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
SHANNON GLENNEY
Board Chair
Community Volunteer
BARBARA BASS
Vice Chair, Governance Chair
Benefits / Fundraising Auctioneer
Scott Terry
Investment Chair
Retired Investment Advisor
RICHARD PERRYMAN
Audit Chair
Retired Investment Advisor
JOHN JONES
Treasurer
CEO Jones Legacy Ventures
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.
TIFFANY KIRGAN
Immediate Past Board Chair
Financial Advisor/ Partner at Johnson Financial Group
Grants Chair
Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CRAIG ADAMS
ATTORNEY
ADAMS & COKER, P.C.
RICK ALLEN
CPA / SHAREHOLDER
HENRY & PETERS, P.C.
ROBERT BAILES
CPA / FOUNDER
BAILES & COMAPNY, 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, PARTNER
HEARD, MCELROY &
VESTAL, LLC
SHANNON DACUS
ATTORNEY
THE DACUS FIRM, P.C.
TOBY FAILS
SVP, WEALTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR
VERABANK
JAY FERGUSON, Ph.D.
HEAD OF SCHOOL
GRACE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
LEE GEARHEART
PARTNER
GEARHEART + GEARHEART, PLLC
KRIS GUSA
CPA / PARTNER
GOLLOB MORGAN PEDDY
GREGORY T. KIMMEL
ATTORNEY, PARTNER
ALLEN, LOTTMAN, KIMMEL P.C.
DAVID MCWORTER
PRESIDENT OF GANS & SMITH INSURANCE AGENCY
JEFF MOORE
CPA, SHAREHOLDER
HENRY & PETERS, P.C.
BILL NEWBURN
CFP, MARKET PRESIDENT EAST TEXAS
SOUTHSIDE WEALTH MANAGEMENT
STEVE ROOSTH
PRESIDENT
ROOSTH PRODUCTION COMPANY
ALAN ROSEMAN
CPA / CFP / CAP / OWNER
ROSEMAN WEALTH ADVISORS
STEVE SPITZER
ATTORNEY, MANAGING SHAREHOLDER
RAMEY & FLOCK, P.C.
LONNY UZZELL
SENIOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
SOUTHSIDE BANK
MARK WHATLEY
PRESIDENT & CEO
BURNS COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES
KIM WRIGHT
GIFT OFFICER
BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL
ADVISORY BOARD
W. FRED SMITH, JR.
PRESIDENT
THE GATHERING
GORDON NORTHCUTT
VP/ TRUST OFFICER,
VERABANK
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.
LINDA BROOKS
WEALTH & TRUST OFFICER
TEXAS BANK & TRUST
DIRK COLEMAN
HEARD, MCELROY & VESTAL, LLC
KRISTEN ISHIHARA
ISHIHARA & PARKER LAW FIRM, P.L.L.C.
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
DALE LUNSFORD
LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY