Mary Jo Burgess
Executive Director/CEO
Katherine Elliott
Director of Community Relations and Development
Kathy Clark
Assistant Director of Community Relations
Delaina Netherland Smiley
Community Engagement Coordinator
Paquita Hanks
Community Engagement Coordinator
DeAnn Colegrove
Facility and Project Manager
Janetsa Hernandez
Community Relations Assistant
Amy McDonald
Program Director
Joni Lunsford
Assistant Program Director
Laura Beam
Case Supervisor
Nichole Branch
Case Supervisor
Marlene McDade
Case Supervisor
Laci Murray
Case Supervisor
Morgan Wolford
Case Supervisor
2021 board of directors
Jerrod Fishback, Chair – College Ministries Pastor , Rose Height Church
Robert Rivers, Chair-Elect – Plant Manager, Trane Technologies
Tameeka Mitchell, Secretary – HR/Business Office Manager, KETK-TV
Gregory Parker, Treasurer – Tax Supervisor, Gollob Morgan Peddy P.C.
Edward Moore, Immediate Past Chair – President/CEO, Greater Tyler Association of Realtors
Tom Mullins, Ex Officio – Past President/CEO Tyler Chamber of Commerce and Tyler Economic Development Council
Officer Scott Behrend – Community Resource Officer, Tyler Police Department
David Bush – Shareholder, Kent, Anderson, Bush, Frost & Metcalf, P.C.
Lamond Dean – Superintendent, Chapel Hill ISD
Nan Moore – Owner Mainstream Boutique, Past CEO Smith County United Way
April Munoz – Bilingual/ESL Coordinator, Chapel Hill ISD
Sandra Owens, Ed.D – Retired Tyler ISD
Marina Schroeder – Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley
Julie Shamburger – Senior Executive VP and CFO, Southside Bank
Kent Willis, PhD – Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
