Executive moves, new appointments, and honors across Dallas-Fort Worth.
Rick Perdue
The Loop Dallas announced that Rick Perdue has been named president of its board of directors.
The Loop is the premier urban active trail network around the core of Dallas, connecting neighborhoods to transportation hubs and economic opportunity.
The organization said that nearly 10 years ago, Perdue identified a connected trail system as the next catalyst public project for Dallas and began working toward that goal....
Jesse Johnson has joined Dallas-based restaurant company Brinker International Inc. as vice president of marketing, a newly created role at the company.
Johnson will develop and execute marketing strategies for Chili’s Grill & Bar and bring the brand to life across multiple touchpoints, including advertising, media, PR, and the guest experience, the company said....
Nabil Aliffi has joined Neiman Marcus Group as chief brand officer and Stefanie Tsen Ward has been promoted to chief retail officer, the Dallas-based luxury retailer announced....
Ventra Health CEO Steven Huddleston, who has been on the job less than two weeks, announced that Darshan Patel has been named president of emergency and hospital medicine.
Patel formerly was senior vice president of emergency and hospital medicine and was responsible for the integration and operations of Dallas-based Ventra Health’s legacy organizations, Gottlieb, abeo, and DuvaSawko, which merged in 2021 to create Ventra....
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RumbleOn Inc., the nation’s first technology-based omnichannel powersports platform, has promoted Blake Lawson to be the Irving-based company’s chief financial officer, a role in which he will serve as a member of the executive leadership team and report directly to RumbleOn’s Chief Executive Officer Marshall Chesrown.
Previously, Lawson, 51, was chief financial officer for the RideNow group of powersports retailers, and the Coulter Automotive Group, since 2020....
An associate professor of pharmacology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas will receive the 2023 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Biological Sciences from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) for increasing the understanding of schistosomiasis, a disease caused by parasitic worms that infect hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people, including children....
Chris Pritcher, RKD Group [courtesy]
RKD Group has appointed Chris Pritcher as chief executive officer of the Dallas-based fundraising and marketing solutions provider to North American nonprofits.
Pritcher succeeds Tim Kersten, who will transition to chairman of the board.
The firm said that Pritcher brings 15 years of executive nonprofit marketing leadership. He joins RKD after eight years as a strategic leader at Merkle Inc.,...
Dallas-based private equity firm Tailwater Capital has promoted two senior leaders within the Tailwater family.
Tailwater Capital is a growth-oriented energy and growth infrastructure private equity firm with a strong track record of working constructively with management teams to deliver value-added solutions....
David McKeever, CEO of Refugee Services of Texas
David McKeever has been named chief executive officer of Refugee Services of Texas, the state’s leading refugee resettlement agency and a key provider of services for survivors of human trafficking.
In 2021, McKeever became chief financial officer of Refugee Services of Texas and took on additional duties last fall as interim CEO, the agency said....
Ventra Health, a Dallas-based technology-enabled leader in revenue cycle management, practice management, and advisory services for hospital-based physician specialties, has appointed Steven Huddleston as CEO following the retirement of Mike O’Boyle....
Trinity Industries Inc. CEO and President Jean Savage has been named as the League of Railway Women 2022 Railway Woman of the Year, the company announced....
Colleyville businessman Fred Tate has been appointed to the Trinity River Authority board of directors by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Tate is the founder and managing director of CFO Shield, LLC, a fractional CFO and bookkeeping firm....
