Gill Children's Services Announces New Board Members
Gill Children’s Services welcomes Mr. James Delaune, Ms. Ginette Harrell, and Dr. Adele Reeder to the Board of Directors.
James Delaune is a managing director of Crestline Investors in Fort Worth. Since 2015 he has overseen a portfolio of real estate. He also manages the firm’s co-investment strategies. Prior to Crestline, James was the Head of Loan Portfolio Acquisitions in Latin America with Deutsche Bank. James is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Warm Place. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Washington & Lee University and studied abroad in Sevilla, Spain. James is bilingual in English and Spanish. He enjoys golfing, running, reading, traveling, and chasing his 5-year-old daughter, Jules.
Ginette Harrell is an Assistant Criminal District Attorney in Tarrant County. Her focus is representing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in suits involving children who have been abused and/or neglected. She has worked in public service for 15 years and has had the opportunity to lead, manage, and supervise professional attorneys. Ginette has been passionate about public service since she first started attending Florida State University in 2002. After graduating from Florida State University School of Law in 2005, Ginette continued her passion for public service even in her free time by providing pro bono work through the Tallahassee Legal Aid Foundation and as an active member of the Junior League of Tallahassee and the Junior League of Arlington. Ginette is licensed in Florida and Texas.
Adele Reeder is a pediatrician at Girls to Women/Young Men’s Health and Wellness in Fort Worth. She was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, and graduated summa cum laude from Texas A&M University. Dr. Reeder attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and completed her residency at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital. She was then chosen to stay an additional year to serve as chief resident. She practiced pediatrics in Houston until relocating to Fort Worth in 2020. She is a board-certified pediatrician and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Reeder enjoys helping patients and families as they navigate adolescence and the transition into young adulthood. She loves getting to know her patients and their families over time. Her goal is to help her patients become active and informed participants in their own healthcare. In her free time, Dr. Reeder enjoys spending time with her husband, a Fort Worth native, and their two daughters. She enjoys reading, cycling on her stationary bike, trying new restaurants, broadway musicals, history, and traveling.
