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Board of Directors

Chairman
Ron Kirk
Former Dallas Mayor; Partner, Vinson & Elkins

Vice Chairman
Adelfa B. Callejo, Esq.

Civic Leader; Attorney, Callejo & Callejo

Secretary-Treasurer
Jim Keyes

Chairman and CEO, Blockbuster, Inc.

 

 Ex Officio
Superintendent of Schools
Michael Hinojosa, Ed.D.

Ex Officio
Mayor, City of Dallas
Tom Leppert 

Arcilia Acosta
President & CEO, CARCON Industries

Joel T. Allison
President & CEO, Baylor Health Care System

Dolores Barzune
Civic Leader

David Biegler
Chairman-Estrella Energy

Robert A. Estrada
Chairman-Estrada, Hinojosa & Co.

Lee Jackson
Chancellor-University of North Texas

Steve Mauldin
President & General Manager-KTVT-CBS11

Liz Minyard
Civic Leader

Pettis Norman
President & CEO, PNIndustries

Erle Nye
Chairman Emeritus-TXU Corp.

Holly Reed
Sr. Vice President of External Affairs-AT&T

John Scovell
President & CEO-Woodbine Development

Jack Swindle
President-TI Foundation

Don Williams
Chairman & Founder-Foundation for Community Empowerment; Chairman Emeritus-Trammel Crow Company


“I think this will really motivate students and faculty. Most important, I hope the community and all the parents will really get behind this effort.”

John Scovell
President and CEO
Woodbine Development Corporation

“The foundation has some very strong and very committed leadership who really want to make the school district better. We want to make the Dallas ISD the best urban district in the nation. Dallas has needed this for such a long time, and I’m really excited about it.”

Adelfa Callejo
Attorney and Civic Leader

“I believe that in five years Dallas will be transformed into one of the greatest school districts in the United States.”

Pettis Norman
President and CEO
PNIndustries