Foundation elevates Curry, Wright & McGregor

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DALLAS—The Baptist Foundation of Texas has promoted three veteran staff members—Ben Curry, Joe Wright and Kari McGregor. The BFT board of directors unanimously approved the appointments during its mid-summer meeting.

Curry, who has been with the foundation 17 years, was named senior vice president for finance and administration after serving as vice president and chief financial officer.

bft holt annual400He will oversee human resources, accounting, records management and information systems. He also will be responsible for projects and initiatives designed to strengthen and improve services and communication with institutional clients.

Curry is a graduate of Baylor University and is a certified public accountant.

Wright, a foundation staff member for 12 years, was promoted to senior vice president and chief investments officer. Previously, he was vice president and chief investment officer.

He will continue to lead the foundation’s investment division, with responsibility for capital markets, real estate and mineral management.

Wright is a graduate of Baylor University and the University of Texas at Dallas.

McGregor joined the foundation in 2000 after working at PricewaterhouseCooper. The board named her vice president and chief financial officer after serving as the controller.

She will be responsible for accounting, endowment account administration and security operations.


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McGregor graduated from Texas A&M University and is a certified public accountant.

“These organizational changes will serve Baptist Foundation well as we continue to strive for excellence in service to our client institutions and donors,” said Jeff Smith, who became the foundation’s president in January.

The Baptist Foundation of Texas is a nonprofit organization created in 1930 to manage endowment assets and receive gifts for Baptist institutions. The foundation is based in Dallas and offers services to aid institutions and individual donors, including management of endowment funds and other assets; consultation and planning of charitable trust, gift annuities and scholarship funds; account monitoring; financial reporting; and more.


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