Our Leadership Team
Bianca Davis, Chief Executive Officer
Kathleen Dooley, Chief HR and Operations Officer
Priya Murphy, Chief Development Officer
Claudia Davila,Ph. D., Chief Programs Officer
Our Staff
Liliana Adame, Mental Health Clinician
Roya Atashi, Director of Legal Services
Annette Bailey, Program Resource Coordinator
Vanessa Barker, Community Engagement Director
Samantha Carmean, Development Administrative Manager
Rebecca Carlson, Mental Health Clinician
Sydney Chiles, Events & Communications Manager
Miluska Acuy-Edwards, Economic Empowerment Specialist
Yeimy Fernandez, Adult Case Manager
Monica Flores, Case Management Director
Victoria Flores, Paralegal
Regina Frugé, Clinical Director
Kate Gilliland, Mental Health Clinician
Mackenzie Hamilton, Receptionist & Intake Coordinator
Avery Hammer, Case Program Manager
Robbie Hamilton, Youth Mentor
Geizel Hatch, Mental Health Clinician
Marie Leblanc, Director of Integrated Learning
Nikki Lockett, Adult Case Manager
Edith Mendez, Youth Case Manager
Shenita Hickerson, Accounting Director
Myrna Olaya, Clinical Program Manager
Priscila Torres Ortiz, Youth Case Manager
Katrina Tamez, Director of Grants
OUR BOARDS
2025 - 2026 Board of Directors
Cole Edmonson, DNP, RN, FANN - Healthcare Executive, Strategic Advisor, and Emeritus Chief Clinical Officer
Neisha Strambler-Butler - Senior VP of HR Strategic Business Services
Baylor Scott & White Health
Deondriea Cantrice - Anti-trafficking, Author, Speaker, Life Coach
Sherri Daniel - Certified Public Accountant
Lynn Dowdle - Principal, Dowdle Real Estate
Lonnie Falgout - Director - Family Security at Palette Investment Company
Ashley Fogle - AVP, Infrastructure Project Manager, Citi Financial|Junior League Dallas Project Chair
Laura Harris - Journalist and Co-Anchor, NBC5
Tracey Nash-Huntley - Community Leader
Fallyn Jones - Senior Vice President, Citigroup, Inc.
Millicent Knight, OD, FAAO, FAARM, FNAP - Senior Vice President, Customer Development Group, EssilorLuxottica
Camelia Lopez-Shoemaker - Prosecutor
Sarah K. Miller - Philanthropist
Cheryl Monroe - VP Controller and Treasurer, Mary Kay Inc.
Laura Nieto - Managing Director of Corporate Responsibility, Southwest Airlines
Elena Sacca Smith - Group Manager for the Office of Social Innovation, Toyota North America
Erin Sander - Owner & Designer, Erin Sander Design
Beth Thoele - Community Leader
advisory BOARD Members
Nancy Ann Hunt - Business and Community Leader
Ashlee Kleinert - Community Leader
Hon. Jeanne Phillips - Senior Vice President, Corporate Engagement & International Relations for Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
Pat Schenkel - Community Leader
Gail Turner - Community Leader
Cole Edmonson, DNP, RN, FANN
NFNL Board Chair
MEN'S ADVOCACY GROUP board 2025 - 2026
Joeff Williams - Chief Security Officer, Odin;Former Lt. Colonel of Law Enforcement Services for Texas DPS.
Dr. George Ball - Clinical Director, Heritage Counseling & Consulting
Matthew Brady - Managing Director, Vice President at Burns & Wilcox
Zach Burch, Banking Center Manager, AVP, Origin Bank
Scott Dyer - CEO, World Soccer Holdings
Michael Guinn - Motivational Speaker, Published Author, Social Worker
Josh Hunt - Co-Founder & CVO, Bolt Human Capital
Todd Johnson - Former Assistant Special Agent, HIS Dallas
Michael Kawa - Seneca Signing Agents
Scott X. Nady - Senior Assistant Coach Director of Player Development, Director of Dallas Recruiting, SMU
Paresh Patel - Managing Partner, Strategic Alliances
C. Davis Prescott - Senior Vice President, First Horizon Bank
Payton Roberts - Associate, Dowd Bennett LLP
Mark Scalzo - North America Industry Manager, MathWorks
Jeff Stacey - Founder of Enrich Athletics
Bill Wallace - Founder of Success North Dallas, Author & Netweaver
Rodrego Way - LPC, LCDC, Owner & Executive Director, The Mind & Therapy Clinic
Men’s Advocacy Group Honorary Board
Ray L. Hunt - Executive Chairman, Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
Chris Kleinert - CEO, Hunt Investment Holdings, LLC, Hunt Realty Investments
Dr. Bobby Lyle - Chairman, President & CEO, Lyco Holdings Inc.
John Scovell - Founder and Chairman, Woodbine
Brad Cheves - Vice President at Southern Methodist University
Dr. R. Gerald Turner - President, Southern Methodist University
Joeff Williams
MAG Board President
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS BOARD 2025 -2026
Amanda Muhammad - COF President,Mindfulness-Based Stress Management & Psychological Safety Consultant
Cora Black - SHRM-CP - Human Resource and Client Relations, City of Dallas
Leslie Concors - Entrepreneur, Real Estate Investor
Sarah Eastburn
Kirsten Gappelberg
Sherry Gillespie
Dr. Maureen Gutierrez - MD, FACP, founder of Dallas Comprehensive Medical Care
Sharita Kayembe - Branch Manager, VP, Chase Bank
Ashley Koos - Litigation Associate at Haynes and Boone, LLP
Suzanne Massey
Jessica Metts
Carey Moen - Real Estate Agent
Cindy Niederhaus - Community Volunteer
Tiffany Odum - Occupational Therapist, Veterans Affairs
Jennifer Pearson - Executive Sales Specialist, Johnson & Johnson
Amanda Reynolds
Erin Sander - Owner & Designer, Erin Sander Design
Karla Smith - Real Estate Specialist at SRS Real Estate Partners
Veronica Smith - Software Engineer; Project Management
Denise Stewart - Community Volunteer
Krysten Thompson - Director, Santander Consumer USA
De’Edra S. Williams - Chief Customer Officer at DeepHow
Lisa Winkley - Fashion and Event Producer, T.D. Jakes Ministries
Amanda Muhammad
COF President

