TEXAS PANHANDLE 100 CLUB - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Manager of Facilities
Brian Fleming is the Manager of Facilities and Global Site Support for Bell Textron Inc. ("Bell") with oversight to Bell's Amarillo Assembly Center along with facilities in Singapore, Czech Republic, and England. Brian has been with Bell for three years and brings many years of Amarillo employment and community involvement to his current role. He is a firm believer in the adage that "if serving is beneath you, leading is beyond you."
Brian grew up farming in Pampa, Texas and moved to the Amarillo area to attend West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University) where he holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Engineering Tech and a Master of Business Administration (MBA).
Brian worked for United Parcel Service through college and started employment with Southwestern Public Service Company (now Xcel Energy) as an apprentice electrician upon graduation. In his 25 years at Xcel Energy, he worked in several areas including Regulatory & Governmental Affairs and Resource Planning. He left Xcel Energy to try his luck away from "the corporate world" and oversee construction for several commercial development projects in Amarillo and Midland. After a global pandemic stifled future development projects starting in 2020, a corporate position at Bell was too good to pass up.
When Brian is not supporting Bell, he enjoys hunting, sporting clays, and cursing at golf balls. Additionally, he is a Real Estate agent, Journeyman Electrician, and was once dared into (and successfully completed) a marathon.
Brian is heavily involved in the 100 Club of the Texas Panhandle supporting first responders and Emi's Colorful Future Foundation benefiting the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.
Job Titles:
- Member of the HONORARY BOARD
Job Titles:
- Member of the HONORARY BOARD
Job Titles:
- Founding Board Member
- Registered Professional Engineer
Mr. Stidham is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. He attended Texas Tech where he earned BSEE and MBA degrees. He is a Senior Member and past Section Chairman of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), a member of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers as well as the National Society of Professional Engineers.
David retired from Xcel Energy after 29 years of service, at the time of his retirement, he was the Director of Transmission Engineering and Right of Way at SPS/Xcel Energy where he was responsible for transmission line design and land permits for Xcel's 14 state service territory.
After retirement from Xcel Energy, David spent 15 years in the design and construction of large-scale wind energy farms and other renewable energy projects in various states throughout the United States. Most notably, as Senior Project Manager for E.ON Climate and Renewables, David was responsible for the design and construction of the 782 MW Roscoe Wind Farm which, at that time was the world's largest wind installation. After completion of this project, Mr. Stidham was promoted to Vice President of E.ON Climate and Renewables (North America).
In August, 2010, David accepted a position with Tres Amigas. Tres Amigas is a high technology firm focused on the design and construction of the first ever high-capacity interconnection of our Nation's three presently isolated electric grids.
As Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Tres Amigas, David was responsible for the design and construction of the 1500 MW three way HVDC station that was intended to connect the three asynchronous grids of the US. Mr. Stidham retired from this position in February 2021.
David is currently a member of the Vestry of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, a member of the Coors Cowboy Club, serves on the board of the Tri-State Exposition, and is a founding board member of the 100 Club of the Texas Panhandle.
Dean Sather has been in the auto industry for 33 years, 28 of which have been in Amarillo. He owns Cross Pointe Auto on Georgia. As a businessman, he has received the Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Ethics twice locally, and once internationally.
Dean has been married to his wife, Jennifer, for 33 years. Together, they have two beautiful daughters.
In his free time, he enjoys traveling, shooting sports, instructing and competing in Brazilian Jui-Jitsu. He is also a licensed pilot and loves to fly. He signed up through Coffee Memorial Blood Center for Flights for Life and was able to fly the very first lifesaving unit of blood to Oklahoma.
Dean is passionate about serving his community and supporting our local law enforcement and firefighters.
Dick has been in the education field for 40 years, 35 of those at Amarillo High as a teacher and coach. After a short break, he got into marketing and sales, first with Amarillo AutoClean and then with AlphaMedia. He is presently teaching and coaching at San Jacinto Christian Academy.
He and his wife, Debbie, have been together for 50 years. They have three sons: Ricky, a firefighter with the Amarillo Fire Department and his wife Melanie; Travis, director of a home health and hospice company and his wife Emily; and Matt, who works in the mission field, with several annual trips to NE Africa, and his wife Afton. Dick and Debbie have seven grandkids, five in Amarillo and two in the Abilene area.
Job Titles:
- Member of the HONORARY BOARD
Job Titles:
- Member of the HONORARY BOARD
Jeremy Herrera is a Native from Eunice NM. He moved to Canyon, Texas in the Spring of 2003 to attend West Texas A&M University. He is a graduate of West Texas University where he earned his Bachelors in 2005 and MBA in 2008. He then moved to Amarillo TX, in 2008 and took on the GM-Bar manager job at Buffalo Wild Wings as it was the #1 franchise location from 2006-2009. In 2011, he joined Great Western Distributing "Reed Beverage" as their Chain Account manager. Jeremy brings 10 years of experience in sales, promotions, category management and analytic discoveries. Jeremy has served on the Amarillo Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Board, United Way of Amarillo & Canyon as a team leader, board of directors for the Amarillo Wesley Community Center, Coors Cowboy Club, MGA at Tascosa/La Paloma and is a member of St. Mary's church.
Joseph "Joey" Parsons was born and raised in Amarillo, TX where he graduated from Tascosa High School in 2000. After graduating from high school, Joey moved to the big city of Plainview where he played baseball for Wayland Baptist University. Joey pitched and played outfield for the Wayland Baptist Pioneers during his four years of college. He graduated from Wayland Baptist University in December 2004 with a double major in Political Science and Business. After graduating from Wayland, Joey worked for Plainview attorney, Paul Lyle, who had recently retired, but had practiced education law for over 40 years. Joey assisted Paul with researching and writing the Education Law books that Paul updated and published every year. It was during this time that Joey started dating his future wife, Christie.
Job Titles:
- Event Manager & Program Support Specialist
Julie Meier brings over 20 years' experience in planning events, managing special programs, and leading others.
Julie was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas. She graduated from Palo Duro High School and went on to get her degree in English through Amarillo College. She is married to Jonas Meier and they have 3 wonderful children. Her oldest son actively serves our country in the United States Air Force. Her two youngest attend school in Bushland, Texas.
In her free time, she loves spending time with her family, reading, singing, speaking at women's conferences, establishing summer camps for children and inspiring others to find their true potential.
Prior to The 100 Club, she worked as an Associate Pastor of her church for many years. She learned to lead with compassion and grace. She loves the Lord, and her community.
She also worked for Coffee Memorial Blood Center. This is where her love and appreciation for our local Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters became apparent. She looks forward to helping The 100 Club be successful for those who give so much of their lives to protect ours.
Kim is a lifelong resident of Amarillo, who grew up on the East side of Amarillo and ultimately graduated from Palo Duro, married Jim Mullane Jr. 40 years ago, and together they have raised 3 boys. Active in the community, serving on a variety of boards over the years including Junior League of Amarillo, March of Dimes, JDRF, Family Care Foundation, Women's Circle and the Brandy Lee Leard Memorial Scholarship Fund to name a few. Kim has been in the banking industry for 40 years, with the last 20 with Happy State Bank. In her current role, she serves as the Senior Vice President and Senior Business Development Officer.
Kim's philosophy is that we get one life to live and have been given a gift of the spirit to serve. This spirit comes with many different facets, determined by what is placed on our individual hearts and the free will of how to use it to the best of our ability. First responders' facets shine brilliantly because they dedicate their lives to protect and save lives daily. Kim is excited to be able to serve and give back to them. It's an opportunity that she does not take lightly, it comes straight from the heart. Their skills determine the difference between an emergency, a tragedy and saving lives. The work they do is truly an inspiration that allows many of us to sleep better at night.
Kim is looking forward to working with such a strongly dedicated Board and can't wait to see the path unfold.
Kyle Hawley began his career with the Amarillo Police Department in 1998. He retired after 22 years of dedicated and honorable service. While with the Amarillo Police Department, he spent time as a uniformed officer, a Community Oriented Policing unit. He promoted to the rank of Sergeant and transferred to detectives where he was assigned to work sexual assault and child abuse cases. Kyle was transferred back to the field and served as a field sergeant before being named as the Sergeant of the SWAT team. Kyle served with the team for 7 and a half years until he transferred to violent crimes. During that time, Kyle served as an instructor in the Amarillo Police Academy, and as a Chaplain for the department for about 20 years.
Kyle is married to his wife, Jennifer, and they have two wonderful children, Aaron and Sydnie. For many years, the Hawleys partnered with Coffee Memorial Blood Center as one of their ambassador families. Together, as a team, the Hawleys were instrumental in recruiting blood donors to help save lives in the Texas Panhandle.
After retiring in 2020 from APD, Kyle began a new career as the Director of Security and Emergency Preparedness at Northwest Texas Hospital. Kyle is passionate about protecting our community and caring for the men and women who are called to protect and serve.
Larry was born and raised in south central Oklahoma. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1968-1971, he attended the University of Oklahoma and earned a BA in Journalism in 1975. After graduation, he and his wife, Debby, moved to Amarillo, where he worked at the Amarillo Globe-News as agribusiness editor. From there, his career carried him to a public relations position with McCormick Co., an Amarillo advertising and PR agency.
In 1987, he started his own PR/writing business, concentrating mainly on crop and cattle production and marketing. In the early days of desktop publishing, he worked with feed yards and other businesses to produce brochures and other marketing materials. But AG writing and photography have been his passion. Larry has written for virtually every major crop or cattle publication in the country. Now semi-retired, most of his cattle articles appear in CALF News, a print and online magazine. His crops reporting is mainly for Farm Journal/Ag Fax, where he writes a weekly online southwest cotton newsletter during the growing season.
For several years, he produced a quarterly magazine for the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. That position put him in closer contact with local firefighters and law enforcement officials. He joined the 100 Club a few years after it was formed in 2004 and was elected to its Board of Directors in 2014. Like other board members, he mourns for the families of first responders who lose their lives or are injured while on the job. Larry has seen the gratitude shown by grieving family members when the 100 Club present them with a large monetary benefit to help get them through the financial stresses they face with the loss of their loved one.
Larry and Debby have one son, Dane, a college professor in New York City.
Job Titles:
- VICE PRESIDENT
- Executive Coordinator for Education Credit Union
Lindsey was born and raised in Amarillo. She has an Associate of Fine Arts degree from Frank Phillips College, and a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications, Advertising, and Public Relations from West Texas A&M University.
Lindsey is the Executive Coordinator for Education Credit Union. She has been with ECU for the past 14-years and was previously Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. During Lindsey's tenure with Education Credit Union, she has won numerous Cornerstone Credit Union League Pinnacle Awards and Credit Union National Association Diamond Awards for her and her team's creative marketing work. Lindsey has been working in the financial industry for the past 21-years.
Community involvement has always been a passion of Lindsey's and is a large part of her life. She serves on the board of The 100 Club of the Texas Panhandle as vice chair, on the board of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, and serves on the Harrington Cancer and Health Foundation's Women's Circle grant committee and Women's Circle advisory committee .
Lindsey has been married to the love of her life, James Murphy, for 16 years. She has a wonderful stepson, Brayden Murphy. Brayden has a family of his own with his wife Alison and Lindsey's first grand baby, five-year-old Elenore. Brayden is a first responder as a firefighter for the Randall County Fire department. James and Lindsey have a 15-year-old daughter, Berkley Murphy. Berkley is a talented cheerleader and enjoys spending time with her two big boxer dogs, Sophie and Bogie.
In 2022 Lindsey awarded the Silver Medal Award by the Amarillo Advertising Federation for her outstanding contributions to the advertising industry. Lindsey was named Member of the Year for AAF-Amarillo in 2018. That same year, she was honored as a Woman of Leadership by Amarillo Business Women. In 2015 Lindsey was named one of Amarillo Chamber's Top 20 under 40.
Lindsey's favorite places to travel include Germany, Mexico, New York, and Ruidoso NM. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her motorcycle, walking her dogs in her neighborhood, and reading. Lindsey's motto and best advice is "Be a servant leader and become a part of something bigger than yourself. By doing so, you will become a changemaker in your community."
Job Titles:
- SECRETARY
- Board Secretary for the 100 Club of the Texas Panhandle
- President and Chief Executive Officer of Texas Plains Federal Credit Union
Michael Knowles is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Texas Plains Federal Credit Union. Mr. Knowles currently serves as the board Secretary for the 100 Club of The Texas Panhandle and has been a member of the board of directors since the summer of 2017. Previously, Mr. Knowles has served on the board for the Amarillo Area Chapter of Credit Unions, as a Young Professional Advisor for the Cornerstone League, and has previously served as a Loaned Executive for the United Way of Amarillo and Canyon. Mr. Knowles resides in Canyon with his lovely wife, Jenna, and son, Carson. Michael is a graduate of the Cornerstone Leadership Academy and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Columbia Southern University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the HONORARY BOARD
Job Titles:
- Member of the HONORARY BOARD
Ryan Kuxhausen is a long-time resident of Amarillo, Texas. He owns and operates Signature Roofing & Construction LLC, which he founded in early 2022 after several years in the construction industry. Ryan has a beautiful wife, Abby, who teaches at a local middle school. Together they have two sons, Cooper & Wyatt, who keep them busy. Ryan has a passion for serving others and works hard to lead by example. Outside of work, Ryan is often found at the sports fields watching his boys play. His personal hobbies include hunting, camping, golf, shooting sports & basically anything outdoors! Ryan has served on the 100 Club Board since 2019 and is currently serving as Board President.
Suzanne Talley was born and raised in Amarillo. She attended Wayland Baptist University where she obtained her Bachelor in Business Administration degree with a minor in Healthcare Administration. She spent 18 years at Coffee Memorial Blood Center where she left as the Executive Director. She became the first full-time, paid employee of the 100 Club of the Texas Panhandle in June of 2021. Prior to working at the 100 Club, she served on their board of directors for over 9 years and is a past president of the organization. She now serves our area law enforcement officers and firefighters as the Executive Director of the 100 Club of the Texas Panhandle. She has served on several community boards and has held many leadership roles. But most importantly, she loves our first responders and our community and is grateful to have always had a job that doesn't seem like work but rather serving others, which is her greatest joy.
Job Titles:
- Member of the HONORARY BOARD
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the HONORARY BOARD
Tim has a bachelor's degree in criminal justice administration from WTAMU. He retired from Amarillo Police Department after 32 years of service. Tim served in Patrol and Detectives, including 24 years in SWAT. Most of those years, he was the SWAT Commander. After leaving APD, he worked for two years as a firearms and tactical instructor for D.O.E Pantex Office of Secure Transportation. In 2014, Tim Joined the Randall County Sheriff's office as the Lt. of the Special Operations Unit and retired in July 2021. During his career in Law Enforcement, Tim taught classes all over the United States for numerous local, state, and federal agencies. Internationally, he has trained law enforcement officials in Brazil, Indonesia, Israel, and Palestine.
Tim served as president of the Amarillo Police Officers Association and was on the board of directors for Texas Tactical Police Officers Association. He was instrumental in initiating the Coffee Memorial Boots vs. Badges Blood Drive and the 100 Club of the Texas Panhandle. Tim and his wife, Vonda, have one special needs son, Wesley.
Job Titles:
- Member of the HONORARY BOARD
- Joey 's Law Partner
Job Titles:
- Member of the HONORARY BOARD
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Member of the HONORARY BOARD
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Law Enforcement Officer
Vern has served 31 years at the Amarillo Police Department. There he served as the president. During his tenure he worked patrol, narcotics, and as a school liaison officer. During Vern's career, he was shot in the line of duty. He was offered the opportunity to become a Task Force Officer with the Drug Enforcement Administration of the Amarillo Residence Office and is currently in his second stint with the DEA. Vern has currently served a total of 39 years in Law Enforcement. He has also been a member of the following Boards: Amarillo Police Officer's Association, Amarillo Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Amarillo Little Theater, Coors Cowboy member, and currently serves on the Downtown Women's Center Board. Vern is a long-time member of the 100 Club of the Texas Panhandle from its inception.
Vern is a Law Enforcement Officer, and he knows what first responders and their families go through when someone is seriously injured, or killed, in the line of duty. Vern can bring knowledge to help during those tragedies. Vern has the connections to be an asset to the 100 Club Board. He has the time to serve, bring ideas, and assist in any way.