board
committees
Advisory Committee
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
Eddy Rogers, Jr., Andrews Kurth
Dr. Susan Snider Osterberg, University of Houston
Education Committee
Mojdeh Bobrow, Community Leader
JeNeika Smith Boone, Junior League Houston
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
Janet Rarick, Rice University
Sharla Rogers, Aldine ISD
Robin Sabo, Clear Creek ISD
Megan Schmid, Thompson & Knight LLP
Kimberly Topps, NASA
Marja Sealey, Shriners Children's Texas
Mary Neeley Stevens, Community Leader
Astra Zeno, Young Women's College Preparatory Academy
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.
Judy Liu, CenterPoint Energy
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
Founder
Fredell Lack (1922-2017)
Staff
Mary Curry Mettenbrink, Executive Director
Alyssa Ajlouny, Operations Manager
Sydney Kolar, Community Engagement Coordinator
Alisha Kendrick-Pradhan, Program Manager
Dr. Cynthia Herbert, Curriculum Specialist
Ryan Fernandez, UHD Spring Intern
Cathy Sharp, Bookkeeper
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