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Executive moves, new appointments, and honors across Dallas-Fort Worth.

 

Communities Foundation of Texas Taps American Cancer Society EVP as Its Next President and CEO

by | Jun 30, 2023

Communities Foundation of Texas, which has more than $1 billion in assets and ranks as the seventh-largest foundation in Texas, has named a veteran corporate and nonprofit executive to be its next president and chief executive officer.

Wayne White, currently executive vice president of the American Cancer Society in the Chicago area, was tapped to succeed former president and CEO Dave Scullin, who retired in March....

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Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Appoints New CEO Amid City’s Nation-Leading Growth
by | Jun 28, 2023
Steve Montgomery brings over 30 years of public and private sector experience to the chamber during a time of growth for the city. With a 4.1% increase in population since 2020, Fort Worth is the fastest-growing large city in America. See why the chamber believes Montgomery will keep that momentum going.
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EY Announces Winners of the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 Southwest Award

by | Jun 27, 2023
One of the preeminent competitive business awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies, this year's EY Entrepreneur of the Year Southwest Award has 14 winners. Twelve of them are from Dallas-Fort Worth, including a logistics leader, a datacenter innovator, a top restaurateur, and more. Meet all 12.
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Veracity Forensics Adds 2 Industry Veterans to Its Team
by | Jun 23, 2023
Clint Modesitt has joined on as director of forensic investigations and Jared Weaver has come aboard as a forensic consultant at Veracity Forensics, a Flower Mound-based digital forensics and discovery services company.
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Dallas’ Ventra Health Adds New Chief Transformation Officer
by | Jun 23, 2023

Ventra Health, the Dallas-based business solutions provider for hospital-based clinicians, has named Erica Franko chief transformation officer.

An experienced financial and operations improvement executive, Franko brings to the job more than a decade of experience with industry-leading consulting and healthcare companies.

“I am thrilled to welcome Erica to our team. She has proven experience centered at the intersection of technology and process, which will help us to better focus on driving sustainable improvements that will allow us to optimize how we serve our clinician partners,” CEO Steven Huddleston said in a statement....

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Dallas Opera Elects Quincy Roberts as First African American Board Chair; Announces 2 Awards
by | Jun 23, 2023
Roberts, CEO of Dallas-based Roberts Trucking Inc.—who has a bachelor’s degree in music, voice, and opera from Indiana University—said he was "hypnotized" by his first Dallas Opera performance at an early age.
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Tenet Healthcare Taps Industry Financial Veteran as New EVP/Chief Financial Officer

by | Jun 23, 2023

Sun Park has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp., effective Jan. 1.

The move is part of the company’s planned chief financial officer transition. Park will serve as an EVP from July 11 through Dec. 31, the company said.

As previously announced, Dan Cancelmi, executive vice president & chief financial officer, will retire at year’s end....

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Addison Seeks New Eco Dev Director As Campos Heads to Harlingen
by | Jun 23, 2023

A search is underway to replace longtime Addison Economic Development Director Orlando Campos, who has been named the finalist for a similar position in the city of Harlingen in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley....

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SPL Consulting Makes Associate Director Promotion, Names Him Employee of the Year
by | Jun 23, 2023
The company said Prabhakara Srinivas Malladi's promotion and award acknowledge his significant expertise in enterprise project management, focused on designing and implementing Oracle- and Cloud-based technologies to improve business functions and enhance efficiency.
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Southwest Airlines Takes Off With 10 Leadership Moves and CXD/Marketing Overhaul
by | Jun 23, 2023
The airline is placing an increased emphasis on enhancing customer experience
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Varsity Brands Hires New EVP, Chief Supply Chain Officer

by | Jun 16, 2023
Joe Raines will work to help Varsity realize the benefits of scaling its platform while improving the performance of operations across its three businesses—BSN SPORTS, Varsity Spirit, and Herff Jones.
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Plano’s Reata Pharmaceuticals Appoints EVP/Chief R&D Officer
by | Jun 16, 2023
In a pivotal year, which saw Reata Pharmaceuticals halt research for a kidney disease treatment and receive FDA approval for its first-to-market degenerative disease treatment, the company welcomes Dr. Rajiv Patni as Chief R&D Officer. Patni marks this as an "inflection point to become a global, commercial-stage company with an expanding pipeline in both rare and common serious diseases."
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Exdion Solutions Names New President/Head of Insurance Operations
by | Jun 16, 2023

S. Steven Salar has been named president and head of insurance operations by Exdion Solutions, a Plano-based Insurtech and leading developer of commercial insurance policy management and data analytics software....

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