board of directors
President
W. Wells McGee, Community Leader
Chairman
Katherine Veletos, Community Leader
Vice President
Sanvita Sample, Slalom Consulting
Education Chair
Lillian Flurry, HBR Consulting
Treasurer
Frank Sharp, LaPorte CPAs
Secretary
Josie Morgan, Boyar Miller
Leslie D. Blanton, Community Leader
Alexander R. Callahan, TARGA Resources
Rodolfo Cooper, III, Rising Stars Capital Management
Tom Divine, Hilcorp Energy Company
Kelly Gerstenhaber, Community Leader
Carey Jordan, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Joshua King, Phillips 66
Judy Liu, CenterPoint Energy
Allysia Kizzee, Austin Community College
Brea May, Westlake Corporation
Dr. Susan Snider Osterberg, University of Houston
Megan Schmid, Thompson & Knight LLP
Michael Sharp, RBC Capital Markets
FOUNDER
Fredell Lack (1922-2017)
committee members
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Margaret Buescher, Community Leader
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, Community Leader
Martha Gonzalez, Community Leader
Emily Hilton, BHP
Patti Keplinger, Community Leader
Peter McStravick, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
Eddy Rogers, Jr., Andrews Kurth
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Bani Alvarado, JAMVA Events
Mojdeh Bobrow, Community Leader
Donna Kay Farr, Community Leader
Lillian Flurry, HBR Consulting
John Ella Fowler, Community Leader
Crystal Frommert, Awty International School
Barbara Gordon, Community Leader
Neda Khan, Houston ISD
Brea May, Westlake Chemical
Lakeisha McGowen, Community Leader
Cass McNinch, Aberdeen Building Group
Dr. Susan Osterberg, University of Houston
Diane Palm, Community Leader
Rickey Polidore, Jr., Houston ISD
Janet Rarick, Rice University
Megan Schmid, Thompson & Knight LLP
Mary Sealey, Community Leader
Heather Sterr, Hartman & Associates
Mary Neeley Stevens, Community Leader
Astra Zeno, Young Women's College Preparatory Academy
STAFF
Mary Curry Mettenbrink
Executive Director
Chloe Cook
Development Coordinator
Martha Diaz
Scheduling Coordinator
Christine Phares, Ed.D.
Program Director
Troy Scheid
HAP Coordinator
Sophia Torres
Arts for Learning Lab Project Manager
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