Another year has passed, and as we approach these final weeks, the Heritage Oak Cliff Board has elected a new Executive Committee. There are many familiar faces staying on, a couple saying goodbye and some new faces to welcome. The process of electing our Executive Committee starts by electing a slate of Executive Committee Members at Large, who then fill the role that groups elects them to. This is not your everyday election process. We are still working to fill a few of the Member at Large seats. These seats additional seats provide bench strength and opportunity and in the unforeseen circumstances can quickly be placed into a committee role without waiting for a general election or working without the resource in pace. If being part of the Executive Committee Members at large interests you, please contact Travis-Lee More (president@heritageoakcliff.org)
In addition to finding people to join the executive committee, we also made some changes to the structure of the committee to level the workload. This should help us gain pinpoint focus on specific areas and allow our leaders on the committee to shine with their best skills.
President of Heritage Oak Cliff - Travis-Lee More (president@heritageoakcliff.org). Travis will continue his role as President into 2022. His passions are strong and his convictions to make Heritage Oak Cliff an important voice in the Dallas landscape is clear. We are excited to have Travis continue on another year.
Vice President of Heritage Oak Cliff - Juana Veliz we thank her for her service and wish her well in her future endeavors.
Secretary of Heritage Oak Cliff - Susan Alvarez served in this role, but had to resign due to work conflicts. The role was passed around the committee for the remainder of the year. Jim Hauck (secretary@heritageoakcliff.org) was elected to take the role of Secretary. Jim's skills and enthusiasm should help improve our minute taking and reporting process.
Treasure of Heritage Oak Cliff - Tim Hill (treasurer@heritageoakcliff.org) has been in this role for a couple years. He has helped steward our finances through good and bad times and proudly keeps our books balanced and helps us understand our financial choices. We are thrilled that Tim chose to stay with the committee for another year.
Vice President of Communications - Jim Hauck (vpcommunications@heritageoakcliff.org) has been serving in this role for the last half of 2021. He has done so much to improve the operations and messaging of the organization. Jim will stay on in the position of Vice President of Communications for another year and has great plans for continued improvements. And yes, you read that right, Jim is double dipping in covering the role of Secretary.
Vice President of Neighborhoods - Susan Lee has complete her time of service and leaves us in a better place than when she found us. Lovingly known as the Queen of the Neighborhoods, her contributions are far felt and she will be missed. The Vice President of Neighborhoods will now be renamed to the Vice President of Grants, giving this role full attention to the grant process and Neighborhood Memberships will be overseen by the Vice President of Membership.
Vice President of Grants - Given the importance of our Grant Program and the level of effort it takes to run the program, we have renamed this role. Cynthia Michaels (vpgrants@heritageoakcliff.org), a long time member, and active participant in the Grant process is taking on this role and we know she is going to do a great job.
Vice President of Membership - Austin Miller (vpmembership@heritageoakcliff.org) has taken on this role. he is somewhat of a newcomer to the group, but was actively involved in Passport Oak Cliff and has a real passion for helping us grow the organization. He will focus on all things Membership and all levels of membership
Vice President Neighborhood Development - We are happy to have Paul Carden (vpneighborhooddevelopment@hertiageoakcliff.org) continue his role albeit with a slight change in that he will not be responsible for our membership anymore. The coming year(s) are looking like lots of change for Oak Cliff and we are happy to have Paul's voice on our team.
President Emeritus - Christina Rossini will be stepping off the Executive Committee. The President Emeritus or Past President role, serves as an advisor in the year of a new President election. Since we have no Presidential change, this role will not be filled. We thank Christina for all her work and effort she put into Heritage Oak Cliff. She has left a lasting stamp of great things.
While the following roles are not considered Executive Committee Members by default, it is the President's discretion to move them to Executive Committee standing.
Events Chair - Trudy Newton (events@heritageoakcliff.org) will stay on for another year in this role and after the amazing success of Passport Oak Cliff, we are thrilled to see her take that event further and introduce other new ideas to the event portfolio.
Fundraising Chair - Mike Matthews (fundraising@heritageoakcliff.org) will continue in the role of fundraising chair. Mike introduced us to our first North Texas Giving Day this year, and showed us that a straw cowboy hat and sequined jacket does work together at Passport Oak Cliff. We are happy to have Mike stay on with us and continue the traditions he has built.
Congratulations to our new executive committee and thank you to those who are moving on. 2022 is going to be a banner year for Heritage Oak Cliff.
