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
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
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