The Krantz Family

John and Tracy Krantz and Family.  Makenzie (18), Preston (16), and Brooks (12)
John Krantz was born in El Paso, Texas and was an orphan before being adopted into the Krantz Family.  After moving to Irving, graduated from Irving High and gained a scholarship to play football at Harding University.  There he met and married the love of his life, Tracy Boyd (Krantz).  They now live in North Texas and will celebrate their 22nd anniversary in July.  He, along with his Partner Joe Bryant, own McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency.  McLaughlin Brunson specializes in Professional Liability, Employee Benefits, and Property and Casualty Insurance.  Together they serve over a thousand Architectural and Engineering clients.  John is also an Elder at The Branch Church where he and his whole family serve in various roles.  John has coached football for elementary kids since 2005, sometimes more than one team at a time. And you might bump into him on golf courses all over town.  On Fall Friday nights you can hear his voice on the Public Address at Tom Landry Stadium cheering on the Trinity Christian Academy Trojans.

The Ezell Family

Featured here are Easy and Debbie Ezell, along with their sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren.  Easy has worked in Christian radio for over 20 years with KLTY 94.9 FM and The Word 100.7 FM.  Debbie is a preschool music teacher for the past 25 years.  Both are active and serve as elders in Northridge Presbyterian Church, where they were married exactly 40 years ago this May 2015.
Chase and Sarah Ezell, with sons Liam and Grant, live in Plano and are very involved in the life of Sun Creek United Methodist Church.  Blake and Allison Ezell live in Frisco with children Carter and Kate.  They love their neighborhood Hope Fellowship Frisco congregation.  Son Nick Ezell, whose daughter is Kensington, resides in Dallas.

The Niederer Family

Phil and Lisa met and are glad to be Red Raiders but glad to now live in the Metroplex.  We have lived in Plano since the mid 90’s and both our son and daughter graduated from Plano Sr. High.  While Zach followed our lead and graduated from Texas Tech, our daughter Jordan ‘defected’ to the other side of the Red River and was a cheerleader for OU.

Zach has subsequently graduated from Temple Med in Philly and is a second year surgical resident in Louisville, KY.  Jordan came back to Texas and has since graduated from SMU. The two of them have made both their parents look good and get more credit than deserved as they both have become such honorable adults and frankly better in every way than their parents.

Over the last few decades after leaving the family business in Lubbock, we have worked with EDS, took a company public in 1999 and started several other businesses.  Currently, we are in the oil and gas business and have interest in Colorado and the Permian basin as well as producing assets in both East and West Texas.  Although the market price of energy is modest now, we are seeing greater profitability now with the application of some unique and innovation completion processes that are yielding 10 to 20 times the production normally expected.

Helping ourselves and our investing partners build meaningful wealth, reducing tax consequences and driving American to energy independence is why we’re here.

The Barnett Family

Phil and Lisa met and are glad to be Red Raiders but glad to now live in the Metroplex.  We have lived in Plano since the mid 90’s and both our son and daughter graduated from Plano Sr. High.  While Zach followed our lead and graduated from Texas Tech, our daughter Jordan ‘defected’ to the other side of the Red River and was a cheerleader for OU.

Zach has subsequently graduated from Temple Med in Philly and is a second year surgical resident in Louisville, KY.  Jordan came back to Texas and has since graduated from SMU. The two of them have made both their parents look good and get more credit than deserved as they both have become such honorable adults and frankly better in every way than their parents.

Over the last few decades after leaving the family business in Lubbock, we have worked with EDS, took a company public in 1999 and started several other businesses.  Currently, we are in the oil and gas business and have interest in Colorado and the Permian basin as well as producing assets in both East and West Texas.  Although the market price of energy is modest now, we are seeing greater profitability now with the application of some unique and innovation completion processes that are yielding 10 to 20 times the production normally expected.

Helping ourselves and our investing partners build meaningful wealth, reducing tax consequences and driving American to energy independence is why we’re here.

The Malik Family

Arshad Malik, MD is pictured with his wife Sadia and their two sons Ayaan and Adam. Arshad is a gastroenterologist (specialist in digestive and colon problems like colon cancer screening, colonoscopy, acid reflux, Crohn’s diease, Irritable Bowel syndrome) at Digestive Health Associates of Texas (DHAT) in Plano. He completed his training in Internal Medicine at The University of Texas, Houston and then a 3 year fellowship in Gastroenterology and a 1 year fellowship in Hepatology (liver diseases), both at The University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas. Following fellowship training, he and his family moved to Little Rock where Arshad was a faculty member at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and then later in private practice. They returned to Dallas in 2012 to be closer to extended family, as Dallas has always been home.
Arshad and Sadia have been married for 19 years, and have known each other since they met in medical school. Sadia is a Pediatric cardiologist and also trained in Dallas at The Children’s Medical Center.
Ayaan is in third grade and loves soccer, golf and video games. Adam is a busy 2 year old who loves Elmo and has the ability to find the path of worst destruction!
When not advancing the welfare of his patients, Arshad spends time with his family and their cat Marbles. The family loves to go to museums, Maverick games, and concerts as well as travel. He enjoys reading, listening to music, swimming, cycling and is a soccer enthusiast. His office is next to the Medical Center of Plano and can be reached at 972-867-0019

The Murray Family

Carole and Scott Murray began their journey together in college, when Scott was studying to be a pediatrician. They have been married over 35 years, while raising their two greatest joys, Doug, their son, and daughter, Stephanie.  Both graduated from Baylor University.

Scott spent over 30 years with NBC television as a multi Emmy Award-winning sports anchor and broadcast journalist.  Today he is Chairman/CEO of Murray Media, a video/HD/television production and A/V media event company that he founded in 2005 with his son, who is the company’s President.  Meanwhile, Stephanie is a corporate event planner based in New York City.  Both Scott and Carole have long remained active community volunteers spending the majority of their free time assisting others, while serving on the board/advisory boards of countless children’s, civic, charitable and non-profit organizations such as Cook Children’s Medical Center and Jewel Charity Ball.  

Scott has served as master of ceremonies at thousands of charity galas and non-profit events, raising money and awareness for hundreds of agencies that deal with medicine, the arts, military veterans, children and families in need for decades.
Aside from Murray Media, Scott stays active as a keynote speaker, published author and host of the weekly television program, Conversations with Scott Murray, on KTXD-TV.  His commitment to community has resulted in his being honored with such awards as: Man of the Year, Citizen of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Humanitarian of the Year, Director’s Award from the FBI and the US Department of Justice and Father of the Year.

Carole and Scott were inducted into the Philanthropy World Hall of Fame in 1996.  And, Scott, weekly shares their philanthropic spirit on The Scott Murray Radio Show on KLIF, when he talks with the leaders, legends and difference makers in our world, signing off each week with his trademark close….  “LIVE YOUR LIFE AS A GO-GETTER…. SHARE YOUR LIFE AS A GO-GIVER”.

The Hedary Family

George and Elizabeth Hedary reside in Allen,Texas with their two wonderful children, Elvis & Anjolie. Elvis currently plays football for the Curtis Cougars and Anjolie is currently a cheerleader for the D6 Lions.  Elvis is currently sings with the Greater Dallas Children’s Chorus under the direction of Cynthia Knotts and performs with the Dallas Symphony.  Elizabeth is a certified Bilingual teacher and has been an educator for the past 10 years with the Allen Independent School District and enjoys working with children. Prior to that, she worked as a General Manager for a publically held corporation (CPS) for six years in Downtown Dallas.   George is currently the owner/manager of Hedary’s Mediterranean Restaurant in Allen,Texas and has had  two other successful restaurants in Richardson, Texas, one which was named  Top 10 Restaurants in Dallas by D Magazine. George is a third generation restaurateur.  His family moved from Beirut Lebanon to Ft. Worth in 1976 and opened their first of several restaurants in Dallas and Las Vegas.  The Ft. Worth restaurant has been  located  on Camp Bowie Street  since 1976 and was referred to as  an “institution” in Ft. Worth by Texas Monthly magazine.  It is not uncommon to see George, Elizabeth, Elvis and Anjolie working in the restaurant cooking, entertaining or serving guests!

The Calk Family

Kevin and Angela Calk are native Texans and have been married for 26 years. Kevin is a USAF Veteran with 22 years in Information Technology and leverages his MBA in Technology management for a Dallas company in the legal industry.  Angela is a graduate of UTSA and has held Sales/Marketing leadership assignments with some of the most well-known companies in the Fortune 500. Angela is actively involved on the Board of Directors of Hope’s Door, the only domestic violence shelter for women and children in Collin County, as well as Sponsorship Chair for their upcoming Gala on November 8th, 2014 at the Westin Stonebriar in Frisco.
 The Calk family is pictured with Christian in 9th grade, Gabriel in 6th, and Adelina in 4th grade (known as “Bebe”), all three of whom attend Grace Academy of North Texas in their hometown of Prosper.   The Calk Family are members of Frisco Bible Church.

Bill Wallace and Jan Klodner

Bill Wallace with the help of Jan Klodner started this high level connecting and mentoring group as suggested by his mentors, Herb Kelleher and Rodger Meier. For 25 years Success North Dallas has met monthly, currently Prestonwood Country Club, averaging 250 attendees, including a light breakfast, relationship building connections, speakers you can’t afford, and so much more.

Few networking groups or even businesses survive 25 years, what makes SND so special?

Bill and Jan developed a model of Servant Leadership extending beyond business and into the community.  Bill calls it, “living beyond success,” the title of his new book.

Women have been included since 1988, speakers nor their expenses are paid and include a who’s who of business leaders, model is “pay it forward” including mentoring students, “business cards not necessary,” relationships are key and magic happens!

The Lyle Family

Robert Lyle, Susan and their three boys were each born and proudly live in the Great State of Texas!  The older boys are Joseph (25) a graduate from Texas State University, John  (23),  a graduate from Texas A&M in Kingsville, Bobby (13) attends Highland Park Middle School.

Susan and Robert proudly own and operate two Massage Envy Spas in Collin County.  One is in Plano on Spring Creek Pkwy while the other location is in Murphy, Texas. Their spas have been open since 2007 serving the area with both exceptional clinical and relaxation therapeutic massage. The Lyle’s, through Massage Envy are active with MDA providing financial and therapeutic support year round including telethons.  They also work with the Arthritis Foundation in both “Walk to Cure Arthritis” and Massage Envy’s own “Healing Hands for Arthritis” which raised nearly $1 million over the last two years.

The Lyle Family attends Park Cities Baptist Church. The family motto is to “always do the right thing, and do what you say you will do”.

The Mauldin Family

When the Mauldin family sits down to dinner at a restaurant, with the now associated spouses, significant others and five grandchildren, it does not look like a typical family. And when everyone starts to call the gentleman at the end of the table "Dad" it raises a few questioning eyebrows around the room. John Mauldin has seven children five of whom are adopted, and as he told me, "I have two Asians, two blacks, a blond, brunette and a redhead." Pictured above is just the seven siblings and Dad: (insert names in order). John is a financial writer with five best-selling books and an online letter with close to a million readers (you can Google John Mauldin). All but one of the kids live in the Dallas area and all get together often.