With students recently graduating from high school, college, and trade schools, now is the time to celebrate our NLF Foundation scholarship program. At our May 11 Board of Directors meeting, Larry Darlage announced that the NLF Foundation selection committee is awarding 24 scholarships. Of this number, 17 will benefit students who will attend four-year universities and seven will attend either a community college such as Tarrant County College or a trade school.

We are grateful for our scholarship selection committee members, who carefully examined the 111 applicants. The total of the scholarships was $44,597. We thank Jean Ann Hamm and the Nancy & Alan Hamm Foundation for providing $22,000 in matching funds for our scholarship program.

We look forward to our next breakfast on Tuesday, June 14, at the Hurst Conference Center, where we hope to meet some of our scholarship recipients. We also plan to recognize once again Ish Arebalos from Coca-Cola Southwest Bottling for providing a new Dell laptop computer for each scholarship recipient.

Let’s look forward to welcoming our newest members at that breakfast, as your Board of Directors approved for membership Cathy Neece Brown, Johnette Van Eeden, Shelly Lemman, Joe Harrington, Ed.D., Gary Hulsey, David Rudko, and Randy White.

The keynote speaker will be Wes Lyons, a core member from Eagle Venture Fund who will share how multiple faith-based equity funds are providing financing for various types of community economic development.

Finally, since we continue to receive positive comments from Dr. Ray Perryman’s dazzling, 600 words-per-minute presentation, you may want to share or re-watch his presentation so, please click on this link.

I will always be receptive to your ideas, so please contact me at 817-564-2300 or at [email protected].

-Shelby Bruhn

We thank our scholarship selection committee for their

diligence in reviewing 111 applications:

We continue to grow the influence of our organization and of our existing members by adding new members who make a difference in our community. We congratulate our seven news members who were approved at our May 11 Board meeting:

As you interact with business and community leaders who impress you, please invite them to sit at your table for our next NLF breakfast on Tuesday morning, June 14 at the Hurst Conference Center. These influencers are making a difference in our area, so let's invite them to participate in NLF. Membership is the lifeblood of our organization.

For any prospective NLF members you may know, click here to download the membership application. We want both established and emerging leaders to continue to join our organization to further the dynamic growth of Northeast Tarrant County. 

We specifically ask you to welcome visitors and new members to our breakfast meetings because growing the power of networks is one of the main benefits of NLF.

Please reach out to Craig Hulse, our membership chairman, if you have a prospect: [email protected] or 972-849-3858.

Please welcome two of our newest members of NLF.

Cathy Neece Brown began her professional career with the Texas Rangers – not as a shortstop or pitcher, but as the corporate hospitality planner for the 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Her first non-athletic role was as an annual fund officer at TCU, where she advanced to become Director of Development, raising funds for various schools and colleges at TCU and as Vice President at Brite Divinity School.  

Randy White grew up in a real estate environment, becoming extremely familiar with the profession through his father and grandfather. While attending the University of Texas at Arlington, he elected to follow in their footsteps and earned his real estate license.

Northeast Leadership Forum is providing a 50% leadership tuition scholarship for one person in each of the chambers of commerce leadership programs in our area. In addition, NLF is offering a 50% tuition scholarship for one member who is accepted in Leadership North Texas. Contact your local chamber of commerce about their individual 50% off leadership tuition scholarship, and contact Mary Frazior regarding the Leadership North Texas scholarship.

This is your opportunity to identify emerging leaders and seasoned leaders within your company or organization to grow their circle of influence and connections. All Chambers of Commerce listed above participate with leadership programs. Please contact them directly for more information. 

Leadership North Texas is accepting applications until this Friday, June 3, for its graduate level class. Please click below for information and how to apply.

Our speaker will be Wes Lyons, a decorated combat veteran with the U.S. Navy and a general partner of multiple faith-based private equity funds.

Thank you to our breakfast sponsor!

Location: Hurst Conference Center

Date: Friday, November 4

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Location: TBD

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact John Fletcher at (817) 205-2334.