Board of Directors
Our volunteer Board of Directors stand firm in their commitment to guide the organization towards a sustainable future by adopting sound legal governance and financial management policies, as well as ensuring adequate resources to advance the mission.

ASIM A. SHAH, M.D.
Board Chair
Professor & Executive Vice-Chair and Chief/Division of Community Psychiatry, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine

LIZ SWEIGART, PhD
Vice Chair
Chief Product & Strategy Officer, Safe Kids AI

DENISE SANDERS
Secretary/Treasurer
Director Financial Operations, Sunnova Energy

YASAR BASHIR
Assistant Police Chief, Houston Police Department

TONY COLUNGA
Founder/CEO, ONE OAK

MARK FREEMAN
Chief Operating Officer, ProDirectional

TOI HARRIS, MD
Senior Vice President, Chief Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Memorial Hermann Health System

HALEY HERNANDEZ
Health Reporter, KPRC Channel 2

SAM KARIM
Vice President, Enterprise Projects & Strategy at Harris Health Systems

CHRISTINA MEINEKE
Chief Financial Officer, EnerCorp

ASASIA PIERCE, JD
Partner, Olympic Holdings Investments

ANDREW RENSIMER
Director of Finance, Superior Energy Services

NASRUDDIN RUPANI
Philanthropist and Business Owner (multiple entities)
EX-OFFICIO
Juaquin Arellano
HONORARY DIRECTORS
Joan Alexander
Jim McIngvale
DIRECTORS EMERITI
Philip Burguières (2000 – 2016)
Maureen Hackett
George Parnham