Who is Glen Whitley? A Leader Who Makes a Difference
Glen Whitley, 55, was born in Grand Prairie, Texas and graduated from Grand Prairie High School
in 1971. He earned a Bachelor's of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of
Texas at Arlington in 1976. Glen began his career as an accountant at Ernst & Ernst. He left that
national accounting firm to join a local firm where he coordinated the accounting, tax and practice
management services offered to medical, dental and other professional clients. In 1983, he
co-founded the Whitley Penn accounting firm, which now has 160 employees and offices in Fort
Worth and Dallas.
Glen was elected to the Tarrant County Commissioners Court in 1996. In 2006, Glen was elected
countywide to the chief executive post of Tarrant County Judge. As a county commissioner, Glen represented Tarrant County's northeast precinct, an urban and
suburban mix that takes in a portion of the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. In that decade, Glen stepped
forward to grasp the mantle of leadership within the county and the North Texas region. Now, as county judge, Glen presides over a county with 1.7 million residents in the heart of a
metropolitan center holding more than 6 million people. Glen's role and influence as a regional and
state leader continues to grow, especially on matters regarding efficiently run government,
transportation, sustainability and youth and children's issues. Since becoming county judge, Glen has
been named a Distinguished Alumni of the University of Texas at Arlington and was the first recipient
of the Mental Health Mental Retardation of Tarrant County Opening Doors Leader Award. Here are some of the government, organization and community activities, past and present, in
which Glen has been involved. County and Regional Leadership:
· Tarrant County Judge · Tarrant County Commissioner · Chair of the Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments · Tarrant County Housing Finance Corporation member · Northeast Leadership Forum chair · Former chair of the Public Employees Benefit Cooperative State Leadership:
· Texas Conference of Urban Counties chair · Task Force on Indigent Defense member and chair of the Task Force · Grants and Reporting Committee. · Texas Association of Counties “TAC Tomorrow” committee member · Texas High-Speed Rail Transportation Corporation secretary NACo leadership:
· NACo board member · Strategic Focus and Oversight Committee, 2006-2007 chair · Large Urban County Caucus Steering Committee member · NACo Transportation Steering Committee chair and committee member · NACo Finance Committee member · NACo Member Programs and Services Committee member · NACo TEA-21 Reauthorization Committee chairman Health and Social Services:
· Helped create the Tarrant Youth Recovery Campus · Co-chair Tarrant Youth Recovery Campus Advisory Board · Tarrant Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse former board member · Liaison to Mental Health/Mental Retardation of Tarrant County · Harris Methodist H-E-B Hospital former board chair · Harris Methodist Health System former executive committee member · Alliance for Children board member · Fort Worth Alzheimer’s Association board member · Habitat for Humanity participant Education:
· Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district former Board of Trustees member · Perkins School of Theology Executive Board member, Southern
Methodist University Glen has served as Treasurer, Vice President and President of the Fort Worth Chapter of the Texas
Society of Certified Public Accountants. He has also served as a committee and board member of the
state CPA organization. Additionally, Glen is also a member of the University of Texas at Arlington
Accounting Advisory Board. Glen was a Charter Member and later served as President of the Mid-Cities Pacesetters Rotary Club
and is a member of the Mid-Cities Optimists Club. Glen and his wife, Brenda, live in Hurst and are members of the First United Methodist Church of Hurst
where he has been a lay leader, board member and an active regional and state leader. Their family
includes daughter, Jessica Spence, her husband, Matt, and their son, Jackson; daughter, Kristin; and
son, Jonathan.
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