D CEO August/September 2020
Features
Awards
10 Things CEOs Can Do to Create Workplaces Where Everyone Belongs
Experts share key strategies—and the four biggest mistakes to avoid.
Business
For Hillwood’s Russell Laughlin, Patience Is a Virtue
The development exec specializes in coordinating public-private partnerships for massive infrastructure deals that can take decades to come together.
By Shawn Shinneman
Business
Meet the Dallas 500: Peter Beck
Looking forward, The Beck Group executive chairman says he’s most excited about integrating various disciplines in architecture, engineering, and construction.
By D CEO
Advertising
A Brilliant Mind: Stan Richards
The founder of The Richards Group is the creative genius behind some of advertising’s most memorable campaigns. And he’s not done.
Business
Carrie Freeman Parsons on the Power of Authenticity
The Freeman Chair of the Board took over the family business in 2019. This year she had to do the unthinkable: furlough the majority of her staff.
By Edited by Plamedie Ifasso
Business
How Texas’ Economy Can Flourish After the Wreckage of COVID-19
It all comes down to preserving the Texas model, says SMU experts.
Advice
DFW Executives Forecast What’s Ahead
CEOs from Match, Fort Worth Gasket & Supply, and Wingstop on the outlook for their companies.
Business
What a Brain Health Expert Says You Should be Doing Every Day
Center for BrainHealth founder Sandra Bond Chapman explains how to increase and extend your brainpower.
By Sandra Bond Chapman
Business
How This High-Performance Dallas Lawyer Became an Elite Athlete
Haynes and Boone attorney Jeff Dorrill is the reigning ultradistance triathlon national champion.
By Ben Swanger
Business
Meet Lily Claire, The Award-Winning Bichon Frise of America Heart Association’s Chief Executive
Nancy Brown says it’s not uncommon for her “top dog” to clock more steps on the treadmill than her owners.
Executive Travel
A Trip to Big Cedar Lodge With Lauren Olaya
The TCU grad and former golf pro loves spending time at Johnny Morris’ Ozark Mountains resort, where the golf is the real deal.
By Jordan Perez
Business
Real Estate Executive Preston Evans on His Classic Style With a Modern Twist
The retail and restaurant developer has an unwavering devotion to Ralph Lauren and you’d be hard-pressed to find him out and about without a MALIN+GOETZ mojito lip balm.
By D CEO
Healthcare
My Roots: Genevieve Caruncho-Simpson
The president and chief operating officer of Texas Health Aetna draws from her immigrant parents when designing strategies to expand access to healthcare.
Coronavirus
Healthcare in 2020: North Texas Annual Report
The industry’s economic impact, a community hospital leader roundtable, and five trends to watch.
By Will Maddox
Business
Early Influencers: Dallas’ Mr. Civil Rights, A. Maceo Smith
A pioneer Civil Rights leader, the entrepreneur and teacher fought systemic racism in North Texas.
By Will Maddox