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Christi Wilson
​Director of Development
City House, Inc.

Christi Wilson joined City House as the Director of Development in 2020. She brings more than 10 years of experience in event planning and marketing.

Having worked mostly in the non-profit industry, Christi is very familiar with developing a creative fundraising program that delivers sustainable, growing revenue.  Other areas of expertise include donor relationships and communicating an effective marketing strategy.

Christi is passionate about connecting with people and sharing City House’s mission of protecting youth, empowering change, and transforming lives. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism, and a minor in English, from Texas Tech University.

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Anjelica Solano, Assistant Director, Public Affairs
North Texas Tollway Authority

Anjelica joined the North Texas Tollway Authority in 2013. She serves as the assistant director of Public Affairs, overseeing departmental operations and strategic planning. Anjelica works with her team to promote the organization’s value and services to businesses, influencers, and millions of customers.

Before relocating to Texas, she worked at marketing communication agencies in New York City. Anjelica cultivated and managed brand campaigns and C-level executive visibility for clients in the financial and professional services, economic development, commercial real estate and healthcare industries.

Prior to moving to New York City, Anjelica was a staff writer for an international trade magazine based in Lubbock, Texas. She graduated from Texas Tech University with bachelor’s degrees in public relations and journalism and minors in business and English. She served as a Dallas Regional Chamber’s Young Professionals Board Director and graduated from Plano Leadership Class 36.

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Sapna empowers parents who want homes filled with kindness, connection, joy, and authenticity.
Sapna is a Certified Conscious Parenting Coach and NLP practitioner studied under Dr. Shefali Tsabary(author of Conscious parent) and Dr.Bandler (Co-creator of neuro linguistic programming). Conscious Parenting is a powerful and rare blend of Western psychology and Eastern wisdom, and it lends itself to deep healing and awakening. Conscious Parenting encourages the parent to look inward and heal their traumas and wounds so that they can then free their children to become the most expansive versions of themselves.
Using her gifts of empathy and compassion, coupled with her joyful spirit, Sapna guides parents and families to step into the best version of themselves by helping them identify and celebrate the unique contributions they bring to the world.
Whether speaking on a stage, or working with coaching clients, her message is simple, yet powerful. Feel good about  who you are, where you are,so that we can move to where you want to be.
A recognized speaker and motivational powerhouse, Sapna moves her audiences with heartfelt storytelling and provides actionable tools that lead to empowered and authentic life. Her greatest passion is holding sacred space for people and reminding them that they were born whole and worthy.
Her work has been featured on multiple media outlets and organizations such as People impact network.
When Sapna isn’t teaching, you can likely find her on some adventure around the world.

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Ron Patterson is the President of the Frisco Economic Development Corporation with the City of Frisco, Texas where he works in a collaborative environment on business development, expansion, retention and relocation. He also works on public-private partnerships between the city and various other public and private entities. Ron has more than thirty-two years of city experience starting his city service career with the City of Carrollton before moving to Frisco. This is his second time to serve the citizens of Frisco and now has served Frisco for a total of more than twenty years. He also served as city manager for seven years in other communities in Texas.

Ron graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration and completed his Master of Public Administration at the University of North Texas. He served twenty-three years in the United States Air Force/Texas Air National Guard. Ron has been married for thirty-five years to Taylor and they have two daughters.

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