To help us tell the story of the innovation scene in North Texas, we invited influential movers and shakers in our content pillars of creative, education, enterprise, invention, social, and startup to be advisers. Our founding advisers come from a vast array of backgrounds and bring insight of their expertise to our organization. Each person was hand-selected to be a part of Dallas Innovates. Some will be writing for the site; while others will be called on for interviews. All have been tasked with alerting us to stories in innovation.
We invite you to meet our 2015-16 advisers.
Hayden Blackburn, Director, IDEA Works FW
Trey Bowles, Founder, the Dallas Entrepreneur Center
Janis Burklund, Director, Dallas Film Commission
Calvin Carter, CEO, Bottle Rocket
Catherine Cuellar, Executive Director, Entrepreneurs for North Texas
Duane Dankesreiter, Senior Vice President of Research and Innovation, Dallas Regional Chamber
Nan Ellin, Dean, University of Texas at Arlington
Melanie Ferguson, Director of Special Projects, Matthews Southwest
Art George, Retired Senior Vice President, Texas Instruments
Bob Gessel, Head of Network and Technology Strategy, Ericsson
Frank Grassler, Vice President of Technology Development, University of Texas at Southwestern
Deborah Kerr, Executive Vice President and Chief Product and Technology Officer, Sabre
Paul Kimbel, Senior Director, Microsoft Technology Center
Pete Lerma, Principal, Richards/Lerma
Clarisa Lindenmeyer, Chief Revenue Officer, Tech Wildcatters
Sharon Lyle, Co-Founder, PublicCity
Krista Nightengale, Managing Director, Better Block Foundation
John Olajide, Chair, Dallas Regional Chamber Innovation and Capital Committee
Quincy Preston, Publisher, D Magazine Partners
Bart Showalter, Department Chair of Intellectual Property (Firm wide) Partner, Baker Botts
Nicole Small, CEO, Lyda Hill Foundation
Suzanne Smith, Founder/Managing Director, Social Impact Architects
Miguel Solis, Executive Director, Latino Center for Leadership Development
Clyde Valentin, Director of SMU Meadows Art and Urbanism Initiative, Southern Methodist University
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