New leaders add experience, passion to mission

By Juliette Coulter

Texas Women’s Foundation has elected three new board of directors who will serve three-year terms from 2022-2025: 

• Connie Kleinert Babikian – The Pillow Bar, Owner and President 

• Jana Etheridge – Capital One, Senior Vice President Chief of Staff & Customer Office, Financial Services

• Cris Zertuche Wong – Goldman Sachs, Managing Director 

They join a board of 41 members led by Hilda Galvan, TXWF chair, who continues her two-year term through June 30, 2023.

The executive committee includes the following:

• Hilda C. Galvan – Chair/Jones Day, Partner-in-Charge

• Carrie Freeman Parsons – Chair Elect/Freeman, Chair of the Board

• Bonnie Clinton – Toyota North America, VP and CPO Indirect Procurement Shared Services

• Sara Garcia Duran – Sidley, Partner

• Debra Hunter Johnson – Reciprocity Consulting Group, Founder

• Cynt Marshall – The Dallas Mavericks, President and CEO 

• Neena Newberry – Newberry Solutions, President

• Laura Nieto – Southwest Airlines, Director Community Engagement

• Melissa Orth – The Legacy Senior Communities, President and CEO 

• Holly Reed – Ryan, LLC, Principal & Practice Leader, U.S. Advocacy

• Gowri Sharma – Redfort LLC Partners Real Estate Investment and Development Company, Principal; Dallas Museum of Art, President

• Rachel Vinson – CBRE, Global Chief Operating Officer for Capital Markets

• Miki Woodard – Texas Women’s Foundation, President and CEO

Miki Woodard, Texas Women’s Foundation president and chief executive officer, said: “Under the thoughtful leadership of Hilda Galvan, our Executive Committee and our Board, we have an amazing group that helps us advance our mission of investing in women and girls to drive positive change. These new board members will add their experience and passion to help us even further, and we appreciate their service.”

In addition, three TXWF staff have been promoted:

• Dena L. Jackson, Ph.D. – from Chief Operating Officer to Chief Strategy Officer

• Ashley Lindsay – from Associate Vice President of Development to Chief of Staff

• Dawn Hooper – from Vice President of Finance to Chief Financial Officer.

For more information, visit txwf.org. 

Photos courtesy of Texas Women’s Foundation