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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September
17, 2009
For more
information, contact:
Tracy
Cobb
Director
of Communications
Salesmanship Club of Dallas
(214)742-3896 x4119 or
tcobb@scdallas.org
SALESMANSHIP CLUB OF DALLAS ELECTS PRESIDENT FOR 2009-2010
Scott Ragland to lead
historic nonprofit organization
Dallas, TX - Scott
Ragland has been elected president of the Salesmanship Club
of Dallas for 2009-2010. Ragland takes over as the 90th
president of the nonprofit organization that is dedicated to
improving the lives of children and their families. The
Salesmanship Club is the host organization of the HP Byron
Nelson Championship.
Ragland, who has been a
member of the Salesmanship Club of Dallas since 1985, is
partner at Ragland, Strother & Lafitte. In his 24 years with
the Club, he has served in a number of positions including
the 2007 chairman of the Board for the Salesmanship Club
Youth and Family Centers, Inc.
“I am thrilled to lead this
organization and advance its extraordinary purpose,” Ragland
said. “Over the past 90 years, the Salesmanship Club of
Dallas has served tens of thousands of children and families
in our community, and I am excited to see the great things
we will accomplish in 2010.”
In addition to Ragland, other
officers elected include first vice-president, Larry Nixon,
Oakmont Capital Group, Inc.; second vice-president, Steve
Barley, Sports Turf Services; secretary, Leland White,
Energy Spectrum; and treasurer, John Wagner, Wagner, Eubank
& Nichols, L.L.P.
Additional directors for
2009-2010 include Robert V. Barnes, Dee Brown, Inc.; Warren
Barry, Julian P. Barry General Contractors;
Robert J. Carter, Dexter &
Company;
Robert Brooks Cullum, Fairway
Capital Partners, Ltd.;
Mike DeGrazier, MSD Partners,
LTD;
Hector Escamilla, DFW 1031,
Inc.;
Alan Friedman, Trisept, Inc.;
Ward Huey;
Phil Jones, Locke Lord
Bissell & Liddell;
Terry
Kelley, First Private Bank of Texas;
Patrick McEvoy Jr., Western
Extrusions Corp.;
Jeffrey J. Porter, SettlePou;
Frank Swingle, Swingle,
Collins & Associates.
About the Salesmanship Club
Founded in 1920,
the Salesmanship Club of Dallas is a service organization of
more than 600 business leaders dedicated to improving the
lives of children and their families in the greater Dallas
area. The Salesmanship Club of Dallas, in partnership with
Salesmanship Club Charitable Golf of Dallas, is the host
organization of the
HP Byron
Nelson Championship (May 17-23, 2010). The
Club’s charitable efforts have raised more than $112 million
to support the activities of Salesmanship Club Youth and
Family Centers. For more
information, visit
www.scdallas.org.
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