Created by former Congressman Hatton W. Sumners in 1949, the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation is organized as a Texas nonprofit corporation and, as a 501(c)(3) organization, is exempt from federal taxation under the Internal Revenue Code.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the Foundation is governed by a 14-member Board of Trustees. They are:

James Cleo Thompson, Jr.
Dallas, TX
Chairman

Charles L. Moore
Albuquerque, NM
Vice Chairman

Thomas S. Walker
Dallas, TX
Treasurer

Christy Thompson
Dallas, TX
Assistant Treasurer


Laura L. Cross
Oklahoma City, OK

David B. Long
Tyler, TX

Jerry D. Reis
Irving, TX

The principal staff officer of the Foundation is:

Hugh C. Akin
Executive Director

David G. Drumm
Dallas, TX
Vice Chairman

William C. Pannell
Fort Worth, TX
Secretary

Gordon R. Carpenter
Dallas, TX
Assistant Secretary

William Dale Crane
Southlake, TX
Southlake, TX


Scott M. Higginbotham
Dumas, TX

William W. Meadows
Fort Worth, TX

Lon R. Williams, Jr.
Dallas, TX