...........board of directors............
President.......W. Wells McGee, Community Leader
Chairman......Katherine Veletsos, Community Leader
Vice President......Sanvita Sample, Slalom Consulting
Treasurer......Rodolfo Cooper, III, Goldman Sachs
Secretary......Josie Morgan, Boyar Miller
Leslie D. Blanton, Community Leader
JaNeika Smith Boone, Holy Spirit Episcopal School
Kelly Gerstenhaber, Community Leader
Donna Haynes, Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease LLP
Elizabeth Karkowsky, Pasadena Insurance Agency, Inc.
Brea May, Westlake Corporation
Megan Schmid, Holland & Knight LLP
Michael Sharp, RBC Capital Markets
Alexa Valencia, Legacy Community Health
Junior League Board Representative......Kay Edwards, Veterans Affairs Office
Founder......Fredell Lack (1922-2017)
CEO......Mary Curry Mettenbrink
...........staff.....................................
Executive Director & CEO.....Mary Curry Mettenbrink
Operations Coordinator......Alyssa Ajlouny
Program Coordinator......Lisa Liu
Bookkeeper......Cathy Sharp
Program Director......Cyndy Elliott
Curriculum Specialist......Dr. Cynthia Herbert
Community Engagement Coordinator......Allie Garza
..education committee................
JeNeika Smith Boone, Holy Spirit Episcopal School
Donna Kay Farr, Community Leader
Crystal Frommert, Awty International School
Barbara Gordon, Retired Educator
Brea May, Westlake Chemical
Lakeisha McGowen, Assistant Director of Fine Arts, Katy ISD
Mindi Mitchell, Freelance Instructional Designer
Dr. Susan Osterberg, University of Houston
Diane Palm, Community Leader
Martha Anne Pierson, Retired Educator
Robin Sabo, Clear Creek ISD
Megan Schmid, Thompson & Knight LLP
Kimberly Topps, Axient
Mary Neeley Stevens, Community Leader
Astra Zeno, Young Women's College Preparatory Academy
...........advisory board...................
Juan Antonio (Tony) Castilleja, Jr., Boeing
William E. Cohn, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Mark Cueva, City of Houston
Emily Faron, United Way of Greater Houston
John Ella Fowler, Community Leader
Jay Gerstenhaber, Insgroup, Inc.
Martha Gonzalez, Community Leader
Emily Hilton, BHP
Peter McStravick, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
Judy Liu, CenterPoint Energy
Eddy Rogers, Jr., Andrews Kurth
Dr. Susan Snider Osterberg, University of Houston
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