GAYE JACKSON & NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIPS

Leadership, Organizations, Governance, Fundraising

• Auction chairperson, Susan’s Rally 2017 (committee member: 1995 – present)
• President, Swiss Avenue Historic District, 2009 – 2011
• Chairperson, Swiss Avenue Mother’s Day Home Tour, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 ($323,000 2010 – 2012 totals)
• Facilitator, GriefShare, Watermark Community Church, 2009 – 2011; Munger Place Church, 2013-2014
• PreK Leader, Munger Place Church, 2011 – 2014
• Gift Basket Chairperson, Friends of Wilkinson Center Tinsel and Dreams, 2010
• Chairperson, Swiss Avenue Mother’s Day Home and Garden Tour, 2008 ($60,000)
• DOT Board Member, 2008 – present
• President, East Dallas Boys and Girls Club Adversary Board, 2007
  • Reorganized The East Dallas Boys and Girls Club Board from five members to twenty-three members.
• Chairperson, Swiss Avenue Women’s Guild, 2007 – 2008; President 2006 – 2007
• Grace United Methodist Church, Strategic Planning Committee Chair 2006 – 2007, Capital Campaign
• Committee 2006-2008, Evangelism Committee Chair 2006 – 2008
• Rules Committee Chair, Texas Board of Perfusionists, State of Texas, 2000
• Chairperson, Spaulding for Children Fundraising Luncheon, 1999 ($125,000)
• Development Chair, Bo’s Place, Houston, 1998
• Social Chair, River Oaks Business Women’s Exchange Club (ROBWEC), 1997
• Chairperson, Bo’s Place Bountiful Harvest Luncheon, Houston, 1996
• Chairperson, Houston Wedding Association Fundraiser, 1995
• President, Metropolitan Community Charities Foundation, 1994
• Board Member, Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club, 1990 – 1994
• Co-Chairperson, Texas Neurofibromatosis Foundation Kickoff Party & Golf Tournament, 1994
• Founder and President, Friends of Kids, 1992. First gala ($50,000)
• Co-Chair, Fundraising event, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1991
• Board Member, Houston Hospice, 1989 – 1996
  • Chairperson, Houston Hospice Gala, 1990 ($40,000)
  • Built a team of Volunteers that executed the first gala for Houston Hospice

Non-Profit Association Involvement

• Friends of Wilkinson Center, 2009 – 2011
• East Dallas Boys and Girls Club, 2004 – 2015
• Dallas Arboretum, 2002 – present
• Texas A&M Century Club, 1985 – present
• Red Cross-Family Services, Hurricane Katrina Volunteer, 2005
• Susan’s Rally, 1995-2009, Auction Chair, 2000 – 2001
• Spaulding for Children, 1997 – 2005
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1985 – 2002
• Bo’s Place, 1992 – 1999
• Friends of Kids, 1992 – 1998
• Texas Neurofibromatosis Foundation, 1992 – 1996
• Metropolitan Community Charities Foundation, 1992 – 1996