The Sosamon Family

Cliff and Paula Sosamon met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil while Cliff was serving as a Marine Embassy Guard. Soon after his tour they moved to DFW and have made Collin County their home since 2000. Now living in Frisco with their two boys, Allan (10) and Kyle (6) they are active participants in their community.

Cliff is the Founder and President of the North Texas Military Association (NTXMA). NTXMA is dedicated to building an environment of leadership, support and community integration for Veterans. This is done through the development of a one of a kind Veteran Mentorship Program designed to help younger Veterans transition from military life back to civilian life.

Cliff and Paula are both co-founders and honorary board members of Scott’s Helping Hands. Cliff is a 2006 graduate of SMU. He serves as the Sr. Vice Commander for VFW Post 8273 and sits on the Frisco Veterans Advisory Committee and Frisco Veterans Walk of Honor Committee.

 

The Dryden Family

David and Amy Dryden live in Parker, and have two wonderful children, Bailey (13) and Ava (10). David grew up in Wylie, and Amy in Plano. They've been happily married for 19 years, always staying close to their Collin County roots to enjoy being near family.
David, a Certified Financial Planner practitioner, is the founder and managing partner of Insight Wealth Partners, an independent financial advisory and wealth management firm in Plano. He's enjoyed helping high net worth families for over 20 years. Amy enjoys her responsibilities as a mom, and she volunteers at their children's school, Wylie Preparatory Academy.
The Drydens are active members of Gateway Community Church in Wylie. David has a heart for Christian business mission work and has travelled extensively over four continents teaching business and financial principles to developing nations.
In addition to a love for travel and having fun together, Amy enjoys scrapbooking and reading, while David enjoys golf and riding his Harley Davidson Road King. They feel blessed to have such wonderful family and friends!

The Davis Family

Featured here are Mark and Lisa Davis, with their 9-year-old son Ethan and daughter Regina, soon to turn 21. An 18-year fixture in local talk radio, Mark has just begun a new show as morning host weekdays 7-10 AM on KSKY, now known as 660 AM The Answer. He is heard nationally on Friday mornings as guest host on Bill Bennett's "Morning in America." He writes a weekly op-ed column Wednesdays for the Dallas Morning News and appears regularly on KDFW Fox 4 and WFAA, Channel 8. Lisa manages their home and cares for Ethan, who will start fourth grade in the fall. She is also planning to start a small business. They met at Texas Motor Speedway and are preparing to celebrate their tenth anniversary in September.

The Murad Family

Featured here is the Murad Family; Louis and his wife Claire with their children, Caitlin, Marty, Christa, and Carolyn.  Claire and Louis, third generation Dallasites, are graduates of SMU and Texas A&M.  Their company, Murad Auctions, was established ten years ago to help nonprofits increase revenue through live and silent auctions at gala, golf and other fundraising events. Louis is a charity auctioneer who holds the Benefit Auction Specialist designation.

 “We love what we do because we watch daily as heroes in our city hold out a helping hand to those in need.”  At a luncheon for our client, Dallas Life, the keynote speaker stressed that we pray for God to change our world, but we are the hands and feet on this earth that God uses to help those in need.  We see these hands and feet at work in Collin County and the generosity of the wealthy in this city at every fundraising event we are involved in."

The Hopson Family

Jim and Diane Hopson have 2 wonderful daughters, Kaylan and Kelli. Both girls are graduates of Auburn University and were in Pi Beta Phi sorority. Kaylan, a Vice-President at ABN-AMRO, offices in Plano. Kelli is the newest member of the marketing team at Andrews Distributing in Dallas. 

Jim Hopson a CPA and Certified Financial Planner is the founder and owner of Capital Advisory Group, a wealth management and financial planning firm, which for over 25 years has helped high net worth individuals and business achieve their financial goals and objectives. Fly fishing and deep sea fishing are favorite activities!

Diane enjoys serving in many community activities. A couple of favorites are Children’s Hospital and PISD Education Foundation. Formerly she was at John Deere Company for 25 years in Events, Branding and Marketing. In 2009 she launched Handbags for Hope, which benefits women in domestic abuse shelters.

They are active at Prestoncrest Church of Christ, have fun together, love to travel and are so grateful for the blessings of many friendships.

The Head Family

Residents of Plano, the Head Family moved from Seattle in 1994. Youngest daughter Nikki graduated from OU, and is finishing her first year in the Master's Program at SMU, with a concentration in Social Justice and Human Rights. Oldest daughter Sarah is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin, and is a first grade teacher in PISD. Both daughters were members of Chi Omega sorority.

Claire is an avid Dallas area tennis player and frequent volunteer with several organizations. Russel is a partner with Texas Alternative Energy Solutions. He also is a member of Plano Sunrise Rotary, and ran for Plano City Council in 2011. In addition he serves of the Board for several Plano based non-profits including Dallas Providence Homes (a transformational housing ministry for women and their children who are victims of domestic violence), The Hendrick Scholarship Foundation (providing college tuition and mentoring to deserving students), and the Assistance Center of Collin County (responding to people that find themselves in crisis).

The Ganter Family

Chris & Laura Ganter live in Frisco and have three wonderful daughters, Taylor (20), Alexa (11) and Rylee (6).
They all participate in a range of sports including soccer, cheer and gymnastics.
Chris is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HP Debt Exchange and is the owner of Grover’s Bar & Grill.
Laura is the owner of a private investigation company based in Plano, Texas.
The Ganter's enjoy traveling and relaxing at home with friends and family.
Never a dull moment in the Ganter Home!
　

The Baker family

Cathy and Stanley Baker, long time residence of Fort
Worth, make their home in Mira Vista in southwest Fort Worth. Stanley, along
with his son Stan, founded Baker Aviation; an ARGUS Gold Plus rated private jet
charter company. The company is FAA licensed to service the United State,
Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Islands. Baker Aviation is based at #1 rated FBO Texas
Jet located at Meacham International Airport, Fort Worth. Their inventories of
charter aircraft has grown to 5 aircraft this year.

In addition to Baker Aviation charter services, Stanley
and son Stan, recently acquired Aeromech Aircraft Maintenance, LLC, now located
at 4700 Glenn Curtiss Dr. at Addison Airport, Addison, Texas. The company, upon purchase, was renamed Baker
Aviation Maintenance. The company
specializes in providing a wide range of maintenance services for corporate air
craft and jets.

Stanley takes a great deal of pride not only in his
immediate family, but also in his business family and lifelong employees who
have all contributed to the success of the companies.

KILEY FAMILY

Sean & Natalya Kiley are residents of Startwood in Frisco. Sean is a Principal at Ryan, LLC; America’s largest independent state & local tax consulting firm. Sean joined the company after graduating from Texas A&M.
Natalya, originally from Russia, has worked as a marketing & development manager for a nonprofit children's theatre & school in Arlington after completing her graduate degree at UTA.
They met in 2003 on a blind date and are forever thankful to their family and friends for setting that blind date up! Sean and Natalya have two sons, Evan (5) and Daniel (2). Natalya is now staying busy with two very active boys. Evan is attending Starwood Montessori during the week & Russian School of Dallas on weekends. Daniel is enjoying Kindermusic and also started his Russian classes at RSD.
Sean and Natalya feel blessed to now have the opportunity to give back to the community and enjoy supporting World Orphan League, Bent Tree Bible Fellowship church, and the Boys & Girls Club of Collin County. They also support World Vision and children's educational programs in the community.

SPARKS FAMILY

Meet the Sparks from Fairview, Texas! Jon Sparks is a former Delta Airlines captain, now instructing at Flight Safety International. Marsha is a freelance communications professional. Son Collin and wife, Rachel, with children Ella, Braden and Beckett, live in Branson, Missouri, where Collin and Rachel are Directors at Kanakuk summer camps. Collin also leads mission trips so that Kanakuk teenagers may serve in third world countries. Son Cameron and wife, Melissa, live in Atlanta where Cameron works in Field Operations for Boosterthon Fun Run (elementary school fundraising) and Melissa is a marriage and family therapist.

The Sparks family has a heart for service. Since 1980, Jon and Marsha have shared their passion and skills with numerous non-profit groups. Those benefitting from their leadership and support are Custer Road United Methodist Church, the Heritage Farmstead Museum, Junior League of Plano, Women’s Shelter of Collin County, PISD, AISD, Plano and Allen Sports Authorities, Allen High School athletics, Kanakuk Ministries, Town of Fairview, Ascot Heath HOA, and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County (CACCC).

Marsha was the founding Board President of the Children’s Advocacy Center and is the Honorary Chair for the Center’s 20th Anniversary Gala March 31. She has recently been honored as one of CACCC’s Top 20 Heroes.

A multi-generational TCU family, Jon and Marsha have served the University as Alumni Board officers, reunion and funding chairs. Both sons served TCU on Student Foundation and as fraternity leaders. As a graduate, Cameron participated in his fraternity’s national philanthropic bicycle marathon, Journey of Hope, riding with 84 fraternity brothers from Seattle to Washington D.C., 4000 miles in 67 days, raising over $500,000 for persons with disabilities.