About Us
ETCF Staff
Kyle Penney
President
LISA JUSTICE
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
LINDSAY SNEED
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
HOLLY MCFARLIN
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
BETH FILLA
DONOR RELATIONS SPECIALIST
DANA DURMAN
PROGRAM OFFICER
KATHRYN MARTINEZ
PROGRAM OFFICER
OUR HISTORY
East Texas Communities Foundation was founded in 1989 by visionary leaders who saw the need for a community foundation to serve the people and communities of East Texas. The strong leadership of early organizers like Isadore Roosth, Norman Shtofman, “Dub” Riter, and an investment of the United Way of Tyler/Smith County launched the Foundation. By 1994, the Foundation’s assets had grown to more than one million dollars.
In 1997 the Foundation’s Board of Directors made a bold commitment to its future growth and vitality: each director made a personal three year financial commitment to allow the Foundation to hire a full-time executive director.
With permanent staff and with the continued vision, energy and leadership of a strong Board of Directors, ETCF has experienced strong annual growth in the last decade. The number of charitable funds, the collective assets in those funds and the grant dollars distributed from those funds have all established positive long-term growth trends. ETCF’s success comes from sound financial management, strong leadership, the flexibility of our donor services and, most of all, the generosity and wisdom of the people of East Texas.
We are a giving people-and supporting the charitable needs of our communities, our region and our world is important to our daily lives.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
TIFFANY KIRGAN
Board Chair
Financial Advisor/ Partner at Johnson Financial Group
SHANNON GLENNEY
Vice Chair, Governance Chair
Community Volunteer
ALAN ROSEMAN
Investment Chair
Owner/ Advisor Roseman Wealth Advisors
RICHARD PERRYMAN
Audit Chair
Retired Investment Advisor
BARBARA BASS
Grants Chair
Benefits / Fundraising Auctioneer
MARK HAGAN
Marketing Chair
Senior VP Wealth Management, CFP/ CAP KNH Wealth Management UBS Financial Services
CRAIG ADAMS
Policy Chair
Attorney, Adams & Coker, P.C.
TONY MORGAN
Immediate Past Board Chair
Founding Partner
Gollob Morgan Peddy P.C.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CRAIG ADAMS
ATTORNEY
ADAMS & COKER, P.C.
MARILYN ABEGG GLASS
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
ABEGG & ASSOCIATES
RICK ALLEN
CPA / SHAREHOLDER
HENRY & PETERS, P.C.
DOUG BOLLES
PARTNER, WORTHPOINTE WEALTH MANAGEMENT
PETER BOYD
SENIOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
SOUTHSIDE BANK
B. GARNETT BROOKSHIRE
PRESIDENT
PEOPLE’S PETROLEUM
ANTHONY BROOKS
CEO, AZALEA ORTHOPEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE
DIRK COLEMAN
CPA, AEP, VICE PRESIDENT
CURTIS BLAKELY & CO., P.C.
CINDY FEATHERSON-SHIELDS
OWNER, THE PROPERTY SHOPPE GROUP, EXP REALTY
JAY FERGUSON, Ph.D.
HEAD OF SCHOOL
GRACE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
KIMBERLY FISH
FREELANCE WRITER &
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER
LEE GEARHEART
PARTNER
GEARHEART + GEARHEART, PLLC
HON. JUDITH K. GUTHRIE
RETIRED FEDERAL MAGISTRATE JUDGE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EDWIN HOLT
CEO
HOLT CREATIVE GROUP
JOHN JONES
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
JONES LEGACY VENTURES
GREGORY T. KIMMEL
ATTORNEY, PARTNER
ALLEN, LOTTMAN, KIMMEL P.C.
DALE LUNSFORD
PRESIDENT
LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY
DAVID MCWORTER
PRESIDENT OF GANS & SMITH INSURANCE AGENCY
GORDON NORTHCUTT
VICE PRESIDENT & TRUST OFFICER
VERABANK
STEVE ROOSTH
PRESIDENT
ROOSTH PRODUCTION COMPANY
KRISTEN SEEBER
VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS, HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS
SCOTT TERRY
RETIRED INVESTMENT ADVISOR
MARK WHATLEY
PRESIDENT & CEO
BURNS COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES
ADVISORY BOARD
W. FRED SMITH, JR.
PRESIDENT
THE GATHERING
EMERITUS BOARD
ALLEN BURT
ALLEN M. BURT FINANCIAL SERVICES
H.T. SMITH
MANAGING PARTNER
RUTLEDGE CAPITAL
NORMAN SHTOFMAN*
THE SHTOFMAN COMPANY
A.W. “DUB” RITER, JR.*
RITER MANAGEMENT CO., L.C.
F. WILLIAM MARTIN
RETIRED CIVIC LEADER
*DECEASED
GREGG COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITEE
MARK BOON
BOON , CALK, ECHOLS, COLEMAN & GOOLSBY, P.L.L.C.
JOSH BLACK
US TITLE COMPANY
DIRK COLEMAN
CURTIS BLAKELY & CO., P.C.
KRISTEN ISHIHARA
ROSS & SHOALMIRE, P.L.L.C.
RICHARD MANLEY
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER
JEFF MOORE
HENRY & PETERS
HEATHER SANDERS
HENRY & PETERS
DAY SHELMIRE
UT TYLER SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
MIKE STARR
COGHLAN & CROWSON, LLP
LINDA THOMAS
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER
GORDON NORTHCUTT
VP & TRUST OFFICER AT VERA BANK
KIMBERLY FISH
FREELANCE WRITER & COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER
DALE LUNSFORD
LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY