Marcy Carter-Lovick
Candidate for the Office of Registrar General
TEXAS
Membership
Elizabeth Crockett Chapter in Granbury, Texas
Date Admitted to the National Society: July 7, 2003
Life Member
Education & Training
GEP 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Members Course, New Horizons Course, Committee Leaders Course; Volunteer Field Genealogist; Genealogy Consultant
DAR Awards
State Outstanding Volunteer Genealogist of the Year (2014); Women in American History (2022); Texas Honorary Junior for Life (2022)
National Chair
Genealogy Research Institute (2023-2025), Volunteer Genealogists (2016-2019)
National Vice Chair
Chapter Development and Revitalization Commission (2016-2019); South Central Division Vice Chair, Lineage Research (2013-2016)
Continental Congress Service
Balcony Volunteers (2014-2019; Balcony Volunteer Coordinator, 2016-2019); The Dillon Associates, Volunteer Scheduler, Continental Congress Sales Room (2016); VanBuren Associates Sales Room, Continental Congress Volunteer (2019); Delegate (16 years)
National Committee Member
Long Range Planning Commission (2022-2031); DAR Genealogy Commission (2023-2025); Region IV Specialist, Lineage Research Committee (2022-2025); America 250! Membership Task Force (2017-2022)
Additional Appointments
Kate Duncan Smith DAR School Board of Trustees
State Executive Board Service
State Regent (2021-2024), State Vice Regent (2018-2021), State Organizing Secretary (2015-2018), Honorary State Regent of Texas (2024-Present)
Highlights of State Regent Service
- State Regent’s Project provided grants for nonprofit organizations serving women veterans living in Texas; raised more than $168,000 and funded grants throughout the state.
- Created a Conservation Fund of more than $500,000 to fund major conservation projects, including adoption of 100 acres of a state forest (with placement of the TXDAR historic state forest sign in an educational venue within the state forest).
- Donated $30,000 for sponsorship of the 17th Street bronze entry doors in support of the Wright Administration Project to restore Memorial Continental Hall.
- Donated $15,000 to fund terraces and trees for Kate Duncan Smith DAR School in commemoration of the KDS 100th anniversary.
- Donation of $10,000 approved for Hindman Settlement School for flood damage restoration of dyslexia program facilities.
- Dedicated the first America 250! Patriot Marker in Texas at the historic Spanish Governor’s Palace in San Antonio to commemorate Spanish Patriots of the Revolutionary War from Texas.
- Placed a DAR historical marker in historic downtown Grapevine.
- Secured permission and funding to increase height of the Texas DAR Patriot Monument at the Texas State Cemetery to accommodate additional names of Revolutionary War Patriots buried in Texas.
- Dedicated 15 additional names on the monument in March 2024.
- Funded purchase of the American Revolution Experience exhibit by American Battlefield Trust for TXDAR use.
- Funded three granite panels for the DAR Plaza of Liberty in Veterans Memorial Park in McAllen in honor of Spanish Patriots, Forgotten Patriots, and foreign Patriots contributing to the cause for American Independence.
- More than doubled Service to America hours logged from 2021 to 2023, with 959,161 hours logged in 2023.
- Organized six new chapters.
- Initiated use of a modified business plan to guide state society efforts for the administration, employing a team planning approach by state officers to create the strategic plan.
State Chair Service
Finance (2024-Present), DAR Leadership Training – New Horizons (2018-2021), Conference Logistics (2018-2021), Conference Program (2018-2021), Texas Tea (2018-2021), Chapter Development and Revitalization Commission (2012-2015), District II Director (2009-2012)
State Vice Chair Service
Long Range Planning Committee (2024-2027); DAR Leadership Training – New Horizons (2016-2018); Chapter Development and Revitalization Commission (2015-2018); Guest Transportation, TXDAR State Conference (2010)
State Committee Service
Investment (2018-Present); Finance (2018-Present); TXDAR State Speakers Staff (2015-Present); Texas Campaign Team, Young Associates (2012-13); Texas Talk Blog (2013-2018); District II Guardian Trust Campaign (2015-16); Operation 11-11 Volunteer, Houston (2013); Texas Tea Hostess (2010-12); Assigned Volunteer Genealogists (2010-2015)
Chapter Officer Service
Regent, Vice Regent, Registrar, Parliamentarian, Honorary Chapter Regent
Chapter Committee Service
Bylaws, Chapter Achievement, Chapter Revitalization, DAR Genealogy Preservation, DAR Good Citizens, DAR Magazine, DAR Museum, DAR Scholarship, DAR Speaker’s Staff, Event Planning, Finance, Genealogical Records, Insignia, Lineage Research, Membership, President General’s Project, Programs, Volunteer Genealogists, Yearbook. Administrator for private chapter Facebook group.
National Club Affiliations
National Officers Club; State Regents Club; State Vice Regents Club; National Chairmen’s Association; National Vice Chairmen’s Association
State Club Affiliations
State Officers Club (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Registrar); State Chairs Club; State Vice Chairs Club; Chapter Regents Club; Chapter Officers Club; Cameo Club. Fort Worth Regents Club (Vice President), Heart of Texas Regents Council, Red River Regents Council.
Donor Recognition Societies
1890 Annual Giving Circle, Heritage Club, Founders Club, Guardian Trust, Sustaining Supporter (charter member)
Community Service
- Texas Genealogical College: charter member, President (2018-19), Vice President (2017-18), Assistant Vice President (2016-2017), Nominating Committee Chair (2020), Facebook page administrator (2022-Present). 2021 Hall of Fame Recipient and 2022 Award of Merit.
- Sons of the American Revolution: Daughters of Liberty Medal, Medal of Appreciation, Silver Good Citizenship Medal, Texas Society SAR 250th Anniversary Medal for Outstanding Service to TSSAR.
- Other lineage organizations: National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons; Lone Star Company, The Jamestowne Society; Society of Descendants of Lady Godiva (charter member); Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters; National Society Colonial Dames of America, Fort Worth Town Committee; National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, National Vice Chair Pages (2015-2017), Texas Society State Chair Pages (2013-15), State Chair Junior Membership (2013-15), Thomas Joslin Chapter President (2011-13), Chapter Vice-President (2009-11), Chapter Parliamentarian (2013-15); National Society Daughters of American Colonists, Honorable Philip Livingston Chapter, Registrar (2012-15); Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars; United States Daughters of 1812, General Edward H. Tarrant Chapter, Registrar (2012-14); Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Latha Jane Boyd Tent #1, Chaplain (2006-09), Patriotic Instructor (2008-10); National Guild of St. Margaret of Scotland; National Society Descendants of American Farmers (charter member); Order of the Kings and Queens in the Holy Land; The Colonial Order of the Crown; The Plantagenet Society.
- White Chapel United Methodist Church; RROC; Nor-Tex Chapter Sons of Norway; The Historical Society of Polk County, Missouri (Life Member); National Genealogical Society; Texas State Genealogical Society; Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois. Past member, Hood County Historical Commission, Publicity Chair; past member, Advisory Council, Norwegian-American Genealogical Center of Madison, Wisconsin, Technology Committee; Selection Committee (Dallas) – Athena Award for distinguished women business leaders (1999). Selection committee (on behalf of sponsor John Hancock Financial Services), Roberto Clemente Award [Texas Rangers recipient] (four years).
Professional
- More than 31 years in marketing, advertising, and public relations in the shopping center industry, including field positions as a marketing director for regional enclosed shopping malls in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, followed by corporate positions of Regional Marketing Manager (General Growth Companies – Des Moines, Iowa), Vice President of Research and Strategic Planning (Center Advertising Agency/General Growth Companies) and Vice President of Marketing and Communications (Equity Properties and Development Company – Chicago, Illinois).
- Founder/Principal, Carter Marketing Works, a marketing consulting firm for shopping centers, after relocating to Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas. Worked directly with owners and managers of regional enclosed malls throughout the country to plan and implement programs to increase sales, market share and net operating income for client properties. Specialty areas included consumer research, strategic planning, crisis management, public relations, and training.
- Professional accreditations: Certified Marketing Director (CMD), 1979; Charter Member, achieving senior level accreditation designation (SCMD), 1989.
- Professional/career awards: 10 ICSC MAXIs, 15 MAXI Merits, one RAC, one Telly, one NORMA and numerous Addys.
- Chair, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) international Maxi Awards Program, 1991; Maxi Awards Task Force, 1990-99; Maxi Awards Screening and Judging Committee, 1990-99.
- Faculty member, ICSC School for Professional Development, 1987-98.
- Member, ICSC Certified Marketing Director (CMD) Governing Board, 1992-97; Chair, Education Committee CMD Governing Board, 1995-97; ICSC Educational Advisory Council, 1997.
- Author of numerous articles in community and industry magazines and chapters in college-level marketing textbooks.
- Speaker at numerous industry and community functions and guest lecturer for university/college classes and business seminars.
Education & Personal
Born and raised in Arkansas. Professional career positions provided an opportunity to live and work in Fayetteville, Arkansas; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Des Moines, Iowa; Chicago, Illinois; and the DFW metroplex of Texas, as well as opportunities for extensive business travel throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. BSE University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Husband John Lovick; sons Timothy (Francine) and Rob (Dena – DAR) Lovick; granddaughters Megan, Sydney (DAR –Elizabeth Crockett Chapter), and Peyton (C.A.R. – Joel Terrell Society); great grandsons Holden, Cade, and Miles. Brother and late father (SAR), late mother (DAR – Elizabeth Crockett Chapter).