PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER
Arlene matriculated at Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., and Howard University College of Dentistry in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Barnett served as a Captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve and became the first African American woman Chief Dental officer at the New Orleans Naval Base and the first African American woman to fulfill dual assignments to the Airforce Dental Unit at Barksdale Airforce Base in Shreveport. She served for six years.
Dr. Barnett became the first African American woman dentist to be the Chief Medical Director of the Cooper Road Medical / Dental Health Clinic in Shreveport. Dr. Barnett served in leadership as Vice President of the Pelican State Dental Society, President New Orleans Dental Society, National Dental Association Board of Trustees, National Dental Association Membership Chair, and House of Delegates. She served on the State of Louisiana Medicaid Task Force. Allied Health Professions School instructor, Barnett Dental Group, and Kids Stop Dental co-owner, now retired from private practice.
She is married to Dr. John L. Barnett Jr. and has three grown children and and besotted grandmother to Aria (2), Cadence(10), and John Barnett, IV Dr. Barnett co-founded and is president of Tarrant County Education Foundation, Chair of TCEF Art of Giving initiatives, and an art enthusiast and collector. She serves as Chair of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art Ambassador’s Council, on the Board of the Multicultural Alliance, Chair of Unity Unlimited Juneteenth Celebration Initiative, Arlington Museum of Art Steering Committee, Co-Founder of Salon Art Conversations, Patron of the Modern Museum of Art Fort Worth, member of the Texas Women for the Arts, the Fort Worth Forum and a life member of the NAACP.
Past President of the Fort Worth (TX) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and member of the Dallas/ Fort Worth Chapter of Moles, Chums, and Fort Worth Jack & Jill of America Associates.
TREASURER & FOUNDER
Shirley Pace is a true renaissance woman. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, she was educated in the Fort Worth Independent schools and attended college at Tarrant County College. Through her pursuits in the creative arts, song, politics, education and chiefly the Word of God, First Lady Shirley Anne Pace has been blessed with more than 30 years of experience, training and wisdom in the ministry. She is co-founder of the Saintsville Baptist Church, Inc., founder and director of the Saintsville Childcare Center, and co-founder of Tarrant County Education Foundation. She’s served on numerous boards including the Women’s Haven, YWCA, and the Arts of Fort Worth Board. She is currently President of The Baptist Ministers Wives and Widows Union of Fort Worth, a member of The Fort Worth Chapter of Links, Incorporated, The Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex of Chums Incorporated, The DFW Chapter of The Moles, and an Associates member of Jack & Jill of America Fort Worth Chapter. She is a member of Saintsville Cathedral of Fort Worth, Rev. Milton Pace is the pastor.
Through our charitable investment, we are planting seeds that will cultivate knowledge and foster a love of lifelong learning within the community.
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