Legends in Leadership

Native Texan Chandler Crouch is the founder and principal broker of Chandler Crouch Realtors. After starting his career as an investor buying and remodeling houses, he transitioned exclusively to helping others buy and sell real estate as a Realtor. With 18 years experience, he now manages an award-winning brokerage with almost two hundred five-star reviews and has been recognized in the Wall Street Journal in their list of “Top 200 Agents in America,” Keller Citizen Newspaper Best of the Best award, and voted top Realtor in Fort Worth.

Native Texan Chandler Crouch is the founder and principal broker of Chandler Crouch Realtors. After starting his career as an investor buying and remodeling houses, he transitioned exclusively to helping others buy and sell real estate as a Realtor. With 18 years experience, he now manages an award-winning brokerage with almost two hundred five-star reviews and has been recognized in the Wall Street Journal in their list of “Top 200 Agents in America,” Keller Citizen Newspaper Best of the Best award, and voted top Realtor in Fort Worth.

On this episode, the guys are joined by Taylor Toynes, the co-founder and executive director of For Oak Cliff (which he started with students as a first-year teacher). Discouraged by the disparities and inequities his students experienced, and noting that nothing had changed since his childhood, Taylor was compelled to organize the inaugural FOC Back to School Festival for his students and community. The festival drew attention to the needs of the community and led to collaborations with system leaders such as United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. Taylor is committed to the Oak Cliff community and lives in the neighborhood with his family. For his leadership, Taylor has received awards from the United Nations, the NAACP, and Southern Methodist University (SMU), to name a few. Taylor and the FOC team won Teach For America’s Social Innovation Award and Echoing Green Fellowship. For Oak Cliff has been recognized by national news outlets and gained the trust of their most proximal neighbors in South Oak Cliff. Taylor is the proud father of Wednesday Toynes and husband of Ariel Toynes. Taylor is a graduate of University of North Texas and has a master’s degree from SMU. Taylor also serves as Dallas Park and Rec Board Member.
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On this episode, the guys are joined by Taylor Toynes, the co-founder and executive director of For Oak Cliff (which he started with students as a first-year teacher). Discouraged by the disparities and inequities his students experienced, and noting that nothing had changed since his childhood, Taylor was compelled to organize the inaugural FOC Back to School Festival for his students and community. The festival drew attention to the needs of the community and led to collaborations with system leaders such as United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. Taylor is committed to the Oak Cliff community and lives in the neighborhood with his family. For his leadership, Taylor has received awards from the United Nations, the NAACP, and Southern Methodist University (SMU), to name a few. Taylor and the FOC team won Teach For America’s Social Innovation Award and Echoing Green Fellowship. For Oak Cliff has been recognized by national news outlets and gained the trust of their most proximal neighbors in South Oak Cliff. Taylor is the proud father of Wednesday Toynes and husband of Ariel Toynes. Taylor is a graduate of University of North Texas and has a master’s degree from SMU. Taylor also serves as Dallas Park and Rec Board Member.
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Teresa Coleman Wash is a producer, playwright, and founding artistic director for the Bishop Arts Theatre Center whose mission is to cultivate a diverse and vibrant arts community while creating opportunities for local and emerging artists through performance and education. Wash is a National Arts Strategies fellow having studied at Harvard Business School and she holds an MA in Arts Management from Goucher College. She is the 2019 recipient of the Theater Communications Group’s prestigious Peter Zeisler Memorial Award for artistic integrity and ingenuity and in 2018, she received the National Guild for Community Arts Education’s Milestone Award and the Dallas Business Council for the Arts’ Obelisk Award in the category of Visionary Nonprofit Arts Leader. Mrs. Wash also earned several Irma P. Hall Awards including the 2020 Irma P. Hall Theatrical Excellence Medal. In 2017, Teresa was elected to the Dramatists Guild of America Council representing the Southern region where she also served on the steering committee.
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Teresa Coleman Wash is a producer, playwright, and founding artistic director for the Bishop Arts Theatre Center whose mission is to cultivate a diverse and vibrant arts community while creating opportunities for local and emerging artists through performance and education. Wash is a National Arts Strategies fellow having studied at Harvard Business School and she holds an MA in Arts Management from Goucher College. She is the 2019 recipient of the Theater Communications Group’s prestigious Peter Zeisler Memorial Award for artistic integrity and ingenuity and in 2018, she received the National Guild for Community Arts Education’s Milestone Award and the Dallas Business Council for the Arts’ Obelisk Award in the category of Visionary Nonprofit Arts Leader. Mrs. Wash also earned several Irma P. Hall Awards including the 2020 Irma P. Hall Theatrical Excellence Medal. In 2017, Teresa was elected to the Dramatists Guild of America Council representing the Southern region where she also served on the steering committee.
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On today's episode of Legends in Leadership, the guys are joined by Gabe Abshire, CEO of Utility Concierge.
Gabe Abshire is founder and CEO of Utility Concierge, where his visionary approach fuels industry-leading growth. He is an expert in workplace culture and a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Dallas board of directors.
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http://isfsite.org

On today's episode of Legends in Leadership, the guys are joined by Gabe Abshire, CEO of Utility Concierge.
Gabe Abshire is founder and CEO of Utility Concierge, where his visionary approach fuels industry-leading growth. He is an expert in workplace culture and a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Dallas board of directors.
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http://isfsite.org

On today's episode of Legends in Leadership, the guys are joined by Calvert Collins Bratton.
Calvert Collins Bratton serves as Vice President of Strategic Events and Relationships for Methodist Health System Foundation. Prior to joining Methodist in 2015, she spent a decade as a television reporter in Omaha, Las Vegas and here in Dallas with FOX 4.
She is a seventh generation Texan, born and raised in Dallas, then attended the University of Missouri (Mizzou). Calvert is very passionate about her community and helping others, so outside of work, she serves as President and District 13’s representative on the City of Dallas Park and Recreation Board. She sits on the boards of Safer Dallas Better Dallas, Christ Family Clinic, SMU Simmons School of Education, and SMU 21st Century Council. She lives in Dallas with her husband and three young daughters.
Legends in Leadership is brought to you by:
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On today's episode of Legends in Leadership, the guys are joined by Calvert Collins Bratton.
Calvert Collins Bratton serves as Vice President of Strategic Events and Relationships for Methodist Health System Foundation. Prior to joining Methodist in 2015, she spent a decade as a television reporter in Omaha, Las Vegas and here in Dallas with FOX 4.
She is a seventh generation Texan, born and raised in Dallas, then attended the University of Missouri (Mizzou). Calvert is very passionate about her community and helping others, so outside of work, she serves as President and District 13’s representative on the City of Dallas Park and Recreation Board. She sits on the boards of Safer Dallas Better Dallas, Christ Family Clinic, SMU Simmons School of Education, and SMU 21st Century Council. She lives in Dallas with her husband and three young daughters.
Legends in Leadership is brought to you by:
https://www.carringtonfo.com
http://isfsite.org