The Marlow Family

Dr. and Mrs. Scott Marlow are pictured here with their four sons George (13), Thomas (11), Henry (9), and William (4) in front of their home in the Colonial Hills Neighborhood.
Scott, an anesthesiologist and partner with Pinnacle Anesthesia specializes in cardiothoracic anesthesia. Scott grew up in University Park in Dallas, attended Texas A&M, UT Southwestern Medical School, and Vanderbilt for his residency. The minute Scott arrives home from the hospital you will find him in the front yard playing ball with his four boys. In Scott’s spare time, he enjoys keeping up with Aggie sports, gathering on weekends for cookouts with neighbors, the "Marlow Sunday Golf Game" after church, and time in Telluride with family and friends.
Michelle grew up on a farm in Shiner, TX and made her way to Fort Worth to attend TCU. She has a masters in Speech Language Pathology where she works part time in her private practice. She has completed a children’s book and is awaiting publishing. Michelle is an active volunteer at Fort Worth Country Day, where their three oldest children attend school. She loves volunteering at her church and her weekly bible Study at Saint Andrews. She serves the Junior League of Fort Worth as President Elect, and has raised money to fight heart disease and breast cancer. She is a member of Jewel Charity, Fort Worth Garden Club, Pi Beta Phi Alumni, Leadership Fort Worth, and the Medical Alliance. She and Scott are charter members of Cook Children’s Hospital’s Seventh Avenue and together founded the Colonial Hills Neighborhood Association. She is an avid Horned Frog and has sat on the Frog Club Board of Directors and she currently serves on the National Alumni Board. Michelle was recently honored as a Great Woman of Texas.
Michelle and Scott love their life in Fort Worth and plan to raise their 4 boys with a strong faith, rich family tradition and a passion to serve.

The Trott Family

Born and raised in Fort Worth, Ryan C. Trott met and married Colorado native Amy shortly after her graduation from TCU and they have two children, Braden (9) and Marissa (6). A private attorney in Fort Worth and a champion for community development and conservation, Ryan has selflessly dedicated much of his free time to a handful of local non-profits. After serving on the Board of Guardianship Services, Inc. for 7 years, Ryan currently focuses on serving on the Boards of both Quail Coalition, dedicated to promoting and funding quail conservation and research from private donations and the Sportsmen's Club of Fort Worth, which strongly encourages and develops in local youth an appreciation and enjoyment of wildlife, conservation and the outdoors, also funded from private donations. Amy was a local boutique owner of A. Hooper & Co. for almost 10 years and more recently dedicates her time serving as PTO Liaison for FWISD, as well as being very supportive of several local charities including the The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and The Texas Ballet Theater. The family is also active members of Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church. Their children love team sports and the outdoors and are always looking forward to the next excuse to pull on their cowboy (and cowgirl) boots and head into the field to hunt, fish or just learn about nature.

The Goodroe Family

They may not be native to Fort Worth, but Cowtown sure feels like home to Designs for Living owners David and Melissa Goodroe.

More than 30 years ago, David was relocated by his Fortune 500 company to Fort Worth. A real estate broker with over 18 years experience, Melissa moved from New York City and made a career change once their children graduated from the famed NYC High School of Performing Arts.

In 1989, David left the corporate world to start Designs for Living - a residential building and remodeling firm, offering the highest quality building and remodeling products and services combined with stellar service. As President and CEO of Designs for Living, David has remodeled nearly 1400 projects in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex with uncompromising building skills and an eye for quality design that are surpassed only by an unyielding commitment to customer satisfaction.

David & Melissa have served on various community boards through the years, but most notable is their service to the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth. Melissa serves on the board of directors where David is currently chairman and past president. Their commitment to providing families of critically ill children a "home away from home" will help kick-off the upcoming $8 million capital campaign and planned expansion for the House, which is set to break ground this year. The only facility of its kind in the Fort Worth area, the expanded Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth will reach from its current location on 7th Avenue all the way to 8th Avenue, giving street visibility and creating much needed additional temporary housing for families of those children seeking medical treatment in area hospitals.

David is a member of the Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate and serves on the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries, Inc. as secretary & chair-elect.

Melissa honed her graphic arts and editing skills while heading the video department at Fort Worth's McKinney Memorial Bible Church and later, as Director of Programming and Production at Harvest Church in Watauga. In 2005 she made the decision to leave vocational ministry to coordinate Designs for Living’s marketing efforts. Her love for the arts and arts education is evidenced by her service as secretary on the boards of Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts, Texas Elementary School of the Arts and the Texas Boys Choir.

The Goodroe's son, Court, and his new bride Andi will celebrate one year of marriage in March. Court is a senior safety investigator at Southwest Airlines and Andi is an investor relations assistant at Southwest Bank. The Goodroe’s are members of the Fort Worth Club and the City Club, and all four attend Christ Chapel Bible Church. The family is pictured with their Labrador retriever, Bailey, who has show and hunting titles too numerous to list.

The Merrill Family

Bob and Vickie Merrill are featured here with their son and daughter -in-law Ryan and Lindsey Merrill, daughter and son-in-law Rachel and Chris Howard, and grandsons Walker, Bo and Parker Merrill and Holt and Wesley Howard. Bob is an insurance executive and CPA and is President of America’s Insurance Consultants, LLC and American Business Management, LP. He is also on the boards of the Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate (Past Chairman), All Saints’ Episcopal school (Past Chairman) and the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show. He is also a Past Chairman of James West Alzheimer’s Center.
Vickie is an executive assistant and community volunteer, Ryan is a commercial banker, Lindsey is a housewife, Rachel is an HR manager and sales trainer and Chris is a commercial developer.