The Foundation’s Investment Committee is responsible for developing Investment Policy guidelines and supervising the overall investment portfolio. The committee meets quarterly to evaluate managers and to review total fund performance relative to established benchmark indices. The Investment Committee reports to the Board of Trustees who has final authority with respect to the invested assets of the Foundation. The following Board members make up the Foundation’s Investment Committee:

W. Plack Carr, Jr., Immediate Past Chairman of the Board,
Mr. Carr is Executive Vice-President of Southwestern Medical Foundation. He has served on committees and boards for numerous organizations, including the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas, and Gaston Episcopal Hospital Foundation. He was a founding member of the Board and past Chair of the Episcopal School of Dallas, and has worked with St. Michael's School, Hockaday School and St. Philip's School. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board for Shelter Ministries of Dallas. He is a parishioner and former vestry member at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church.

Robin M. Caldwell
Ms. Caldwell serves as President of the Board. She recently retired from JCPenney, where she had been employed since 1974, most recently as Director of Community Relations and President of the JCPenney Company Fund overseeing the company’s charitable contributions, community relations programs and JCPenney Afterschool. She has served in various capacities; including lector, Budget Committee member, and Sunday school teacher at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in Dallas. A member of an Allocations Panel for the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas for over seven years, she served five years as a Panel Chair, as well as serving on the Stewardship Committee. She is currently on the Board of Directors of the Episcopal Church Foundation, serving as Chair of the Governance Committee, and on the Board of Trustees for the Parish Episcopal School, serving as Chair of the Facilities Committee. She is active with the Association of Women Executives, presently serving on their board and as Vice President of Special Projects. She has a B.A. in Art History from the College of William and Mary and an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University.

G. Thomas Graves III 
Mr. Graves has over thirty years of management experience in oil and gas exploration and production, currently as Managing Partner of Katy Resources LLC and recently as President and Chief Executive Officer of Toreador Resources Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed oil and gas exploration and development company operating in the United States, France, Turkey, Romania, Hungary and Trinidad. He currently serves is the Treasurer of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Corporation of the Diocese and the Standing Committee; and is an Alternate Deputy to the General Convention. Mr. Graves is a member of the Church of the Incarnation, where he recently chaired the Rector Search Committee and is a former Senior Warden. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Uganda Christian University Partners and Nashotah House Episcopal Seminary. Mr. Graves is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where he received a BA and an MBA.

Howell D. Harralson
Mr. Harralson has been a member of the Board of Trustees and Investment Committee since 1998, including several terms as Chairman of the Investment Committee.  He is a financial advisor with UBS Financial Services, Inc.  A member of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Mr. Harralson’s civic activities have included the Salesmanship Club of Dallas, the City of University Park Finance Committee and Employee Benefits Committee, the SMU Alumni Association Board, YMCA committees, and a term as Salesmanship Club Foundation Chairman. He is a business school graduate of SMU.

William B. Madden, Chairman of the Board,
Mr. Madden has over 45 years experience in general securities and investment advisory business. He is president of Madden Securities Corporation. His firm is a member firm of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and a Registered Investment Advisor with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He has served the community in many capacities including: Highland Park Town Council Member and Mayor Pro-Tem, Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Board of Directors member; Chairman of the Texas Water Development Board, and Chairman of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Foundation. He is parishioner and former vestry member at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, and former member of the Holy Family School Board in McKinney. He is a Life Member of the Salesmanship Club and a SMU graduate.

Stephen P. Smiley

Mr. Smiley joined the Foundation's Board of Trustees and Investment Committee in 2011.  He is the Managinging The Lafayette Investment Fund, LP, a private equity fund sponsored by Hunt, as well as other public and private investments on behalf of the Hunt family.  Prior to joining Hunt, Steve was President of Cypress Capital Corporation, a private equity firm he co-founded in 1991.  Steve started his career working for Citicorp for 15 years in New York and Dallas in various corporate lending and private equity capacities.  Steve has been a member of Church of the Incarnation for nearly 30 years, where he has served as Acolyte and Chalice Bearer, and also as a member of the Incarnation Foundation Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Investment Committee. 

Dan E. Wilson
Mr. Wilson serves as Treasurer on the Board of Trustees. He is a former Managing Director of UBS Financial Services’ Municipal Securities Group, is an active member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Dallas where he has served in many leadership capacities including two separate terms as Senior Warden. Also active in diocesan leadership, he has served on the Diocesan Executive Council, chairman of the diocesan nominating committee, and assistant secretary of the diocesan convention. Other church and community involvement include serving as trustee of The University of the South at Sewanee, former trustee of The Canterbury Episcopal School in DeSoto, and current trustee of Charis Hills, a summer camp program for children with severe learning disabilities. Following his 29-year career as an investment banking professional Dan founded Beyond Imagination, a business and executive coaching practice, helping businesses and business leaders attain higher levels of achievement. He holds a BBA in finance from The University of Texas at Austin and has completed a graduate certificate program in executive and professional coaching through the Graduate School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas.