Craig Hall is an entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author and philanthropist. He formed

HALL Group in 1968, and today the company is made up of multiple brands, including HALL

Park, HALL Arts and HALL Structured Finance in Dallas, and HALL, WALT and BACA Wines in

California. The company’s interests range from real estate development, ownership and

management to financial lending and winemaking. He is the author of six published books with

one releasing on May 14, 2019, titled “BOOM: Bridging the Opportunity Gap to Reignite

Startups.”

Hall’s career has reflected the highest qualities of entrepreneurship and philanthropy, and he

actively contributes time and resources at all levels to support community causes with an

emphasis on art, education and entrepreneurship. Together with his wife Kathryn Hall, he

funded the ‘Fulbright—Kathryn and Craig Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship’ to

teach entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe. Hall also founded the Dallas regional office of the

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE).

In 2007, Hall was named a lifetime member of the prestigious Horatio Alger Association for

Distinguished Americans and was inducted into the North Texas Commercial Real Estate Hall of

Fame and the Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas’ Ring of Honor. He was named the

2013 Dallas Real Estate Executive of the Year and in 2016, he was inducted into the Junior

Achievement of Dallas Business Hall of Fame. Most recently, Craig and his wife Kathryn were

co-awarded the 2017 Master Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Southwest Region from

the EY Entrepreneur of the Year program.

Mayor Mark Hill was elected in June 2026. As a community leader, Hill was elected in 2023 to the Frisco Independent School District (FISD) Board of Trustees and served as President from 2025 – 2026. Mayor Hill also served on the Frisco Economic Development Corporation board from 2024 – 2026. Previously, Mayor Hill served on the board of the Frisco Education Foundation.

Mayor Hill is a corporate attorney with more than twenty years of legal experience, which includes being a Managing Partner at Henry Hill, PLLC. Hill has the designation of “Texas Super Lawyer”, an honor awarded by his peers and received every consecutive year since 2013. Mayor Hill was also previously President of the Collin County Bar Association (2016 – 17). Mayor Hill is also a member of the Collin County Bar Association.

Hill earned his law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law. Mayor Hill also graduated from the Mays Business School at Texas A & M University with a BBA in Finance.

Mayor Hill and his wife, Tiffany, have called Frisco home since 2005 and are proud parents of a daughter, Emily.

Born and raised in South East London, Adam has always been a ken sportsman; representing his high school in Soccer, Rugby and Cricket. He started his working life as a Police Constable in Central London and then moved on to becoming a “Mens Grooming Expert” (which led to him appearing on The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent & GQ). This career path bought Adam to Dallas, Texas where he met his wife and decided to settle down. In Texas, Adam chose to start over or “re-tool”, and pursued a Management Degree at SMU. Once his studies were complete, Adam moved into sales of HVAC where he touched many commercial construction projects. Adam loves the thrill of new challenges, and meeting new people and can't wait to start his career with Bisnow in Dallas.