Jason & Stacy Adams

This week David is pleased to feature Jason and Stacia Adams. Jason is the Director of Information Technology for Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford Architects and has been with the company for 14 years. He is the 1994 graduate of Texas A&M University and has received the Fort Worth Business Press 40-Under-40 Award in 2003, the Associate Member of the Year Award from the Texas Society of Architects in 2003, and the Young Professional Award from the Fort Worth Chapter American Insitute of Architects in 2002. In his spare time, Jason enjoys bicycling and "collecting" Robert Graham. Stacia is a Speech Language Pathologist for the Fort Worth Independent School District and has been with the district 14 years. She is the 1996 masters degree graduate of The University of North Texas. In her spare time, Stacia enjoys reading and scrapbooking. Jason, a Fort Worth native, and Stacia an Arlington native, met January of 2005, have been happily married since June 2007.

Glen & Gayle Christensen

Glen and Gayle Christensen are pictured ith their family celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary. Daughter Kate Edwards is 1 2005 graduate of TCU nursing school and is employed by Parkland Hospital NICU, Son-in-Law John Edwards is employed by TGI-Direct as Director of Operations, Daughter Sara Aycock is a 2008 graduate of University of Texas-Arlington and is employed by TGI-Direct as Territory Sales Manager and son Tom who is currently attending University of Texas-Arlington School of Business. Grand-daughters Ally Aycock (5) and Emma Edwards (1). Len is owner of Craftmark Products, TGI-Direct, Spirit Signs and Christensen Graphics Group in Fort Worth and Grapevine. The companies specialize in a wide array of industrial, OEM, point-of-purchase and team, sport and school graphics. Christensen employs over 50 at their Fort Worth headquarters. Gayle works as CFO of Seebeck and Associates in NRH.

Jeff & Kim Halstead

Jeff & Kim Halstead are pictured here with their 2 sons, Jack and Jordan, and their dog, Sierra. Jeff is the 24th Chief of Police for the Fort Worth Police Department and took office in December of 2008 after a 20-year career with the Phoenix Police Department. Kim is a native Texan, the youngest of 4 siblings (only daughter) and is happy to be back in the Lone Star State where her family eagerly waited for her return. Jeff leads the most successful police department as it relates to “Community Based Policing” and has learned what makes Fort Worth special…, Community, Family, and Safety. Although he is new to Fort Worth, he is no stranger to challenges. When he was 19 years old and a college student in south Florida studying law enforcement, he was beat up and injured by a police officer, witnessed by his best friend. This changed his career path immediately. In 1986, he met Kim on a blind date in Houston. That same night he called his parents and told them, “I met the girl I want to marry.” After getting married in 1987, they moved to Phoenix to start a new chapter together. The desire to serve the community and start a family motivated Jeff to apply for various police departments in the Phoenix area. Jeff and Kim started their family and grew to love the Phoenix area but something was missing. Being alone in the desert can prove to be very tough and once the city of Fort Worth announced they were looking for a new Chief, Jeff decided to apply. At the same time, Kim built a successful interior design business and weathered the declining home building market in 2006-2008. Kim still loves to assist friends and families with her artistic talents and is considering how to use these talents in this wonderful city. Their son Jack is a junior at the University of Arizona and plans to attend law school in Texas. Jordan just graduated from Brewer High School and will be attending the University of Texas at Arlington in the fall. The Halstead family lives everyday with a “family first” attitude and is proud to call Fort Worth their new home!

Pokrifcsak Family

Pictured here is the Pokrifcsak family of Arlington - Jeff, Erin, and children. Erin, a graduate of Lamar High School and UTA - BS Communications, left a successful career in HR Management to focus on raising the couple’s young children 7 years ago. Jeff, a graduate of Arlington High School, Texas Tech University - BBA, and Texas Christian University - MBA, is a founding partner of Streamline Packaging Solutions. Streamline Packaging Solutions has grown rapidly over 10 years by providing innovative industrial products & systems accompanied with advanced consultative services to large distribution and manufacturing companies. Jeff also serves as a Planning & Zoning Commissioner for the City of Arlington, a Director for the Arlington Margarita Society, a board member for the Arlington Foundation Board affiliated with the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, and served as past-Chair of the Arlington Arts Alliance.