Who are we?
The Think Ahead Group (TAG) is a group of young professionals who are passionate about brain health.

What do we do?
TAG is teaching people how to think about the current and future health of their brains. We raise money to support research at the Center for BrainHealth that discovers and implements new ways to understand, protect, and heal the human brain.

Accomplishments:

  • Securing former First Lady Laura W. Bush as a special guest speaker
  • Growing to over 350 past and present members
  • Raising over $100,000 in financial and in-kind gifts
  • Hosting multiple lectures and social events

Media Recognition:

  • Dallas Morning News
  • PaperCity
  • D Magazine Blog
  • Dallas Modern Luxury
  • Park Cities People
  • RSVP Calendar Blog
  • My Sweet Charity Blog


Member Spotlight view past winners

Whitney & Preston Zapffe

Name:
Whitney and Preston Zapffe

Involvement in TAG:
Members since 2009

Employment:
Preston is a business consultant for Price Waterhouse Coopers and Whitney is corporate events manager for Thomas Nelson Publishers.

Hobbies/Interests:
Preston's hobbies inlcude golf, wine-making, working out, hunting, and Whitney. :) Whitney's hobbies include spending time with friends, movies, and preparing for our little one!

On Baby Zapffe:
We are expecting a little boy on March 2nd (Preston really wants him to come early and be born on the leap year) and we are naming him Benjamin, in honor of my brother.

Favorite Date Night:
Since we both love food, dinner at a great restaurant followed by a movie and then a little dessert at I Heart Yogurt tops the charts!

Why We're Part of TAG:
"TAG is very similar to a great non-profit I was involved with in Nashville for almost 10 years, and it was an easy decision to join such a great organziation that so many of our high school friends had founded. My brother also passed away unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm ten years ago, and Preston and I both have grandparents that have suffered from dementia and Alzheimer's. There is a lot of research to be done in the area of brain health and therefore even more funding that needs to be raised!" -Whitney