Previous Boards and Partners
Previous Boards and Partners
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2025 Board Fellows
Organization Student ACE Mentor Program Houston, Inc. Kit Cicardo Advocates for Immigrant Survivors Mauricio Parilli American Red Cross Houston Chapter Rachael Dahl Hinojosa Bayou Land Conservancy Nana Baker Capital IDEA Houston Karla Rubio Child Advocates, Inc. Jake Hoffman Child Care Council of Greater Houston, Inc. Nina Briones Children at Risk Shaina Perry Chinquapin Preparatory School Alexander Fayemi Cullinan Park Conservancy Wandy Martinez Educational Programs Inspiring Communities, Inc. DBA The H.E.A.R.T. Program Giovanna Hughes Family to Family Network Haejin Choi FamilyPoint Resources David F Pena Fresh Arts Rich Lewis Friends of Mercer Botanic Gardens | The Mercer Society John Hurdt Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council (GSSJC) Renee Rodriguez Girls Inc. of Greater Houston Sindhura Cheruku Higher Up Texas Jawad Haqqani Houston Angel Network Veni Peter Houston Chamber Choir Aryaman Argawal Houston Zoo Michael Molman Institute of Hispanic Culture Houston (IHCH) Paula Gonzalez Gago League of Women Voters Marcia Lee Literacy Now Abdul Rehman Medical Bridges Rudo Ndamba Momentum Education Leigh Noblin Musiqa Maddie Neu Nature Discovery Center Michelle Khan Nehemiah Center Moriah Shaw Houston Health Foundation Christopher Pham Open Dance Project Ariana Azimi Bolourian SEARCH Homeless Services Moises Mendoza SER-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast, Inc. (SERJobs) Colin Dodson SIRE Therapeutic Horsemanship Rebecca Bond STEM·E Youth Career Development Program Dev Rathore Target Hunger Abraar Motiwala Texas Fire Fighters Home Isaiah Tsau The Monarch School and Institute Tino Haddad The Rose Shivanki Juneja The Women's Home Caroline Metts The Women's Resource Ashley Hines YMCA of Greater Houston: Weekley Branch Markas Brunson *Board Fellows Leadership
Chief Executive Officer: Ari Azimi
Chief Development Officer: Renee Rodriguez
Chief Operating Officer: Shaina Perry
Chief Marketing Officer: Veni Peter
Chief Talent Office: Michelle Khan -
2024 Board Fellows
Organization Student Advocates for Immigrant Survivors Simon Cormack Alley Theatre Anne Santos Bay Area Homeless Services Kate Walker Bayou Land Conservancy Alejandro Arbelaez Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star Colton Larsen Capital IDEA Hammdy Beydoun Child Care Council Emily Brown Children at Risk Shamina Momin Chinquapin Prep ND Madeumezia Cullinan Park Conservancy Tyler Sullivan Cy-Hope Ronald Thompson Family Point Resources Sebastian Chavez Family-to-Family Network Iman Basha Fresh Arts Houston Matthew Corban Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Joseline Garrett Girls Inc. Vicky Roy Steib Have Shears Will Travel Jordyn-Marie Dudley Houston Angel Network David Grove Houston Chamber Choir Himanshu More Houston Health Foundation Damieanus Ochola Houston reVision Mercedes Moncada Houston Zoo Juliana Bernal Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston Angelica Amaya Zendejas Junior Achievement Alan Vu League of Women Voters Houston Tupper Allen Literacy Now Anna Schraer Magpies & Peacocks Whitney Noyes Medical Bridges Abby Yang Mercer Society Becky Jackson Musiqa Carlos Marchese Nature Discovery Center Tom VandenBrand Open Dance Project Christina Griffin Red Cross - Houston Vivin D Souza Search Homeless Brittany Uresti-Fernandez SER Jobs Talor Thompson SIRE Kelsey Clark Target Hunger Crystal Ho The HEART Program Denise Buckley The Monarch School Lea McCleave The Nehemiah Center Jennifer Parker The Rose Maya Guhan The Women's Home Gowri Harish Urban Enrichment Institute Anthony Hall, Jr. YMCA Jason Harvey -
2023 Board Fellows
Organization Student Program Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston Madison Hess PMBA-W Capital IDEA Nate Weiss PMBA-W Catastrophic Theatre Soham Malik FTMBA Child Care Council Alexandra Post FTMBA Children at Risk Aishwarya Bannore* FTMBA Chinquapin Prep Peter Pham PMBA-E Cullinan Park Conservancy Kaitlin Sivell PMBA-W Cy-Hope Crystal Usoro PMBA-E EMERGE Fellowship Alok Priyadarshi FTMBA Family Point Resources Vanessa Alejandro FTMBA Family-to-Family Network Laetitia Beygue* FTMBA Fresh Arts Houston Jocelyn Gutierrez FTMBA Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Adrienne Miller FTMBA Girls Inc. Ann Louise Broostin PMBA-W Have Shears Will Travel Kayode Ayinla FTMBA Houston Angel Network Sonam Aidasani FTMBA Houston Chamber Choir Sunil Meti FTMBA Houston Community ToolBank Jordan Boni PMBA-E Houston Health Foundation Lina Osorio PMBA-W Houston reVision Bukky Aloba FTMBA Houston Zoo Kevin Chiu FTMBA Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston Harold Olaya PMBA-W Junior Achievement Jerrica Givens PMBA-W Keep Houston Beautiful Dana Vazquez FTMBA Literacy Now Karla Arriaga* PMBA-W Main Street Ministries Mark Buscovich PMBA-W Medical Bridges Rishabh Lohray FTMBA Mercer Society Michael Zimmerman PMBA-W Methodist Retirement Communities Board Tareck Haykal FTMBA Musiqa Ashleigh Rogers FTMBA Nature Discovery Center David Murphy PMBA-W Plant it Forward Amy Tanguay FTMBA Red Cross - Houston Kirby Ross PMBA-E Search Homeless Jahnavi Gudi FTMBA SER Jobs Sonia Miyazono FTMBA SIRE Swetambari Arabolu FTMBA Target Hunger Michael Bucek PMBA-E Texas Nurses Association’s District 9 Board Jessica Hanson PMBA-W The HEART Program Sean Anderson FTMBA The Monatch School Claudia Ruiz PMBA-E The Nehemiah Center Haleigh Howe PMBA-W The Rose Isha Vaishampayan FTMBA The Women's Home Casey Turner* FTMBA Urban Enrichment Institute Pharohl Charles PMBA-E YMCA Matt Williams EMBA *Board Fellows Leadership
Chief Executive Officer: Karla Arriaga, PMBA-W
Chief Development Officer: Casey Turner, FTMBA
Chief Operating Officer: Laetitia Beyegue Mafoma, FTMBA
Chief Marketing Officer: Aishwarya Bannore, FTMBA -
2022 Board Fellows
Organization Student Program AIDS Foundation Houston Abhi Bansal FTMBA Bayou Land Conservancy Natalie Burges PMBA-E Big Brothers Big Sisters Tameka Brown PMBA-E Buffalo Soldier Musuem Alecia Harris PMBA-E Capital IDEA John Michael Dampf PMBA-E CareerGear Allan Arroyo Amaro FTMBA Center for Houston's Future Ahmed Elgohary EMBA Child Care Council Neal Edward Wakefield FTMBA Children At Risk Bradley Simmons EMBA Cullinan Park Conservancy Stuart Bell PMBA-W Cy-Hope Andrew Corman PMBA-E Family Point Resources Will Alston PMBA-W Family to Family Network Fuad Alexander PMBA-E Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Alissa Nguyen PMBA-W Girls Inc. Taylor Anne Adams PMBA-E Houston Angel Network Karen Gentry FTMBA Houston Chamber Choir Calvin Dotsey FTMBA Houston Community ToolBank Yu-Cheng Hsu PMBA-W Houston Health Foundation Caroline Reasoner PMBA-E Houston reVision Monica Hicks FTMBA Houston Zoo Mason Galanski FTMBA Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston Juan Carlos Moya PMBA-E Junior Achievement Emmanuel Jimenez PMBA-E Legends of the Ball Chaundra Frank MBA@Rice Literacy Now Jonathan Garcia PMBA-E Magpies and Peacocks Giovanna Boyd MBA@Rice M.E.N. Incorporated Adrian Dever PMBA-E Medical Bridges Brett Kovach PMBA-W Methodist Retirement Communities Thi Nam Phuong Nguyen FTMBA Musiqa Taylar Lewis FTMBA Nature Discovery Center Wesley Page PMBA-W Nehemiah Center Francisco Arana PMBA-E Open Dance Project Marcus Wade PMBA-E PAIR Houston Neashia Rayani PMBA-E Plan It Forward Teddy Tilahun PMBA-W Reading with a Rapper Rima Lancelin MBA@Rice Search Homeless Evan Welborn PMBA-E SER Jobs Aleena Tholanikunnal PMBA-E SIRE Travis Peterson FTMBA Target Hunger David Hoster FTMBA The Beacon Dan Moore PMBA-W The HEART Program Daniel Boben PMBA-W The Mercer Society Grant Blazina FTMBA The Monarch School CJ Holderread EMBA The Rose Cassandra Opadukon FTMBA The Women's Home Arwa Hasanali FTMBA Unite Initiative Briann Ryce MBA@Rice Urban Enrichment Institute Chikere Ogbonnaya FTMBA YMCA Adam Schiedler PMBA-E -
2021 Board Fellows
Organization Student Program A Children's Home for the Soul Eleni Stamatakis PMBA-W Bayou Land Conservancy Rebecca Kuo PMBA-E Capital IDEA Sunita Dharani PMBA-E CareerGear James E. Williams FTMBA Center for Houston's Future Scott Deans EMBA Children At Risk Keri Sprung EMBA Comp-U-Dopt Belinda Moreira FTMBA Cullinan Park Conservancy Lauren Glinke PMBA-W Cy-Hope Grant Leathers PMBA-E Dream Catcher Stables Ashleigh Macaluso FTMBA Family Point Resources Tian Tian PMBA-W Fresh Arts Carla Venesio PMBA-E Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Brianna Singh PMBA-W Girls Inc. Shelby Hillman PMBA-E Houston Angel Network Sophie Randolph FTMBA Houston Community ToolBank Margaret K. Schlesinger PMBA-W Houston Health Foundation Lauren Nakazawa PMBA-E Houston reVision Takeya Green FTMBA Houston Zoo Leslie Lugrin FTMBA Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston Mariela Camarillo PMBA-E Junior Achievement Victoria Garcia PMBA-E Literacy Now Jessica Faith Carter PMBA-E M.E.N. Incorporated David Dix PMBA-E Medical Bridges Stephanie Pons PMBA-W Mercer Society Laura Hicks PMBA-E Mission Squash Anthony Price PMBA-E Musiqa Bradley Curtin FTMBA NAMI GH Lizzie Jones FTMBA Nature Discovery Center Gaurav Nayak PMBA-W Nehemiah Center Eliza Ann Bornman PMBA-E PAIR Houston Tohfe Beidas PMBA-E Search Homeless Brandon Johnson PMBA-E SER Jobs DeRae Crane PMBA-E SIRE Victoria Hills FTMBA Target Hunger Christina Tamayo FTMBA The Beacon Krystal Mariko Tanaka PMBA-W The Monarch School Megan Rosenbaum EMBA The Women's Home Elaine Dong FTMBA Urban Enrichment Institute Jordan Aré FTMBA Workshop Houston Kandace Waddy FTMBA YMCA Doug Woodcock PMBA-E -
2020 Board Fellows
Organization Student Program Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Brian Wedemeyer EMBA Apollo Chamber Players Sowmya Yennam FTMBA Avondale House Jami Healing PMBA-E Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star Chip Caraway PMBA-W CanCare Jonathan Martinez FTMBA Capital IDEA Houston Caroline Yang PMBA-E Career Gear Houston Adam German FTMBA Child Care Council of Greater Houston, Inc. Prag Chokkalingam FTMBA Children At Risk Daniela George PMBA-W Doctors for Change James Jurica FTMBA Educational Programs Inspiring Communities, Inc. DBA "The H.E.A.R.T. Program" Rachel Lowell PMBA-W Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston Felixnando Rubio FTMBA Families Empowered John Breen FTMBA Family to Family Network Kelly Qian PMBA-W Fisher House Nick Skuteris PMBA-W Fresh Arts Ross Muramaru PMBA-E Galveston Bay Foundation Rhian Davies PMBA-W Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Kristina Mentakis FTMBA Henry's Home Katie Chung FTMBA Houston Chamber Choir Xiaolu Zhang FTMBA Houston Community Toolbank Lauren Hollins FTMBA Houston Symphony Henry Li PMBA-W Houston Zoo Christy Brown EMBA Houston: reVision Kelly DeMoya FTMBA Junior Achievement London Hayes PMBA-W Medical Bridges, Inc. Zachary White FTMBA Musiqa Nalani Ortiz FTMBA My Connect Community DBA "Connect Community" Madison Ulm PMBA-E Nature Discovery Center Caitlin Duchene FTMBA Nehemiah Center Zack Barth FTMBA NextOp Veterans Thomas Santos PMBA-E Nora's Gift Foundation DBA "Nora's Home" Qiuzi Liang PMBA-W One Goal Graduation Danish Ali PMBA-E Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees (PAIR) Joann Stephen FTMBA Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Houston/Galveston Adam Housel PMBA-E SER-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast, Inc. Manali Mehta PMBA-W SIRE Amie Uttecht D'Ambrosio FTMBA Spectrum Fusion LC Ede PMBA-E Step Up Houston Travis Smith FTMBA Teach For America Houston Richard Mercer PMBA-E The Beacon Bryan Chapman PMBA-E The Children's Assessment Center Jessica Koucouthakis PMBA-E The Institute of Hispanic Culture Gloria Escobar FTMBA The Landing Valerie Valentine FTMBA The Mercer Society Andrew Humphreys PMBA-E The Monarch School and Institute Andrew Nicholson PMBA-W The Rose Zainab Kakli PMBA-E The Women's Home Saryu Shah FTMBA Theatre Under The Stars Julianne Katz FTMBA Urban Enrichment Institute aka Fifth Ward Enrichment Program Thomas Deskin FTMBA Workshop Houston Julie Cavanaugh PMBA-E YMCA of Greater Houston - Weekley Family YMCA Center Miles Colley PMBA-E -
2019 Non-Profit Partners
2019 Board Fellows
Organization Student Program AIDS Foundation Houston Marcia Barnett FTMBA Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Brian Wedemeyer EMBA Apollo Chamber Players Sowmya Yennam FTMBA Avondale House Jami Healing PMBA-E Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star Chip Caraway PMBA-W CanCare Jonathan Martinez FTMBA Capital IDEA Houston Caroline Yang PMBA-E Career Gear Houston Adam German FTMBA Child Care Council of Greater Houston, Inc. Prag Chokkalingam FTMBA Children At Risk Daniela George PMBA-W Doctors for Change James Jurica FTMBA Educational Programs Inspiring Communities, Inc. DBA "The H.E.A.R.T. Program" Rachel Lowell PMBA-W Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston Felixnando Rubio FTMBA Families Empowered John Breen FTMBA Family to Family Network Kelly Qian PMBA-W Fisher House Nick Skuteris PMBA-W Fresh Arts Ross Muramaru PMBA-E Galveston Bay Foundation Rhian Davies PMBA-W Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Kristina Mentakis FTMBA Henry's Home Katie Chung FTMBA Houston Chamber Choir Xiaolu Zhang FTMBA Houston Community Toolbank Lauren Hollins FTMBA Houston Symphony Henry Li PMBA-W Houston Zoo Christy Brown EMBA Houston: reVision Kelly DeMoya FTMBA Junior Achievement London Hayes PMBA-W Medical Bridges, Inc. Zachary White FTMBA Musiqa Nalani Ortiz FTMBA My Connect Community DBA "Connect Community" Madison Ulm PMBA-E Nature Discovery Center Caitlin Duchene FTMBA Nehemiah Center Zack Barth FTMBA NextOp Veterans Thomas Santos PMBA-E One Goal Graduation Danish Ali PMBA-E Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees (PAIR) Joann Stephen FTMBA Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Houston/Galveston Adam Housel PMBA-E SER-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast, Inc. Manali Mehta PMBA-W SIRE Amie Uttecht FTMBA Spectrum Fusion LC Ede PMBA-E Teach For America Houston Richard Mercer PMBA-E Nora's Gift Foundation DBA "Nora's Home" Qiuzi Liang PMBA-W Step Up Houston Travis Smith FTMBA The Beacon Bryan Chapman PMBA-E The Children's Assessment Center Jessica Koucouthakis PMBA-E The Institute of Hispanic Culture Gloria Escobar FTMBA The Landing Valerie Valentine FTMBA The Mercer Society Andrew Humphreys PMBA-E The Monarch School and Institute Andrew Nicholson PMBA-W The Rose Zainab Kakli PMBA-E The Women's Home Saryu Shah FTMBA Theatre Under The Stars Julianne Katz FTMBA Urban Enrichment Institute aka Fifth Ward Enrichment Program Thomas Deskin FTMBA Workshop Houston Julie Cavanaugh PMBA-E YMCA of Greater Houston - Weekley Family YMCA Center Miles Colley PMBA-E -
2018 Non-Profit Partners
2018 Board Fellows
Organization Student Program Air Alliance Houston Skye Chao MBAP-E Apollo Chamber Players Reena Panketh FTMBA Art League Houston Norma Mendoza FT Avenue 360 Health and Wellness Matthew Grubb MBAP-W Avondale House Alli Bitner MBAP-W Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star - Houston Region Kathleen Harcourt MBAP-W Capital IDEA Houston Zachary Hartman MBAP-E Career Gear Houston Elise Smith FT Child Care Council of Greater Houston, Inc. Kyle Gooderham FT Children at Risk Jay Pasale EMBA City ArtWorks Matthew Marand MBAP-E Combined Arms Joel Simmons EMBA Conscious Capitalism Houston Paul Gay MBAP-E Doctors for Change Jonathan Prosser MBAP-W Educational Programs Inspiring Communities (H.E.A.R.T.) Christina Visco MBAP-E Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center Zach Dobin FT Family to Family Network Maheen Amjad MBAP-E Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Shannon Emerson FT Houston Chamber Choir Jacob Malinoff MBAP-W Houston Community Toolbank Ari Meher-Homji FT Houston Urban Debate League Daniela Flores FT Houston Zoo Troy Brown MBAP-E Houston: reVision Drew Littel FT Leadership ISD Yidan Xu FT Main Street Theater Utkarsh Shukla FT Medical Bridges Inc ® Margaret Bevilacqua FT Musiqa Jadelin Pellerin FT My Connect Community Beatriz Aguirre FT Nature Discovery Center Paula Wagner MBAP-W Nehemiah Center Dee Kimata MBAP-W Nora's Gift Foundation (Nora's Home) Emily Windolph MBAP-E Opera in the Heights Andria Balogh FT Prison Entrepreneurship Program Leo Mays MBAP-E Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Houston Matthew Morrow MBAP-E SER - Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast, Inc. Elliot Metzger MBAP-W SIRE Stefi Grigorova MBAP-E Step Up Houston Joel Woodward EMBA Tahirih Justice Center Natasha Gupta MBAP-E The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship - Houston Galveston Rehman Muhammed MBAP-W The Children's Assessment Center Beth Ballard MBAP-E The Landing Andrea Edmundson MBAP-E The Mercer Society Emily Swindler MBAP-W The Monarch School and Institute Maria Nunez MBAP-E The Rose Christina O'Donnell MBAP-E The Women's Home Paola Richter MBAP-E Theate Under the Stars Lee TImmons MBAP-E United Against Human Trafficking Mayank Kochhar FT Urban Enrichment Program (FWEP) Douglas Fiefa FT Workshop Houston Melinda Gooch MBAP-E YMCA of Greater Houston - Weekley Family YMCA Center Josh McNary FT