Who We Are

Overview
Near Southside, Inc.'s Board of Directors is a representative cross-section of the organization’s membership. Board members shape the organization’s priorities and work program through quarterly meetings and an annual strategic planning workshop led by Executive Committee members. Board members’ generous contributions over the years have been the driving force behind the remarkable change the Near Southside has seen since NSI’s creation in 1995.
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Lori Baldock
Simmons Bank
Robert Baulsir
Trinity Metro
Benjamin Barkley (Secretary)*
Moncrief Cancer Institute
Eric Behn
Vandervoorts Dairy
Hayden Blackburn
Tech Fort Worth
Chuck Bouligny (Vice-Chair)*
Ascend Concepts, Inc.
Jack Clark
Red Oak Realty, LLC
Lloyd Faver
SpawGlass Contractors
Brent Fescenmeyer
Texas Capital Bank
Colleen Fischer
Genius House Media
Mike Fisher
Glass Lake Productions Group
Eric Garrison
TBG Partners
Councilmember Kelly Allen Gray
Fort Worth, City Council District 8
Bobby Grigsby (Treasurer)*
Carter BloodCare
Jennifer Grissom
Fort Worth Bike Sharing
Jennifer Henderson
J.O. Design
Tina Howard
Leaves Book and Tea Shop
Henry Hudson
The Dannon Company, Inc.
Chase Iles
Frost Bank
Bob Jameson
Visit Fort Worth
Ginger Johnson
Legacy Texas
Mark Lucas Kelly
Robertson Muller Harper Funeral Homes
Robert Kelly
Robert W. Kelly Architect, Inc.
Chad Kerr (Chair)*
Southside Bank
Casey Kha*
Shinjuku Station & Cannon Chinese Kitchen
Bobby Mays
T&G Identification Systems, Inc.
Mark McClendon
Tarrant County Community College
Lili Meisemy
Noe Neaves
Watermark Power Solutions
Ashley Paz
FWISD, District 9
JW Newman
Medical City of Fort Worth
Crystallynn Paulson
PPG Health
Charlie Powell
Ciera Bank
Ryon Price
Broadway Baptist Church
Erin Rahr*
Rahr & Sons Brewing Company
Gaye Reed
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Jake Richter
Edward Jones Investments
Shanna Saldaña
Linbeck
Mike Sanborn*
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center
Ken Schaefer*
Schaefer Advertising Company
Amanda Schulte
Bennett Benner Partners
Spencer Seals
Cook Childrens Health Care
Bill Seegel
Seegel Custom Builders
Ted Settle
Sportswear Graphics
Shawn Snell
Texas HealthHarris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
Brent Sparks
HKS Architects
Robert Sturns
City of Fort Worth
Andrew Taft
Downtown Fort Worth, Inc.
Martin Thompson
Cat City Grill
Corrie Watson
Kent & Co. Wines
Robbie Werner
Stir Crazy Baked Goods
Kelly Williams
Omni Hotel Fort Worth
Jason Williamson
Dunaway Associates, Inc.
Councilmember Ann Zadeh
Fort Worth, City Council District 9
*NSI Executive Committee Member
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Kelly Baggett
City of Fort Worth
Marlene Beckman
Kensington Properties
Chuck Bouligny
Elkhorn Union
Brian Crowell
Hudgins Companies
Jacq Duncan
KINOD LLC
Lloyd Faver
SpawGlass Contractors
D.J. Harrell
City of Fort Worth
Lori Henderson
SOMA Development
Ryan LaValley
Dunaway Associates, L.P.
Mike Lewis
Worthington Bank
David Motheral
Motheral Development Co
Leigh Anne Neese
Texas Health Resources
Jennifer Neil Famer
F5 Design Build
Will Northern
Williams | Northern | Crain
Scott Price
Fort Construction
Scott Robinson
TCCD
Brent Sparks
HKS, Inc.
Carol Stanford
Stanford Company
Laura Voltman
City of Fort Worth
Bill Whitman
JPS Health Network
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE
Anita Beard
Dunaway Associates
Mike Brennan
Near Southside, Inc.
Ames Fender
Fender | Andrade Architects
Debbie Fulwiler
Elements of Architecture, Inc.
Eric Garrison
TBG Partners
Steven Halliday
97W
Josh Lindsay
Ground Rehearsal
Tom Malone
TMA-CHA Architects
Rick Nunnally
Rang Holdings
Amanda Schulte
Bennett Benner Partners
Laura Voltmann, Ex-Officio
City of Fort Worth, Planning & Development