Leadership & Staff

Board of Directors

  • Andrea Young

    CHAIRWOMAN
    Owner & Entrepreneur

  • Daria Russell

    VICE CHAIRWOMAN & GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR
    Mattress Firm

  • John Weatherly

    TREASURER
    Bowen, Miclette, & Britt Insurance Agency

  • Derae Crane

    SECRETARY
    BP America

  • Katherine Smith - CEO Houston ISD Foundation

    Katherine Smith

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Houston ISD Foundation

  • Bridget Wade

    MEMBER
    Community Volunteer & Elected Trustee

  • Frances Castaneda Dyess

    MEMBER
    Houston East End Chamber of Commerce

  • Gerald Merfish

    MEMBER
    Merfish Advisors

  • Lauren Pugh

    Vice President Retirement Services Marketing

  • James Rodriguez

    MEMBER
    Padilla & Rodriguez, LLP

  • Jim Rice

    MEMBER
    Rice and Gardner Consultants

  • John Marshall

    FINANCE & OPERATIONS COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR Satterfield & Pontikes Construction

  • Dr. Juliet Breeze

    MEMBER
    Next Level Medical

  • Lina Sabouni

    DEVELOPMENT & EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR Autoarch Architects

  • Matthew Noll

    MEMBER & ADVISORY BOARD CHAIRMAN
    alliantgroup

  • Robin Phillips

    MEMBER
    Shell Oil & Gas

  • Ross Margraves

    MEMBER
    Winstead PC

  • Wibur E. Suggs

    MEMBER
    alliantgroup

  • 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