• 2023 Board of Directors

    Front Row: Sheila McLauchlin, Gerry Montgomery, Cassidy Baird, and Cecille Lijauco
    Second Row: Donald Ross, Anne Todd, Anne Arneson, Dorothy Bjorck, and Hedi Reynolds
    Third Row: Darden McFarlin, Brad Holcomb, Royanne Kerr, and Doug Hughes
    Back Row: Jim Bentley, Mark Lanyon, Paul Ditto, and Stan Copeland
    Not pictured: Rick Herrick and Beth Thoele

    2023 Foundation Board
  • 2023 Executive Committee

    First Row: Cassidy Baird and Cecille Lijauco
    Second Row: Anne Arneson, Dorothy Bjorck, Hedi Reynolds and Donald Ross
    Back Row: Mark Lanyon, Brad Holcomb, Paul Ditto and Darden McFarlin

    Foundation Executive Committee

Foundation Board of Directors

Our board of directors is a carefully selected group of individuals who are well-equipped to manage the Lovers Lane Foundation, a separate tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Each board member is a faithful member of Lovers Lane UMC and has been appointed by the church to manage the Foundation on behalf of you and all our donors. The following are currently serving faithfully on the Foundation’s Board:

Donald Ross (Chair)
Cassidy Baird (Secretary)
Mark Lanyon (Investment Committee Chair)
Dorothy Bjorck (Development Committee Co-Chair)

Cecilla Lijauco (Event Committee Co-Chair)
Jim Bentley
Doug Hughes
Sheila McLauchlin
Beth Thoele

Ex-officio Members:
Stan Copeland, Senior Pastor
Anita Goble, Director of Finance, LLUMC

Anne Arneson (Vice-Chair)
Darden McFarlin (Treasurer)
Brad Holcomb (Development Committee Co-Chair)
Hedi Reynolds (Event Committee Co-Chair)
Paul Ditto (Executive Director)

Rick Herrick
Royanne Kerr
Gerry Montgomery
Anne Todd

Scott Williams (Chair of Church Executive Council)
Robert Burnett (Wesley Prep)

We have a great group of leaders who have “love for their church” embedded in their hearts. If you would like to serve the Foundation in a volunteer or leadership role, contact us.

2023 Board of Directors

2023 Foundation Board

2023 Executive Committee

Foundation Executive Committee
Front Row:  Sheila McLauchlin, Gerry Montgomery, Cassidy Baird, and Cecille Lijauco
Second Row: Donald Ross, Anne Todd, Anne Arneson, Dorothy Bjorck, and Hedi Reynolds
Third Row: Darden McFarlin, Brad Holcomb, Royanne Kerr, and Doug Hughes
Back Row: Jim Bentley, Mark Lanyon, Paul Ditto, and Stan Copeland
Not pictured:  Rick Herrick and Beth Thoele
First Row:  Cassidy Baird and Cecille Lijauco
Second Row: Anne Arneson, Dorothy Bjorck, Hedi Reynolds, and Donald Ross
Back Row:  Mark Lanyon, Brad Holcomb, Paul Ditto, and Darden McFarlin

Donald Ross

Chairman of the Board

Donald has been a member of the Board for five years and has served on the Grant, Event, and Development committees.  Before becoming Chair of the Board, he served two years as Vice Chair.  

He and his wife, Diane, have been members of LLUMC for approximately 12 years and attend the Traditional worship service.  They are members of 24/7 Sunday school class where Donald is the President.

Donald retired as a Justice on the Texas Sixth Court of Appeals in Texarkana.  Before that, he was a state District Judge and a District Attorney in Henderson, Texas.  Since retirement, he has served as Of Counsel with the Texarkana law firm of Haltom & Doan.

Donald & Diane have two sons and five grandchildren. 

Paul Ditto, Lovers Lane UMC Foundation Director

Paul Ditto

Executive Director

Paul joined the Foundation as Executive Director in December of 2015. Paul is a native of Dallas and has roots at LLUMC (having been baptized here by Tom Shipp when the church was on Lovers Lane). Paul went to W.T. White high school in North Dallas, attended UT Austin where he received his accounting degree, and came back home to SMU for his law studies. He spent four years as a CPA with Arthur Andersen and 30+ years practicing law with Jones Day (all in Dallas). Before joining the Foundation, Paul was the COO of Empower Africa Children and Executive Director of Vison Africa Ministries.

Paul and his wife Serina love and attend all the worship services regularly. They also attend several Sunday Scholl classes, including most often 24/7 and Good News.  

Paul has two grown children and 5 grandchildren.  

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