Founding Investors

EIA was initially launched in late 2008 through the generous support of Ashlee and Chris Kleinert. During this critical first year, the initiative was also supported through donations of in-kind services from the Center for Nonprofit Management, the Entrepreneurs For North Texas, the Communities Foundation of Texas and the other donors listed in the sidebar to the right.

The organization is now entering its second year of operations thanks to support from the following:

2010 Cash Donors

Corporate Donors

Business Access

Capstone Partners

Foundation Donors

Heather Leigh Graham and James R. Graham Philanthropic Fund I of the Communities Foundation of Texas

Ashlee & Chris Kleinert Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas

Annie L. Stevens Fund of the Dallas Foundation

M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation

Individual Donors

Donna & Ervin Ackman

Mark Bauer

Russell Birk

Stephen Bloodworth

Debra Bradley

William Bradley

Cheryl Brown

Sheri & Tripp Brower

Amy Byalick

Deborah Castorina

Renee Clark

Tawana Clark

Jay Cole

Ned Conner

Ellen Cowgill

Catherine Cox

Sean Cross

Genevieve Daftary

Kimberly Davis

David Dearing

Jerome T. Dilettuso

Tracy Donihoo

Alicia Duran

Keith Elliott

Ralph Elwell

Andrew Everett

Brady Farrell

Charles Fichtner

Rosemary Flynn

Cindy Fuentes

Alicia Gardner

Amy Garr

Diane Geiser

Ida Gephart

Michael Gick

Anna e Gilmore

H. William Gordon

Robert Graham

Natalie & Jeremy Gregg

Sheila Gregg

JoAnn Hawthorn

Liz Healy

Brian Holloway

Nancy Ann & Ray Hunt

Mark Ingold

Allan Jason

Regina Jernigan

Julie Killingsworth

Sharon King

Ashlee & Chris Kleinert

James Krakowski

Stephanie Lathouras

Nguyen Le

Jon Lezon

Gwender Lias- Baskett

Shirley Lindsay

Oscar Lopez

Malynda & Rich Madzel

Dawn Masterson

Richard Maul

James Mayo

Stacye & Mike McIntyre

Allison & Keith McNeil

Charles McTighe

Tom Mctighe

Gale Moericke

Robert Morrison

Susan Morrow

Bob Myerson

Stephanie Nadalo

Lennard Nadalo

Deborah Nugent

Robin Olson

Glenn Orcutt

Wade Owens

Connie Petticrew

Christophe Pla

Douglas Powell

Donald Powell

Bernadette Rego

Colleen Rickenbacher

Nancy Roe

Arun Santhebennur

Kenneth Schaeffer

Nevine Soliman

Heidi Solomon

Ken Stevens

David Stott

Denise Taylor

Kevin Thibodeau

David "The Soupman" Timothy

Jay Vandenbree

Joyce Vernon

Bill Wachel

Laura Wall

Glenn Wallace

Randall Waynick

Tim Weil

Charles Williams

Melissa Womack

Michael Youngkin

Juan Carlos Zirion

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2010 Executive Donors

Over 40% of EIA's senior executive consultants waive the honorarium payment that they are offered in return for their volunteer service. This contribution is not reflected as a cash donation, but it is vital to the continued success and growth of the organization.