The purpose of the Northeast Leadership Forum is to enhance and promote the economic vitality and quality of life in Northeast Tarrant County.
2026 Board of Directors
Officers
Kathryn Vowels
Chair
Data Analyst | Grants, Tarrant County Budget & Risk Management
Randall McCauley
Chair-elect
Randall Consulting
Janice Spooner
Treasurer
Regional President at NBT Financial Bank
Trasa Cobern
Vice Chair-Events
Chief Development Officer at 6 Stones Mission Network
Craig Hulse
Immediate Past Chair
Director of Economic Development for the City of North Richland Hills
Mary Martin Frazior
Secretary
President and CEO of the HEB Chamber of Commerce
Directors
Tracy Archer
President & CEO of Archer Printing
Jerry Cantu
Community Volunteer
Garin Giacomarro
Director of Economic Development for City of Grapevine
Bev Dixon
President & CEO
Greater Keller Chamber of Commerce
Scott Baumbach
Area Manager
Oncor
Chelsea Rose
Director of Economic Development for City of Colleyville
Mike Taylor
Representative to the Texas Silver Haired Legislature
Tito Rodriguez
Community Volunteer
Joseph Harrington, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District
Karen Parsinen
Community Leader and Volunteer
Directors Emeritus
Faye Beaulieu
PhD, Vice President of United Way of Tarrant County (Retired)
Vanessa Copeland
President of O. Trevino Construction
Larry Darlage
President of Tarrant County College Northeast Campus (Retired)
Bob Golden
Mayor of Haslet (Retired)
Jim Griffin
Mayor of Bedford (Retired)
Garry Hamilton
Community Volunteer
RaDonna Hessel
CEO of the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Eli D. Mercer
CEO of Kingdom Ecosystems
J. Charles Powell
President of Ciera Bank
Nick Sanders
Mayor of Trophy Club (Retired) and Owner of Combined Computer Resources, Inc.
Wendy Bonneau
Vice President of Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Carolyn Sims
President of the Colleyville Chamber of Commerce (Retired) and Chair of the Board of Directors for the NLF Foundation
Ginny Tigue
Owner of Tigue Property Company
Glen Whitley
Tarrant County Judge (Retired)
Craig Hulse
Director of Economic Development for the City of North Richland Hills
Who We Are
The NLF provides leadership, forums and information exchanges for its members and acts as a catalyst for communications, collaboration and cooperation.
Members in the Northeast Leadership Forum include community leaders and elected officials who have their residences, principal place of business or have a center of influence in the Northeast Tarrant County area, including but not limited to: Bedford, Colleyville, Euless, Grapevine, Haltom City, Haslet, Hurst, Keller, North Fort Worth, North Richland Hills, Richland Hills, Roanoke, Southlake, Trophy Club, Watauga, and Westlake.
Membership requires the sponsorship of one active NLF member. Applications are presented to the Board of Directors for approval. Once approved, the dues are $150 per year and include breakfast at our general membership meetings for you and a guest. You will be invoiced upon acceptance.
*Membership is renewed annually.
NLF Foundation Scholarship
The NLF partners with the NLF Foundation to provide scholarships for graduating seniors from high schools in Northeast Tarrant County each year. We believe in investing in the next generation of leaders and their education. Each year we receive over 100 applications and our diligent selection committee ranks and announces the winners. In addition to scholarships to university bachelor degree programs, the NLF designates a group of scholarships each year for workforce training including community colleges and technical colleges.
We are honored to get to work with educators, counselors, students, and parents through this program and thank them all for their service and leadership for our community. We encourage graduating seniors to apply.
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contact us
For more information about the Northeast Leadership Forum, please contact Mary Frazior at the email address below, call the HEB Chamber of Commerce, or fill out the contact form.
MaryFrazior@heb.org
Phone
(817) 283-1521