Foundation

Executive Committee

David D. Itz, Board Chair
Community Volunteer

Ryan F. McCauley, Immediate Past Chair
Northern Trust

Melissa Vela, Vice Chair of Board Relations
JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Ed Fierro, Vice Chair of Governance
Bracewell

Jennifer Waldner Grant, Vice Chair of Philanthropic Strategy
AIG

Juanita S. Parker, Secretary
Williams

Cecelia Allen, Treasurer
Kinder Morgan, Inc.

HCC Foundation Board of Directors

Joseph Avila
Memorial Hermann Health System

Vanessa Carter
Angels On Call Home Care

Hue Du
HD LEO

Javeed Gire
Richmond Printing

Jessica Herbst
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Doug Hohertz
Community Volunteer

Tracy Janda
Community Volunteer

Stacy Lindley
HCA Healthcare

Lona McManus
Morgan Stanley –The Journey Groups

Arturo G. Michel
City of Houston

Sara Montelongo-Oyervidez
Valero Energy

Darrell S. Morris
The Morris Capital Group, LLC

Leslie Nagy
Waste Management

Dr. Eddie L. Patton, Jr.
VyripharmEnterprises, LLC

Al M. Payton
CenterPoint Energy

Nicole Riley, CPA, CFE
Pannell, Kerr, Forster (PKF) Texas

Lina Sabouni
AUTOARCH Architects

HCC Board of Trustees Liaisons

Dr. Cynthia Lenton-Gary, Trustee District VII (Ex-Officio)

Monica Flores Richart, Trustee District I (Ex-Officio)

Ex-Officios
Dr. Margaret Ford Fisher
Chancellor, HCC

Karen L. Schmidt, M.B.A., CFRE
President, HCC Foundation

• Sharon M. Adams
• Festus Adeleke Amoye
• Christopher Ashby
• David E. Baker
• Dr. Antrece L. Baggett
• Charles R. (Bob) Bellomy
• Karen Becerra
• Ginger Renfroe Blanton
• Travis C. Broesche
• Jesse Brown
• Carlyn Burton
• Kenneth R. Burton, Jr.
• Penny Butler
• Dr. Dorothy E. F. Caram
• Tony Chase
• Alice Chen
• Ann W. Cheng
• Mark L. Christensen
• Hank Coleman
• Carlos Cruz
• Marcus Davis
• Adam J. Dimmick
• Marc Eckhart
• Marcia Faschingbauer
• Dr. Robert Ford
• Harriet Foster
• Marc E. Grossberg
• John L. Guess, III
• Laura Le Harvey
• Ann Hayworth
• Alan Helfman
• Cecilia Hernandez
• Dr. Harry D. Holmes
• Javed Iqbal
• Cyrus Irani
• Suewan Johnson
• Dr. Nicolás Kanellos
• Deborah T. Kearns
• Dr. Stephen L. Klineberg
• Alfred W. Lasher, III
• Dr. Mary Lawson
• Stephen H. Le
• Debra L. LeBlanc 
• Gigi Lee
• Moises Lopez
• Nancy Manderson
• Silvia Mintz
• Roy Montalbano
• The Honorable
• Christina Morales
• Misty Mousa-Lanza
• Mary W. Murrin
• Michael S. Parmet 
• Jeanne M. Perdue
• Avery Plank
• Rao Ratnala
• Ricky A. Raven 
• David Regenbaum
• Walter Rimbau
• Maria Rios
• Scott E. Rozzell
• Nancy Ruez
• Ali A. Saberioon
• Susan D. Sarofim
• Dr. Kim Shelton-Brown
• Randy Sim
• Kathryn S. Stream 
• Courtney Taylor
• Shawn A. Taylor
• Jose Adan Treviño
• Irsan Tisnabudi
• Massey Villarreal
• Charlene White
•  Mary Williams
• Ronald W. Woliver
• James Palmer Woodson
• The Honorable 
• Clarease Rankin Yates
• Dr. Richard W. Yee
• Dr. Nancy Zefo
• The Honorable Fred S. Zeidman

Current and Past Presidents of the HCC Foundation Board of Directors

• David D. Itz, 2024 – 2026
• Ryan McCauley, 2022 – 2024
• David Regenbaum, 2018 – 2022
• Mary R. Williams, 2016 – 2018
• Shawn A. Taylor, 2014 – 2016
• Charles R. (Bob) Bellomy, 2012 – 2014
• Ginger Renfroe Blanton, 2008 – 2012
• William M. Coats, Jr., 2006 – 2008
• E.W. (Bill) Wright, III, 2002 – 2006
• Jim Box, 1998 – 2002
• Leroy Hermes, 1996 – 1998