Governance
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chris Watt, Chair
Reed Smith
Erich Almonte
King and Spalding
Chris Bell
Bell Rose & Cobos
Claire Bocchini, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Donald Bowers
Federal Reserve Bank
Erich Canseco
Morgan Stanley
David Cordúa
Cordúa Restaurants
Michael Dokupil
SFC Partners
Nancy Edgar
Community Health Choice
Kindel Elam
The Mattress Firm
Lance Gilliam
Waterman Steele
William Gordon
Hecules Offshore
Theresa Hildreth
Metromorphis Design
George Hittner
Major, Lindsey, and Africa
Rebecca Hove
Greater Houston Community Foundation
Pam Humphrey
Chubb
Kyle Jennings
American Life Companies
Steven Jones
PennTex
Devika Kornbacher
Vinson & Elkins
Madhura Kulkarni
PepsiCo
Nicole Lewis
Fort Bend ISD
Timmy Newsome
Newtec Business Solutions
LaToyia Pierce
XL Catlin
H. Benjamin Samuels
Victory Packaging
Sebastian Solar
Bank of Texas
Myron F. (Buddy) Steves, Jr.
Myron Steves
Larry Wisniewski
SensorWise
Robert Sanborn, Ed.D.
President & CEO, CHILDREN AT RISK
HONORARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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
NORTH TEXAS BOARD
Timmy Newsome, Chairman
Newtec Business Solutions
Breanna Anderson
Cook Children’s Health Care System
Calvert Collins-Bratton
Methodist Health System
Madhura Kulkatni
PepsiCo
W. Stephen Love
Dallas–Fort Worth Hospital Council
Genai Walker-Macklin
Morgan Stanley
Shara McClure
BlueCross BlueShield of Texas
Jaime Hanks Meyers
CCC Leadership Program for Women
Sidney Moncrief
Moncrief One Team
Scott Murray
Murray Media USA
Lee Papert
LaToyia Watkins Pierce, Esq.
XL Catlin
Collette Portis
Destined Designs Business Solutions
Todd Ranta
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Greg Rubel
Myron Steves & Co.
Kate Sudol
Cushman & Wakefield
Amanda Willis
CROSSMARK
Michael Zangoei
LegacyTexas Bank
EMERITUS BOARD
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
Pathways for Little Feet
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-Downton
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
The Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County
Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H.
Chief Science Editor
Baylor College of Medicine
Whitney Stewart, PhD.
Assistant Professor
UT Dallas
Lori Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Bush School of Government and Public Service
Texas A&M University