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Mr. Aberg is responsible for the overall leadership and direction of the Capital Markets department at Realty Capital Partners. He will also be actively involved in the acquisition of new investments and the expansion of the firm's outreach to new strategic equity partners.
Mr. Aberg has nearly 25 years of experience in the real estate industry. He was previously a partner at Legacy Capital Company based in Dallas, Texas. Prior to joining Legacy, he helped Jones Lang LaSalle, a global real estate services firm, launch an office in Dallas. During his tenure with the company, Mr. Aberg worked closely with corporate clients, such as EDS, Sprint and Clear Channel Communications.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Aberg worked as a sales manager with Grubb & Ellis. He had oversight of a 65-person sales team and the office's sales production, which grossed $10 million in revenue. Mr. Aberg was also a top land and investment sales producer at both Henry S. Miller Company and Bank One.
Mr. Aberg graduated from the University of Kansas with a BBA. He is married with three children.
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John Castle, a Dallas attorney, is a former Executive Vice President of EDS Corporation, having retired in 1999. EDS is a global information technology company doing business in over 50 countries, with over 125,000 employees and revenues of approximately $20 billion which has since been acquired by Hewlett Packard.
Castle's EDS responsibilities included legal affairs, corporate communications, community affairs, government affairs and public relations. He served most recently on EDS' Management Board. Prior to joining EDS in 1988, he was a partner in the Dallas law firm of Hughes & Luce from 1974 until 1988.
Castle graduated in 1964 from the University of Texas with honors and, in 1967, from the University's School of Law with honors. He has served as president of the University of Texas Law School Alumni Association and is a former trustee of the UT Law School Foundation. He is a member of the American, Texas and Dallas bar associations and is a fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. In 1998, Castle received the ADL Jurisprudence Award.
Castle is the immediate past chairman of The Dallas Foundation, is chair-elect of the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance, and is on the boards of directors of The Foundation for Community Empowerment, The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, Central Dallas Ministries, the Interfaith Housing Coalition, Nurse Family Partnership - national office, and the Center for Public Policy Priorities. Castle is chair of the Advisory Board of TexProtects. Castle has previously served on the Boards of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, the Points of Light Foundation, and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. In 2007, Castle received the "Trailblazer for Youth" award from the Texas Network of Youth Services in Austin, Texas.
He and his wife, Dorothy, have a daughter Amy Gray, who is a lawyer in Dallas, Texas, and married to Tom Gray and two grandchildren, John Boone and Sullivan Elizabeth Gray. They are members of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation where he currently serves on the vestry. Castle has also chaired a strategic planning committee and a capital campaign for the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.
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Linda Perryman Evans is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Meadows Foundation, one of the largest private philanthropies in Texas. A Director and Trustee of the Foundation since 1976, Ms. Evans is a great niece of founders Algur H. and Virginia Meadows.
Immediately prior to assuming her current position, Evans was an active partner in the public relations firm of Stern, Nathan & Perryman. Previously, she served as Executive Director of the Dallas Welcoming Committee, the city's non-partisan host committee for the 1984 Republican National Convention.
A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Evans worked in Washington, D. C. from 1976 through 1983. She served on President Gerald Ford's re-election campaign, was an assistant in the development office of the American Enterprise Institute, and worked for the late Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania as assistant to the press secretary. From 1980 to 1983, she worked in the White House Office of Media Relations and Planning for President Ronald Reagan.
Evans is a member of executive board of the Meadows School of the Arts at SMU, for which she served on the Dean Search Committee and the Meadows Museum Director Search Committee. She also serves on the advisory board of the Meadows Museum and is a former executive board member of the University's John Tower Center for Political Studies.
She is a current trustee of the Wilson Foundation and serves on the boards of the National Center for Family Philanthropy, Passion for Children's, Inc., Amegy Bank, and the International Women’s Forum, and the advisory boards of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, the Institute for Public School Initiative at The University of Texas at Austin, and the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance. She is a member of the Dallas Assembly, Charter 100, Women Corporate Directors, and Crystal Charity Ball. In addition, she chairs the Crystal Charity Ball Endowment Fund and is a member of the Chairman's Circle of the Dallas Summer Musicals.
In 2008, Evans received the YWCA 100 Outstanding Women’s Award. In 2007, she was honored with the TACA Silver Cup for her support of the Arts in Dallas and received the St. Philip’s School and Community Center Unsung Hero award. Evans is a recipient of the 2004 Dallas Alumni Pi Beta Phi Carolyn Helman Lichtenberg Crest Award, the 2003 Leadership Dallas Distinguished Alumni Award, and the 2002 Prism Award from the Greater Dallas Mental Health Association. In 2002, she received the Encomienda de la Orden de Isabel La Catholica for her work on behalf of enhancing relations between Spain and the United States. Sanctioned by King Juan Carlos I and bestowed by the Spanish Ambassador, the award is one of Spain's highest honors.
Evans is a past member of the Finance and Investment Committee for the Council on Foundations as well as the Council's Public Policy Task Force, the Advisory Committee on Family Succession, and the Legislation and Regulations Committee. In addition, she chaired the organization's 2003 conference host committee.
She also has served on the boards of Grantmakers in Health and the Conference of Southwest Foundations, where she is a past president, chaired the 2002 Conference Site Selection Committee, and served as Program Chair of the 1999 conference. She is a past chair of the Mid-America Foundations Task Force on Standards and Accountability, served on the Independent Sector's Panel on the Nonprofit Sector to advise the Senate Finance Committee, and the Effectiveness and Accountability Task Force for the Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers.
Evans is a past member of the Dallas Citizens Council and an alumnus of Leadership Dallas and Leadership Texas. In addition, she was a board member and past president of Equest and served on the advisory board of the Mental Health Association of Greater Dallas. Former board positions also include serving the YMCA and YWCA of Dallas, Dallas Museum of Natural History, corporate committee of the Dallas Museum of Art, Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation, Dallas Theater Center, and Leukemia Women's Guild. She also is a former member of the Cattle Baron’s Ball Committee and a sustaining member of the Dallas Junior League.
With a ninety one million dollar renovation and repositioning effort currently under way, the first year at the new Sheraton Dallas has been a whirlwind!
Relocating from the Westin and Sheraton Park Central hotel complex in Dallas Texas, Ray Hammer, the new General Manager of the largest Starwood hotel in the world, is establishing the Sheraton Dallas as a world class destination in the heart of the largest arts district in the United States.
As a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park New York, Mr. Hammer's background in centered in Culinary operations. Ray has served as Executive Chef, opening the four star, four diamond Halifax Sheraton, directing resort operations at the PGA Sheraton and Sheraton Grande Torrey Pines and leading the Culinary operations at the 1800 room complex of the Sheraton New York and Sheraton Manhattan hotels in New York City before moving on to responsibilities of hotel general management. His recognition as a hotel leader include the Starwood’s Award for Heroism, the coveted Meetings and Conventions Gold Key Award, Starwood Power of Innovation Award, and Starwood Best in Class recognition.
With four new restaurants, state of the art technology, the new Link by Sheraton, Sheraton Fitness, programmed by Core Performance, over 250,000 square feet of revitalized event venues, the Sheraton Dallas is positioned as the cornerstone of the "NEW" Downtown Dallas.
J. Andrew (Andy) Kerner is an Executive in Residence at SunTx Capital Partners. Mr. Kerner, age 51, is a senior financial executive with significant experience in operations, strategy, real estate, construction, building products, and consumer packaged goods. Prior to joining SunTx, Andy held senior executive management positions with Centex Homes, including Senior Vice President and CFO and most recently, Executive Vice President of Operations Support. Prior to Centex, Andy held CFO roles with The viaLink Company and Cameron Ashley Building Products, as well as several senior financial executive and CFO roles with PepsiCo/Frito-Lay in the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Kerner is a director of Atlanticblue Group, a private agriculture/real estate company based in Florida; Aztec Systems, a Dallas-based technology company; and Blue Calypso Holdings, a Dallas-based mobile advertising technology company.
Andy holds an MBA in finance and a BA in economics from the University of Texas at Austin. He has served on the Executive Council of the McCombs School of Business Real Estate Finance and Investment Center and currently serves on the Chancellor's Council Executive Committee for the University of Texas System. He is also on the boards of Union Gospel Mission of Dallas and Campus Crusade Hungary, and spends time helping in the non-profit affordable housing industry.
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Volunteering WHO ( We Help Ourselves—child anti-victimization program) volunteer at Family Outreach of East Dallas American Red Cross Dallas Chapter—Ready When the Time Comes volunteer
Personal Married to Alan Losinger Two grown children and one son-in-law
Education University of Oklahoma - Bachelor of Science in Special Education
Mr. O'Neal has over 25 years of experience managing large and small businesses. He was appointed CEO of MosquitoNix in late 2005, following an exhaustive national search for a seasoned CEO capable of leading MosquitoNix to the next level. Mr. O'Neal's efforts led to the formation FEMO Holdings, LP in February 2006 and FEMO's Acquisition of substantially all of the assets of MosquitoNix Holdings, LLC. Prior to his involvement in MosquitoNix, Mr. O'Neal served as CEO of 3Fold Equity Partners from January 2002 through March 2005, where he advised and invested in a variety of businesses. From 1994 to 2002, Mr. O'Neal was the founder and CEO of the Heartland Insurance Group, which was comprised of six companies and had combined revenues of over $300 million. Mr. O'Neal sold Heartland Insurance Services to CitiGroup in September of 1998. Mr. O'Neal sold the last of these companies Heartland Marketing Group in January 2002.
A fifth generation Texan, Melissa Terry Pridmore has deep family roots in Dallas. From her great-great grandfather C.C. Slaughter's historical role of founding several Dallas institutions such as Baylor Hospital to her parents more recent business accomplishments, she is part of a family with a strong heritage in making a difference.
Melissa attended Ursuline Academy and began giving back to her community as a volunteer at various places such as Genesis Women's Shelter. Her community volunteerism continued into college while studying at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles where she worked with children.
After graduating in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Melissa returned to Dallas and began working for Teleworks Pictures as a creative services coordinator. She quickly became a producer and managed the designing and planning for client video projects including short films, commercials and training videos for Fortune 500 companies such as American Airlines and AT&T. Through her work with major corporations, Melissa worked closely with many professional athletes and celebrities.
While Melissa enjoyed this creative work she longed to make a greater impact in the community. That opportunity came in 2006 when she accepted the executive director role of The Mike & Mary Terry Family Foundation. The Foundation is a Christian-based private 501(c)(3) organization that focuses on three core areas of providing equal opportunities for all children, advancing youth through education and ensuring a haven for those in need. The Foundation’s goal is to ensure all children receive the care and education they deserve and that the homeless have the opportunities and resources to escape a life of poverty.
As executive director, Melissa oversees the review process for grant submissions and manages the Foundation. Working on behalf of the Foundation, Melissa fulfills her desire to help children and those who are abused or neglected. Additionally, she is actively involved in the Zero to Five Funders' Collaborative, a non-profit working to transform the lives of children through early childhood education.
Outside of the Foundation, Melissa continues to give back to the Dallas Metroplex community as an advisory board member for the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance as well as through her involvement in the Junior League of Dallas. Melissa also is a board member of Art for Andy, an annual fundraising event that supports a scholarship in the arts for students of Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. Melissa stays involved at her alma mater Ursuline Academy and is married with a daughter.
Deedie Potter Rose, a resident of Dallas, serves on the boards of numerous not-for-profit organizations, including Public Radio International, North Texas Public Broadcasting, Texas Christian University, The Trinity Trust, the Dallas Theater Center, and the AT&T Performing Arts Center. She is a past member of the National Council of the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Park Foundation, and is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dallas Museum of Art. Additionally, Ms. Rose serves on a number of advisory boards, including the Dallas Women's Foundation and The University of Texas School of Architecture. She received the 2005 Anti-Defamation League Humanitarian Award and was the 1997 recipient of the TACA Neiman Marcus Silver Cup award, given annually for distinguished service to the arts. She has also served as the chair of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society for the United Way of Dallas County and as national co-chair of Texas Christian University's capital campaign.
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Frank Sheeder has defended clients against civil and criminal fraud allegations brought by the government and other hostile third-party litigants — especially whistleblowers — for more than 20 years. He focuses on complex health care litigation and regulatory compliance. He has appeared before multiple federal and state courts and represents clients opposite a multitude of federal and state agencies, whistleblowers, and other plaintiffs.
Frank has advised clients from virtually all segments of the health care industry, such as health systems, hospitals, academic medical centers, physician groups, DME providers, long-term care providers, ancillary providers, pharmacies, laboratories, and allied health professionals. Those cases generally involve Medicare, Medicaid, and other federally funded health care programs. He also has defended putative class actions and civil cases involving parallel criminal proceedings. He has been counsel of record in more than 30 criminal cases in federal district court.
Frank is a member of the Health Care Compliance Association (2nd vice president), the American Health Lawyers Association (Fraud and Abuse, Self-Referrals, and False Claims Practice Group), the American Bar Association, the North Texas Healthcare Compliance Professionals Association (past president), and the Dallas Bar Association. He is a member of the advisory board of the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance and a graduate of the Leadership Dallas Class of 2007. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Health Care Compliance and is a Certified Ethics and Compliance Professional.
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