meet our team

Kristy relocated to Lake Dallas in 2018 and has been a community cheerleader from the day she made LD home. Kristy created a community Facebook group, Lake Cities Area Buzz that notifies residents of events and local needs and she used that page to serve as a community organization platform that allowed folks to get involved in programs Kristy created throughout the community. That passion and success gave birth to Lake Cities HOPE. It has been a life long desire to establish a nonprofit to help and empower those in her own community. The support from the lake cities allowed that to bloom. Kristy is a 911 dispatch supervisor. She served 3 years as a council member on the Lake Dallas City Council and is currently serving as the Mayor of Lake Dallas. Kristy is blessed to have one daughter, Kaitlyn and currently shares her home with 4 rescued pups - Snickers, Oreo, Figgy and Tucker, the Texas Tripod. 

Kelly and her family have called Corinth home since 1999. Kelly has been an active member of the Lake Cities in the years since relocating here, whether it was volunteering at school with her daughter Maddie, to working with local nonprofits including serving as chair at Spirit Horse, or serving the citizens of Corinth by being a member of City Council. Servitude has always been a part of Kelly’s life and she continues that today with her passion being the special needs population and animals in need. She, Brian and Maddie share their home with 3 cats and 2 pups. Kelly is a founding board member of Lake Cities HOPE.

Matt Friess has been involved with Lake Cities Hope since 2025.  Matt is passionate about the amazing work done in partnership with Together We Care, a local day hab that provides daytime care to adults with intellectual disabilities, to serve food, fellowship, and make crafts together.  He has lived most of the last 30 years in this area and has run a State Farm Insurance agency in Corinth since 2021. He is passionate about helping people make informed decisions, protecting what matters most, and creating a more secure future for our community members. Matt has been married to Jolie since 2003 and has a daughter and son