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.](https://mhahouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/asim-shah.jpg)
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
![KATINA D. SCOTT](https://mhahouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/katina-scott.jpg)
KATINA D. SCOTT
Vice Chair
Executive Director, Fort Bend P16 Regional Council
![CODY SMITH](https://mhahouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/placeholdermanbright.jpg)
CODY SMITH
Secretary/Treasurer
Senior Vice President – Virtus, Fidelity National Information Systems, Inc.
![NICK ANDERSON](https://mhahouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/nick-anderson.jpg)
NICK ANDERSON
Senior Communications Specialist for Government Relations, Office of the Mayor, City of Houston
![JAMES D. BRODNAX](https://mhahouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/placeholdermanbright.jpg)
JAMES D. BRODNAX
Chief Financial Officer, The Women’s House and Owner of West and Loop Real Estate
![TIFFANY COBB-NAVARRE](https://mhahouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tiffany.png)
TIFFANY COBB-NAVARRE
Senior Project Manager, National Quality Management, Aetna
![THE HONORABLE MARC CARTER](https://mhahouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/marc-carter.jpg)
THE HONORABLE MARC CARTER
Attorney/Partner, Schaffer Carter & Associates
![ALAN DETTLAFF, Ph.D.](https://mhahouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/alan-dettlaff.jpg)
ALAN DETTLAFF, Ph.D.
Dean and Maconda Brown O’Connor Endowed Dean’s Chair at University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work
![MICHELE R. FRAGA](https://mhahouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/placeholderwomanbright.jpg)
MICHELE R. FRAGA
Customer Service Manager/Owner, Tejas Office Products
![NASRUDDIN RUPANI](https://mhahouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/nes.png)
NASRUDDIN RUPANI
Philanthropist and Business Owner (multiple entities)
![DENISE SANDERS](https://mhahouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Denise-Sanders-Headshot-1c-2021-04-225x300.jpg)
DENISE SANDERS
Managing Director, Sanders Consulting, LLC
![JUSTIN E. STAPLETON](https://mhahouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/justin-stapleton.jpg)
JUSTIN E. STAPLETON
Meteorologist, KPRC 2
EX-OFFICIO
Connie Estopinal
HONORARY DIRECTORS
Joan Alexander
Jim McIngvale
DIRECTORS EMERITI
Philip Burguières (2000 – 2016)
Maureen Hackett
George Parnham