image: New 2025-2026 advisory board members gather at Center for BrainHealth, left to right: Lauren Foreman, Angela Watson, Rolanda Price, Bora Laci, Sarah Bloom, Wasan Alfalahi, Todd Whitthorne, Venise Stuart, Matt Shuba, Scott Tolbert, Dr. Kristen Scheble, Tony Bridwell, Shannon Jackson Cash and David Cash; Not pictured: Patricia Burruss, Rebecca Chartan, Diane Johnston, Allison Shuba, Sumner Billingsley Tolbert and Kay Winzenried.
Credit: Center for BrainHealth in Dallas, Texas
Center for BrainHealth, a nonprofit cognitive neuroscience research institute at The University of Texas at Dallas, is excited to welcome 20 new advisory board members for 2025-2026, reflecting the rich and diverse talents of the Dallas-Fort Worth area.They will champion the center's bold mission to advance the science and develop the tools that help people thrive in every stage of life. The new board members are as follows:
- Wasan Alfalahi
- Sarah Bloom
- Tony Bridwell – chief talent officer at The Encompass Group
- Patricia Burruss – attorney/owner at Burruss Law, PLLC
- David Cash – founder/owner/partner at Smoky Rose and Goodwin’s
- Rebecca Chartan – VP and deputy general counsel/assistant corporate secretary at MV Transportations, Inc.
- Lauren Foreman
- Shannon Jackson Cash – partner at ec3 Federal Services, LLC
- Diane Johnston – realtor at Allie Beth Allman & Associates
- Bora Laci – senior strategy consultant at North Highland
- Rolanda Price – chief of staff, President's Office at Dallas College, Cedar Valley Campus
- Dr. Kristen Scheble – CEO-designate of EmpathOSphere (a venture in development to commercialize Charisma™ at Center for BrainHealth)
- Allison Shuba – VP at Goldman Sachs
- Matt Shuba – SVP and senior relationship strategist at PNC Private Bank
- Venise Stuart
- Sumner Billingsley Tolbert – partner at Billingsley Company
- Scott Tolbert – VP at Goldman Sachs
- Angela Watson – president/owner at LiveWire Technologies, Inc.
- Todd Whitthorne – speaker/author/advisor/investor
- Kay Winzenried – president of Windy Pasture, Inc. and MCS D&A Holding, Inc
Lindsay Wilson, president of the architecture firm Corgan, and Craig Kennington, partner at Kennington Commercial, are eager to take on their second year as BrainHealth’s board chair and vice chair. Both leaders bring extensive experience in promoting brain-healthy workplace cultures and fostering community engagement.
ABOUT CENTER FOR BRAINHEALTH
Center for BrainHealth®, part of The University of Texas at Dallas, is a translational research institute committed to enhancing, preserving, and restoring brain health across the lifespan. Major research areas include the use of functional and structural neuroimaging techniques to better understand the neurobiology supporting cognition and emotion in health and disease. This leading-edge scientific exploration is translated quickly into practical innovations to improve how people think, work and live, empowering people of all ages to unlock their potential through optimal brain performance. Translational innovations leverage 1) the BrainHealth Index, a proprietary measure that uniquely charts one’s upward (or downward) holistic brain health trajectory; and 2) Strategic Memory Advanced Reasoning Tactics (SMART™), a strategy-based methodology developed and tested by BrainHealth researchers and other teams over three decades.
Media Contact
Stephanie Hoefken 972.883.3221 stephanie.hoefken@utdallas.edu