Leadership & Staff

Board of Directors

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    Derae Crane

    CHAIRMAN
    JP Morgan

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    John Marshall

    VICE-CHAIRMAIN Satterfield & Pontikes Construction

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    Matthew Noll

    TREASURER
    alliantgroup

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  • Christy Stewart

    SECRETARY
    Texas Air Systems

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  • Allen Caudle

    MEMBER
    Senior Consultant

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  • BRADLEY DENNISON

    MEMBER
    Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

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  • DR. SURATHA ELANGO

    MEMBER
    Texas Children’s Hospital

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  • Janicca Garcia

    CEO
    Houston ISD Foundation

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  • Christi Guerrini

    MEMBER
    Baylor College of Medicine

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    Robin Phillips

    GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR
    Shell Oil & Gas

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  • Jennifer Price

    MEMBER
    Corebridge Financial

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    Lauren Pugh

    MEMBER
    Transamerica

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    James Rodriguez

    MEMBER
    Padilla & Rodriguez, LLP

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    Daria Russell

    MEMBER
    Mattress Firm

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    Lina Sabouni

    DEVELOPMENT & EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR AUTOARCH Architects

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    Bridget Wade

    MEMBER
    Community Volunteer & Elected Trustee

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    John Weatherly

    MEMBER
    Hilltop Securities Insurance

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    Andrea Young

    MEMBER
    Owner & Entrepreneur

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    Janette Garza-Lindner

    EX-OFFICIO
    HISD Board Appointee

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    F. Mike Miles

    EX-OFFICIO
    HISD Superintendent

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Advisory Board

  • Gerald Merfish

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
    Merfish Advisors, LLC

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  • Jim Rice

    PRESIDENT
    Rice & Gardner Consultants, Inc

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    Katherine Smith

    CEO & PRESIDENT
    Neuhaus Education Center

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Houston ISD Foundation Staff

  • Janicca Garcia

    CEO

  • Brooke Boudreaux

    Vice President of Finance & Operations

  • Delaney Navarro-Thompson

    Director of Development & Communications

  • Adriana Bolivar

    Part-time Operations & Fund Management Specialist