Board & Advisory

Dedicated volunteers providing strategic guidance and governance to advance our mission

Board of Trustees

Will Neuhaus

SVP, Central Bank Houston

Holly Anderson

Laura Borland

Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Kathleen Noel Camp

George Edwards, Jr.

Jamie Grissom

Manager of Stewardship and Planned Giving, St. Luke's United Methodist Church

Jennifer Jeffery

Eleisha Nelson-Reed

Executive Director, Powell Foundation

Katherine Kardesch

Suzanne Sklar McCarthy

Dyslexia Practitioner/Literacy Specialist

Elisa Moran, MD

Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, Michael R. Boh Center for Child Development

Edward (Ed) K. Neuhaus

Linda Nunnery

Brand & Prospect Marketing, NRG Energy

Robert (Bob) Palmquist

Director, Valhalla Advisors, LLP

Leanne Brooks Scott, Ph.D.

Director, Sponsored Programs, Baylor College of Medicine

Kristen O. Stubbs

Amy Thompson

Past Chair

Janna Webber

Senior Vice President & General Counsel, McNair Interests

Founders / Lifetime Trustees

† deceased

Ben Andrews

Marilyn Beckwith †

Suzanne S. Harter

Marjorie C. Hutcheson †

Ann K. Johnson, CALT

Margaret H. Ley, CALT †

Mrs. Russell McFarland †

Edward (Ed) K. Neuhaus

Mrs. W. Oscar Neuhaus †

William (Will) D. Noel

Mrs. James L. Noel, Jr. †

Mrs. Briscoe K. Parker, Jr. †

Nancy Collie Reed †

Lenox Reed, M.Ed., CALT †

Elizabeth B. Wareing

W. Temple Webber III

Kay McGibbon Werlein, M.Ed.

Advisory Board

Ashley Andrews Barneby

Sharon Benka

State and Federal Programs Manager, inSchools

Monica K. Benton

Sarah Bond

Student Support Manager, Communities In Schools of Houston, Inc

J. David Cabello

Francis Cappel Sharpe

Taylor Chapman

Investment Principal, New Climate Ventures

Kim Craig

Director, Affiliate Operations, Nexstar Media Group

Edward B. Crain, Jr.

Jessica Baker Croyle, MEd, LDT, CALT

Dyslexia Therapist, Empowered Learning LLC

Lacey Dalcour Salas

Public Affairs Manager, H-E-B

Ryan Ezell

CEO, Flotek Industries, Inc

Laura Garrison Ableman

Account Technical Leader, IBM

Janice Gipson

Elizabeth Greer

Chief Financial Officer, Houston Grand Opera

Kent Hanszen

Managing Partner, Hanszen Laporte, LLP

Mark Hobson

Caroline Hutcheson Bryan

Genevieve Hutcheson Butcher

8th grade teacher, KIPP Houston Public Schools

Jenny Roman Johnson

Luis Mena

Founder, Mena CFO Consulting

Ashley Mejia

Head of Early Childhood and Lower School, Annunciation Orthodox School

Walter Negley

Charles W. Neuhaus

Partner, Tenant Representation

Ellie Neuhaus Brown

Barbara Noel

Michael Pearce

Paul Pryzant

Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Melissa B. Rabalais

Katheryn Shaffer Ray

Emily Rommel Rinaldi, M.Ed., CALT

Dee Ann Rogers

Accountant, Signature Aspen

Barbara Sklar

Josephine P. Smith

Sushma Yalamanchili

Literacy Legacy Council

Edward (Ed) K. Neuhaus, Chair

Helen A. Allen, Ed.D.

Blanche Bast, M.A.T.

Amos Benning

Cynthia Birdwell

Leslie Blanton

Adrienne Randle Bond

Medora T. Boone

Boyd (Bo) Butler

Penny Butler

Patricia Calnon-Allen

Lucy Reinking Carl

Lydia K. Chao

Connie Cooper, M.D.

Loretta Cross

Linda Debrovner

Joanie Haley

David Hanse

Gayle C. Hightower

JP Hutcheson

Mary Farish Johnston

Carolyn C. Light

Lori Machiorlette

Amy Melton

Graham Neuhaus, Ph.D.

Larry Neuhaus

Karen Noel

William (Will) D. Noel

Nancy Peiser, M.A., CCC/SLP

Carroll Ray

Shandy Reed

Pat Sorrells

Charlotte Taylor

Katherine Velestos

Leslie Wade

Ellen Wagnon

Elizabeth B. Wareing

Kay McGibbon Werlein, M.Ed.

Danny Williamson