Meet Your Officers
Rachel Hall
Governor
Hi, cousins! My name is Rachel Hall, and I am very excited to be serving as your DFW Colony Governor for the 2025-2027 term!
I joined TXSOMD in 2021. I I have 12 different passenger lineages: John Alden, Isaac Allerton, Mary Allerton, Mary Norris Allerton, John Howland, Joan Hurst, Priscilla Mullins, William Mullins, George Soule, Myles Standish, Elizabeth Tilley, and John Tilley.
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My dad and his family are from Scituate/Plymouth, Mass., and my grandfather was the Scituate lighthouse keeper.
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I am also a member of the Sarah Cockrell chapter of NSDAR and serve as a Texas Vice President of Units Overseas.
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I was a Spanish professor at SMU from 2013-2022, and I have been a Spanish Language Analyst for the Department of Justice since 2022.
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I am looking forward to working with all of you! If you are a DFW Colony member or would like to join DFW Colony, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me!
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Steven Gray
Deputy Governor
BOA Representative
Steven Gray currently serves as the Deputy Governor in the DFW Colony. As a member of the DFW Colony, he has served as Elder, Deputy Governor, and Governor.
Steven is currently employed at Texas Instruments in Dallas, TX as the director of IT Audits and Data Analytics. He holds an undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M, an MBA from the University of Dallas and will be graduating in the summer of ’25 with an MS in Finance. Steven is very active in his church as a member of the Missions Leadership Team and has made over a dozen trips to the Amazon River to minister to villagers in need. Steven has been married to his wife Tammy for 32 years and has three adult girls. For fun, Steven enjoys spending time in the mountains of Colorado fishing, hiking and enjoying nature.
Jean deSchweinitz
Recording Secretary
My Mayflower pilgrim is Peter Brown. I have been a member of GSOMD since Feb. 7, 2000. Two other lineage groups I belong to are CMCC, NSDAR, and the General Edward Tarrant Chapter of USD1812. I am a member of United Methodist Women at First United Methodist Church of Colleyville, and I am on the board of Directors at The Woman’s Club of Fort Worth. I am a retired college professor since 2017. I am married to Dave and have three children and three grandchildren.
