2013-2014 Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Chairman of the Board     

Pat Cowlishaw, Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Chairman-Elect 
Kimberly Lay, Hudson Peters Commercial

Immediate Past Chair      
Richard H. Vitale, Bank of America

Legal Counsel                
Christopher Williams, Winstead PC

Treasurer                       
James W. Dowling, Weaver

Community Affairs Council Chairman
Gail Chandler, Texas Instruments

Economic & Business Development Council Chairman
Debbie Dennis, Oncor

Environmental & Governmental Affairs Council Chairman
Bill Siegel, Cowles & Thompson P.C.

Membership Programs & Services Council Chairman
Scott Kirksey, BenefitMall

Transportation Council Chairman
Ramon Miguez, HDR

At-Large Members
Cecil Edwards, Wells Fargo
Beth Harbin, Southwest Airlines
Dan Jones, Texas A&M University-Commerce

President & CEO
Bruce Bradford

Board of Directors
Mark Bateman, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Bert Beal, GO Federal Credit Union
Samir Bhavsar, Baker Botts L.L.P.
Rob Causey, Higginbotham 
Doug Cook, PlainsCapital Bank
Jean Maier Dean, Nathan D. Maier Consulting Engineers
Leslie Duke, Burns & McDonnell
Bill Dunn, BB&T
Cecil Edwards, Wells Fargo
John Everett, The Westin Galleria Dallas
Valerie Freeman, Imprimis Group, Inc.
Jerri Garison, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano
Beth Garvey, InStaff
Charles Gressle, Medical City Dallas Hospital
Susan Harris, Atmos Energy
Virginia Rose-Harris, Texas Health Resources
Mike Hegarty, AECOM
Billy Hines, NorthPark Management Co.
Karen Hunt, City of Coppell
Larry King, BKD, LLP
Stephen Knobbe, HNTB Corporation
Bill Little, Frost Bank
Mickey Lynam, Veritex Community Bank
Clem Maddox, Time Warner Cable
George Marks, Huitt-Zollars, Inc.
Peter McLaughlin, Ryan
Andrew Melsheimer, Thompson & Knight LLP
Tracy Merzi, Dallas Business Journal
Larry Miller, North Dallas Bank & Trust Co.
Janelle Moore, Town of Addison
Shannan Pratt, Capital One Bank
Vince Puente, Sr., Southwest Office Systems
Milton Richter, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc.
Martha Rocha, Children's Medical Center
James Sangster, Bank of Texas
Jim Schuchard, Tatum, LLC
Chris Shoup, Methodist Hospital for Surgery
Robert Smith, BBVA Compass
Frank Stevenson, Locke Lord
Tom Swiley, ViewPoint Bank
James C. Terrell, Comerica Bank
Sandee Treptow, Reliant an NRG Company
Donna Wald, DeVry University
James L. Waters, Haynes and Boone LLP
John Willding, Strasburger & Price LLP
Jeremy Wyndham, P.E., Jacobs
TIna Young, MarketWave
Peng Zhao, URS Corporation

Ex-Officio Members
Carol Ansley, Doctors Express
Marla Beikman, North Dallas Neighborhood Alliance
Mary Frances Burleson, Ebby Halliday Companies
Ron Chapman, Jr., Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Sandra Doyle, Atmos Energy
John F. Ferguson, Ferguson Oberst Wealth Management
The Honorable Sandy Greyson, Dallas City Council Member
Peg Donahue Hall, SNR Denton
Arthur W. Hollingsworth, Lewis Hollingsworth LP
Jay Johnson, Brown Fox
Elizabeth Jones, Dallas Independent School District
The Honorable Linda Koop, Dallas City Council Member
The Honorable Ann Margolin, Dallas City Council Member
Paul Maute, Jacobs
Mike Morath, Dallas Independent School District
Max Wells