Jason is a native Texan who returned home after serving for 5 years as a Non-Commissioned Officer in the U.S Army. His past work history includes assignments with both the Texas Veterans Commission and the Department of Public Safety. Jason served as the state VOCA and VAWA administrator from March of 2011 to November of 2015, and has been committed to improving essential services for victims in the state of Texas. He is currently the Operations Manager with the Homeland Security Grants Division of the Office of The Governor, where he works extensively with the eGrants system. Jason continues to have great compassion for crime victims, and will always be a staunch advocate for the survivors of our great state.

Krista Del Gallo has been working in the anti-domestic and sexual violence fields since 1994 in numerous capacities including direct advocacy with adult survivors, their children, and families, hotline advocacy, and community outreach and awareness efforts. Krista joined the Policy Team at TCFV in 2002 to address the systemic barriers facing survivors and has cultivated networks and subject matter expertise on the intersections of health, economic stability, child custody, and immigration and intimate partner violence (IPV). Balancing work and wellness is fundamental for Krista, especially teaching yoga in nontraditional settings and to advocates working in the field to end domestic violence. She has been practicing yoga since 1998 and teaching all levels of students for over a decade.

Elizabeth Gombash is the Managing Member/CEO of G Team Communication, LLC, an education consulting company that provides grant lifecycle support services to higher education clients. In addition to grant writing and strategic concept development and planning, Elizabeth specializes in developing institutional grants management capacity to keep pace with evolving funder regulations and interpretations relating to internal control systems and compliance. She is a nationally recognized authority in grant writing and grants management, rooted in over 30 years of practical experience applying funder regulations, rules, and policies, most recently having retired as Associate Vice President of Strategic Grants Planning and Development at Seminole State College of Florida, and also having worked as a federal grants management specialist. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience, having delivered over 100 grant training workshops and conference presentations around the country and online, and she has written numerous articles as well, serving as a subject matter expert for professional grant-related publications. Grants written by Elizabeth have been funded for over $163 million by numerous federal, state, and private sources, including grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Grant proposals that she has individually written as an employee or consultant have maintained an average funding rate of approximately 70% throughout her career. She has served as a director on the national boards for the National Grants Management Association and the Council for Resource Development and currently serves on Thompson Grants’ Editorial Advisory Board.

Gene McCleskey is a native Texan and after graduating from Midland High School entered Texas A&M University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. He has also received a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. A career United States Marine Corps Officer, he served in a variety of infantry and staff operations positions. Many of his assignments involved operational planning of either actual combat or disaster relief operations. He is a graduate of numerous military schools and has worked with the U.S. Department of State in diplomatic security. He is a combat veteran of Desert Storm. After his retirement from the Marine Corps, he began his second career with the State of Texas Attorney General’s office in the Crime Victims’ Compensation (CVC) Program. The Texas CVC program is the largest in the nation, processing annually more than 35,000 applications from victims and making payments of more than $63 million. As division chief of the Crime Victim Services Division, Gene also assists in the management of victim services grants to non-profits and law enforcement agencies in Texas. The Division currently manages over 700 individual grants totaling over $45 million. Gene has been with the agency and Crime Victim Services Division since July 1999 (21 years). Gene has also participated as an instructor in conferences and training sessions, both in Texas and nationally, to better assist victim advocates and law enforcement with the role that Crime Victims’ Compensation plays in assisting victims. He has served on the board and as president of the National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards.

Jack Reagan is a Partner at UHY LLP in Columbia, Maryland, with over thirty years of experience in the audit and evaluation of federal, state, and local government and not-for-profit financial statements, internal controls, and accounting and financial management systems and operations.  He has overseen numerous projects demonstrating his extensive knowledge of accounting, financial management, auditing, and budget to include developing and revising operating policies and procedures for federal and state, and local government agencies and designing or evaluating financial reporting internal controls.  He has also conducted numerous Single Audits and Uniform Grant Guidance audits in the Washington DC area as well as nationally.  He is a widely sought-after speaker on governmental accounting, auditing, and grants management topics. 

Gloria Terry joined the Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) in January 2008. In her role as the CEO, she guides and directs the statewide activities of TCFV. The organization advises the Texas Legislature, establishes, and fosters statewide tactical partnerships, works with staff to provide outstanding services to programs, and strategically positions TCFV to create the influence necessary to continue serving the needs of victims and their families. Gloria came to TCFV from El Paso, Texas, where she served as the Executive Director of the Center against Family Violence (CAFV), a significant border community domestic violence program with a 1.8 million dollar budget and a staff of fifty employees. Among her major accomplishments at CAFV, she made the agency a respected and high-profile organization, obtained funding to create proactive health services, and was successful in obtaining the agency’s first transitional living center. She also served as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration for the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce. Gloria, a 2003 Leadership Texas graduate, holds a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at El Paso and has extensive community service experience.