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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Natalie Jenkins Sorrell is being presented with the |
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| 6 | 7 | | Motherhood: The Lifetime Achievement Award by Dallas Can Academies |
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| 7 | 8 | | on May 8, 2015, in honor of her commitment to education, family, and |
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| 8 | 9 | | the community; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, The director of investments for the $3.4 billion |
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| 10 | 11 | | Employees' Retirement Fund for the City of Dallas, Ms. Sorrell |
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| 11 | 12 | | oversees the design and implementation of the overall investment |
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| 12 | 13 | | strategy for ERF; since joining the group in 2006, she has led the |
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| 13 | 14 | | effort to fulfill new private equity, private real estate, global |
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| 14 | 15 | | equity, and master limited partnership allocations of more than |
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| 15 | 16 | | $600 million; she has also played an integral role in the |
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| 16 | 17 | | establishment of the Next Generation Manager Program, allocating 10 |
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| 17 | 18 | | percent of the fund to smaller, newer, and/or minority-owned |
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| 18 | 19 | | investment managers across asset classes; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Sorrell began her distinguished career in |
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| 20 | 21 | | finance with the mergers and acquisitions group in investment |
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| 21 | 22 | | banking at J. P. Morgan in New York City; she went on to join the |
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| 22 | 23 | | private equity arm of GE Capital, GE Equity, and later worked in |
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| 23 | 24 | | both global strategy and finance director posts at publishers |
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| 24 | 25 | | McGraw-Hill and Voyager Expanded Learning; and |
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| 25 | 26 | | WHEREAS, An honors graduate of Spelman College, Ms. Sorrell |
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| 26 | 27 | | earned her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of |
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| 27 | 28 | | Pennsylvania; frequently recognized for her many accomplishments, |
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| 28 | 29 | | she was named a German Marshall Fellow in 2009, and in 2011 she |
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| 29 | 30 | | received the Rising Star of Public Funds Award from Institutional |
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| 30 | 31 | | Investor; more recently, she has been honored as one of the Dallas |
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| 31 | 32 | | Business Journal's "40 Under Forty" and as one of the 40 Under Forty |
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| 32 | 33 | | Investment Officers by aiCIO; and |
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| 33 | 34 | | WHEREAS, This esteemed executive has given back to her fellow |
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| 34 | 35 | | North Texas residents through her work as chair of the investment |
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| 35 | 36 | | committee of Big Thought, a Dallas-based nonprofit focused on |
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| 36 | 37 | | creative learning solutions for at-risk youth; she is also active |
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| 37 | 38 | | in the capital campaign for the Methodist Health System Foundation |
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| 38 | 39 | | and, as a member of the Dallas Chapter of The Links, Inc., she has |
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| 39 | 40 | | led efforts to educate minority students in science, technology, |
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| 40 | 41 | | engineering, and math; and |
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| 41 | 42 | | WHEREAS, Married to Michael J. Sorrell, president of Paul |
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| 42 | 43 | | Quinn College, Ms. Sorrell is a devoted mother to a young son and |
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| 43 | 44 | | daughter; and |
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| 44 | 45 | | WHEREAS, Natalie Jenkins Sorrell has set an inspiring example |
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| 45 | 46 | | of professional excellence and civic engagement, all while |
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| 46 | 47 | | balancing the demands of a growing family, and she may take great |
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| 47 | 48 | | pride in her many successes; now, therefore, be it |
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| 48 | 49 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 49 | 50 | | Legislature hereby honor Natalie Jenkins Sorrell on her receipt of |
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| 50 | 51 | | the Motherhood: The Lifetime Achievement Award from Dallas Can |
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| 51 | 52 | | Academies and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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| 52 | 53 | | be it further |
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