People
Board of Directors
President:
Shelton G. Hopkins, MD
Retired Orthopaedic Surgeon, Orthopaedic Associates of Dallas
Vice President:
Barry McNeil
Senior Counsel, Haynes and Boone LLP
Treasurer:
Jeff Morales
Partner, Casla Partners LLC
Secretary:
Jabeen Zaidi
Marketing Consultant, IM Therapist and Foreign Language Teacher, IPT and Greenhill School
Immediate Past President:
David M. Hundley
Counsel, Rees-Jones Holdings LLC
Barbra Applebaum
Community Volunteer
Amita Chhabra
Owner, Radical Rags
Christopher Casner
Retired, Senior Consultant Verizon Communications
Carole S. Cohen
Retired, Financial Consultant Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Myra Fischel
Community Volunteer and Independent Real Estate Broker
Chuck Gall
Partner, Litigation, Hunton, Andrews & Kurth
Byron Harris
Writer/Producer
Linda Humphries
Community Volunteer
Frank Lloyd
Retired, Associate Dean-Executive Education SMU Cox School of Business
Ellen Marks
Community Volunteer
Beth Maultsby
Partner, Family Law, Goranson Bain
Jim Meyer
Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Gwen Moore
Retired, Past President and Co-Founder of the PLAN Fund
Megan Nicholson
Partner, ImageArb LLC
Femi Omonije
Owner/CEO, Eko & Sons LLC
Nancy Rivin
Community Volunteer
Daniel Simon Jr.
Senior Software Engineer II, Raytheon
Mayela Trespalacios
Ex Officio, Junior League Liaison
Kate Watson
Community Volunteer
Advisory Board
Sheana Chen
Ruben E. Esquivel
Gayle G. Johansen
Rev. Rob Leischner
Sharon Martin
Morton Meyerson
Sammye Myers
Camille Owens
Marnie Wildenthal
Literacy Achieves Staff
Administrative Staff
Sarah Papert
Executive Director
214-265-5057 x 104
Dionne Kirby
Senior Director of Philanthropy
214-265-5057 x 110
Egoamaka Egbe
Director of Donor Relations & Communication
214-265-5057 x 106
Tim Jernigan
Accounting and Facilities Manager
214-265-5057 x 109
Elizabeth Harris
Administrative Assistant
214-265-5057 x 107
Adult Program Staff
Ashley Holm
Outcomes and Evaluation Director
214-265-5057 x112
LaTress Peoples
Volunteer Manager
214-265-5057 x114
La'Tonya Coleman-Hill
Vickery Meadow Adult Program Senior Manager
214-265-5057 x101
Laura Montalvo
West Dallas Adult Program Manager
214-265-5057 x201
Jody Cargill
East Dallas Adult Program Manager
214-265-5057 x301
Leti Bustamante
Student Services Manager
214-265-5057 x304
Children's Program Staff
Birgit Scott
Children's Program Director
214-265-5057 x 103
Marina Leguizamo
West Dallas Children's Coordinator
214-265-5057 x 202
Dana Norris
ELM-East Dallas Children's Coordinator
214-265-5057 x 302