H. Green Professor of Engineering, SMU
Jeff Corkan Experience Strategist
Scott Douglas, Ph. D. Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, SMU
Doric Earle, MBA, Ph. D. Managing Director of Forward Planning & Dallas Unity Fund
Kris Gandham Director of Service Plan Research & Analysis, Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Ken Goodgames President & CEO, Community Council
Jo Guidice Director of Dallas Libraries
Dorothy Hopkins CFO JM Williams Group; President and CEO of Frazier Revitalization Inc.
Robert Hunt, Ph. D. Director of Global Theological Education, SMU
Larry James President and CEO of CitySquare
Benjamin Leal President and CEO of Jubilee Park
Owen Lynch, Ph. D. Executive Director at Restorative Farms
Meredith Walker Economist at EarthX
Cheryl McCarver Chief Impact Officer, Community Council
Ashley McIver Community Philanthropy Officer, Community Foundations
Janette Monear, President/CEO, Texas Trees Foundation
Regina Montoya, Esq. Chair of the Mayor's Task Force on Poverty
Jonathan Rich, Area Commander, The salvation Army DFW Metroplex Command
VR Small Executive Director of Women Veterans' Enterprise Center
Elizabeth Sobel Blum Community Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Jamila Thomas Senior Vice President Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star
Jaffer Traish VP Partnerships, Aunt Bertha
Wayne Walker Pastor & Executive Director Our Calling Inc.