
The mission of the Dallas Citizens Council is to promote a favorable business climate for Dallas and a good quality of life for all Dallas citizens. We work in tandem with government and other community interests to resolve common concerns. What we bring to problem-solving is our ability to marshal the resources of our businesses, to leverage our credibility in the community, to provide leadership and diversity, and to apply our management skills in ways that result in constructive dialogue and ultimately, positive change.
Officers | Directors | Members
Arcilia C. Acosta
Chief Executive Officer
CARCON Industries and STL Engineers
Elaine B. Agather
Chairman, Dallas Region
Chase
David E. Alexander
Southwest Area Managing Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
Joel T. Allison, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Baylor Health Care System
Peter Altabef
President, Dell Services
Dell
Gerard J. Arpey
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
American Airlines, Inc. and AMR Corp.
Kim J. Askew
Partner
K&L Gates LLP
Ralph W. Babb, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Bank
W. Mike Baggett
Chairman Emeritus
Winstead PC
Norman P. Bagwell
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Bank of Texas, N.A.
Michael W. Barnes
President and Chief Operating Officer
Fossil, Inc.
Henry C. (Peter) Beck III
Managing Director
The Beck Group
Robert W. Best
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Atmos Energy Corporation
David W. Biegler
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Southcross Energy, LLC
Gene H. Bishop
Alan L. Boeckmann
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Fluor Corporation
Michael M. Boone
Partner
Haynes and Boone, LLP
George W. Bramblett, Jr.
Partner
Haynes and Boone, LLP
David Bratton
Executive Committee - Sammons Enterprises, Inc.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ben Brooks
Attorney at Law
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Douglas H. Brooks
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Brinker International
Don Buchholz
Chairman
SWS Group, Inc./Southwest Securities, Inc.
Stephen Butt
Senior Vice President, Central Market Division
H.E.B./Central Market
Tim Byrne
President, Residential
Lincoln Property Company
David A. Campbell
Chief Executive Officer
Luminant
Albert P. Carey
President and Chief Executive Officer
Frito-Lay, Inc.
Curtis Carlson
Administrative Managing Partner
Hunton & Williams LLP
Jeffrey Chapman
Partner
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Felix Y. Chen
President and Chief Executive Officer
PAJ, Inc.
Robert A. Chereck
Dallas Regional President
Wells Fargo
J. Coley Clark
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
BancTec, Inc.
Thomas W. Codd, Jr.
Managing Partner, North Texas
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Kenneth P. Cohen
Vice President, Public and Government Affairs
ExxonMobil
Key Coker
Dallas City President
BBVA Compass
Cynthia Comparin
Chief Executive Officer
Animato
Terry Conner
Managing Partner
Haynes and Boone, LLP
David R. Corrigan
President
Corrigan Investments, Inc.
Kevin Cox
Vice President State and Community Affairs
American Airlines, Inc.
Erin Nealy Cox
Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel
Stroz Friedberg, LLC
Edwin L. Cox
Chairman
Edwin L. Cox Company
David Daniel, Ph.D.
President
The University of Texas at Dallas
Robert H. Dedman, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
DFI Management, Ltd.
Joseph M. DePinto
President and Chief Executive Officer
7-Eleven, Inc.
Elmer L. Doty
President and Chief Executive Officer
Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.
Richard Douglas
Executive Vice President
Jones Lang LaSalle
Thomas M. Dunning
Lockton Dunning Benefits
Christopher J. Durovich
President and Chief Executive Officer
Children's Medical Center of Dallas
Kent Eastman
State President, Texas
Capital One Bank
Fran Eichorst
Vice President, Public Affairs/Regional Site Leader Texas
Fidelity Investments
Gregg L. Engles
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Dean Foods Company
Ruben E. Esquivel
Vice President - Community and Corporate Relations
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Finley Ewing III
President
Ewing Automotive Group
Jerry Farrington
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive
Texas Utilities Co.
J. Patrick Faubion
President
Comerica Bank - Texas Market
Jeffrey P. Fegan
Chief Executive Officer
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Hill A. Feinberg
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
First Southwest Company
Bob Ferguson
Board of Directors
TDIndustries, Inc.
Manny Fernandez
Dallas Office Managing Partner
KPMG LLP
Trevor Fetter
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Richard W. Fisher
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Ruth Miller Fitzgibbons
Principal
Richards Partners
Mark R. Flagg
President - North Texas
Northern Trust, NA
Jeff S. Fronterhouse
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder & LLC Partner
Brazos Private Equity Partners, LLC
Ronald J. Gafford
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Austin Industries, Inc.
John Gates
President of Brokerage, Americas
Jones Lang LaSalle
Henry Gilchrist
Senior Counsel
Hunton & Williams LLP
Harrison S. Goldman
Practice Leader - Commercial Business Unit
Thomas Group, Inc.
Stephen D. Good
Managing Partner
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
Mark Gottfredson
Founding Partner, Dallas Office
Bain & Company
Michael S. Greene
Vice Chairman
Energy Future Holdings Corp.
David J. Haemisegger
President
NorthPark Management Company
Howard Hallam
President
Ben E. Keith Company
Robert Hallam
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ben E. Keith Company
Donna D. Halstead
President
Dallas Citizens Council
Linda W. Hart
Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Hart Group, Inc.
Douglas D. Hawthorne, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Texas Health Resources
Ronald Hay
Chairman
Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth A. Hersh
Chief Executive Officer
NGP Energy Capital Management
Thomas Hicks
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Hicks Holdings LLC
Matthew H. Hildreth
President and Chief Executive Officer
Amegy Bank of Texas
Lyda Hill
President
LH Holdings
David B. Holl
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mary Kay Inc.
Robert C. Holmes
Managing Director / Co-Head Retail Industries, Head of Southern Region Investment Banking
JP Morgan Securities
Richard W. Holt
President
Bank of America Dallas
W. R. Howell
Kristi Sherrill Hoyl
Vice President, Government Affairs
Baylor Health Care System
John F. Hubach
Partner
A. T. Kearney, Inc.
Vester T. Hughes, Jr.
Senior Partner
K&L Gates LLP
Donald W. Hultgren
President and Chief Executive Officer
SWS Group, Inc.
Walter J. Humann
President and Chief Executive Officer
WJH Corporation
Ray L. Hunt
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
Lee F. Jackson
Chancellor
University of North Texas System
Daniel Jeakins
Principal
HKS Inc.
J. Stephen Jones
Chief Operating Officer/Executive Vice President
Dallas Cowboys Football Club
George F. Jones, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.
Gary Kelly
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Southwest Airlines Co.
Jack L. Kinzie
Partner In Charge
Baker Botts, L.L.P.
Christopher W. Kleinert
Chairman
Hunt Investment Group
Richard Knight, Jr.
President
Knight Waste Services
Robert B. Lane
Wright L. Lassiter, Jr., Ph.D.
Chancellor
Dallas County Community College District
Gail Warrior Lawrence
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Warrior Group
Tom Lazo, Sr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Lazo Technologies, Inc.
Bruce Leadbetter
Chief Executive Officer
Sponsor Investments, LLC
R. Jan LeCroy, Ph.D.
Former President Dallas Citizens Council
President, LeCroy Enterprises, LLC
Stanley R. Levenson
Chief Executive Officer
Levenson & Brinker Public Relations
Esau Liu
Chairman
Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce
Aaron T. Liverpool
Chief Executive Officer/Partner
Entrust One Facility Services, Inc.
Wendy Lopez
Vice President
URS Corporation
Jack Lowe
Chairman
TDIndustries, Ltd.
Harold MacDowell
Chief Executive Officer
TDIndustries, Inc.
Larry A. Makel
Partner
Patton Boggs, LLP
Stephen L. Mansfield, Ph.D., FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Methodist Health System
Schuyler Marshall
President
The Rosewood Corporation
Clint McDonnough
Dallas Office Managing Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
Michael McGrath
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Group, Inc.
Jerry L. McPeters
President
Group & Pension Administrators, Inc.
Lisbeth Minyard
The Minyard Group
Patrick Mitchell
Managing Partner
Hunton & Williams LLP
J. C. Montgomery, Jr.
President
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
David T. Moran
Managing Partner
Jackson Walker L.L.P.
James M. Moroney III
Publisher/Chief Executive Officer
The Dallas Morning News
Mike Moses
SWS Group, Inc.
Blaine L. Nelson
Managing Partner, North Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas
Deloitte Services LP
Erle Nye
Chairman Emeritus
TXU Corp.
Edward O'Brien
Office Managing Partner
Grant Thornton LLP
Rick Ortiz
Chairman of the Board
Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
P. Scott Ozanus
Vice Chair - Tax
KPMG LLP
Ross Perot, Jr.
Chairman
Hillwood
Judy Pesek
Managing Director
Gensler
Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D.
President
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Donald C. Potts
Chairman of the Board
Capital Institutional Services, Inc.
Boone Powell, Jr.
Michael Rawlings
CIC Partners LP
Dr. Lane Rawlins
President
University of North Texas
Holly Reed
Regional Vice President, External Affairs
AT&T Texas
Stan Richards
Principal
The Richards Group
John H. Richardson
SALJRfive INVESTMENTS GP, LLC
Philip Ritter
Executive VP of Governmental and Stakeholder Affairs
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
David Russell
Vice President External Affairs
Verizon Communications
G. Brint Ryan
Chief Executive Officer
Ryan, Inc.
Bruce Sammis
Chief Executive Officer
Lockton Dunning Benefits
Stephen H. Sands
Executive Director
The Rosewood Corporation
Pete Schenkel
Dean Foods Company
Mark W. Schortman
Vice President and General Manager, South Business Unit
Coca-Cola Enterprises
George R. Schrader
Principal
Schrader & Cline, LLC
John Field Scovell
President and Chief Executive Officer
Woodbine Development Corporation
Carl Sewell
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Sewell Automotive Companies
Robert (Bob) Shapard
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Oncor Electric Delivery
Stan Shipley
Managing Director
Banc of America Securities LLC
William T. Solomon
Ret. Austin Industries, Inc.
James D. Spaniolo
President
The University of Texas at Arlington
Mark Speese
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Kay St. John
Regional President-Texas
BB&T
Ronald G. Steinhart
Ret. Bank One Corporation
Randall L. Stephenson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
AT&T Inc.
Frank E. Stevenson, II
Partner
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
Kenneth L. Stewart
Partner-In-Charge, Dallas
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Richard K. Templeton
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Jere W. Thompson, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
Ambit Energy
Kip Tindell
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Container Store
David W. Toomey
President and General Manager
CIGNA HealthCare
R. Gerald Turner, Ph.D.
President
Southern Methodist University
Myron E. (Mike) Ullman, III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
Timothy R. Wallace
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Trinity Industries, Inc.
Robert C. Walters
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Energy Future Holdings Corp.
Ray Washburne
President and Chief Executive Officer
Charter Holdings
Julia Wellborn
Texas Regional Managing Director, SVP Wealth & Institutional Management
Comerica Bank
Terri West
Senior Vice President
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Alan B. White
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
PlainsCapital Corporation
Kern Wildenthal, M.D., Ph.D.
President
Southwestern Medical Foundation
Dory A. Wiley
President and Chief Executive Officer
Commerce Street Capital, LLC
Todd A. Williams
Advisory Director and Retired Partner
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Russ Williamson
State Director
Pfizer, Inc.
T. Michael Wilson
Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Michael D. Wortley
Partner
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Kathleen J. Wu
Partner
Andrews Kurth LLP
John F. Young
President and Chief Executive Officer
Energy Future Holdings Corp
Jeffrey A. Zlotky
Managing Partner
Thompson & Knight L.L.P.