Board Members 2024-25
| Dr. Lael Melville* | Chairman of the Board |
| CEO, Melville Family Foundation | |
| John McPherson* | Vice-Chairman of the Board |
| President, Opportunity 2040 Fund | |
| Marcia Aaron | Partner, Charter School Growth Fund |
| Delina Barbosa | Parent Board Member |
| John Beckert* | At-Large Member of the Executive Committee |
| Operating Partner, Highlander Partners, LP | |
| Dr. Michielle Benson | Executive Director, The Arts for Minority Youth |
| Justin Betzen | Managing Director, Goldman Sachs |
| Tony Caesar | SVP IT & CIO, Cradlepoint |
| Simon Chen* | Chair – Audit Committee |
| Controller, Varsity Brands | |
| Cullum Clark* | Former Chairman of the Board |
| 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 |
| Community Volunteer | |
| Tony Dona | Former Chairman of the Board |
| Executive Director, Greystar-Thackeray | |
| Scott Ewing | Chief Legal Officer, Trinity Industries |
| Ricky Garcia* | Chair, Development Committee |
| Community Advocate | |
| Mandy Ginsberg | Operating Partner, Advent International |
| Rose Hawkins | Parent Board Member |
| Rusty Jaggers* | Chair-Governance Committee |
| Community Volunteer | |
| Cameron Johnson* | Chair- Real Estate Committee |
| CEO, Nickson | |
| Sam Kang | President, 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 |
| Todd Rapp | CEO, Fortress Multi-Manager Group |
| Giovanny Sanchez | Account Executive, Perry Weather |
| James Stanton* | Chair- Advocacy Committee |
| Partner, Stanton LLP | |
| Tracy Syler-Jones* | Chair, Uplift Fort Worth Advisory Board |
| Community Volunteer | |
| Ed Tauriac | Senior Strategic Advisory, FTI Consulting |
| Christine VanDeVelde* | Co-Chair, School Engagement Committee |
| Author, Journalist and Speaker | |
| Peter Zwick | Partner, Jones Day |
| Melonee Berry | Parent Board Member |
*denotes voting member of the Executive Committee