Rev. Scott Hackler
Community Advisory Board - NorTex Rev. Scott Hackler
Rev. Hackler is a pastor in the United Methodist Church, a justice fellow at the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, a food-manufacturing entrepreneur, and a student at Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University.
During his ten years as a global product manager, Scott was responsible first for
a $28M portfolio of General Electric external defibrillators and later for a $210M
line of Medtronic neurosurgical power tools. After leaving the medical-device industry,
he founded food manufacturer Halo del Santo in 2014. The company’s cocktail garnish
and Mexican-style lollipops (paletas con chile) are sold or served today by specialty grocers, candy shops, bars, and restaurants
in four states. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University (MBA) and Louisiana
State University (B.A., French and B.S., Economics).
Scott is a pastor in the United Methodist Church, a student at Brite Divinity School
at Texas Christian University, and a justice fellow at the Texas Coalition to Abolish
the Death Penalty. He and his wife Diana live in Fort Worth’s Arlington Heights neighborhood.