Roxane Barry is the Director of Accounting at Southwestern Medical Foundation where she has served since May 2015. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and earned a Master of Business Association (MBA) from The University of Texas at Dallas. Roxane has more than 30 years of experience as a highly accomplished investor relations professional with a strong finance and accounting background.

Roxane’s responsibilities at the Foundation are far more encompassing than just overseeing the day-to-day accounting. She manages all the financial statement preparation, including presentations for the Board committees, serves as lead in managing the annual financial audit and completion of the Foundation’s tax returns, and preparing the annual budget.

Born in Iowa, Roxane moved to Texas in the early ‘80s. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degree at The University of Texas at Dallas.  She lives with her husband, Stephen, and cat, Sammie, in Plano, Texas. They have one married daughter, Alexa, who works in the health care field as a PA and lives in Fort Worth.

Kari Bird joined Southwestern Medical Foundation in November 2018 in the new role of Data Administrator. Prior to joining the Foundation, Kari spent three years as an active parent volunteer in a K-12 environment.

Kari reports to the Director of Fund and Gift Administration and serves as a dedicated resource to help manage the Foundation’s donor database (Raiser’s Edge) and facilitates donor data reporting for the Foundation team. Kari’s new role expands upon Foundation duties related to data entry, integrity, security, and reporting in Raiser’s Edge. She records the Foundation’s gifts and coordinates gift acknowledgments.

Now a 10-year resident of Dallas, Kari was born and raised in Calgary, Canada. She graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce, specializing in Management Information Systems, from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Kari and her husband, Richard, are enjoying the rigors of raising their two teenagers, Isaac and Avery. Kari and her family are travel enthusiasts and avid sports fans.

Emily Davis became the Director of Gift and Fund Administration and Corporate Secretary in July 2018. She brings more than 10 years of fundraising experience in education and healthcare to her role at the Foundation.

In her role at the Foundation, Emily oversees gift and fund administration, which includes managing gift records, supervising gift processing, and making detailed decisions to assess donor intent and properly steward donor gifts.

Emily grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Texas A&M University. Having relocated to Dallas from Houston last year, Emily and her husband Sonny love exploring their new city.

Sion joined Southwestern Medical Foundation in 2021 as the Communications Intern. Prior to her role at the Foundation, she served as the Communications Intern for Prosper Waco from 2019 to 2020, where she managed social media pages, wrote articles for local publications, and helped organize outreach for community events and projects. 

As Communications Intern for the Foundation, Sion supports the Communications Team by helping manage posts on all social media platforms, writing blog posts for the website and working closely with the Donor Relations Team. 

While Sion was born and raised in Houston, Texas, she was brought up in an Ethiopian household and carries her love for her culture and others with her. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University in 2020, where she studied Public Relations and International Studies. In her free time, Sion loves to spend time with her family, including her three dogs, and make music. 

Rephael Foster has served as Senior Financial Analyst at Southwestern Medical Foundation since January 2017. Prior to joining the Foundation team, he worked at Trimont Real Estate Advisors as Associate Director of Asset Management, where he led the team managing a special situations fund.

As Senior Financial Analyst, Rephael supports the Finance and Accounting Team by maintaining the investment and consulting relationships of the portfolio, working with our custodial bank to manage the monthly closings of the investment portfolio, and meeting with current and prospective fund managers.

Rephael is a native Texan, born in Grand Prairie to a large family of seven other siblings. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from The University of Texas at Arlington. Rephael lives in Waxahachie with his wife Holly, and two young children, Felicity and Everett. Free time is mostly spent tending to the family garden, matching wits with Holly in a nightly chess game, and the occasional fly fishing excursion to the neighborhood pond.

Megan began working for Southwestern Medical Foundation as an intern in 2017. Her experience in communications draws from a wide variety of industries, from aviation to software.

As Communications Manager, she leads several initiatives to elevate the Foundation’s messaging around the important mission to continue inspiring progress in medicine. She is involved in the management and development of social media content, print publications, email campaigns, and event collateral.

Megan is a native Texan who grew up in Humble, Texas. She received her B.A. in Emerging Media and Communications from The University of Texas at Dallas. While attending UTD, she met her now-fiancé, Duncan, and they live together in North Dallas. In her spare time, Megan enjoys reading and crossing off more destinations from her travel bucket list.

Blake’s nonprofit career began at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, where she served in an administrative capacity supporting Evaluation and Research, as well as Institute Operations. She has since worked for MoneyGram and the MoneyGram Foundation and UTD’s Center for BrainHealth. Most recently she served as a program coordinator for Cicero’s Social Impact team.

Blake joins the Foundation in 2020 to serve as Donor Relations Manager. She works closely with the Director of Donor Relations to strategically organize a plan to provide stewardship for current and prospective donors.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Blake moved to Dallas to attend Southern Methodist University. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Marketing and minors in French and Psychology. Blake serves on the Executive Committee for the 43Club, and she loves traveling, painting, spending time with her dog, Pippa, and cheering on the New Orleans Saints.

Jordan Laremore became the CIO and Technical Transformation Lead of Southwestern Medical Foundation in 2021. Prior to that, he worked as the Director of Operations for NCC Data, Sr. Network Engineer for United Central Bank, Network Specialist for Heritage Auction Galleries, and served in the United States Marine Corps as a platoon SGT/Chief of the Joint Task Force Enabler unit for the 22MEU.

Jordan will be leading a focused team in a digital direction as he embraces the edge of technology and its inherited security obstacles. His goal is to keep security at the foremost and incorporate streamlined processes that promote opportunities. As the ever-changing digital world becomes harder to navigate; security is paramount to Jordan and it really sums up his focus as the Foundation embraces new solutions.

Jordan was born and raised in Rockwall, Texas. He ran track, played football, baseball, and soccer. He loves all sports and enjoys staying close to family and friends.

Brittany Lebling joined Southwestern Medical Foundation in 2017. Prior to that, she led change management for global operational initiatives at CBRE and consulted executives on change and communications plans.

Lebling joined the Foundation with the charge to tell its story more broadly through strategic marketing and communications. Leading omnichannel strategies across print, web, email, and social media, she is responsible for connecting the Foundation team, donors, and advocates to the impact of the Foundation’s history and the potential that lies ahead.

Born in Maryland, Lebling has also lived in Houston, Texas, and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media Arts and Design from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Brittany is a lover of music and travel, and enjoys sharing both with her two children, Sebastian and Vivian.

Paget devoted the first 26+ years of her career as a legal assistant, primarily at Winstead PC, a well-respected Dallas law firm. The attorneys she supported predominantly represented landowners, developers, and builders in major zoning, land use, and complex litigation matters. Paget shifted occupational gears in 2017 to pursue her Texas real estate license, ultimately succeeding as a local Realtor^® with Ebby Halliday for a few years. 

Paget joined the Foundation in November 2020 to provide high-level administrative support to the President and CEO.  Her primary responsibilities include calendar management, special events, and program planning. Of utmost importance to her are building and maintaining relationships and upholding the Foundation’s exceptional reputation and building standards. 

Although Paget was born in Pennsylvania, she considers herself a Texan since moving to the Dallas area at a young age. Paget and her husband, Blaine, enjoy traveling, especially taking annual family beach vacations with their boys, Colton, Josh, and Walker. Pilates reformer classes, reading, gardening, and home improvement projects are among her current but often evolving hobbies and interests.

Katie’s non-profit career began in 2007 at the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center as a Development Associate, followed by Children’s Medical Center Foundation as their Special Events and Memberships Coordinator, and UTD’s Donor Relations Officer at the Center for BrainHealth before joining Southwestern Medical Foundation in Donor Relations during January of 2017.

As Director of Donor Relations and a member of the senior management team, Katie is responsible for the comprehensive stewardship of our Foundation donors, including identifying stewardship opportunities and strategies, maintaining strong personal relationships with existing and prospective donors, recognition and cultivation events, gift impact and other communications with donors, and leadership and programming for the Heritage Society and The Cary Council donor affinity groups.

Katie is a 2006 graduate of Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Recreation, Park, Tourism Sciences. Over anything else, Katie enjoys spending quality family time with her husband, Max, and two daughters, Hadley and Hannah. Her hobbies include anything that can tap into her creative and/or planning side such as cooking, traveling, and providing recommendations to people.

Emma Stewart began her internship as a Finance and Accounting Intern in May 2019. She made the transition to a full-time employee in December 2019, joining the team as the Staff Accountant.

She carries out a variety of tasks on the Finance and Accounting team, including entering invoices for accounts payable, creating journal entries, preparing bank reconciliations, and assisting with the audit of SWMF Properties. She is tackling various long-term projects including digitizing the donor restricted fund files to document the establishment of the funds, updating investment records in the digital file cabinet on the Northern Trust custody site, and converting the accounting system for Properties to Financial Edge.

Emma graduated Cum Laude from Newman University in Wichita, Kansas, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. She was on the Newman soccer team for all four years and received both an academic and athletic scholarship. She has returned home to Carrollton, Texas, and is excited to start her career and see where life takes her.

Stephanie Vidikan joined the Foundation in 2015 upon moving to Dallas from Washington, D.C. Prior to working at the Foundation, she oversaw operations for 1776, a global incubator and co-working space for startups in healthcare, transportation, education, and financial services.

Stephanie oversees project management for the Foundation, collaborating with the leadership team and external partners to drive progress toward each of the Foundation’s key objectives. She is focused on developing, driving execution, and measuring the impact of the Foundation’s strategic goals.

Stephanie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from Centre College in Danville, KY, and studied in Mexico, Western Europe, and Morocco. She enjoys spending time with her husband, Michael, and her son, Akiva.

Sena Williams has served as Executive Assistant at Southwestern Medical Foundation since April 2019. Prior to joining the team, she worked for eight years in the financial services industry at Behringer Investments in Dallas.

In addition to providing direct support to members of the leadership team, Sena provides guidance, assistance, and project administration. She supports operational processes and serves as the Foundation’s committed expert on administrative procedures.

Sena earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the University of North Texas. A life-long resident of North Texas, Sena and her fiancé, Josh, call Dallas home. In her spare time, you can find Sena enjoying the company of her loved ones, painting, or learning about wine.