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

KATINA D. SCOTT
Vice Chair
Executive Director, Fort Bend P16 Regional Council

CODY SMITH
Secretary/Treasurer
Senior Vice President – Virtus, Fidelity National Information Systems, Inc.

NICK ANDERSON
Senior Communications Specialist for Government Relations, Office of the Mayor, City of Houston

JAMES D. BRODNAX
Chief Financial Officer, The Women’s House and Owner of West and Loop Real Estate

TIFFANY COBB-NAVARRE
Senior Project Manager, National Quality Management, Aetna

THE HONORABLE MARC CARTER
Attorney/Partner, Schaffer Carter & Associates

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
Customer Service Manager/Owner, Tejas Office Products

NASRUDDIN RUPANI
Philanthropist and Business Owner (multiple entities)

DENISE SANDERS
Managing Director, Sanders Consulting, LLC

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