Announcing the Dallas Business Journal 40 Under Forty

Announcing the Dallas Business Journal 40 Under Forty

Congrats to the Dallas Business Journal 40 Under Forty!

If you are interested in meeting "the best and the brightest business leaders under forty," who are listed below, the DBJ is convening an event for them hosted by the Tower Club Dallas, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thursday, June 18.

http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/event/6386?sid=f70df161039a3c93638f3b6979c52848

Deadline to register is 5pm Monday, June 15.

Here they are:

Brian Amend, AC Lordi Consulting

Angelo Antoline, mundayMorning Creative Group

Ashley Blanchette, Robertson, Griege & Thoele

Scott Burnett, Watson Wyatt Worldwide

Emily Callahan, Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Jason Dodd, The Cirrus Group

Clay Dover, Raising Canes Chicken Fingers

Mitch Edgeworth, Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake

Kern Egan, The Richards Group

Brent Fitch, University of Phoenix - Dallas

Sonny Garcia, e-Rewards, Inc.

Yolanda Garcia, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Kourtny Garrett, DOWNTOWNDALLAS

Grant Harrell, 21-Century Silicon, Inc.

Liana Hawes, Wilson Associates

Dr. Brody Hildebrand, Preston Hollow Specialists

Nichole Jordan, Grant Thornton

Cris Jordan, Transwestern

Suzan Kedron, Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Shannon Kraus, HKS, Inc.

Jon Lineberger, Dallas Baptist University

Courtney Marcus, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Krystal Mims, Texas Health Partners

Erin Nealy Cox, Stroz Friedberg LLC

Jeffrey Nieman, Tenet Healthcare Corporation

Mary Nix, Gordon & Rees, LLP

Kevin Pailet, Prescott Pailet Benefits LP

Chris Peterie, Swingle Collins & Associates

Cheri Phyfer, Sherwin Williams

Christi Redfearn, LEED Ap, REDLEE/SCS, Inc.

J. Daniel "Dan" Rodriguez, Tenet Healthcare Corporation

Dupree Scovell, Trammell Crow Company

Conner Searcy, Insight Equity

Nicole Small, Dallas Museum of Nature & Science

Caleb Smith, Spire Realty Group, LP

Scott Sonju, Frisco RoughRiders

Jimmy Stathatos, City of Roanoke

Jeff Staubach, Jones Lang LaSalle

Richard Vitale, Bank of America

Temple Weiss, La Quinta

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Family Gateway executive director resigns

This shocked me...

Family Gateway executive director resigns

Family Gateway executive director resigns
Dallas Business Journal

Jan Mitura has resigned as executive director of Family Gateway, a nonprofit that provides services and transitional housing for homeless families with children.

Mitura is stepping down to explore new opportunities as the agency evolves after spending 22 years with the agency.

Mitura was a founding director when the agency opened to provide services to families in the mid-1980s.

Mitura and the agency under her guidance have served 12,000 citizens since 1986.

Under Mitura’s leadership, the agency established another avenue to help homeless residents transition into structured and gainful employment with the Gateway to Jobs program, which trains clients on job hunting and retaining employment.

Mitura also was behind the Family Treasures Resale Shop, a longer-term program that offered clients a place to live.

Additionally, Mitura spearheaded the Food Preparation and Food Service Training program, which will open in 2009, to offer Gateway participants a chance to learn basic food preparation skills to assist them in their search for gainful employment.

Family Gateway’s former board Chairwoman Kelly Harris will serve as acting executive director while the search for a new executive director is under way.

“Family Gateway is a testament to Jan Mitura’s vision and dedication to homeless families,” said Harris. “Her ability to foresee trends and create programs and services to respond to the needs of our clients brought Family Gateway to where it is today.”

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United Way gives $46M to N. Texas nonprofits

The Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Business Journal both released stories on the big news of May for nearly 100 of the largest and most effective non-profits in Dallas:

United Way gives more than $46 million to 93 area charities

I am proud to say that Central Dallas Ministries received the largest increase of any of the 93 agencies, increasing its allocation to over $800,000 this year.



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$46 million Hope Center to house area ministries

The Dallas Business Journal just published an article entitled, "$46 million Hope Center to house area ministries."

I felt embarassed that this was the first I had heard of it.

But then I saw the $46,000,000 still won't buy you much of a Web site, and I felt better:
http://www.thehopecenterfoundation.org/

Seriously. Come on, people.

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Hey, grant writers -- new Web site provides data on Texas economy

The Dallas Business Journal reports that the State of Texas has launched a new Web site to assist with economic development:

"A newly launched Web site aims to connect businesses, local governments and economic development officials with data and resources for expanding economic opportunity in Texas.
The site, operated through the Texas Comptrollers Office... offers a variety of economic data and analysis including snapshots of key Texas industries and economic sectors, detailed explanations of tools available to assist local governments in economic development initiatives and rankings of where Texas falls in comparison to other states in key arenas.

Read more here.

Or, just visit the site at :
www.TexasAhead.org

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