Caren Schmulen Sweetland
Chair, Executive Council of the Herman H. Fleishman Foundation
Caren Schmulen Sweetland is the Chair of the Executive Council of the Herman H. Fleishman Foundation, a family foundation which focuses on closing the achievement gap for at risk children through access to high quality early childhood education. She currently serves as the President of the Next Gen Giving Circle of the Greater Houston Community Foundation, is on the Next Gen Steering Committee, and is a member of the GHCF Family Giving Circle. Caren also serves on the Board of the Southwest Region of the Anti-Defamation League.
Caren is an attorney who worked for 14 years in commercial and appellate litigation at Gibbs & Bruns, LLP and served as a briefing attorney to Chief Justice Tom Phillips on the Texas Supreme Court. She is a graduate of the Kinkaid School, Washington University in St. Louis, and The University of Texas School of Law.
Caren is married to Rob Sweetland, is the mother of 4 very fun, active boys, and lives in Houston, Texas.