Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
Uplift Education has a board of appointed community leaders and volunteers that help guide the direction and future of the network as a whole.
Board of Trustees for 2025-26
Board Chair
CEO, Melville Family Foundation
Vice Chair
President, Opportunity 2040 Fund
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Marcia Aaron
Partner, Charter School Growth Fund Latasha Archie
Parent Board Member Mom/Volunteer John Beckert
Operating Partner, Highlander Partners, LP Dr. Michielle Benson
Executive Director, The Arts for Minority Youth Melonee Berry
Parent Board Member Justin Betzen
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Tony Caesar
SVP IT, Ericsson Simon Chen
Chair, Audit Committee Controller, Varsity Brands Cullum Clark
Director of the Bush Institute, Economic Policy Initiative Berenice Contreras
Parent Board Member Adam Cox
Partner, Bain & Company Pilar Davies
Co-Chair, School Engagement Committee / Co-Chair, Development Committee Community Volunteer |
Scott Ewing
Chief Legal Officer, Trinity Industries Dr. Lauren Fine
Emergency Medicine Physician, Integrative Emergency Services | Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine | Physician Liaison for Community Engagement, Baylor University Medical Center Christine Frary
Community Volunteer Ricky Garcia
Chair, Development Committee Senior Director of Grantmaking Strategy & Data, The Dallas Foundation Mandy Ginsberg
Operating Partner, Advent International Cameron Johnson
Chair, Real Estate; Finance & Strategic Planning Committee CEO, Nickson Sam Kang
Head of Family Office and the Premier Wealth Group, Schwab Charitable Hanna Kim
Vice President FP&A, McKesson Corporation Laura Martinez
Enterprise Growth & Development Manager, Toyota Corporation Melissa McNeil
Former Board Chair Harold Montgomery
Chair, Finance & Strategic Planning Committee Managing Partner, T9 Fund, LP |
Yanela Montoya
Director of Education, Southern Dallas Thrives, United Way Dallas Dawn Moore
President/CEO, Allegiance Title Company Christan Perkins
Sales & Marketing - Tachyus (Oil & Gas Software Company) Todd Rapp
CEO, Fortress Multi-Manager Group Gio Sanchez
Account Executive, Perry Weather Jeremy Scruggs
Parent Board Member Sr. Pastor/Owner Operator James Stanton
Chair, Advocacy Committee Partner, Stanton LLP Tracy Syler-Jones
Chair, Uplift Fort Worth Advisory Board Purpose-Driven Leader | Creative Storyteller | Intentional Living Curator | Second Curve Designer, Self-employed Stefanie Tsen
Former Chief Retail and Customer Officer Christine VanDeVelde Luskin
Co-Chair, School Engagement Committee Author, Journalist, and Speaker Kelly Whaley
Senior Managing Director, CBRE Pete Zwick
Partner, Jones Day |
Board Meetings
Board meetings are open to the public.
Community Forum Rules and Procedures:
- Speakers will have three (3) minutes to speak.
- Only those persons who registered to speak per the rules on the posted agenda may address the Board.
- Speakers will be called in the order they registered to speak.
- Only the person who registered to speak may address the Board. There will be no substitution of speakers.
- Groups consisting of two or more persons shall appoint one person to address the Board.
- The Community Forum is not a Q&A session with the Board; rather, speakers will have three (3) minutes to provide commentary to the Board.
The Board appreciates respectful, courteous, and professional behavior from speakers and other attendees. It is a violation of law to breach the peace during Uplift Education board meetings. Attendees breaching the peace will be warned, asked to leave the meeting or district property, or cited or arrested by police, as well as prohibited, at the discretion of the Uplift Board or Uplift Administration, from attending future Uplift Board meetings.
All board meetings are at 3000 Pegasus Park, 10th Floor Air Force Conference Room, Dallas, TX 75247 unless indicated otherwise.
2025-26 Board Meeting Schedule and Agendas
2025-26 Board Meeting Minutes & Videos
Board Governance Policies
Board Disclosures
Archived Minutes & Videos
Texas Senate Bill 12
Uplift Education offers parents the opportunity to submit comments for review by Campus or District Administrators and the Board. Public comments must address matters relevant to Uplift Education’s mission, programs, policies, or operations and should be respectful, concise, and free of inappropriate language. All submissions will be reviewed in accordance with Board policy, and comments may be read or summarized during the designated public comment period at Board meetings.