Board of Directors
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On July 26, 2020, the Uplift Board of Directors released a letter to Uplift families outlining its commitment to improve and increase its efforts toward diversity, equity, and inclusion for our organization, staff and scholars. Read the full letter.
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 meetings are open to the public. Click any of the Quick Links for more information.
Community Forum Rules and Procedures:
- Speakers will have three (3) minutes 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 on 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.
Board of Directors 2022-23
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Cullum Clark*
Chairman of the Board
Director of the Bush Institute, Economic Growth InitiativeLael Melville*
Vice-Chairman of the Board
CEO, The Melville Family Foundation
Cristina Barbosa
Community Volunteer and Executive Director of the Michael Young Family Foundation
Roslyn Barker
Executive Chief of Staff, Toyota North America
John Beckert*
Chair- Development Committee, Strategic Planning
Operating Partner, Highlander Partners, L.P.Michielle Benson
Executive Director, The Arts for Minority Youth
Adam Cox
Partner, Bain & Company
Cathleen Crews
Director, Matter Family Office
Dawn Davidson*
Chair- Governance Committee, Strategic Planning
Vice President & Creative Director, Alpha Business Images, LLCPilar Davies*
Co-Chair - School Engagement Committee
Tony Dona
Former Chairman of the Board
Executive Director, Greystar-Thackeray
Ossa Fisher
President and Chief Operating Officer, iStation
Richard Frapart
Former Chairman of the Board
Honorary Member of the Executive Committee
Ricky Garcia*
Senior Program Manager, Schwab Community Services & Charles Schwab Foundation
Rusty Jaggers
Community Volunteer
Cameron Johnson*
Chair- Real Estate Committee
CEO, NicksonAndre McEwing*
Chair- Uplift Fort Worth Advisory Board
Supplier Diversity Manager, Tarrant County CollegeElena McFann
President, Medicare, Government Business Division, Anthem, Inc.
John McPherson*
Chair - Strategic Planning Committee, Finance
Vice Chairman, Forterra, Inc.Harold Montgomery
Managing Partner, T9 Fund, LP
Michael Stack*
Chair- Finance Committee
Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director, Genus Holdings, LLCJames Stanton*
Chair- Advocacy Committee
Partner, Stanton LLPEd Tauriac*
Chair - Audit Committee
Senior Strategic Advisory, FTI ConsultingChristine VanDeVelde*
Co-Chair - School Engagement Committee
Author, Journalist and Speaker
Kevin Bryant
Former Chairman of the Board
General Counsel, Crow Holdings
Melissa McNeil
Former Chairman of the Board
Ryan Moss
Former Chairman of the Board
Executive Vice President & CFO, Lucid Energy Group
*denotes executive committee