Legends in Leadership

Native Texan Chandler Crouch is the founder and principal broker of Chandler Crouch Realtors. After starting his career as an investor buying and remodeling houses, he transitioned exclusively to helping others buy and sell real estate as a Realtor. With 18 years experience, he now manages an award-winning brokerage with almost two hundred five-star reviews and has been recognized in the Wall Street Journal in their list of “Top 200 Agents in America,” Keller Citizen Newspaper Best of the Best award, and voted top Realtor in Fort Worth.

On this episode, the guys are joined by Taylor Toynes, the co-founder and executive director of For Oak Cliff (which he started with students as a first-year teacher). Discouraged by the disparities and inequities his students experienced, and noting that nothing had changed since his childhood, Taylor was compelled to organize the inaugural FOC Back to School Festival for his students and community. The festival drew attention to the needs of the community and led to collaborations with system leaders such as United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. Taylor is committed to the Oak Cliff community and lives in the neighborhood with his family. For his leadership, Taylor has received awards from the United Nations, the NAACP, and Southern Methodist University (SMU), to name a few. Taylor and the FOC team won Teach For America’s Social Innovation Award and Echoing Green Fellowship. For Oak Cliff has been recognized by national news outlets and gained the trust of their most proximal neighbors in South Oak Cliff. Taylor is the proud father of Wednesday Toynes and husband of Ariel Toynes. Taylor is a graduate of University of North Texas and has a master’s degree from SMU. Taylor also serves as Dallas Park and Rec Board Member.

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Teresa Coleman Wash is a producer, playwright, and founding artistic director for the Bishop Arts Theatre Center whose mission is to cultivate a diverse and vibrant arts community while creating opportunities for local and emerging artists through performance and education. Wash is a National Arts Strategies fellow having studied at Harvard Business School and she holds an MA in Arts Management from Goucher College. She is the 2019 recipient of the Theater Communications Group’s prestigious Peter Zeisler Memorial Award for artistic integrity and ingenuity and in 2018, she received the National Guild for Community Arts Education’s Milestone Award and the Dallas Business Council for the Arts’ Obelisk Award in the category of Visionary Nonprofit Arts Leader. Mrs. Wash also earned several Irma P. Hall Awards including the 2020 Irma P. Hall Theatrical Excellence Medal. In 2017, Teresa was elected to the Dramatists Guild of America Council representing the Southern region where she also served on the steering committee.

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On today's episode of Legends in Leadership, the guys are joined by Gabe Abshire, CEO of Utility Concierge.

Gabe Abshire is founder and CEO of Utility Concierge, where his visionary approach fuels industry-leading growth. He is an expert in workplace culture and a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Dallas board of directors.

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On today's episode of Legends in Leadership, the guys are joined by Calvert Collins Bratton.

Calvert Collins Bratton serves as Vice President of Strategic Events and Relationships for Methodist Health System Foundation. Prior to joining Methodist in 2015, she spent a decade as a television reporter in Omaha, Las Vegas and here in Dallas with FOX 4.

She is a seventh generation Texan, born and raised in Dallas, then attended the University of Missouri (Mizzou). Calvert is very passionate about her community and helping others, so outside of work, she serves as President and District 13’s representative on the City of Dallas Park and Recreation Board. She sits on the boards of Safer Dallas Better Dallas, Christ Family Clinic, SMU Simmons School of Education, and SMU 21st Century Council. She lives in Dallas with her husband and three young daughters.

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Rosaura Cruz currently serves as Junior Players Executive Director, but her engagement with Junior Players is all-encompassing, she is a Junior Players student alumna, was the 2003 Junior Players Texas Commission of the Arts summer intern, a former theater and dance teacher, and Junior Players previous Program Director.

Since stepping into her current role in 2015, she has led Junior Players through many new and creative initiatives, including producing and broadening Junior Players artistic production seasons, co-creation of Junior Players Presents: The Transformation Project, arts-centric panel conversations, a myriad of community collaborations, the co-creation of the D-PAC (Dallas ISD Playwriting Arts Collective) collaboration, the conception of the Transformation Project’s Residency program, and the creation of the 2017 Youth in Arts Panel: Create, Transform, Heal. She has a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit management industry and is responsible for the overall direction of the agency and artistic quality of the agency.

Additionally, Rosaura is currently represented by The Campbell Agency and served on the 2016/2017 Mayor's Star Council Leadership class as well as serving as the 2018/2019 Mayor's Star Council Development Chair. She also serves as a Board member of The Greater North Texas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and is a member of Altrusa Dallas on the Service Committee. Most recently, she was a distinguished honoree of the 2020 Dallas Business Journal’s 40 under 40 cohort.

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As Director of Board and External Affairs, she is responsible for building and maintaining Texas 2036’s board of directors and ensuring diversity across several demographic measures – ethnicity, geography, industry, age, and gender. Additionally, Enisha is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with community, civic, and business leaders across the entire state of Texas.

Enisha joined Texas 2036 after five years at the George W. Bush Institute. She served as Senior Program Manager for Leadership Programs. In this role, Enisha launched and oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program that included scholar and speaker logistics, program development, and communication efforts. She also supported the execution of the Presidential Leadership Scholars, Liberty and Leadership, and WE Lead programs.

A Dallas native, Enisha is deeply involved in various community organizations that advance outcomes for underserved populations. She is a past president of the Mayor’s Star Council and currently serves on the board of directors. She also serves on the board of the George W. Bush Institute’s 43 Club; ScholarShot, an organization that helps at-risk students complete vocational associate, or undergraduate degrees; and the Community Advisory Board for KERA. Nationally, Enisha was selected to become a member of the American Enterprise Institute’s Leadership Network, a policy education and professional development program. Most recently, Enisha became a Dallas Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Award honoree which celebrates up-and-comers and influencers in the North Texas community.

Enisha is a proud graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and serves on the board of the local alumni chapter, Dallas TexasExes.

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Andy Harvey’s leadership experience covers both military and law enforcement professions.

Chief Harvey champions community policing having authored a book titled Excellence in Policing which has been presented to and read by police of all ranks around the country. Harvey is a speaker and is frequently interviewed on local and national news programs, and is a host of his podcast that covers topics on excellence and confidence. Harvey just released his new topic, Lion Up-Become the Leader Others Need You to Be.

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Susy Solis is a journalist, entrepreneur, and consultant who now uses her platform to encourage and advise entrepreneurs and empower women and minorities. Solis is a media and communication expert, having spent more than a decade on radio and television and later launching her media consulting firm, Solis Media Strategies.

Most recently, Solis came out of radio retirement and is a morning anchor on NewsRadio 1080 KRLD in Dallas, which is the oldest radio newsroom in Texas.

Linda Septien is a music artist development professional with 25+ years of experience, whose success is measured by the number of successful pop icons she has prepared, trained and helped launch into thriving careers. She is the President and CEO of Septien Entertainment Group.

Named on the cover of the Dallas Observer as the “Kingpin of Pop Talent, Linda is the forefront authority on all phases of launching a singer’s career including vocal technique, vocal disorders, vocal production, stage presence & vocal branding for all ages of artists. Linda specializes in challenges of singing and speaking in the pop culture of Generations X, Y, & Z.

With over 15,000 students to her legacy, including branded icons Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Kacey Musgraves, Kidz Bop Kids, Leggo Friends L2M Group, Ryan Cabrera, Ashley Boetcher, Malise Jow, and Jessica Simpson, among many more, Linda prides herself on her ability to recognize talent & create an effective development strategy to launch a branded long term career artist.

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