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T. Charles Pierson
President and Chief Executive Officer
In 2003, Big Brothers Big Sisters board of directors unanimously voted T. Charles Pierson as the CEO after a national search. Mr. Pierson's extensive business management experience and his dedication of more than a decade as both a Big Brother and a board member made him a natural choice to successfully lead the agency.

He first came to the agency in 1993 as a Big Brother and was voted the Texas State Big Brother of the Year in 2001. He served on the agency's board from 1996 until 2003.

Mr. Pierson holds a Bachelor's of Science in Math and Economics and a Master's of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University.

Marian Davenport
Executive Vice President, Startegic Initiatives
As Executive Vice President Strategic Initiatives for the organization, Marian Davenport leads the identification, prioritization, evaluation and integration of strategic business initiatives. Her focus is helping the agency be more efficient, effective and serve more children.

Marian oversees the work of our 8 emerging markets as they build capacity to serve more children in communities currently serving up to 300 local kids a year. Marian also serves as the Big Brothers Big Sisters lead for the Promising Youth Alliance collaboration with Boys & Girls Clubs and Phoenix House as well as for the agency’s new Girls’ Programming Initiative called Sisters2.

Ron Hadley
President - Greater Houston
Ron Hadley is in his eighth year with Big Brothers Big Sisters and serves as the President of the Greater Houston market and Executive Vice President of Partnerships for Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star. Ron is also a member of Big Brothers Big Sisters’ National Corporate Task Force and leads corporate partnerships for the state of Texas.

Ron’s twenty-year career in youth development non-profits has included national travel with a team of youth development speakers as well as the authorship of published articles on youth leadership and character development. Ron studied at the University of Illinois, Indiana University and Dallas Theological in addition to training from the Dale Carnegie Institute. He has logged more than 6,000 volunteer service hours over 25 years, including leading two international service trips. Ron is the proud volunteer Big Brother to Quinton, Dekevian and Demetrius.

Jason Ray
Chief Operating Officer
Jason Ray joined Big Brothers Big Sisters in 1998 and ultimately became the Chief Executive Officer of BBBS serving Arlington & Mansfield.  Jason has been a Big Brother to Zachary since 2001.
 
As Chief Operating Officer, Jason is responsible for leadership of a broad range of agency functions, including program services, finance, grant writing, grant administration and information technology.  In his role, Jason has been instrumental in agency mergers and government relations.

Mr. Ray holds a Bachelor's of Science in Political Science from Texas Christian University and a Master's of Public Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington. His experience also includes past service on the board of the Tarrant County Hospital District and other civic and governmental committees. 
 
Jason lives in Arlington with his wife, Kim, and two daughters.

Janet Ardoyno
Vice President of Agency Development
Janet works with Executive Directors and Boards in non-urban regional offices and helps in the development of new agencies in areas such as Tyler. Currently, she is working with Regional Directors in Paris, Sherman, Wichita Falls, San Angelo, Brownwood, Southern Dallas Co./Ellis, Stephenville and Waco. She serves as advisor, trainer and grant writer in the non urban markets. She is also the VISTA Project Director, annually overseeing more than 20 VISTA members.

Janet served as CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Abilene/West Central Texas for 13 years. She graduated from Abilene Christian University with a degree in Psychology and was named ACU Distinguished Alumni in 1998. She was awarded the Governor’s Volunteer Leadership award for the State of Texas in 1998 and honored at the White House on two occasions for volunteer organization efforts. She served on the Texas Commission of Volunteer and Community Service and The Texas Commission for the Blind.

Diana Aguirre
Associate Vice President, Development
Diana Aguirre joined Big Brothers Big Sisters in April 2005. She has served as the Regional Executive Director for Dallas County for the past five years working with the Dallas County Regional Board and the new Dallas County Junior Board. She also serves as their Associate Vice President for Development leading Development Services team that oversees stewardship and the donor database for the agency. Diana also leads the Hispanic Mentoring Initiative for the local agency. She has been a Big Sister to four different Dallas ISD students.

Prior to joining BBBS, she worked at the Dallas Independent School District for almost 3.5 years as the coordinator for their Youth Mentoring program, a mentoring partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters targeting several low performing high schools.

A graduate of Southern Methodist University, Diana earned her B.S. in Computer Engineering. While at SMU and after graduation, she worked at Alcatel in marketing and sales. Her last telecom adventure was as a product marketing manager at Broadband Gateways, a startup company.

Olivia Coggin Eudaly
State Executive Director of Amachi Texas
As State Executive Director of Amachi Texas since its inception in January 2006, Olivia Eudaly leads this groundbreaking, statewide initiative providing mentors for children with parents in prison. Working closely with BBBS agencies across Texas, Olivia serves as the statewide spokesperson for Amachi and concurrently manages child and volunteer recruitment.

Former professional work includes both nonprofit management and academia, having served as adjunct professor in English/Communications at a variety of universities. She received her BA degree from Texas Christian University graduating cum laude. She earned her MA degree at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary graduating with honors. Also, she has done graduate studies at Texas A & M University and by invitation at Harvard¹s JFK School of Government, Executive Education Leadership program.

Mary A. Flores, SPHR
Vice President of Human Resources
Mary Flores has been involved in human resources for more than 25 years. Her career has evolved to encompass all areas of human resources including benefits, payroll, employee relations, staffing, compensation, legal compliance and strategic planning.

She has been with Big Brothers Big Sisters since February, 2005. To compliment her career, Mrs. Flores pursued and received her SPHR Certification (Senior Professional in Human Resources) and is among the last professional group to receive a lifetime designation. Mary was also appointed by former Governor George W. Bush to serve on the board of the Texas Insurance Purchasing Alliance tasked with developing potential solutions to the problem of providing affordable health insurance coverage for small business employees.

Originally from Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Mrs. Flores has been in Texas since 1981 after graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh with a major in Business Administration.

Tom Frazier
Vice President of Individual Giving and Major Gifts
Tom Frazier currently directs programs to secure "Legacy Gifts" or estate gifts for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Additionally, he stewards and cultivates donors for major gifts.

Prior to joining Big Brothers Big Sisters in 2005, Tom served as Senior Director of Major Gifts for the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. He oversaw the Tocqueville Society generating more than $6.5 million annually.

He received his Certified Fund Raising Executive(CFRE) classification, and has served on the national board of directors of AFP(NSFRE)and was president of the Wisconsin Chapter and the
Dallas board of Directors of AFP(NSFRE).

Mr. Frazier is a graduate of Marquette University's College of Journalism.

April Klics
Associate Vice President of Program
April Klics serves as the Associate Vice President of Program for Big Brothers Big Sisters. She is also a Big Sister in our School Based program to Little Sister Julia. She joined Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Dallas in June 1993 and began her career with the agency as a CaseManager.

As the Associate Vice President of Program April over sees the day to day operations of the Program Team. She also serves as our database (AIM) administrator. April graduated with her Bachelors of Social Work from the University of Texas in Austin. She completed her Masters Degree in Human Resources and Training in 2003.

Michael O'Teter, LMSW
Vice President of Program
Michael O'Teter serves as the Vice President of Program for Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star. Mike first came to the agency in 2001. He has also been a Big Brother to Shaquille, age 17, for 7 years.

Since graduating from Baylor University with a BA in Psychology and later earning a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Texas at Arlington, Mike has worked for 28 years in the non-profit arena focused on helping at-risk children. He started at the Waco Center for Youth (one of the state's MHMR facilities for emotionally disturbed youth) and then gained experience at Lena Pope Home (a residential treatment center) in Fort Worth.

For 12 years Mike served as the Program Director at Presbyterian Children's Services--a group home/foster program for children in Waxahachie. During that time he served a term as President of the Teaching Family Association.

Dan Stuchal
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Dan Stuchal began working with Big Brothers Big Sisters in 2003 and holds the position of Vice President of Sales and  Marketing. In this position he is responsible for all functions of the marketing department as well as fundraising events. Stuchal has been a Big Brother since joining the agency.  He also currently sits on the Nationwide Leadership Council's Marketing Committee.

Prior to this role, Stuchal enjoyed thirteen years in the National Hockey League, most recently as Assistant General Manager of the Calgary Flames Hockey Club from 2000 to 2003. Prior to that, Stuchal worked with the Dallas Stars organization for ten years and was a member of the 1999 Stanley Cup Champion team.

Stuchal graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1991 majoring in mass communications.