Petrine Abrahams

Chair

Petrine Abrahams is a landscape designer who has been practicing for ten years in the Dallas area. Her projects include both residential and commercial projects. She works closely with her clients to re-envision their landscape using native and adaptive plants and materials. Petrine has been an active neighbor and participant in the north Oak Cliff community for many years and has served on various neighborhood boards including Winnetka Heights and Oak Cliff Greenspace. Currently, she serves on the City of Dallas’ Public Art Committee through the Office of Arts and Culture. The Committee commissions local and international artists to design site specific art for the public realm. This provides various opportunities for place-making through community engagement and outreach.

As a North Texas Master Naturalist, Petrine has volunteered at the Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center. She has conducted Eco-Investigations with elementary school children on the importance of the conservation of birds and native habitats in addition to the connection between soils and the existing native flora and fauna.

Lisa Peters
vice chair

Lisa has worked in the home mortgage business for more than 25 years and currently serves as senior loan consultant and branch manager for Caliber Home Loans.

Donna Miller
immediate past chair

As the principal and founder of Miller Consulting, Donna Miller offers extensive experience in fundraising, marketing, public relations, strategic planning, and community relations. Donna is a hands-on consultant, working on everything from managing large teams to personally hanging lights prior to a special event. As a consultant, she helps clients reframe thinking, provides thought leadership, and guides projects successfully into new territory. She stays up to date on trends in public relations, business, nonprofits, politics, and the arts through reading, research, and interaction with a broad range of people. 

Travis-Lee Moore
Membership Committee Co-Chair 

Having grown up in Fort Worth and spent most of his adult life in Dallas, Travis-Lee is a well-anchored native. He developed an affinity for taking great care of people and honed his sales and negotiating skills during a twenty-five-year career in the special events industry.  Other community involvement includes service to Heritage Oak Cliff, Preservation Dallas, the MetroTex Association of Realtors and a marketing calendar of events that benefit great organizations like the SPCA of Texas, AIDS Services of Dallas and the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.

Travis-Lee lives in South Oak Cliff with Steve, his partner of more than twenty-five years, a cat named Molly and a Husky named Jake.  “Free” time is spent entertaining friends and family and remodeling their 1966 bungalow located adjacent to beautiful Kiest Park.

Cynthia Paine-Drennan
Board Member

Cynthia is a Texas proud third generation Dallas realtor following in her grandmother and mother’s footsteps. Since 1997, she has worked with Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate. Cynthia has served on the board of the Rosemont Early Childhood PTA and is an experienced fundraiser.

Veta Redmond
Board Member

Veta Redmond is a native Texan, who spent 25 years in Houston before moving to Dallas 14 yearsago with her husband and daughter. She graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in Psychology.  She spent 15 years in the real estate industry managing and leasing residential, commercial and, industrial real estate throughout Houston.  She has spent the last 10 years working for Stroud Companies, a Senior Housing Real Estate company that builds and owns Assisted Living and Alzheimer’s communities throughout Texas. Veta has been on the design and build team for 6 communities, and most recently has been both a regional and executive director for several of the communities owned by her company.  She currently manages an Assisted Living and Alzheimer’s community in Carrollton and is a Certified Dementia Practitioner and leads a monthly Alzheimer’s support group.