Governance
CHILDREN AT RISK Board Members and Staff gather for our annual retreat – February 2020
2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Devika Kornbacher, Chair
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Erich Almonte
King & Spalding LLP
Olivia Barvin
Barvin Law
Donald Bowers
Federal Reserve Bank
Adam Branscum
AB Modern Group
Erich Canseco
Morgan Stanley
Michael Carrasco
Alvarez & Marsal’s Public Sector Services
Blake Denison
Dell Children’s Medical Center
Blake Denison
Dell Children’s Medical Center
Jason Durham
American International Group
Doe Florsheim
Community Advocate
Asha George
Electronic Arts
Sukanti Ghosh
Albright Stonebridge Group
Lance Gilliam
Waterman Steele
Deborah Gordon
Memorial Hermann Health System
Rebecca Hove
Greater Houston Community Foundation
Steven Jones
Core Midstream
Manon Kebodeaux
Human Resources Executive
Michael Kelly, Ph.D.
Paso del Norte Health Foundation
Michelle Lopez
Baylor College of Medicine
Genai Walker-Macklin
Morgan Stanley
Ann Miller
Affinity Capital
Timmy Newsome
Newtec Business Solutions
Manish Panjwani
Accenture
Jay Pasale
TechnipFMC
Maya Pomroy
The Public Lead
Benjamin Samuels
Samuels Foundation
Robert Sanborn, Ed.D.
CHILDREN AT RISK
Adolfo Santos
Texas A&M University, McAllen
John Seo
Airswift
Keri Sprung
Rice University Board Fellow
Jasmine Turner
Williams Companies
Chris Wallace
North Texas Commission
Chris Watt
Reed Smith LLP
Carol Wise
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
Larry Wisniewski
Senmina
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NORTH TEXAS ADVISORY BOARD
Genai Walker-Macklin, Chair
Morgan Stanley
Chris Wallace, Vice Chair
North Texas Commission
Chelsea Cunningham
The Title Girl
Will Holtz
Holtz Law Firm
Ashley Kreklau
Plains Capital
April Martin Kroger
Scott Murray Murray Media USA
Timmy Newsome
Newtec Business Solutions
Chris Pedigo
Cook Children’s Health Care System
Todd Ranta
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Karla Stack
Catch Up & Read
Carol Wise
DART
Michael Zangoei
Golden Glove Capital
HONORARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EMERITUS BOARD
Dr. Carolyn Farb, h.c.
Kathleen Gallagher
Diana Davila Martinez
Virginia McFarland
James S. Mickelson
Richard W. Mithoff
Laurence Payne
Rev. Joe Samuel Ratliff
Jack Segal, Rabbi Emeritus
Melissa Wilson
Philamena Baird
Community Volunteer
Michael Maher
Presenture, LLC
David Roylance
Prism Energy Solutions
Jeffrey Starke, M.D.
Texas Children’s Hospital
Robert Zincke
Former President, Kroger
LAW ADVISORY BOARD (LAB)
CHILDREN AT RISK’s Law Advisory Board oversees the research and advocacy efforts of the Public Policy and Law Center. Comprised of over forty dedicated attorneys from across Texas, the board meets on a quarterly basis to discuss current issues affecting Texas’ children and the possible legal solutions to address these issues. The guidance and legal expertise provided by the Law Advisory Board has helped CHILDREN AT RISK to achieve legislative victories on human trafficking, education, juvenile justice, and health issues. With the support of the Law Advisory Board, CHILDREN AT RISK will continue to employ the law and advocacy as tools to improve the quality of life for Texas’ children.
Bruce Hurley, Co-Chair
King & SpaldingLLP
Jennifer Tomsen, Co-Chair
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Wafa Abdin
Catholic Charities
Bob Baker
Attorney at Law
Sherie Beckman
Mithoff Law Firm
Christopher Borrecca
Thompson and Horton LLP
Melanie D. Bragg
Legal Insight Inc.
Andrea Backsheider Burridge, Ph.D.
University of Houston
Katherine Cabaniss
Judge of the 248th Criminal District Court of Harris County
Kate Champion
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Judie Cross
Patient Care Intervention Center
Will Denham
Attorney at Law
Dennis Duffy
Baker Botts LLP
Linda M. Dunson
Donovan & Watkins
Joshua Farkas
Dynegy Inc.
Sally Green
Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University
Lauren Harrison
Jones Walker
Eyvette Hetherington
Attorney at Law
James Holtz
Holtz Law Firm PC
George Jordan
Fullbright & Jaworski LLP
Ellyn Josef
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Karyl M. Lawson
Attorney at Law, Retired
Susan Lindberg
Eni Petroleum Co., Inc.
Karen Maston
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP
John Meredith
SpringSpirit
Silvia Mintz
Plake and Mintz PLLC
Susan Pennebaker, Esq.
Pennebaker Fifth Ring
Yohanna Romero Baca
Garza & Associates
Lynn Sessions
Baker Hostetler
Lisa Sherrill
Attorney at Law
Ann Stephens
Shell Oil Company
Andrew Strong
Kalon Biotherapeutics LLC
Angie Truitt
Collier Legal
CHILDREN AT RISK INSTITUTE
The CHILDREN AT RISK Institute is an academically oriented policy and research collaborative focused on facilitating research and scholarship to promote new and innovative public policy solutions to the challenges faced by children.
Jayna Dave, PhD
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Angelo P. Giardino, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Director, Texas Children’s Health Plan
Clinical Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Christopher Greeley, M.D., FAAP
Associate Professor, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston
Deanna Hoelscher, Ph.D.
Director, The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, Professor at UT School of Public Health
Stephen L. Klineberg, Ph.D.
Professor, Rice University
Quianta Moore, M.D., J.D.
Scholar in Health Policy, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
Rebecca Pfeffer, Ph. D
University of Houston-Downtown
Jean Raphel, MD, MPH
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital
Cathy L. Rozmus, Esq.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Texas Health Science Center- Houston
Steve Schnee, Ph.D
Executive Director, Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD
Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H.
Chief Science Editor, Baylor College of Medicine
Whitney Stewart, PhD.
Assistant Professor, UT Dallas
Lori Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor and Head of Public Service and Administration Department, Bush School of Government and Public Service Texas A&M University