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
Paul Ballard
Fort Worth Transportation Authority
Lori Baldock (Treasurer)*
Southwest Bank
Benjamin Barkley*
Moncrief Cancer Institute
Eric Behn
Vandervoorts Dairy
Marlene Beckman*
Kensington Properties
Hayden Blackburn
Tech Fort Worth
Chuck Bouligny*
Ascend Concepts, Inc.
Kristen Camareno
Fort Worth Bike Share
Jack Clark
Red Oak Realty, LLC
John Corbeil
Medical City Fort Worth
Kathleen Culebro
Amphibian Stage Productions
Nehme Elbitar
Chadra Mezza & Grill
Eric Garrison
TBG Partners
Councilmember Kelly Allen Gray
Fort Worth, City Council District 8
Bobby Grigsby*
Carter BloodCare
Jennifer Henderson
J.O. Design
Robert Kelly
Robert W. Kelly Architect, Inc.
Chad Kerr*
Southside Bank
Casey Kha
Shinjuku Station & Cannon Chinese Kitchen
Lisa Lankes
Justin Brands
Mike Lozano
The Dannon Company
Wilson Martin
Republic Title of Texas, Inc.
Bobby Mays
T&G Identification Systems
Mark McClendon
Tarrant County Community College
Melissa Mitchell
Bennet Benner Partners
Ashley Paz
FWISD, District 9
Mark Presswood*
Panther Real Estate Solutions
Erin Rahr*
Rahr & Sons Brewing Company
Mike Sanborn*
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center
Ken Schaefer
Schaefer Advertising Company
Ted Settle
Sportswear Graphics
Shawn Snell
Texas Health Resources
Jesse Stamper*
Placemaker, LLC
Robert Sturns
City of Fort Worth
Andrew Taft
Downtown Fort Worth, Inc.
Weston Voss
SpawGlass Contractors
Corrie Watson
Kent & Co. Wines
Natalie Wilkins
Cook Children’s Health Care System
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
Jason Amon
Law Office of Jason Amon
Marlene Beckman
Kensington Properties
Michael Bennett
Bennett Benner Partners
Lynda Claytor
Fresnel Technologies, Inc.
Randle Harwood
City of Fort Worth
Dak Hatfield
Hatfield Properties
Lori Henderson
W.A. Powers
Yvonne Johnson
Private Investor | Developer
Ryan LaValley
Dunaway Associates, L.P.
Mike Lewis
Worthington Bank
David Motheral
Motheral Development Co
Will Northern
Northern Realty Group
Trent Prim
Prim Construction
Scott Robinson
TCCD
Scott Rule
JPS Health Network
Carol Stanford
Stanford Company
Laura Voltman
City of Fort Worth
Weston Voss
SpawGlass Contractors
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE
Brandon E. Allen
Allen Architecture
Mike Brennan
Near Southside, Inc.
Ames Fender
Fender | Andrade Architects
Joe Frank
JPF Homes, Inc.
Eric Garrison
TBG Partners
Josh Lindsay
Ground Rehearsal
Tom Malone
TMA-CHA Architects
Marta Rozanich
Konstrukcio Studio
Laura Voltmann, Ex-Officio
City of Fort Worth, Planning & Development
MARKETING COMMITTEE
Sloan Clark
Sloan Clark State Farm
Norma Crow
Rattikin Title Company
Christina Elbitar
Chadra Mezza & Grill
Serene Fletcher
Fletcher Productions
George Gdovin
Palmer Advantage Global Club Networks
Julie Hatch Fairley
Creative Communications
Ginger Johnson
Legacy Texas
Debbie Malone
TMA-CHA Architects
Ann Mannon
Anytime Fitness
Fran McCarthy
Central City Properties, Inc.
Linsey Retcofsky
Amphibian Stage Productions
Dana Settle
Sportswear Graphics
Ashley Tinsley
Fort Construction
Robbie Werner
Stir Crazy Baked Goods
James Zametz
Keep Fort Worth Funky