Alice Sutherland
alice@raysoflightdallas.org
Alice Sutherland is the Executive Director of Rays of Light, Inc., where SPECIAL children shine! Alice first discovered the inherent rewards of serving children as an engineering student at the University of Southern California. As a freshman she participated in the Joint Educational Project, the college’s service-learning program and eventually became the program’s Coordinator. Alice went on to teach at the Indiana School for the Blind and was moved deeply by her special students and their families. She is committed to furthering the Rays of Light mission of support, relief, education, and love. Serving this special community continually inspires Alice to think outwardly.
Corey Admire
cadmire@fulbright.com
Corey Admire is a wife, mother of two wonderful children, and a practicing attorney in the area of public finance in Dallas. Prior to law school, Corey practiced as an emergency room registered nurse and still maintains her Texas RN License. It was in nursing school that she first volunteered with a respite care program for families with special children similar to those at Rays of Light, and she witnessed the impact that providing this service has on all members of the families served. She has been a member of Lover’s Lane United Methodist Church since 1998, is active in the Dallas Bar Association, and is involved at the school her children attend. Her family enjoys volunteering with Rays of Light and looks forward to seeing it grow.
Skip Hollandsworth
shollandsworth@texasmonthly.com
An executive editor of Texas Monthly magazine, Skip Hollandsworth was raised in Wichita Falls, Texas, and graduated with a B.A. in English from Texas Christian University. He has worked as a reporter and columnist for newspapers in Dallas, and he also has worked as a television producer and documentary filmmaker. Skip has received numerous journalism awards for his writing. He is married with one daughter, and he’s been a volunteer at Rays of Light since 2008.
Jeff Tucker
jtucker@imprimaturpress.com
Jeff Tucker is partner and co-founder of Imprimatur Press, a publisher of legal information established in 1995. Imprimatur Press specializes in law school casebooks for law students and practice references for attorneys and other legal professionals. Jeff was married to his wife Amy in 1992 and they have two beautiful daughters, Emma and Kate. Jeff has been a member of Lovers Lane United Methodist Church since 1999 and has been an active volunteer for Rays of Light’s Night Lights program since 2008. Jeff graduated from University of North Texas in 1991 with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing.
Thomas J. Rachal
trachal@riversideuniforms.com
Thomas J. Rachal is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Accounts for Riverside Manufacturing Company. Tom is a graduate of The University of Texas. He is a member of The Riverside Manufacturing Company’s Presidential Council. Throughout his professional career, he has worked on various charitable boards, such as SpiritHorse Therapeutic Riding Center. Tom has a special interest in serving as chairman of Rays of Light. His son, Sam, is one of God’s amazing children. Tom has experienced first-hand the rewards that the program affords this special community. He has witnessed how Rays of Light has changed the lives of these awesome kids and their families.
Sherri Burns
sherriburns@gmail.com
Sherri Burns moved to Dallas from Austin, Texas, where she attended the University of Texas at Austin, to take a job at D Magazine. At the time, she thought she would live in Dallas for maybe five years. More than 20 years later (and a few more jobs), she’s still here. During that time, Sherri worked for American Airlines in their publishing department. Most recently she was the editor of American Way, the company’s inflight magazine. She recently left that job to become her own boss (and the best boss ever, in her opinion). Her work is focused on editing, writing, and helping those in need through non-profit organizations. In her free time, Sherri enjoys running, wine, and traveling (not necessarily in that order).
Stan Copeland
scopeland@llumc.org
Stan Copeland has been the Senior Pastor of Lovers Lane United Methodist Church since April 1, 1998. Dr. Copeland’s undergraduate degrees are from Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas (Associate of Arts) and from Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana (Bachelor of Arts in Sociology). He was an honor graduate of St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri, where he received the Roy M. Brady Preaching Award and Scholarship and the Oubri Poppele Research and Study Award. He received his Doctorate of Ministry from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, with an emphasis on spiritual leadership in a post-modern world. Dr. Copeland has written two evangelism booklets: The Aldersgate Club and The Calling Waves. He authored The Sanctuary for Lent 1993 and he was selected in 1995 as an author for Holy Week devotions in Disciplines 1995. In June 2006, he published Lord, He Went… Remembering William H. Hinson.
Dr. Copeland was reared in a small East Texas United Methodist Church in Chandler, Texas. After being ordained a Deacon in 1983, and seminary graduation he became the Associate Pastor of First United Methodist Church in Henderson, Texas, a county seat town in the old oil patch of East Texas.
He served First Church, Houston for seven years. In 1993, Dr. Copeland was appointed Senior Pastor of Pollard United Methodist Church in Tyler, Texas. In April of 1998, Dr. Copeland was appointed to Lovers Lane United Methodist Church.
Dr. Copeland is married to Tammy, and they have two children, Zachary Barnes and Emily Grace.
