Our Leadership Team

Bianca Davis, Chief Executive Officer

 

Kathleen Dooley, Chief HR and Operations Officer

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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

Joeff Williams - Chief Security Officer, Odin;Former Lt. Colonel of Law Enforcement Services for Texas DPS.

  • Don Allen - CSO, Applied Digital

  • 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

  • Yolanda Scott - Security Manager, Texas Instruments

  • 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