Leadership & Staff

Board of Directors

  • Andrea Young

    CHAIRMAN
    Owner & Entrepreneur

  • John Weatherly

    TREASURER
    Bowen, Miclette, & Britt Insurance Agency

  • Matthew Noll

    ACTING SECRETARY
    alliantgroup

  • Daria Russell

    GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR
    Mattress Firm

  • Katherine Smith - CEO Houston ISD Foundation

    Katherine Smith

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Houston ISD Foundation

  • Bridget Wade

    MEMBER
    Community Volunteer & Elected Trustee

  • Derae Crane

    MEMBER
    BP America

  • Frances Castaneda Dyess

    MEMBER
    Houston East End Chamber of Commerce

  • Freda Lee

    MEMBER
    Corebridge Financial

  • Gerald Merfish

    MEMBER
    Merfish Advisors

  • James Rodriguez

    MEMBER
    Padilla & Rodriguez, LLP

  • Jim Rice

    MEMBER
    Rice and Gardner Consultants

  • John Marshall

    MEMBER
    Satterfiled & Pontikes Constructions

  • Kate Burton

    MEMBER
    Edelman

  • Lina Sabouni

    MEMBER
    Autoarch Architects

  • Robin Phillips

    MEMBER
    Shell Oil & Gas

  • Rodrigo Herrera

    MEMBER
    Herrera Talent Strategies

  • Janette Garza-Lindner

    EX-OFFICIO
    HISD Board Appointee

  • Kerri Briggs

    EX-OFFICIO
    HISD Chief of Staff

  • F. Mike Miles

    EX-OFFICIO
    HISD Superintendent

Houston ISD Foundation Staff

  • Katherine W. Smith

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

  • Jennifer Tweeton

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

  • Annie Matthews-Bobet

    DEVELOPMENT MANAGER