BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Joey Hall is Executive Vice President, Operations for Pioneer Natural Resources and a member of its Management Committee. He is responsible for development activities in the Permian Basin, where the company has the largest Spraberry/Wolfcamp acreage position with decades of drilling inventory.

Hall’s career began in 1989, when he joined Pioneer’s predecessor company, MESA, Inc. He held several positions in worldwide facilities, eventually managing offshore, onshore and international projects across the Company, including the Falcon deep water development in the Gulf of Mexico.

Hall was then assigned as Operations Manager in Alaska, where he was responsible for all drilling, production and construction activities. Under his leadership, Pioneer completed the Oooguruk development, establishing Pioneer as the first independent oil and gas company to produce on the North Slope of Alaska.

When Pioneer turned its focus to developing its Eagle Ford Shale assets, Hall was tasked with leading the capital-intensive development, beginning as Vice President, Eagle Ford Asset Team, then Senior Vice President, South Texas Operations. Hall’s attention shifted to the Permian Basin when he became Executive Vice President, Southern Wolfcamp Operations. In 2015, he assumed leadership over all of Pioneer’s Permian Operations.

He has been inducted into the Petroleum Engineering Academy and the Mechanical Engineering Academy and serves on the Dean’s Council for the College of Engineering at Texas Tech University.

Hall has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.

Ms. Sydnee Freeman is the Director of Real Estate Development for Designing Justice+Designing Spaces which is an Oakland, California, based architecture and real estate development non-profit organization working to end mass incarceration by building infrastructure (includes peacemaking centers, mobile resource centers, workforce development facilities, housing for those transitioning from incarceration, etc.) that addresses its root causes: poverty, racism, unequal access to resources and the criminal justice system itself. Prior to DJDS, Ms. Freeman held the position of Vice President of Development for BGC Advantage; a private developer whose focus was small and rural PHA’s. Her responsibilities included the execution of the multi-family growth strategy across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and the Southeastern region of the United States.

Ms. Freeman has 18 years of single-family real estate and over five years of affordable, multi-family real estate experience. Additionally, she has 14 years of commercial, entertainment, medical, non-profit, residential, and retail development experience. Ms. Freeman holds a Bachelor of Art degree from the University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Public Affairs / Graduate Certificate in City Planning from the University of Texas at Dallas and Executive Leadership certification from Harvard Business School. Additionally, she was awarded the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 1973 Fund for Social Enterprise Scholarship in 2017.

In addition to her seat on the Board, she is also a 19-year Habitat Core Volunteer.

Starting as a crewperson at his local McDonald’s restaurant at age 17, Chris Packard went on to build a very successful 36-year career ending as president & CEO of Packard Restaurants, owning and operating six McDonald’s franchises. He was a recognized leader within the McDonald’s system, elected by his fellow owners/operators to major leadership positions in which he worked closely with McDonald’s corporate management. Chris’ restaurants and management were consistently ranked as the “Best of the Best” by McDonald’s Corporation in the areas of operations, community involvement, people development and sales building. During this time, Chris was very involved in community and civic service with organizations including Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth as board president, Habitat for Humanity, Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange (GRACE), and the HEB Chamber of Commerce.

Following his restaurant career, Chris served as an SBA representative in disaster centers after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. He then turned his attention to the not-for-profit world, as he puts it “helping nonprofits operate with the efficiency of a COSTCO with the heart of Mother Teresa,” In the nonprofit sector, Chris has served as executive director of the Dallas County Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and Austin Street Center. He was a consultant for the Dallas White Rock Marathon, where he developed and implemented a strategic business plan that, in its first year, helped generate a 50 percent increase in donation funds for Texas Scottish Rite Hospital. He has led Komen Dallas, National Speakers Association, California Speech Language Hearing Association and Obesity Medicine Association as the interim CEO where he implemented strategic and impactful changes to the organizations. He has also been an investor and volunteer with Dallas Social Venture Partners and the Fund for Higher Education, and a board member and driver for Call-a-Ride Southlake (CARS).

After pursuing a college degree after selling his restaurants and working in the nonprofit sector, Chris received his Bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Dallas in May 2013 and Masters of Public Affairs at the University of Texas Dallas in May 2014.

Currently, Chris is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Texas Dallas teaching nonprofit management courses and at the UTD Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance where he lectures about Governance. He is on the Board of Trustees for the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth, where he serves as treasurer. Also, he is on the board of Ronald McDonald House Charities, where he serves on the Grant Committee, and the MPA Advisory Board for Public and Nonprofit Department at UTD.

Dawn Kahle is Vice President of communications for Children’s Health, the eight-largest pediatric health care provider in the nation and the leading pediatric health care system in North Texas. Ms. Kahle manages crisis and issues communications for the health care system, as well as leads external communications, including social media, online brand reputation and public relations. She also oversees corporate and internal communications, including executive communications and publications. She also serves as Board Chair for Children’s Health as a member of SocialMedia.org Health

An award-winning communicator, Ms. Kahle has worked with a wide variety of global and national consumer and healthcare, consumer technology and enterprise software organizations throughout her career. In 2014, she was named one of the top women in business by The Dallas Business Journal.

Ms. Kahle currently serves as the Vice President for Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity and the Vice President of Communications for Children’s Health. She and her family also actively support Operation Kindness and Community Partners of Dallas. She is married with two children and earned a master’s degree in mass communications and a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Oklahoma State University. In 2018, Ms. Kahle earned a certification in digital marketing with a focus on digital marketing strategy and analysis from Southern Methodist University.

Ron Storz is the Chief Operating Officer for Toyota Industries Commercial Finance. Ron has served as a volunteer with Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity and his extensive background and experience with finance companies and business partnerships make him an ideal member of our board of directors. Throughout his career and his more than four years with Toyota, Ron has championed diverse hiring practices within his team. Ron received his B.A. from St. Johns University in Jamaica, NY.

Roy Whitehead is President and CEO of Whitehead Worldwide. His varied interests include ownership and management of a commercial international property, an officer in TropicSport Mineral Sunscreen, and an officer in Meridien Apparel. Prior to Whitehead Worldwide he was the CEO of Wolf Manufacturing.  A maker of neck pillows, blankets and other “travel comfort” items.  His customers included Paradies, Walmart, Walgreens, Ross, TJ Max/Marshalls and hundreds of other retailers. In addition to senior leadership, he has a background in marketing. He earned his bona fides in several blue chip Fortune 500 companies with well-known brands.  Companies include Coca Cola, Frito Lay (Pepsico), 7-Eleven, and Fortune #1, Walmart.  He had P&L responsibility for his brands, lead strategic planning, marketing communications, product innovation and managed large cross-functional teams. He has applied those skills at entrepreneurial lower/middle market companies in consumer-packaged goods, apparel, and retail. Current and past board participation include Habitat for Humanity Dallas—Operations Chair, MHM Urgent Care, Wolf Manufacturing, and YPO/YPOG. Roy has been active in YPO/YPOG for more than 10 years.  The organization is comprised of Presidents and CEOs of the most prestigious organizations in the world. He has held most officer positions and is currently Vice Chair of the Dallas chapter, Maverick YPOG and will be Chapter Chair in 2022- 2023. He has been married for 30-years and is the father of three.  He and his wife Elizabeth have a son working in Silicon Valley following recent graduation from Santa Clara, a son working in Dallas following recent graduation from Sewanee, and a daughter at University of California, Santa Barbara.