How Young Professional Fundraisers Are Improving Lives in Dallas

Learn from under-40 nonprofit founders/fundraisers who are up-and-coming leaders working to improve the future of Dallas, and who inspire their peers to make a difference. Hear how their passion guided them in starting their nonprofits and what they have learned along this entrepreneurial journey. A Q&A will follow. The takeaway will be networking, collaboration and inspiration. Bring a millennial colleague to this meeting!

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Robert Taylor is an asset manager at Thackeray Partners, a real estate private equity firm based in Dallas, Texas. Robert is also the founder and executive director of The Educator Collective, a professional community made up of teachers from across Dallas-Fort Worth.  TEC memberships are offered free of charge and provide educators with opportunities to grow in three areas of focus: community, development, and leadership. He also serves on the boards of directors for the Trinity Christian Academy Alumni Association and the West Dallas Community School Young Professionals, and was a 2015 Leadership ISD fellow. Robert graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2012 and received degrees in finance and Plan II honors. 

Stephanie Giddens is president and founder of Vickery Trading Company, a children's clothing company that empowers refugee women by offering employment training, cultural assimilation classes and transitional income. The clothes are handmade in Dallas, Texas by refugees from across the globe, and the company's non-profit structure allows it to return funds to programs benefitting refugees. Stephanie was previously a private equity coordinator with BankCap Partners, co-founder and chair of Polish Ministries, and a health services specialist with Head Start. She graduated from Texas A&M University and then earned a master of theology degree from the Dallas Theological Seminary.