Silver Cup Award Luncheon
2026 TACA Silver Cup Award Luncheon
Celebrated annually, the TACA Silver Cup Award recognizes two individuals for their outstanding volunteer leadership and contributions to the arts in North Texas. The TACA Silver Cup Award Luncheon serves as a unique opportunity to honor these individuals and gather the region’s civic and cultural leaders, patrons, and volunteers in support of distinguished leadership and volunteerism in the arts.
2026 Co-Chairs
Lynn McBee and Terri West
Friday, May 8, 2026
12:00 p.m.
Omni Dallas Hotel
Honoree:
Nancy Carlson
Nancy Carlson has been involved in the arts in Dallas since moving to Dallas with her family in 2000. Currently, she is a trustee of the Dallas Museum of Art and also serves on the Program Advisory Committee of the Nasher Sculpture Center. She is a board member of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Dallas Children’s Theater.
Nancy is a trustee emerita of Rice University and the University of Texas School of Law Foundation, as well as a former board chair of TACA and a former board member of the Dallas Theater Center, Texas Ballet Theater and SMU Meadows School for the Arts. She is also a former trustee of St. Mark’s School of Texas and Greenhill School.
She received the Business Champion of the Arts Award from the Business Council for the Arts in 2017.
Nancy is a partner in Carlson Capital, LP, an investment firm. She attended Rice University and the University of Texas School of Law. She is married to Clint Carlson and has three sons.
Honoree:
Andy Smith
Andy Smith is the Director of Giving and Volunteering for Texas Instruments and is the Executive Director of the TI Foundation.
Andy serves on the boards of the All Angels Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas, Dallas Theater Center (president), TACA, The Dallas Assembly and the SMU Dedman College Executive Board. He also served on the Dallas Black Dance Theatre Advisory Stakeholder Task Force.
Additionally, Andy and his husband, Paul von Wupperfeld, are co-chairing, along with Meagan LeBoissiere, a $12M comprehensive campaign for Resource Center’s new health campus.
Andy was a recipient of a 2021 Obelisk Award, Business Champion of the Arts category, and is a Leadership Dallas alumnus. He and Paul co-chaired the 2024 Art Ball benefitting the Dallas Museum of Art, and galas for the Dallas Symphony, the Dallas Theater Center and Dallas Summer Musicals (now Broadway Dallas). Furthermore, Andy co-chaired the 2023 TACA Silver Cup Awards Luncheon.
A fifth-generation Texan, Andy received an associate degree from Tyler Junior College and a Bachelor of Arts from Southern Methodist University, cum laude.
Host Committee
Elaine and Neils Agather
Purvi and Bill Albers
Cheryl Alston
Jennifer and Peter Altabef
Flauren Bender
Calvert and Vince Bratton
Diane and Hal Brierley
Grace Cook
Lisa Cooley
Laura and Walter Elcock
Matrice Ellis-Kirk
Lauren Embrey
Alina and Ruben Esquivel
Kristy and Raymond Faus
Lynn Fisher
Marion Flores
Veletta Forsythe Lill
Carol and Don Glendenning
Marguerite Hoffman
Melinda and Jim Johnson
Gabrielle Kurlander and Christopher Street
Carol and John Levy
Tara Lewis and John Swords
Carol and Kevin March
Deborah McMurray and Glen Davison
Amy and Michael Meadows
Erik Moss and Jeff Zaskoda
Jeffrey Netzer
Kate and Keith Newman
Deborah and Jim Nugent
Lucilo Peña and Lee Cobb
Colleen O'Connor and Joe Hubach
Stephen B. Penrose
Kelly Perez
Caren Prothro
Cindy and Howard Rachofsky
Katie Harris Robbins
Deedie Rose
Jennifer and Ed Sampson
Ginny Searcy
Gowri Sharma
Cece Smith and Ford Lacy
Marcia Dunn Sobel
Chuck Steelman
Jill Tananbaum
Mary and Richard Templeton
Julie Van Haren
Vaughn Vennerberg
Chris Wallace
Darla Whitaker
Christine Witzsche
Sharon Young
Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Presto
Deedie Rose
Carol Levy, Ginny Searcy, Marcia Dunn Sobel, Vaughn Vennerberg, and Sharon Young
Vivace
Nancy and Clint Carlson
The Eugene McDermott Foundation
March Family Foundation
Terri West
Allegro
Gabrielle Kurlander and Christopher Street
Lucilo Peña and Lee Cobb
Concerto
Cheryl Alston
Diane and Hal Brierley
John Dayton
Kristy and Raymond Faus
Carol and Don Glendenning
Melinda and Jim Johnson
KERA
Sheilon King
Lynn McBee | Jeffrey Netzer
Amy and Michael Meadows
Colleen O'Connor and Joe Hubach
PNC Bank
The Rosewood Corporation
Tara Lewis and John Swords
Donna Wilhelm Family Fund
Overture
Communities Foundation of Texas
Haynes Boone | Purvi Albers |
Ann Marie Painter
Chris LaGrone and Matthew Peters
Deborah McMurray and Glen Davison
Kate and Keith Newman
Deborah and Jim Nugent
Sewell Automotive
Jill E. Tananbaum Family
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