Board of Directors and Advisory Board

Board of Directors 2024

Cindy Miles, Legacy Community Health

Gina Carroll, Houston President Author, Lawyer

John Guess IV, Houston Senior Finance and Portfolio Analyst

Joseph Cohen, Joseph Cohen Art

Winell Herron, Houston Group VP of Public Affairs & Diversity, H-E-B Grocery Company

Jeffrey Jackson, Washington, DC Retired USAID VP

Melanie Lawson, Houston KTRK 13 Television Anchor

Elmer Rogers, Houston Area Urban League

Craig McGowan, New Orleans, President Technical and Fabrication Resources, LLC

Ex-Officio

The Honorable Sheila Jackson-Lee, MC

John Guess, Jr., Chief Executive Officer Emeritus

Advisory Committee

Lauren Anderson, Houston Retired Prima Ballerina Houston Ballet

Najee Dorsey, Columbus, Owner Black Art in America

John Franklin, Washington, DC Retired Senior Manager, Office of External Affairs at NMAAHC at the Smithsonian Institution

Jonathon Glus, Executive Director, City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture

Freda Lewis Hall, Florida Retired EVP and Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer

Benito Huerta, Dallas Artist, Professor UT Arlington Director/Curator The Gallery at UTA

Bernard Kinsey, Los Angeles Owner of the Internationally Renowned Kinsey Collection

Founding Supporters

Annette Bracey, MPH, Consultant

Robert Galloway, MD, Physician

Ursula Hall, Harris County District Court Judge

Ellena Huckaby, Retired Counselor, Educator and Consultant

Irene Johnson, Human Resource and Placement Consultant

Eileen Lawal, Group VP, CAMAC International Corporation (retired from Board end of 2017)

The Rev. William Lawson, Pastor Emeritus, Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church

100% financial participation from Voting Board