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 |
*denotes voting member of the Executive Committee | |
