STAFF & FACILITIES For general questions: call Parks Administration at (972) 237-8100 – M-F, 8AM-5PM Rick Herold
Linda Townley
Director of Parks, Arts & Recreation 972-237-8375 • rherold@gptx.org
Executive Assistant 972-237-8117 • ltownley@gptx.org
Duane Strawn
Vernon Brown
Manager of Parks and Lake Parks 972-237-8106 • dstrawn@gptx.org
Sr. Superintendent of Lake Parks 817-467-4131 • vbrown@gptx.org
Gary Yakesch
Chris Chastain
Business Operations Manager 972-237-8178 • gyakesch@gptx.org
Lake Parks Rec Operations Supervisor 817-467-4144 • cchastain@gptx.org
Stephen Bowles
Monte Whetstone
Financial Analyst 972-237-8347 • sbowles@gptx.org
Dalworth Recreation Center Supervisor 972-237-4761 • mwhetstone@gptx.org
Mae Smith
Halima Baquedano
Administrative Supervisor 972-237-8107 • fmsmith@gptx.org
Charley Taylor Center Supervisor 972-264-6890 • hbaquedano@gptx.org
Tim Shinogle
Chris Ginapp
Manager of Park Planning & Development 972-237-8104 • tshinogl@gptx.org
The Summit Manager 972-237-8243 • cginapp@gptx.org
Steve Plumer
Rod Hayes
Sr. Parks Project Manager 972-237-8392 • splumer@gptx.org
Tony Shotwell Life Center Supervisor 972-237-7532 • rhayes@gptx.org
Kelly Eddlemon
Ryan Garcia
Marketing & Communications Specialist 972-237-8339 • keddlemon@gptx.org
Athletics Coordinator 972-237-7533 • rpgarcia@gptx.org
Brandon Huether
Jeremy Thomas
Marketing & Communications Specialist 972-237-8355 • bhuether@gptx.org
Aquatics Supervisor 972-237-4166 • jthomas@gptx.org
Danny Boykin
Doug Voet
Sr. Superintendent of Recreation 972-237-8084 • dboykin@gptx.org
Uptown Theater Manager 972-237-8409 • dvoet@gptx.org
Tom Henry
Bert Walker
Sr. Parks Superintendent 972-237-4751 • thenry@gptx.org
Prairie Lakes Golf Course Head Golf Professional, PGA 972-237-4157 • bwalker@gptx.org
Erin Hart Special Events Supervisor 972-237-8110 • ehart@gptx.org
Mark Viskozki
Administration Office - Parks (Karen Garcia) irector of First Impressions/Front Desk D 400 College St. 972-237-8100 GrandFunGP.com
Alliance Skate Park/Action Park GP 1002 Lone Star Pkwy. (972) 262-4479 AllianceSkateparks.com ActionParkAlliance.com
Charley Taylor Recreation Center 601 E. Grand Prairie Rd. 972-264-6890
Dalworth Recreation Center 2012 Spikes St. 972-237-4760
Grand Prairie Memorial Gardens 3001 S. Belt Line Rd. 972-237-3001 GrandPrairieMemorialGardens.com
Kirby Creek Natatorium 3201 Corn Valley Rd. 972-237-4170
Lake Parks Office 5610 Lake Ridge Pkwy. 972-237-4135
Market Square/Farmers Market 120 W. Main St. 972-237-4599 GPTX.org/FarmersMarket
Prairie Lakes Golf Course 3202 SE 14th St. 972-237-4156 PrairieLakesGolf.com
Ruthe Jackson Center 3113 S. Carrier Pkwy. 972-237-7500 RutheJacksonCenter.com
Beverly Grogan
Tangle Ridge Golf Course Director of Golf 972-299-6837 • prov@tx.rr.com
Community Events Coordinator 972-237-8329 • bgrogan@gptx.org
Chip Nami
Susan Henson
Ruthe Jackson Center Manager 972-237-7501 • cnami@gptx.org
Horticulturist/Arborist 972-237-8102 • shenson@gptx.org
Laura Gomez
Mary Cerda
GP Memorial Gardens General Manager 972-237-3002 • lgomez@gptx.org
Senior Account Clerk 972-237-8027 • mdcerda@gptx.org
818 Tangle Ridge Dr. 972-299-6837 TangleRidge.com
Ray Kunze Farmers Market Manager 972-237-4599 • farmersmarket@gptx.org
Tony Shotwell Life Center
Andrew Byrd Special Events Specialist 972-237-8115 • abyrd@gptx.org
Shawn Treibly Superintendent of Golf Courses 972-299-9587 • streibly@gptx.org
The Summit 2975 Esplanade 972-237-4141
Tangle Ridge Golf Course
2750 Graham St. 972-237-7529
Uptown Theater 120 E. Main St. 972-237-UPTN UptownTheaterGP.com
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