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, M.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