Our Board of Directors
LaMonte Thomas
Chairman of the Board, Texas Diversity Council
President and General Manager, North Texas and Oklahoma, Cigna
Chandra M. Abrams, SPHR
Director, Employee Experience Business Partners
Transamerica
Myron Anderson, Ph.D.
Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Jeffrey Arndt
President and CEO
VIA Metropolitan Transit
Nathaniel Bennett III
Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer & Head of Talent Acquisition
Comerica Bank
Colette Pierce Burnette
President and Chief Executive Officer
Huston-Tillotson University
Jeff Chaponick
President and CEO
MAC Executive Recruiters
David Comeaux
Assistant Vice President of Workforce Diversity & Inclusion
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Pam Cox
VP, Human Resources and Brand Communication
Whataburger
Bryan Glines
Manager, HR Compliance & Diversity
CenterPoint Energy
Tracy Goyne
Manager of Leadership Development and Inclusion
The Michaels Companies
LaShawn Grant
Institutional Equity and Compliance Officer & District Title IX Coordinator
Dallas County Community College District
James Harris
Director, Diversity & Inclusion and Supplier Diversity
H-E-B
Carol Hess
Vice President, Worldwide Workstation Product Mgmt & Business Development
HP
Laura Hitchens
Vice President and Human Resources Manager, Southwest Region
Wells Fargo
Jean Hood
Vice President, Human Resources
University of Texas at Arlington
Stephanie Jeffery
Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion
Capital One
Jason Kamiya
SVP, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
USAA
Karen Kauffman
Chief Human Resources Officer
METRO
Freda Lee
Senior Vice President, Head of Relationship Management
AIG
Lisa Lewis
Vice President of People and Culture
CPS Energy
Eric Mitchell
AVP - Human Resources
AT&T
Leonard Moore
Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement and the George Littlefield Professor of American History
University of Texas at Austin
Sandy Nott
Vice President, Administration
Toyota Motor North America
Chinten Parikh
Senior Director of Inclusion & Outreach
Topgolf
Frank Parker
Vice President for Student Affairs
Sam Houston State University (SHSU)
Larry Perkins
Associate Vice President, HR Talent and Diversity
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Virginia Rose-Harris
Vice President/Officer
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital-Dallas
Eric Strafel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Aviall, Inc.
Ellen Torbert
Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion
Southwest Airlines
Angeles Valenciano
Chief Executive Officer
National Diversity Council
Dennis Kennedy
Founder & Chairman
National Diversity Council