Governance
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chris Watt, Chair
Reed Smith LLP
Erich Almonte
King & Spalding LLP
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 Hospitality
Jason Durham
American International Group
Nancy Edgar
Community Health Choice
Kindel Elam
The Mattress Firm
Doe Florsheim
Community Advocate
Sukanti Ghosh
APCO Worldwide
Lance Gilliam
Waterman Steele
Deborah Gordon
Memorial Hermann Health System
William Gordon
King & Spalding LLP
Theresa Hildreth
Metromorphis Design
Rebecca Hove
Greater Houston Community Foundation
Pam Humphrey
Chubb
Kyle Jennings
American International Group
Steven Jones
WaterBridge Resources LLC
Manon Kebodeaux
Sable Permian Resources
Devika Kornbacher
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Nicole Lewis
Fort Bend ISD
Timmy Newsome
Newtec Business Solutions
Manish Panjwani
Accenture
Jay Pasale
Rice Board Fellow
LaToyia Watkins Pierce
XL Catlin
H. Benjamin Samuels
Victory Packaging
Sebastian Solar
Commerce Bank
Myron F. (Buddy) Steves, Jr.
Myron F. Steves & Co.
Jasmine Turner
Occidental Petroleum
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 Foundation
Vlad Hernandez
ProStar Energy Solutions
Will Holtz
Holtz Law Firm
Genai Walker-Macklin
Morgan Stanley
Jaime Hanks Meyers
Victory Search Group
Sidney Moncrief
Moncrief One Team
Scott Murray
Murray Media USA
Lee Papert
Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation
LaToyia Watkins Pierce, Esq.
XL Catlin
Todd Ranta
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Chris Wallace
North Texas Commission
Carol Wise
DART
Michael Zangoe
Outdoor Powersports USA
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
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-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, 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.
Associate Professor, Bush School of Government and Public Service Texas A&M University