Undrey Wash has been employed with Allstate Insurance Company for 25 years after completing his degree in 1986 with a B.B.A. in Information Systems from University of Texas at Arlington. During his career with Allstate, he has handled auto and property claims and held various management assignments such as Frontline Performance Leader (FPL).  As an FPL, Undrey has been instrumental in the careers of new leaders by offering to help them get acclimated to their new roles.

His current role is as Claims Controller. He is responsible for assigning personal lines property claims to inside and outside adjusters for the state of Texas.  He has received the Employee of the Year Award and Allstate’s Chairman Award.

Undrey has also been employed by the National Football League for the last 12 years as an umpire.  His career as a football official spans 29 years. Working intramural games at UTA, Undrey joined the Dallas Football Officials Association in 1982 where he started with pee-wee games and progressed to junior high and sub-varsity.   He officiated games in the Mid-South, America Southwest and Lone Star conferences before advancing to the Southwest Conference in 1995.  When he was hired in 1996 by the newly formed Big 12 Conference, he became the youngest umpire in the conference.  Beginning in 1998, he also sharpened his officiating skills with NFL Europe for four summers.

His official move to the NFL began as an instant replay official in 1999 and later to the field in 2000 as an umpire.  Situated where much of the play’s initial action occurs and considered to hold the Continue reading →

Froswa’ Booker-Drew has more than twenty years of experience in leadership development, training, nonprofit management, education and social services.  She currently is employed by World Vision, US Programs serving as Community Youth Development Director for the Southeast Region of the United States.  In addition, Froswa’ is an instructor in the Nonprofit Certificate Program at UT-Arlington and has provided consulting services through her company, Soulstice, to a number of nonprofits around the country including the Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations, the Texas Council on Family Violence, Mothers & More, Girls Inc—Tarrant County and the Dallas Womens’ Foundation.  She has worked with three national nonprofits in administrative roles providing capacity building to congregations, educational organizations, and municipalities.  Froswa’ has also been an instructor at several colleges such as Jarvis Christian College and Southwestern Christian College and serves as a guest lecturer at the University of North Texas at Dallas.  She is also a grant reviewer for several federal agencies and foundations.

Booker-Drew is a graduate from Oklahoma City University with a Master of Liberal Arts in Humanities. She received her undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Arlington in History in 1992. As a student, she was extremely involved in campus and community activities.  As President of the NAACP at UTA, the chapter under her leadership received second place in the nation as Outstanding College Chapter.  The chapter was responsible for the discussion of many of the changes for inclusion on the campus of UTA. She was also President of the Student Activities Board and a member of the UT System Regents Advisory committee, Chairperson of the Traditions Council, President of Lipscomb Hall and co-authored a manuscript with Dr. Pedro Lecca on the Recruitment and Retention Practices of Minority Faculty at UTA. Continue reading →