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...........board of directors............

President.......W. Wells McGee, Community Leader
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Chairman......Katherine Veletsos, Community Leader
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Vice President......Sanvita Sample, Slalom Consulting
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Treasurer......Rodolfo Cooper, III, Goldman Sachs
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Secretary......Josie Morgan, Boyar Miller
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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
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Junior League Board Representative......Kay Edwards, Veterans Affairs Office
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Founder......Fredell Lack (1922-2017)

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CEO......Mary Curry Mettenbrink

...........staff.....................................

Executive Director & CEO.....Mary Curry Mettenbrink


Operations Coordinator......Alyssa Ajlouny

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Program Coordinator......Lisa Liu

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Bookkeeper......Cathy Sharp

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Program Director......Cyndy Elliott​

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Curriculum Specialist......Dr. Cynthia Herbert

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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

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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 â€‹

...........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

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Judy Liu, CenterPoint Energy


Eddy Rogers, Jr., Andrews Kurth


Dr. Susan Snider Osterberg, University of Houston

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