Board of Directors

Lucia Bone, Founder & President

Lucia Bone, Sue’s sister, is the founder of The Sue Weaver C.A.U.S.E., Consumer Awareness of Unsafe Service Employment.

In 2004, Ms. Bone established the not for profit organization in order to promote safety awareness and education to employers and consumers to the necessity of criminal background checks on all service employees, contractors and sub-contractors hired to work in or near our homes.

Lucia campaigns nationwide sharing The Sue Weaver C.A.U.S.E. and the importance of their mission with audiences large and small. Civic groups, community leaders, legislators, business professionals and consumers have all learned first hand the importance of Lucia’s message.

One of Lucia’s goals is for national legislation requiring criminal background checks on all service employees, contractors and sub-contractors. With national legislation and the support of the insurance industry, businesses could be forced to conduct background checks before hiring in-home service workers. “It is absurd for a person with multiple convictions for sexual assaults to be engaged as a in-home service employee, yet it happens all the time”, Lucia adds.

A threat to consumers’ safety due to inadequate or non-existent background checks of people being employed to come into your home is a real and serious danger. “Sue’s death was a tragedy! However, it is even more alarming because this was not an isolated incident. Every year, innocent people become victims of sexual and physical assault in their homes by workers hired as service employees with criminal records. Sue trusted the company she hired to do service work in her home and THAT TRUST COST SUE HER LIFE in 2001,” says Lucia.

C.A.U.S.E. has been featured in numerous television and newspaper interviews across the country. In 2004, Lucia appeared as one of the feature stories on The Montel Williams Show, “Taking Back My Life”.

What happened to Sue could and should have been prevented!

Lucia Bone’s Background

In the mid 1990′s, Lucia Bone and her sister, Sue Weaver, each opened their own custom embroidery and design digitizing companies in Texas and Florida. Their closeness as sisters only increased as they grew their businesses together. Today Lucia only occasionally does design digitizing. C.A.U.S.E. is her passion; she now focuses on making a difference in her sister’s memory. Lucia doesn’t want there to ever be another victim of in-home service providers.

Prior to opening her embroidery business, Lucia’s career was in marketing. She is a graduate of the Minority Business Advancement Program at the University of Texas in Austin, and studied Textile and Clothing in Business at Arizona State University.

Lucia and her husband Michael are the proud parents of three children and four grandchildren. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, needlework and riding her Harley.

 

Michael Bone, Co-founder & Treasurer

Michael Bone, Co-Founder of The Sue Weaver C.A.U.S.E., first met Sue Weaver in 1972 while dating her sister, Lucia. Sue and Mike were more than in-laws, they were very good friends. Mike often offered technical assistance to Sue’s company, Embroidery Concepts.  Mike was quite familiar with all aspects of Sue’s business as both Sue and Lucia mirrored their embroidery businesses off of each other.

Mike graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Marketing in 1977. He joined the FAA in 1982 at Kansas City International Airport as an Air Traffic Control Specialist. In 1987, Mike transferred to Dallas/Fort Worth where he has stayed until his retirement.

Mike and Lucia are the proud parents of three wonderful children and four grandchildren. Mike enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, skiing, riding his Harley and looks forward to adding golf and fishing back into his schedule after retirement.

 

Jennifer Charles Bone, Vice President

Jennifer is married to one of Sue Weaver’s nephews, Matthew. Majoring in elementary education, she is a graduate of SFA in 2003 . Jennifer taught kindergarten in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area before enjoying her new role of full time Mom.  She has served on The Sue Weaver C.A.U.S.E. Board since 2006.  Jennifer is very involved in Dancing for C.A.U.S.E., A Fundraising Gala. Matt and Jennifer are the proud parents of two of our Founder’s grandchildren.

 

 

Sherri Bobbitt, Past President

Sherri Bobbitt was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She has over 20 years working in the customer service and marketing areas. She currently is Regional Director, Marketing & Business Development for Learning Care Group, parent company to five brands of early childhood education centers. Sherri is always very active in her community & has served on various boards in the community throughout the years. Sherri has her Bachelors Degree in Organizational Communications from St. Edward’s University in Austin, TX. Sherri’s major hobby is to travel the world and the enjoyment of her puppy Daisy.

 

Colleen Drew, Secretary

Colleen is a photographic artist who specializes in creating traditional and fine art portraiture.  Colleen’s love of photography began in high school while on a trip to the former Soviet Union and her passion for the art grew over the years.  After studying photography at the State University of New York at Purchase, working with commissioned artists, she went into business with her sister, Maureen.  Together they had a successful studio in the beautiful Hudson River Valley in New York State, where Maureen is still running the studio in the town of Rhinebeck, New York.  In the summer of 2002 Colleen and her family relocated to Highland Village, TX where she is continuing to pursue her passion for photography.

 

Dr. Stacy Bone – Rapp

Stacy is the niece of Sue Weaver and daughter of C.A.U.S.E. Founders Mike and Lucia Bone. Stacy is a January 2009 Parker graduate with a Doctorate in Chiropractic and a Bachelors of Science in Health & Wellness. Her passion is helping pregnant women and children. Stacy has been very involved with C.A.U.S.E. since it’s conception and served on the Board since 2005.  She is presently practicing in Las Vegas, NV where she resides with her husband, David.  Stacy enjoys traveling, reading, needlework and spending time with family & friends.

 

Bekah Joyce

Bekah was born and raised in Irving, TX.  She is currently an accountant for CB Richard Ellis (formally Trammell Crow), a commercial real estate company, in Dallas.  Bekah has been an avid supporter of C.A.U.S.E. since its inception, hearing Sue’s story for the first time in the summer of 2002, brought to light the vast need for awareness not only in her life but the lives of everyone she encounters.  One of Bekah’s passions is mentoring, and she has been highly involved in several mentor-ship based community programs in the Irving and Austin areas.  During her time in Austin she helped start Collage Ministries, an organization dedicated to breaking the silence among teens that have been victims of all typed of abuse and bullying.  In her free time Bekah enjoys spending time on her family’s ranch, playing softball, writing fiction, and spending time with her five nieces and two nephews.

 

Bob Poer

Bob Poer has been in the music industry for over 30 years and the experience and knowledge he brings to any event as the DJ is unparalleled.  All the music he uses at events comes from his extensive private collection that spans many generations and genres.  Bob graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Arts in Radio Broadcasting before spending over 30 years with Sony Music.  Bob’s hobby has always been music and his collection reflects his love for the art.  He and his wife, Linda, work together in their music business, Mobile Music, PBP.

 

Linda Poer

Linda with her husband Bob, own Mobil Music, PBP.  Linda is the personal day coordinator for all of their events from weddings to fundraisers. Her direction keeps your event stress free as she coordinates the every detail smoothly and logically.  She and Bob have been married for over 35 years and are the proud parents of three daughters.  Linda’s hobby is keeping up with Bob and his music collection.  She especially loves spending time with her daughters and their wonderful husbands along with her two granddaughters and two grandsons.