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:
Chuck Gall
Partner, Litigation, Hunton, Andrews & Kurth
Secretary:
Jabeen Zaidi
Marketing Consultant, IM Therapist and Foreign Language Teacher, IPT & Greenhill School
Immediate Past President:
David M. Hundley
Counsel, Rees-Jones Holdings LLC
Barbra Applebaum
Retired, School Teacher for the Plano Independent School District
Janie Autz
Director of Outreach Ministry, East Dallas Christian Church
Alexandra Bacalao
Ex Officio, Junior League Liaison
Christopher Casner
Retired, Senior Consultant Verizon Communications
Amita Chhabra
Owner, Radical Rags
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
Amy Merrill
Part-Time Contractor, Microsoft
Jim Meyer
Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Ryan Mitchell
Vice President, Talent Development and Diversity and Inclusion, Texas Capital Bank
Gwen Moore
Retired, Past President and Co-Founder of the PLAN Fund
Jeff Morales
Partner, Litigation, Casla Partners, LLC
Megan Nicholson
Partner, ImageArb LLC
Femi Omonije
Owner/CEO, Eko & Sons LLC
Nancy Rivin
Community Volunteer
Joyce Roth
Chief Legal Officer, NorthMarq Capital
Linda Rutherford
Chief Operating Officer, EAGFO, LLC
Francis Ryburn
Community Volunteer
Daniel Simon, Jr.
Senior Software Engineer II, Raytheon
Mayela Trespalacios
Director of Strategic Business Consulting, Epsilon
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
Colleen Taylor
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
Elizabeth Harris
Executive Assistant
214-265-5057 x 107
LaTress Peoples
Talent and Resource Manager
214-265-5057 x 114
Adult Program Staff
Ashley Holm
Outcomes and Evaluation Director
214-265-5057 x 112
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
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