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Governance
Meet our
Founding Board
TVBC is governed by a founding board that brings together lived experience, academic expertise, international business leadership, and quantitative research, while ensuring strategic oversight, legal compliance, and financial accountability across every dimension of our work.
Governance Principles
How our board works
01
Strategic Oversight
The board meets regularly to review organizational progress, ensure alignment with our mission, and provide guidance on major decisions, without managing day-to-day operations.
02
Fiduciary Accountability
Board members review budgets, approve annual reports, and ensure every grant and donation is used exactly as promised, with full transparency to funders and the communities we serve.
03
Mission Stewardship
Each board member actively champions TVBC's mission in their own professional and social circles; helping grow the network, introduce funders, and open doors that advance community-led change.
Meet our
Advisory Board
The Founders Advisory Council is an elite body of subject matter experts who provide
outside-in strategic oversight for The Voices Behind Changes. While the Board of Directors manages legal and fiduciary duties, the Council serves as the organization's Strategic Shield, ensuring that our work remains academically rigorous, politically influential, and ethically rooted as we scale our initial pilot phases: the Community Voices Initiative and beyond.
Advisory Pillars
Four Pillars of Strategic Oversight
The Equity and Grassroots Pillar
Laura Gonzales, Ph.D.
Special Advisor for Community Equity
Focus: Participatory research ethics, lived experience professionalization, and grassroots outreach.
Expertise: Ensuring that the community voice remains the primary driver of the organization's strategy and that storytelling remains ethical and empowering.
Key Liaison: Bridges the gap between academic research and community-level
implementation.
The Sustainability Pillar
Sabrina Watkins, MBA, CPC
Special Advisor for Philanthropic Strategy
Focus: Revenue diversification, major gift cultivation, and foundation relations.
Expertise: Positioning TVBC for a balanced mix of individual donations, institutional grants, corporate sponsorships, and earned revenue.
Key Liaison: Supports the Board in ambassadorship and fundraising growth.
The Policy and Systems Pillar
Dr. Janet Morrison-Lane, Ed.D
Special Advisor for Systems Change
Focus: Government relations, public policy, and institutional partnerships.
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Expertise: Navigating the DFW and Texas state policy landscape to ensure community data
is translated into actionable systemic change.
Key Liaison: Works with the Founder to open doors at the municipal and state level.
The Governance and Integrity Pillar
Garrett Pearson
Special Advisor for Governance & Strategic Effectiveness
Focus: Organizational theory, financial reporting standards, and board ethics.
Expertise: Ensuring TVBC transitions from a founder-led startup to a sustainable,
institutional-grade nonprofit.
Key Liaison: Works closely with the Board Treasurer and Secretary to audit internal controls
and reporting transparency.
Governance Structure
Summary of Oversight Structure
This dual-layered structure ensures that TVBC is small enough to move fast, but big enough to think deep. By surrounding our founding team with world-class advisors, we provide funders and partners with the assurance of rigorous oversight and systemic relevance.