Board

Board of Trustees

Michael Taglienti | Police Officer Trustee | Deputy Vice Chairman

Michael Taglienti is a Dallas Police Officer with 20 years of experience in law enforcement. He holds a B.S. degree from Texas A&M University and a M.S. degree from the University of Mississippi. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Texas A&M-Commerce, where he teaches courses on criminal justice and public administration.

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Joe Colonnetta | Mayoral Appointee

Mr. Colonnetta, a Dallas based investor, has 30 years of experience in the private equity industry as both an investor and operator. From 1985 to 1996 he served in a variety of banking and finance roles. From 1997 to 2011, Mr. Colonnetta worked for Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, a nationally prominent private equity firm in the United States, Europe and Latin America.

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Michael Brown | Mayoral Appointee

Mr. Brown is a Co-Founder and Managing Director for Adjunct Partners, LP (www.adjunctpartners.com) a boutique financial advisory firm focused on assisting emerging and lower middle market companies align their strategic business plans with the appropriate capital structure...

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Steve Idoux | Mayoral Appointee

Steve joined Lockton in 2007 as Vice President and became a Partner in 2019. In 2021, he was promoted to President of Lockton’s Dallas offices, and he was promoted again to CEO in 2024. He focuses on expanding the firm’s benefits expertise through hands-on mentoring and sharing of best practices, ultimately strengthening the support provided to clients.

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David Kelly | Mayoral Appointee

With over 35 years of experience in real estate and capital markets, Mr. Kelly has overseen more than $50 billion in financial transactions and developed over $3.5 billion in real estate assets, including $400 million in public-private partnerships.

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Tony Scavuzzo | Non-Member Trustee

Tony Scavuzzo, CFA is a Managing Principal at Castle Creek Capital, an alternative asset management firm focused on community banking. He sits on the Investment Committee for the Castle Creek funds and works with the board of directors at several portfolio companies including Mid Penn Bancorp (NASDAQ: MPB), Pathfinder Bancorp (NASDAQ: PBHC), Enterprise Financial Services Corp (NASDAQ: EFSC), McGregor Bancshares, and First Bancshares of Texas. Previous board experience includes over a dozen other companies. He also serves on various board committees regarding governance, compensation, risk, and asset/liability management.

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Matthew Shomer | Fire Fighter Trustee

Matthew Shomer is a Captain in the Dallas Fire Department with 15 years of active service. He has a B.A. from Texas A&M University and an M.A. in Educational Administration from the University of North Texas. Matt owns Pioneer Realty LLC, a real estate brokerage handling both commercial & residential transactions in Texas, Oklahoma and Puerto Rico and Petrichor LLC which oversees mixed-use property development throughout the United States.

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Marcus Smith | Non-Member Trustee

Mr. Smith received a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in International Business from Howard University and an M.B.A. from Texas Southern University. After graduating in 1999, he joined Enron Corporation in Houston, where he managed large commercial and industrial accounts for energy customers. In 2001, Mr. Smith joined Reliant Energy as a Senior Marketing Analyst before moving to Rio de Janeiro in 2003 to serve as a Consultant at Brazilianbased real estate company, Spiral Carioca, Inc.

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Tom Tull | Mayoral Appointee

Tom Tull, CFA, with 40+ years of investment experience in both private and public capital markets was the Chief Investment Officer at the Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) where he managed a $36 billion Trust. While at ERS Mr. Tull has been involved with over 200 completed investment transactions totaling $13 billion encompassing private equity, private real estate, global credit, hedge funds, and special situations.

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Rob Walters | Mayoral Appointee

Rob Walters is a retired trial and antitrust partner with Gibson Dunn in Dallas. Rob also served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Energy Future Holdings (fka TXU Corp.). Rob is a member of the American Law Institute and has served as an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University School of Law in trial advocacy and at the University of Texas School of Law in energy policy and law.

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