About Leadership

Meet the dedicated individuals who are passionately driving our mission forward.

Our Leaders

Claudia Aguirre

President and CEO

Kirk Rummel

Chief Administrative Officer

Rene Solis

Chief Program Officer

Kate Birenbaum

General Counsel & Vice President of Governance BakerRipley

May Cahill

Chief Development Officer

Steve Gomez

Chief of Special Projects

Regina Harris

Chief of Staff

Board Officers

Gwen Emmett

Chair
Community Partner

Matthew Barnes

Vice Chair
The Education Game
Owner

Irma Diaz-Gonzalez

Community Partner
ETC, Inc.
President/CEO

Hank Holmes

Finance & Admin Chair
Cadence Bank
Chief Banking Officer

Caroline Baker Hurley

Vice Chair
Mediator/Arbitrator

Tommy Inglesby

Vice Chair
Accenture
Managing Director

Heather Simpson

Vice Chair
Community Partner

Board Directors

Allison Odom Bashir

UT Health
Associate VP, Client-Based
Resources & Emp Relations

Warren Broadnax

She's Happy Hair
CEO

Eloy Cortez

ILA
District Union Representative

Rakhee Das

Sirius Solutions LLP
Chief Strategy Officer

Jeff Dudderar

Home Bank
SVP - Market President

Christopher Greeley, MD

TX Children's Hospital
Chief of Public Health and Child
Abuse Pediatrics

Tyrell Hairston-Green

Head Start Policy Council Chair
Life Enhancement Services
Director of Outreach

David Hawes

Hawes Hill and Associates LLP
Managing Partner

Henry Jones

Quinbrook
Managing Director

Roberta Leal, PhD

University of Houston Clear Lake
Assistant Professor of Social Work

Barrett Reasoner

Gibbs & Bruns
Partner

Carleton Riser

Transwestern
President

Nasruddin Rupani

World's Gold & Diamonds Inc.
Owner/CEO

Tom Sanders

Community Partner

Elizabeth Schiffer

Community Partner

Emily Sheeren

ghSMART
Partner

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