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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Natalie Jenkins Sorrell is being presented with the |
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Motherhood: The Lifetime Achievement Award by Dallas Can Academies |
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on May 8, 2015, in honor of her commitment to education, family, and |
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the community; and |
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WHEREAS, The director of investments for the $3.4 billion |
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Employees' Retirement Fund for the City of Dallas, Ms. Sorrell |
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oversees the design and implementation of the overall investment |
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strategy for ERF; since joining the group in 2006, she has led the |
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effort to fulfill new private equity, private real estate, global |
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equity, and master limited partnership allocations of more than |
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$600 million; she has also played an integral role in the |
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establishment of the Next Generation Manager Program, allocating 10 |
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percent of the fund to smaller, newer, and/or minority-owned |
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investment managers across asset classes; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Sorrell began her distinguished career in |
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finance with the mergers and acquisitions group in investment |
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banking at J. P. Morgan in New York City; she went on to join the |
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private equity arm of GE Capital, GE Equity, and later worked in |
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both global strategy and finance director posts at publishers |
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McGraw-Hill and Voyager Expanded Learning; and |
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WHEREAS, An honors graduate of Spelman College, Ms. Sorrell |
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earned her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of |
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Pennsylvania; frequently recognized for her many accomplishments, |
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she was named a German Marshall Fellow in 2009, and in 2011 she |
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received the Rising Star of Public Funds Award from Institutional |
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Investor; more recently, she has been honored as one of the Dallas |
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Business Journal's "40 Under Forty" and as one of the 40 Under Forty |
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Investment Officers by aiCIO; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed executive has given back to her fellow |
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North Texas residents through her work as chair of the investment |
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committee of Big Thought, a Dallas-based nonprofit focused on |
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creative learning solutions for at-risk youth; she is also active |
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in the capital campaign for the Methodist Health System Foundation |
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and, as a member of the Dallas Chapter of The Links, Inc., she has |
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led efforts to educate minority students in science, technology, |
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engineering, and math; and |
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WHEREAS, Married to Michael J. Sorrell, president of Paul |
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Quinn College, Ms. Sorrell is a devoted mother to a young son and |
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daughter; and |
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WHEREAS, Natalie Jenkins Sorrell has set an inspiring example |
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of professional excellence and civic engagement, all while |
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balancing the demands of a growing family, and she may take great |
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pride in her many successes; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Natalie Jenkins Sorrell on her receipt of |
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the Motherhood: The Lifetime Achievement Award from Dallas Can |
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Academies and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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ESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Sorrell as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Rose |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2676 was adopted by the House on May |
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21, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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