FORT WORTH: Gill Children’s Services welcomes Mr. Jeffrey Bartolotta, Mr. John Peloza, Ms. Anne Wright, and Ms. Lorena Vargas to the Board of Directors. Jeffrey Bartolotta serves as the Principal of Kirkpatrick Middle School. He has helped launch student enrichment programs such as the Northside Eats food pantry stocked by the Tarrant Area Food Bank. He has served Fort Worth ISD for 29 years. Jeff also assisted in setting up Montessori classrooms in Santiago, Chile.
John Peloza serves as an Employee Benefits Consultant at Higginbotham, where he advises employers on strategic health plan design, cost management, and regulatory compliance. Prior to this role at Higginbotham, John spent many years in commercial real estate sales and investment real estate. He is actively involved in The Fort Worth Report, Rivertree Academy, Junior Achievement, and Academy 4.
Anne Lummis Wright holds roles at both Lila and Hayes and Lummis Asset Management, L.P. Anne volunteers with the National Charity League and serves on the boards of Design Inspirations, Historic Fort Worth, Inc, the Frill Foundation, and is an event committee member for Paslay Foundation.
Lorena Vargas is a Compliance Analyst with Bell Textron where she is responsible for supporting enterprise compliance initiatives that align with corporate and industry standards. She is actively involved in Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas, the Texas Wesleyan University Alumni Association, and the Texas Health Community Impact Tarrant Leadership Council.
About Gill Children’s Services
Founded in 1979, Gill Children’s Services is a 501(c)(3) that provides last resort funding for Tarrant County children whose medical, dental, physical, social, psychological, or educational needs have not been met by other community resources. For more information, please visit www.gillchildrens.org or call (817) 332-5070.





