Dallas College
PA-9: Committee on Investor Responsibility

The Dallas College Foundation mission is to provide student scholarships, support educational programs and work with partner organizations to help remove barriers for students. The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors charged with fulfilling the mission and overseeing strategic fundraising and investment that upholds sustainability values of social responsibility to the community and the environment.

Dallas College Foundation Board Members include: Chair Debbie Taylor (CitiGroup, Citi Foundation, 2010 CSR Executive of the Year by Center for Non-Profit Mgmt), Chair-Elect Clint McDonnough (Enrst & Young, Dallas Citizens Council, Dallas Education Foundation, Methodist Health System, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society), Immediate Past Chair Hunter Hunt (Hunt Consolidated, Dallas County Promise, Dallas College STEM Institute, Dallas Citizens Council, Texas Health Resources, SMU Hunt Institute of Engineering and Humanity), Secretary Brian Olson (Goldman Sachs, Chartered Financial Analyst Society of Dallas Fort Worth, America SCORES Dallas Chapter), Treasurer Scott Leteir (Deason Capital, Conduet Inc., Xerox Holdings), Executive Director Dr. Pyeper Wilkins (Dallas College, Texas Association of Community College Foundations), Board Officer Lynn McBee (Young Women's Preperatory Network, New England Biolabs), Honorary Officers Douglas D. Hawthorne (Retired, Texas Health Resources, Greater Dallas Community Relations Commission, Dallas Together Forum, American Hospital Association NOVA Award), Mike A. Myers (Myers Financial Corporation, University of Texas Golf Club, Dallas Assembly, Dallas Citizens Council, Young President's Organization, Longhorn Education Foundation, University of Texas Law School Foundation, Rising Star Program), Phillip J. Ritter (Dallas College Trustee, Greenlight, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, DFW International Airport), Robert L. Thornton, III (Rising Star Program, JP Morgan Chase, The Nature Conservancy of Texas, University of Texas Press, Dallas Arboretum, SMU Cox School of Business, Dallas Historical Society Community Service Award). Ex-Officio Chairman Dallas College Board of Trustees Monica Lira Bravo (Dallas College Board Chair, Lira Bravo Law, Emerald Isle Neighborhood Association, Latino Center for Leadership Development, Dallas Bar Association Board and Founder of Immigration Law Section, Hispanic National Bar Association, Southeast Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Alumnae Association Chapter Texas Woman's University), Ex-Offico Dr. Joe May (Dallas College Chancellor, National Council of State Directors of Community Colleges and Rebuilding America's Middle Class, Council of Higher Education Accreditation, National Workforce Solutions Advisory Board, Single Stop USA, ACT Workforce Council, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Metrics Initiative, Rcognized CEO of the Year by Southern Region Association of Community College Trustees), Board of Directors include Tonika Cheek Clayton (Technology Investor, New Schools, NewsCorp), Tom Corcoran (TCOR Hotel Partners, FelCor, Sammons Enterprises, American Hotel & Lodging Association, Lifetime Achievement Award from American Lodging Investment Summit), Manuel Diaz (Diaz Law Firm), Chris Durovich (Children's Health System of Texas, Children's Medical Center Dallas, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, American Hospital Association, Children's Hospital Association, March of Dimes, YMCA Dallas, Ronald McDonald House of Dallas), Regen Horchow (Early Matters Dallas, Zero to Five Funders Collaborative, White House Fellows Selection Panel, Junior League of Dallas Sustainer of the Year Award), Chad Houser (Cafe Momentum, Dallas Farmers Market Friends, CNN Top 10 Hero in 2018, Dallas Business Journal 40 under 40, Social Enterprise Alliance, New Cities Foundation, Good Magazine), Mary Jalonik (Retired Past President of The Dallas Foundation, Council on Foundations, Community Foundation Standards Advisory Committee, Dallas Mayor's Task Force on Poverty, Girls Adventure Trails, Charter 100 of Dallas), Alicia Makaye (GXA, Air Force, Women's Veterans Center for Business, Dallas Business Journal Minority Business Leader Award, University of Texas at Dallas Diversity Advisory Council, Richardson Chamber of Commerce), Ann Margolin (Investor, Former Councilmember City of Dallas, First Woman Chair of Parkland Hospital, Dallas Citizens Homelessness Commission, Dallas City Planning and Zoning Commision, Dallas Parks and Recreation Board, Texas Association for the Protection of Children), Raamel Mitchell (Microsoft, U.S. Department of Energy), Alfreda Norman (Federal Reserve Bank, Bank of America, City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, The Container Store, Communities Foundation of Texas, Meadows Foundation, Southwestern Medical Foundation, SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Urban Teachers Foundation, Dallas Promise, Dallas Assembly), and Mark Paul (UBS Wealth Management Americas, SMU Advisory Board, Culinary Patsry and Hospitality Program).

The Dallas College Foundation summarized its activities in the 2019 Annual Report (https://www.foundation.dcccd.edu/2019-annual-report). Responsible investment actions led to new programs to remove barriers to student success. Some of the programs include the Dallas County Promise, Emergency Aid Fund, Career Connected Learner Network, free public transit DART GoPass for students, Food Pantries on all campuses.

Dallas College Foundation Board mission statement and activities include an explicit focus on investment responsibility to provide student scholarships, educational programs, and working with partners to help remove barriers for students.