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Entrepreneur. Community leader. Sculptor. Charles W. Eisemann embodies all three successfully. His outstanding contributions and achievements are reflected throughout his robust career and life.

Entrepreneur: Eisemann was with Texas Instruments Incorporated from 1966 to 1974, ultimately serving as Corporate Director of Human Resource Research and Development. He was responsible for the firm's human resource research in more than 30 nations and undertook many special assignments for the TI Board of Directors. He founded Industrial Relations International (IRI), Inc. in 1974 and served as Chairman and President of the management consulting firm until February 2000. IRI develops programs in the areas of multilingual opinion surveys, customer satisfaction, employee relations and management facilitation for corporate clients -- worldwide. His clients were in the European Union, as well as the Americas, South Pacific, Australia and Asia.

Eisemann was elected to the Board of Canyon Creek National Bank (CCNB) in 1977. In 1986, he became the controlling shareholder and was elected Chairman of the Board. He also chaired Chaparral Bancshares, Inc., CCNB’s parent company. He served on the Chaparral and CCNB boards until May 1999 when he merged CCNB with Bank of Texas. He served on the Bank of Texas Board of Directors as well as the Advisory Board. During his illustrious entrepreneurial career, Eisemann lived, worked, and/or traveled to over 100 nations and territories throughout the world.

Community leader: Eisemann is an integral steward and vibrant leader in the Richardson and local/regional North Texas communities.

He served on the Richardson Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for two full terms, where he was on numerous committees including membership, transportation and Leadership Richardson. Eisemann was Chairman of the Board in 2005. He is an honorary graduate of Leadership Richardson Class XIX and is an honorary ROC as well.

As Chair of the Richardson Chamber, Eisemann also oversaw the activities of the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC), now known as the Tech Titans. Tech Titans is the largest technology trade organization in North Texas. In addition, he was active as a certified mentor for StarTech, Telecom Corridor’s high-tech accelerator corporation.

For his extraordinary community contributions, The Richardson Chamber of Commerce recognized Eisemann as its “Richardson 2001 Citizen of the Year.” In 2009, he and his wife, Ann, were presented the first Richardson Independent School District (RISD) Leadership Award from the district’s Excellence in Education Foundation Fund. The Eisemanns are renowned supporters and benefactors of the arts. Their influence and diverse efforts have impacted immensely the visibility of related activities in the Richardson as well as Dallas and surrounding areas. The community has embraced them.

The Eisemann Family Foundation Fund at Communities Foundation of Texas has provided support to many arts organizations in North Texas, including artists in music, dance, visual and sculpture. Eisemann served on the Board of the Richardson Symphony where he led numerous committees. He organized, produced and directed the first three "Sounds of Freedom" patriotic Flag Day concerts in Richardson, with over 30,000 in attendance on site and 10,000 off site for the third event. This event was the 2nd largest Flag Day celebration in the United States in 1993.

In 2015, Mr. and Mrs. Eisemann announced a ten-year partnership with the Richardson Symphony with the annual sponsorship of the Ann and Charles Eisemann International Young Artists Competition.

In 2018 the Eisemann Arts Innovation Initiative was launched. The program funded 17 Arts Groups in Richardson and North Texas. The goal is to encourage arts groups to move to the next level...really help them expand their vision to be the very best that they can be. In addition, the initiative encourages the synergy that can happen when creative people from multiple cultures collaborate and “dream big.”

In March 2019, The City of Richardson and the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and Corporate Presentations (the latter completed in 2002) announced their collaboration with The School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) at the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) to create a first-of-a-kind, innovative program called the Eisemann Edge Endowment Fund. This program provides Richardson residents, UTD students, and the North Texas community an opportunity to explore the intersection of technology with the visual and performing arts.

In conjunction with his community leadership both in business and the arts, Eisemann has been a member of the Richardson Rotary Club for many years. He has supported many of its fundraising activities and garnered two recognitions in 2018: the 5810 Peace and Conflict Resolution Award and Richardson Rotary’s Service Above Self Award. In 2014, they established the Charles and Ann Eisemann Fund for Clean Water with the Rotary Foundation. Eisemann currently serves on the Foundation’s Major Gifts Initiative Committee for Water and Sanitation. He is a member of the prestigious Arch Klumph Society’s Trustees Circle.

Sculptor: Eisemann has been interested in stone sculpture for many years and is a fine art sculptor. He primarily works in alabaster, onyx, and Italian marble. His works are for exhibition and contribution. Eisemann is a member of the Texas Sculpture Association, the Texas Sculpture Group, and the International Sculpture Center.

Personal: Eisemann served as an officer in the United States Army in Germany for two years where he managed several different civilian businesses for the army. He completed two years active duty and was honorably discharged as a Captain upon completion of his reserve obligation.

While on assignment in Germany, he worked exclusively with civilians. He also speaks lite conversational German and Spanish.

He and his wife, Ann, have lived in Richardson, Texas since 1971. His son, Brian, graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in music and earned a Master of Music degree in 2006. Brian teaches music in a Conroe ISD School in the Woodlands area of Houston.

The San Antonio native holds bachelor and master's degrees in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

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