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 The Executive Director of Literacy Instruction for Texas is Lisa Hembry. Ms. Hembry joined the staff at LIFT in 2010 after 2 years serving as President/CEO of Dallas iMedia Network. Prior to that, Ms. Hembry served 4 years as Dallas County Treasurer; 2 years as CEO of Dallas Historical Society; 12 years in real estate; and 8 years in radio as news director and public affairs director. Ms. Hembry serves on the boards of Baylor Healthcare Foundation, Human Rights Initiative, and on the Texas Historical Commission. Ms. Hembry is a graduate of SMU and attended COX School of Business at SMU.
 Melissa Gray is the Learning Center Manager and has been with LIFT for 11 years. Prior to joining LIFT, Ms. Gray worked as a copywriter, taught ESL in Caracas, Venezuela and was Assistant Promotions Director for United Artists Communications,Inc. Ms. Gray received her BS in Journalism with minors in Business and English from North Texas State University.
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 Rudy Murillo, Jr. has been with LIFT since 2004 working as Information Technology Manager and English as a Second Language Program Manager. As ESL Program Manager, Mr. Murillo manages all ESL sites, staff and adult learners. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Texas at El Paso. Prior to joining LIFT, Rudy worked in IT for EDS, Perot Systems, Quaker State and Priester Supply.
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 Lauren McCarthy joined LIFT in 2011 and manages marketing, communications and fundraising as Director of Communications. She works to increase awareness of LIFT and literacy through marketing and public relations, leverages digital and offline media to ensure strong relationships with key audiences, and manages grants and other fundraising opportunities. Lauren earned a BA in Communications at Indiana University, and prior to joining LIFT she worked in marketing at Finelight, The Richards Group and Pizza Hut.
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Deborah Dangerfield began as a volunteer at LIFT in 2001. She has a B.S. in Computer InformationSystems from DeVry University, and an MBA Keller Graduate School of Management. She spent 10 years with the Boy Scouts of America and 8 years at Rapp Collins in Information Systems. Deborah has a strong background in volunteerism working with other education and literacy organizations including the Aberg Center for Literacy, Dallas Public Libraries.
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Karen Guida is Program Coordinator for Adult Basic Education classes at LIFT. A teacher since 1994 and an adult literacy teacher at LIFT since 2006, she is currently teaching in the Sequential English Education program devised by the Shelton School. Karen received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Therapy from the State University of New York Downstate in 1978 and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Virginia in 1976.
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