Local Leaders

Dr. Cheryl Action Jackson has been sworn in as the new president over the Women's Division of the Plano Chamber of Commerce . She's also now the first Black president in its history. Cheryl is the founder of Minnie’s Food Pantry in Plano.

Rikki Ragland grew up in a household surrounded by ambassadors, congressmen, and dignitaries. Her father was a colonel, and he raised his daughter in D.C and Maryland. They lived in a former girls' seminary school. Their house was a colonial house.

Bree Clarke always says that she is a walking second chance. About eight years ago, she was arrested and taken to jail for fraudulent possession of IDs.

Since the late 1990s, the Craig family’s name has been synonymous with commercial and residential growth in McKinney.

Growing up, Irum Rashid-Jones slept in stairwells, surviving on condiments, fast food chicken scraps, and cigarettes, which she used to suppress the never-ending hunger that haunted footsteps when she was homeless.

At Toyota Motor North America, Erika Doolittle’s team has been working to raise student awareness about Toyota’s technician and certification programs at the Boys & Girls Club, an after school program, so that students, if interested, can start t

Jeri Chambers has personally seen the impact of COVID-19 on the Collin County community.

Dorly Roy’s grandfather introduced her to her first “real” camera in the 1990s. After that, she could always be found behind the lens. She has 10,000 photographs from her teenage years to prove it, though only a few are what we call selfies today.

Since 1976, the Junior League of Collin County has been having courageous conversations with the community.

It’s difficult to find anyone in Plano’s art or advocacy circles who doesn’t know Pamela Ziegler-Petty.