OUR TEAM

Staff

Lauren Adams

Development Director – Annual Giving

Amelia Brown

Development Associate

Peter Clark

Communications Director

Chelsea Cornelius

Director of Research and Evaluation

David Feigen

Director of Early Learning Policy

Diana Forester

Director of Health Policy

Tessa Galloso

Policy Fellow for Mental Health

Stephanie Hernandez

Senior External Relations Associate

Maddox Hilgers

Community Engagement Associate

Muna Javaid

Senior Policy Associate for Child Protection

Adriana D. Kohler

Policy Director

Sondra Lehmann

Deputy Director

Lindsey Lemmons

Finance and Operations Manager

Lauren McKenzie

Senior Policy Associate for Early Learning

Alec Mendoza

Senior Policy Associate for Health

Kate Murphy

Director of Child Protection Policy

Stephanie Rubin

CEO

Board of Directors

OFFICERS

Amber Scanlan, President

PNC Bank
Dallas, TX

Manda Lopez Klein, Vice-President

Start Early
Lubbock, TX

Christopher Taylor, Past- President

King & Spalding LLP
Austin, TX

Ashleigh D. Kinney, Secretary

Optum
Dallas, TX

MEMBERS

Mital Brahmbhatt

Memorial Hermann Health System
Houston, TX

Delaine Mueller, MD

Baylor Scott & White Health
Taylor, TX

Catherine R. Codispoti

Mercy
St. Louis, MO

Denise Rose

Jackson Walker LLP
Austin, TX

Jo Cassandra Cuevas

The De Cuebaz Company
Austin, TX

Jennifer Saenz

Phenix Saenz LLC
McAllen, Texas

Winell Herron

H-E-B
Houston, TX

Susan Hoff

United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc.
Dallas, TX

Valerie Borum Smith, MD, MPH, FAAP

University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine
Tyler, Texas

Kassi Longoria

MAYA Consulting
Austin, TX

Ramona S. Treviño, PhD

Education Consultant
Austin, TX

Sherea McKenzie

Harris County Precinct One
Houston, TX

Founder’s Council

Pat Ayres

Austin, TX

Marlin Johnston

Midway, TX

Bob Coleman

Dallas, TX

Caryl Sherman-Gonzalez

Fort Worth, TX

Eleanor Butt Crook

San Marcos, TX

Carolyn Strickland