Ronnie Hagerty of Houston is assistant vice president of community relations and talent management for the United Way of Greater Houston. She is a lecturer at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and an adjunct professor at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. Ronnie serves in leadership positions as a board member for Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries, board member for ESCAPE Family Resource Center, chair-elect of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Houston Chapter and sustaining member of the Junior League of Houston. She was previously a member of Renewing Our Communities Advisory Committee and the American Diabetes Association. Ronnie earned her bachelor's degree in journalism from Saint Mary's College/Notre Dame, master's degree in business administration from the University of Houston, and doctoral degree in leadership and change from Antioch University.

TD Smyers is a native North Texan who leads cross-sector collaboration and scaled, systemic community investment in Tarrant County’s diverse communities as President and Chief Executive Officer of our United Way. His dedicated team of fundraisers, social systems experts and support staff are bringing innovative solutions, the resources of public philanthropy and a comprehensive partnership network to bear against our toughest challenges. The unique perspective TD brings to the United Way is rooted in his previous role as CEO of the North Texas region of the American Red Cross, where he brought 12 Red Cross chapters together under one leadership structure, and his 31-year career in the United
States Navy, from which he retired in 2011 after his tour as Commanding Officer of Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base. Prior to taking command of NAS Fort Worth JRB, TD’s uniformed service included tours as Director of Congressional Affairs/Legislative Liaison and Director of Collaborative Warfare for Navy Aviation at the Pentagon, as well as Command-at-Sea of a Maritime Patrol Squadron.

TD is Vice Chair of North Texas Leaders and Executives Advocating Diversity (LEAD) and an active member of our community’s Continuum of Care Board; the Tarrant Transit Alliance; the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Executive Council and the Fort Worth Blue Zones Project’s Advisory Council. From 2012-2014, Smyers led the commissioning of USS Fort Worth as Chair of the Commissioning Committee, then transitioned that body into an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization, serving as its first President. Smyers earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the United States Naval Academy and a Master’s Degree from the National Defense University’s Eisenhower School.

Dorie Pickle is CreativePickle’s Founding Principal and Managing Director. Dorie helped launch and grow several web start-up enterprises in the frenzied dot-com boom in the late nineties in Austin, Texas. With this experience, Dorie started CreativePickle in June 2001. Dorie is a big-picture thinker, with real-world, hands-on experience managing the creation of hundreds of brands, websites, and graphic materials. Dorie is creative, reliable, and loves her work and her clients. In addition to private businesses, Dorie works with dozens of nonprofits to help elevate their brand, engage with their audience, and streamline processes to be current and efficient based on new technologies. Dorie has a masters from the LBJ School of Public Policy with a focus on new technologies and broadband Internet access.