Young alum heads United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

For the first time in its nearly 90-year history, the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas has a female president — and she’s a Baylor Bear.

Jennifer Sampson, BBA ’92, had served the organization for 10 years, first as its CFO and then as executive vice president and COO, when she was named president and CEO last September. The former Baylor Homecoming Queen now heads North Texas’ largest non-governmental funder of programs supporting education, income and health, overseeing a $45 million annual budget and more than 5,000 volunteers.

“As a student at Baylor, I was introduced to the fundamentals of corporate philanthropy and social responsibility,” Sampson told the Baylor Business Review in 2009. “It’s very rewarding to work for a mission-based organization. Our mission is to improve lives. It’s about advancing the common good and creating better opportunities for everyone. Through partnerships and collaborations, we hope to mobilize resources to create sustainable change.”

You can get to know the Kappa Kappa Gamma alum a little better from this Q&A with the Dallas Business Journal and this story about the “mom next door” from Dallas Child.

Sic ’em, Jennifer!