Kit Addleman
Woman of Distinction

Kit Addleman has been a champion for women in the workplace at Haynes and Boone, LLP, where she is a partner. She started the firm’s Women’s Initiative and served for six years on the Women’s Leadership Academy, a training program for women associates. She also is passionate about championing girl ambition, which is why until March of 2021, Kit served as Girls Scouts of Northeast Texas board chair and executive committee chair, as well as a member of GSNETX’s Board Development, Finance, and Strategic Planning Committees.

Kit is a lifelong Girl Scouts supporter, as she is a Thanks Badge recipient (a distinguished Girl Scout volunteer honor), a former Girl Scout troop leader, and a proud Lifetime Girl Scout Member. She previously served as the former Regional Director of the Atlanta Regional Office of the SEC and is a frequent speaker at regional, national, and international conferences on trends in the SEC’s enforcement and examination programs.

Hattie Hill
Woman of Distinction

Throughout her extensive career, Hattie Hill has been a champion for diversity, inclusion, and gender equity within the workforce. She has developed successful global diversity and gender equity strategies for many of the largest multinational companies, such as IBM and Southwest Airlines. Currently, she serves as the President & CEO of the T.D. Jakes Foundation, launched in January 2020, to provide the skills, education, and training to lift communities, increase diversity and inclusion, and gender equity, and power the modern global economy through science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) jobs.

Hattie is a celebrated author and highly sought-after speaker who is often quoted in top-tier media outlets. She also has received numerous awards and honors, including being named to Forbes’ Top Texas Women in Business, selected as EY’s Inclusiveness Champion of the Year, and featured on National Restaurant News’ 2018 Power List as well as receiving Dallas Business Journal’s Minority Business Leader Award, the Dallas Women’s Foundation’s Maura Award and Working Woman’s Working Woman Entrepreneurial Excellence Award.

Cris Zertuche Wong
Woman of Distinction

A senior vice president at Goldman Sachs since 2010, Cris Zertuche Wong supports real estate business operations across the Americas. She is also passionate about supporting efforts that focus on the needs of Latinas of all ages. Cris was instrumental in creating the first Latina Giving Circle, a donor-advised fund, under the Texas Women’s Foundation, and is a founding member of Hispanic 100, a Dallas-based Latina leadership network, established in 1996. She also serves on the Community Foundation of Texas’ Leadership Council and is a member of the Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas.

Cris is a board member of Fair Park First, a nonprofit organization, created to oversee the management and stewardship of Fair Park, a 277- acre Dallas City Park, and National Historic Landmark. A proud alumna of the University of Texas at Austin, Cris invests a significant amount of her time recruiting students and actively supports the University’s diverse student organizations to mentor and prepare students to compete and be successful in corporate roles.