People
Board of Directors
President:
Barbra Applebaum
Educator
Vice President:
Joyce Roth
Counsel, NorthMarq Capital Finance
Treasurer:
Chris Casner
Retired, Senior Consultant, Verizon Communications
Secretary:
Kate Watson
Community Volunteer
Immediate Past President:
Barry McNeil
Senior Counsel, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Janie Autz
Director of Outreach Ministry, East Dallas Christian Church
Alexandra Bacalao, MD
Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Alexandra Bacalao
Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Ashu Balimba Staff Attorney, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Carole Cohen Retired, Financial Consultant, Wells Fargo Advisors LLC
Myra Fischel
Community Volunteer and Independent Real Estate Broker
Charles Gall Partner, Litigation, Hunton, Andrews & Kurth
Andrea Glispie Senior Manager, Community Development Charles Schwab Bank
Byron Harris
Writer/Producer
Alex Horn Director of Congregational Engagement Temple Emanu-El
Linda Humphries
Community Volunteer
Carey Lawrence Director, Empower Schools
Frank Lloyd
Retired, Associate Dean-Executive Education SMU Cox School of Business
Beth Maultsby
Partner, Family Law, Goranson Bain
Amy Merrill
Part-Time Contractor, Microsoft
Ryan Mitchell
Director, Global Diversity Equity & Inclusion, CBRE
Gwen Moore
Retired, Past President and Co-Founder of the PLAN Fund
Jeff Morales Sr. VP Corporate Development, Steward Health Care System LLC
Nancy Rivin Community Volunteer
Francis Ryburn
Community Volunteer
Robert P. Taylor III
Attorney, Retired Partner Locke Lord LLP
Nancy Thursby Retired, Regional Counsel, State Bar of Texas
Mayela Trespalacios Sr. Director of Strategic Business Consulting Epsilon
Ruth Villalonga VP, DE&I Communications for Ford at H&K Strategies
Robert T. Warren Certified Public Accountant, Robert T. Warren PC
Jabeen Zaidi Owner, Convention Planning and Transportation Company
Lindsey Brooksher Ex Officio, Liaison, Junior League Dallas
Dionne Kirby Ex Officio, CEO, Literacy Achieves
Advisory Board
Sheana Chen
Ruben E. Esquivel
Gayle G. Johansen
Rev. Rob Leischner
Sharon Martin
Morton Meyerson
Sammye Myers
Camille Owens
Colleen Taylor
Marnie Wildenthal
Literacy Achieves Staff
Administrative Staff
Dionne Kirby
Chief Executive Officer
214-265-5057 x 104
Teresa Ramirez
Director of Finance and Administration
214-265-5057 x 109
Kassie Treviño
Accounting Assistant
214-265-5057 x 107
Talent and Resource Manager
214-265-5057 x 114
Database Manager
Adult Program Staff
La'Tonya Coleman-Hill
Senior Manager, Adult Programs, Vickery Meadow
214-265-5057 x 101
Laura Montalvo
Adult Program Manager, West Dallas
214-265-5057 x 201
Jody Cargill
Adult Program Manager, ELM-East Dallas
214-265-5057 x 301
Pamela Fields
Adult Program Assistant
Leti Bustamante
Senior Manager, Student Services
214-265-5057 x 304
Children's Program Staff
Birgit Scott
Children's Program Director
214-265-5057 x 103
Marina Leguizamo
Children's Program Coordinator, West Dallas
214-265-5057 x 202
Dana Norris
Children's Program Coordinator, ELM-East Dallas
214-265-5057 x 302