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Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains will celebrate five exceptional leaders at the annual Women of Distinction luncheon on Friday, August 27 at the Hurst Conference Center. These 2021 Women of Distinction award recipients have made significant contributions in key areas and serve as role models to the next generation of female leaders: • Woman of Distinction: Dr. Jacquelyn Minor - Department Chair of Academic Foundations, Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus• Outstanding Community Partner: Fort
June 30, 2021 (Fort Worth, TX)– Emmitt Smith, philanthropist, businessman, family-man, Pro Football Hall of Famer, and three-time Super Bowl champion with the Dallas Cowboys, will be the keynote at Camp Fire First Texas An Artists’ Christmas gala and art auction on November 19 at the Fort Worth Convention Center. This is the first year the annual gala has featured a guest speaker.Smith will share inspired and practical lessons learned throughout his life that helped him along his career path.“Welcoming a
Greater Fort Worth Association of REALTORS Welcomes Director of Advocacy and Community Affairs FORT WORTH, Texas (June 22, 2021) – The Greater Fort Worth Association of REALTORS (GFWAR) welcomes Maribel Gallardo as the new Director of Advocacy and Community Affairs. In this role, Gallardo will be responsible for managing legislative, political and community affairs on behalf of GFWAR and its members. “Maribel is an exceptional advocacy professional, and we’re thrilled to add her to the team,” said
Fort Worth Country Day (FWCD), the oldest co-ed college-preparatory school in Fort Worth, has named Stephen Blan as its new head of Middle School, effective July 1, 2021. Blan succeeds John Stephens, who will depart FWCD at the end of the 2020-2021 academic year after 15 years of service.Blan has been a member of the FWCD faculty since the 2016-17 academic year when he accepted a position as a Middle School history teacher. In 2018, he became FWCD’s first director of the Center for International Studies,
Dallas, TX – May 11, 2021 – Slalom, the modern consulting firm focused on strategy, technology, and business transformation, today announced a plan to significantly expand its Texas presence in 2021 and beyond. With current offices in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and Fort Worth, Slalom will add over 200 software development, experience design, strategy, organizational effectiveness, data, and Salesforce jobs across Texas. This increased investment is in response to client demand from companies in Texas and
Fort Worth, Texas-based Speed Fab-Crete has been honored with two national awards from the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA) for excellence in safety and quality production. Speed Fab-Crete will be honored during the NPCA’s upcoming “The Precast Show 2021,” taking place May 20-21 in New Orleans.Speed Fab-Crete received the NPCA’s highest honor for safety – the “Excellence in Safety-Platinum Award” – for outstanding achievement in jobsite, plant and employee safety, and maintaining exemplary
Lena Pope, a nonprofit organization with a 90-year history of improving the lives of Tarrant County children, has appointed Cathy R. Sheffield as its new Chief Advancement Officer. In this role, Sheffield will be responsible for executing comprehensive and diversified fundraising and marketing strategies to ensure Lena Pope has the resources needed to continue supporting child development and improving the behavioral and mental health of local children far into the future. “Cathy has a demonstrated
FORT WORTH, TX – Today the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, premier business association in Tarrant County and one of the largest in North Texas, announced the organization’s complete rebranding, created to represent the future of the Fort Worth business community with trusted leadership and a powerful voice.Click here to view the Fort Worth Chamber’s new brand. “We are thrilled to finally unveil our new brand,” says Katie Douglass, Executive Vice President of Marketing for the Fort Worth Chamber, “Our
