WHO
Our Board of Directors
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Donna Messer - CHAIR Donna Messer is president of Carl Ryan Associates LLC, a management consulting firm. Prior to consulting, Ms. Messer had a diverse career at American Airlines as a Managing Director in several areas including Marketing, Operations and Human Resources and was based in New York, Chicago and Dallas/Fort Worth. She served as chair for A.S.K. Texas, a special needs adoption agency in Ft. Worth, and has been involved in a wide variety of community and volunteer efforts. Ms. Messer holds a degree in Business Science from Southern Vermont College in Bennington. |
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Jasmine B. Harris, ed. d - chair elect As the owner of Small Miracles Academy schools, her passion for creating a strong educational foundation for children is evident. Dr. Jasmine B. Harris has spent over 15 years in the field of education, and received her most recent formal educational training at Baylor University. She has served as a classroom teacher and administrator in the Garland and Dallas Independent School Districts, and at the Hockaday School as Director of School and Community Relations. She is currently involved with a variety of educational organizations including Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas and the Texas Parent Teacher Association (Plano Chapter). Both native Dallasites, she and her husband John have two sons, Caleb and Jayden. |
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Judy Mynett WarD - TREASURER For the last seventeen years, Judy has served both individuals and businesses in the Dallas community as a financial advisor for New York Life and registered representative for NYLIFE Securities LLC. Judy graduated from S.M.U. with a B.B.A. She has been a board member of the North Texas Chapter of the National Committee on Planned Giving for the last five years and has served as their treasurer for the last four. She continues to serve on the Planned Giving Council of the Parkland Foundation. Judy and her husband Jim are active and vocal supporters of the local nonprofit community. |
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Kathy H. Bailey- secretary Kathy has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Organizational Behavior and Business Policy and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Southern Methodist University. Additionally she is a graduate of the Advanced Business Management program at Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Kathy and her family recently returned to Texas after living in Europe for over four years. There she volunteered with non-profit organizations and served on the board of the American Women's Club of Brussels and the American Expats of North West England. She is currently an independent Change Management consultant who works with organizations to improve employee performance during times of significant change. |
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SHAY WYRICK CATHEY Shay Wyrick Cathey has a more than a decade of experience in journalism, public policy, and government relations having served as a newspaper editor, political director, and is now the Senior Policy Advisor for the Dallas County Judge. She recommends changes to county policy, monitors the Dallas County truancy court system and is the liaison for several county boards and departments. A native Dallasite, she maintains strong connections to all her alma maters; Skyline High School, Southwestern Christian College, and the University of Texas at Austin; however, she is most proud of her role as President of the SwCC National Alumni Association. She and husband Victor have three boys; five-year-old Noah and two-year-old twins Caleb and Luke. |
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Marlon Cortez Marlon Cortez is a client partner and leader in the Business Consulting practice at Slalom Consulting, an IT Services company. Marlon has actively participated both time and donations to several charities he is passionate about including AIDS Services of Dallas and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Mr. Cortez received his bachelor's degree in English from Texas A&M University. |
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Linda R. Honker Linda consults with organizations in areas of ethics, career development, coaching, building community, balancing work and family, managing change and stress and sexual harassment. She maintains a multi-dimensional private practice that entails individual work with high-level functioning clients going through life transitions to organizations going through mass restructuring to her work in the area of military personnel reintegrating into families, the workforce and communities. Linda oversees the management of the Foundation for Responsible Citizenship (FRC) though which she has co-authored Sexual Ethics in the Workplace and the Adult Outlook Survey. She was also the Co-Investigator for FRC's contract with the U.S. Army Research Institute to develop a Leadership Program. Linda has also served as an adjunct instructor of various psychology courses at a private, four-year college in Dallas. |
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Gary Jones Gary Jones currently serves as Vice President of Marketing / Research and Development for BeautiControl, a subsidiary of Tupperware Brands. Gary has been instrumental in developing BeautiControl's portfolio of age defying skin care solutions, spa quality bath and body treatments and an array of trend-forward color cosmetic formulations. His vision for excellence is paralleled with his passion for helping women create the life that they always dreamed of…whether creating confidence through an improved image, providing flexibility to women by allowing them the opportunity to balance earn an unlimited income and be a full-time mom, or by offering them a lucrative career in the beauty industry. Gary is a graduate of Arizona State University, with a degree in kinesiology and joined BeautiControl in 1991 and has been a proud spokesperson and supporter of the W.H.O. Foundation since its inception. |
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David M. Kihneman Mr. Kihneman graduated cum laude from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and later from the Baylor University School of Law with a Doctor of Jurisprudence. He has held various positions with Delhi Gas Pipline Corporation, including President. David joined Buckner International and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer until his retirement. Mr. Kihneman has served on the Boards of Directors of various organizations, including: Delhi, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, the Gas Processors Association, the Southern Gas Association and the Association of Texas Intrastate Natural Gas Pipelines. He currently serves as a consultant to Buckner. He is also a member of the State Bar of Texas and a deacon of Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. |
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TRACEY WALLACE Tracey is a partner in the employment section of Jackson Walker, a Dallas-based law firm. She volunteers for non-profit organizations and is currently serving on the Dallas Leadership Committee for Lambda Legal. Ms. Wallace earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her law degree from Southern Methodist University. |
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Daisy Chin-Lor - Executive Board Advisor Daisy Chin-Lor is a second-generation American citizen. She grew up in Yonkers, New York and attended Hunter College, The City University of New York. Daisy is President and Managing Director of BeautiControl, Inc. Before she took on this leadership role, she served in the same capacity with Tupperware Korea, where she led the company to double-digit year over year growth. Daisy has held senior-level positions in the U.S. and Asia with such companies as Chanel, Elizabeth Arden, Avon and Tupperware. Her passion for marketing and her experience with women-centric economic opportunities make her a natural fit for the Board of Directors of the W.H.O. Foundation. |
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Cindy Turek - Executive
Director Cindy Turek is a past board member of the WHO Foundation and has served as its executive director for over eight years. Ms. Turek held executive positions in the corporate world for over 25 years but decided to utilize her experience to help WHO further its mission of helping women and children in need. Ms. Turek has been instrumental in increasing public awareness of the WHO Foundation through events such as the W.H.O. Holiday Children's Shopping Spree, the annual Walk for W.H.O., W.H.O. Volunteer Services Awards, W.H.O. grant program, and many other fundraising efforts. From 1992-1996, Ms. Turek served on the Board of Directors for the Arthritis Foundation and for Attitudes & Attire which supports women back into the workforce. Ms. Turek holds a bachelor's degree in Education from Kutztown University. |