Speakers

A native of Vicksburg, MS, he moved to Texas to attend Baylor University.  His career has been spent entirely at community organizations focused in some way on the provision of services to the aging in the community.  The past twenty years has been with hospice organizations in areas of fundraising and volunteer management.  Currently, he is Director of Benevolent Services at Freedom Hospice.  Through his experience both personally and professionally with hospice, he has become passionate about educating families about the benefits of hospice and dispelling some of the myths and misconceptions about hospice care so that when they are faced with end-of-life decisions about loved ones, they can make informed choices.

Jon has been a member of the Southlake Rotary Club for just over 3 years and is excited and humbled to be serving as its President during the 2022-2023 year.  As a Rotarian, he has enjoyed learning about the amazing work that people are doing in our community and even world-wide to help improve the lives of others.  In Rotary, he has found a group of like-minded people wanting to build a better world.

Jon met, Judi, his wife of 15 years on E-Harmony.  They have 2 children – the four legged kind –Corgis, Winnie and Bentley.  In addition to spending time with the dogs, Jon and Judi enjoy cooking, working in their back yard and travel. They are members of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth.   Jon is a Christmas fanatic – an entire room in their house is taken up year -round by a Department 56 Dickens Village scene.  Over the past 4 years, Jon has identified and portrayed his alternate persona - Santa Claus.  He is even a graduate of the world’s longest running Santa Claus School, the Charles W. Howard Santa School, in Midland Michigan.