SHELLY by Steve Gamel | photos courtesy of Shelly Dodge
W
hen Shelly Dodge recently took over as President of the Cross Timbers Rotary, it became her reality that there’d be a six-month overlap with this new role and her current term as the Chairman of the Board for the Flower Mound Chamber of Commerce. For many people, that might be too much responsibility to shoulder at once.
With all that time invested in the
But then again, not everyone is Shelly Dodge.
VFG was also named Business of the
“I really do have a lot of great people around me,” Dodge said while playing down the role. “I’m just the head cheerleader.”
the Flower Mound Chamber, which she’s been a member of since 2013, and the
Cross Timbers Rotary President, but she’s donated her time, talent, and treasure to
numerous worthwhile organizations. A few include Journey to Dream, the Lewisville Education Foundation,
Dodge is as humble and “I REALLY DO Habitat for Humanity, gracious as they come, but and more. HAVE A LOT OF “Cheerleader” doesn’t do She’s opened her home to GREAT PEOPLE her contributions to the a foreign exchange student Flower Mound area over the AROUND ME, I’M from the Czech Republic, past 26 years near enough and, prior to COVID-19, was a JUST THE HEAD justice. A longtime resident, guest each semester teaching small-business owner, CHEERLEADER.” investments at both Flower and doting mother to four Mound high schools. She has 35 years in the amazing children, Dodge has proven financial services industry and started her time and again that she has a tireless full-service financial services firm, Visionary dedication to serving her community. Not Financial Group, in 2012. only is she the Chairman of the Board for 56 | FLOWER MOUND TOWN LIFE | JULY 2021
community, the accolades continue to roll in, too.
In her first year with the Chamber, her
business was named Rookie of the Year. Year in 2018 and is a four-time Best of
Denton County award winner. A few of her accomplishments include being a charter member of the Cross Timbers Rotary
club and helping raise enough money as the Gala Chair for Journey to Dream to
purchase Kyle’s Place, the only homeless shelter in Denton County to house and
care for teens between 14-19 years old. But even that short list barely scratches
the surface in terms of what Dodge has done for others.
“When I went out on my own, I knew I
wanted to start here in the Flower Mound area — even though many of my clients were in Fort Worth at the time,” Dodge said. “I wanted to set down my roots
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