Leading arts infused learning.
Supporting every child.
Transforming educational culture.
National Medal of Arts Awardee
board
President
W. Wells McGee, Community Leader
Chairman
Katherine Veletos, Community Leader
Vice President
Sanvita Sample, Slalom Consulting
Treasurer
Frank Sharp, LaPorte CPAs
Secretary
Josie Morgan, Boyar Miller
Leslie D. Blanton, Community Leader
Rodolfo Cooper, III, Rising Stars Capital Management
Kelly Gerstenhaber, Community Leader
Donna Haynes, Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease LLP
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
Junior League Board Representative
JeNeika Smith Boone
FOUNDER
Fredell Lack (1922-2017)
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
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Mojdeh Bobrow, Community Leader
Donna Kay Farr, Community Leader
Lillian Flurry, HBR Consulting
Crystal Frommert, Annunciation Orthodox School
Barbara Gordon, Community Leader
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
staff
Mary Curry Mettenbrink
Executive Director
Martha Diaz
Programs Coordinator
Christine Phares, Ed.D.
Programs Director
Troy Scheid
Houston Arts Partner Coordinator
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