People
Board of Directors
President:
Barry McNeil
Senior Counsel, Haynes and Boone LLP
Vice President:
Barbra Applebaum
Educator
Treasurer:
Chuck Gall
Partner, Litigation, Hunton, Andrews & Kurth
Secretary:
Mayela Trespalacios
Director of Strategic Business Consulting, Epsilon
Immediate Past President:
Shelton G. Hopkins, MD
Retired Orthopedic Surgeon, Orthopedic Associates of Dallas
Janie Autz
Director of Outreach Ministry, East Dallas Christian Church
Alexandra Bacalao, MD
Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Chris Casner
Retired, Senior Consultant, Verizon Communications
Carole Cohen Retired, Financial Consultant, Wells Fargo Advisors LLC
Myra Fischel
Community Volunteer and Independent Real Estate Broker
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
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
Megan Nicholson
Partner, ImageArb LLC
Femi Omonije
Owner/CEO, Eko & Sons LLC
Nancy Rivin
Community Volunteer
Joyce Roth
Counsel, NorthMarq Capital Finance
Francis Ryburn
Community Volunteer
Daniel Simon, Jr.
Senior TPS Engineer, BAE Systems
Ruth Villalonga Director of External Affairs, George W. Bush Presidential Center
Kate Watson
Community Volunteer
Jabeen Zaidi Owner, Convention Planning and Transportation Company
Kristin Brown Ex Officio, Liaison, Junior League Dallas
Sarah Papert Ex Officio, Executive Director, 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
Sarah Papert
Chief Executive Officer
214-265-5057 x 104
Ryan Armstrong
Chief Development Officer
214-265-5057 x 106
Director of Donor Relations & Communication
214-265-5057 x 111
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
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
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