Our Guest for the April 21st edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Richard A. Marquez, President & CEO, Texans Can Academies

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Richard A. Marquez, President & CEO, Texans Can Academies

Richard Marquez has served as President and CEO of Texans Can Academies since March 2007. Prior to Texans Can Academies Richard was special advisor to the Secretary of Education, United States Department of Education; superintendent for a South Texas school district; area superintendent for Dallas ISD; high school principal, middle-school teacher and a successful entrepreneur training in school districts across the country.

Celebrating 31 years of providing the highest quality education for all students, Texans Can Academies are public charter high schools throughout Texas, welcoming students ages 14-21 who have struggled in traditional high schools. This unique network of 13 charter schools are located in Dallas, Fort Worth, Garland, Austin, Houston and San Antonio. All schools are tuition-free, open enrollment, public high schools of choice that accept students throughout the academic year.

While Richard was principal, the first dual credit course that allowed students to gain college credit while attending high school was begun, an alumni association to raise funds for the school was created and the school store became an entrepreneurial center managing fundraisers and student sales grossing over $175,000 annually. With Richard’s direction, an infant care facility to care for the children of students was opened in a local church through a partnership with the YMCA.

TexansCan.org

Phone: (214) 944-1985

CarsForKids.org                                WeeCanAcademy.org

Phone: (866) 835-KIDS (5437)              Phone: (972) 277-4297

Richard Marquez, Host, Steve A Klein

Our Guest for the April 14th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Steven A. Cook, Managing Director, North Texas, vcfo

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Steven Cook is the Managing Director of vcfo North Texas, a provider of outsourced and consultative CFO-level finance support to more than 3,500 clients nationwide. With more than 40 years of financial and consulting experience, Steven has 18+ years as a president and CEO of finance and IT consulting firms and 18 years as a practicing CFO focusing on small- and mid-sized businesses in industries such as energy, insurance, real estate, consulting and manufacturing.

Started in Austin, vcfo provides an integrated suite of finance, human resources, technology and recruiting support, including outsourcing and consulting solutions that improve operational performance and optimize productivity. Founded in 1996, vcfo pioneered the concept of the “Virtual CFO” with its original core offering of fractional or part-time CFO solutions.

Most recently, Steven served as president of Cook CFOs, a well-known accounting outsourcing firm in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area that provides CFOs and COOs to small- and mid-sized businesses. Cook CFOs merged with vcfo in January 2016.

vcfo.com

Phone: (214) 545-3600

Steve Cook & Host, Steve A Klein