When Susan Stephens took the job as Executive Director at Exodus Ministries more than six years ago, she focused on the opportunity to use her skill sets:  administration, organization, trouble-shooting.  After being there for a while, she thought to herself, “Oh my.  I’m in prison ministry.”  Nobody, she says, was more surprised.

This year is like no other in the history of the Crystal Charity Ball (CCB), Dallas’ largest fundraiser for children’s charities—because of one daunting challenge after another. But more of that later.  First, a look at the woman at the helm, Ball Chair Tucker Enthoven—today’s stalwart leader who is meeting every issue at hand.

As we talk in her flower-filled, North Dallas home, being with Nan Self is a somewhat other-worldly experience.  She emits serenity, peace and love by her very presence. Maybe it’s in part because of all that she has been through in preparing to write her book Forgiveness—Making Space for Grace, published in 2017.