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.

THE HONORABLE MARC CARTER

THE HONORABLE MARC CARTER

Board Chair

Attorney/Partner, Schaffer Carter & Associates

NASRUDDIN RUPANI

NASRUDDIN RUPANI

Vice Chair

Philanthropist and Business Owner (multiple entities)

DENISE SANDERS

DENISE SANDERS

Secretary/Treasurer

Director Financial Operations, Sunnova Energy

ASIM A. SHAH, M.D.

ASIM A. SHAH, M.D.

Immediate Past Chair

Professor & Executive Vice-Chair and Chief/Division of Community Psychiatry, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine

NICK ANDERSON

NICK ANDERSON

Managing Editor, Reform Austin News

MARK FREEMAN

MARK FREEMAN

Chief Operating Officer, ProDirectional

TOI HARRIS, MD

TOI HARRIS, MD

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

HALEY HERNANDEZ

HALEY HERNANDEZ

Health Reporter, KPRC Channel 2

SAM KARIM

SAM KARIM

Vice President, Enterprise Projects & Strategy at Harris Health Systems

KATINA D. SCOTT

KATINA D. SCOTT

Manager of Program Services, Career Team

LIZ SWEIGART, PhD

LIZ SWEIGART, PhD

Chief Product & Strategy Officer, Safe Kids AI

EX-OFFICIO

Juaquin Arellano 

HONORARY DIRECTORS

Joan Alexander
Jim McIngvale

DIRECTORS EMERITI

Philip Burguières (2000 – 2016)
Maureen Hackett
George Parnham