Boards & Organizations
Denise Ford to receive leadership award
Her honor: Denise Ford, a Fort Worth resident and doctoral student in TWUs College of Professional Education, will receive a scholarship given by Texas Womans University at the seventh annual Virginia Chandler Dykes Leadership Award luncheon.
Her background: She is pursuing a Ph.D. in reading education and literacy and plans to graduate in May. A native of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands, Ford has taught English as a Second Language and Spanish in Texas public schools for more than 12 years. Ford received her masters degree in education in teaching in 1999, a bachelors degree in Spanish in 1996 and a bachelors degree in Business Administration in 1988 all from the University of Texas at Arlington. Currently she oversees the ESL program at the high school level and provides information, resources, and guidance to principals, faculty, and other district personnel on all matters relating to ESL.
She is also a major in the U.S. Army Reserve
Staff reports
Banking & Finance
Patrick Staudt joined The Private Bank as senior vice president for Southlake, Keller, Grapevine, Colleyville and Arlington areas.
Dennis Roybal was promoted to branch manager of the Fort Worth office of Scottrade.
Robert Lowe joined LegacyTexas Wealth Advisors as a wealth adviser.
Mike Barber was named as the senior vice president and commercial market manager in Fort Worth for Capital One Bank.
Boards & Organizations
United Way of Tarrant Countys Young Leaders Society selected its officers for 2009. The chair is James Powell, North Central Texas Council of Governments; vice chair is Kelsey de la Torre, Open Channels LLC; and immediate past chair is Juan Nuñez, BNSF Railway.
Don R. Shipman, a part-time contractor for Hewitt Associates, was appointed to the State Board of Trustees of the Texas Emergency Services Personnel Retirement Fund for a term to expire Sept. 1, 2013.
Julie Sawyer was elected to succeed John Tinsley as chairman of the Board of Directors for The Child Study Center Foundation.
Kay L. Colley, assistant professor of mass communication at Texas Wesleyan University, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication.
Education
Glenn Raup has joined Texas Christian University as the faculty coordinator of the doctorate of nursing practice executive track programs.
Engineering
Austin Baird and Kevin Miller were named Baird, Hampton and Brown Inc. as associates.
Hospitality
Accor North America promoted two people. Jeffrey Palmer was named executive vice president sales and marketing, and Robert Moore was named executive vice president technical services and new construction.
Law
Dan Hartsfield and Karen E. Griffin joined Jackson Lewis LLP as partners.
Jamie Lavergne Bryan was named a partner in the Fort Worth office of K&L Gates LLP.
Other
Bill Luker of Mid-Cities Air Conditioning & Heating earned certification from North American Technician Excellence as a service technician for air conditioning equipment and systems.
Angie Bulaich joined the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee professional staff as manager of the Fort Worth Office.
Matt Graves joined Pinnacle Environmental as CFO.
John H. Darbo joined Curt Lewis & Associates LLC as vice president, business development & technology.
Tracey Weber was named president of Travelocity North America.
Angela Johnson joined the Fort Worth office of Randstad.
Lee Evans joined Raising Canes Chicken Fingers as vice president/controller.
Real Estate
David Bailiff joined Rattikin Title Co. as vice president/escrow officer in the new Cultural District office.
J. Searcy was awarded membership in the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.
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