Our Board

The Houston Community College Foundation has the honor of being governed by a board of some of the Houston area's most respected business and civic leaders. Their commitment to our city and the people who live here energizes the Foundation's work and encourages our success in supporting Houston Community College and its students.

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Executive Committee

 

 

David D. Itz 
Board Chair

 

Community Volunteer

 

 

Ryan F. McCauley

Immediate

Past Board Chair

 

Northern Trust

 

 

 

Melissa Vela 
Vice Chair of
Board Relations

 

JPMorganChase

 

 

Ed Fierro

Vice Chair of
Governance

 

Bracewell

 

Jennifer Waldner Grant
Vice Chair 
of 

Philanthropic Strategy

AIG    

 

 

Juanita S. Parker

Secretary and Chair of Scholarships and Grants Committee

 

Williams 

 

 

Cecelia Allen

Treasurer and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee

 

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

 

 

Dr. Margaret

Ford Fisher

HCC Chancellor
Ex-Officio

 

Karen L. Schmidt, M.B.A., CFRE

HCCF President

Ex-Officio

 

 

 

HCC Foundation Board of Directors
 

Joseph Avila

Memorial Hermann Health System

 

Vanessa Carter 
Angels on Call Home Care

 

Hue Du
HC LEO


Javeed Gire
Richmond Printing

Jessica Herbst
Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

Doug Hohertz
Community Volunteer

Tracy Janda
Community Volunteer 

Stacy Lindley
HCA Healthcare    

Moises Lopez
PNC Bank
  

 

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.
Vyripharm Enterprises, LLC

 

Al M. Payton
CenterPoint Energy

 

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

 

Lina Sabouni
AUTOARCH Architects 

 

 

 

 

HCC Board of Trustee Liaisons

Sean Cheben
Trustee District V (Ex-Officio)

Dr. Adriana Tamez 
Trustee District III  (Ex-Officio)

Ex-Officios

Dr. Margaret Ford Fisher
Chancellor, HCC

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

 

Current and Past Chairs of the HCC Foundation Board of Directors

 

David D. Itz, 2024 – 2026

Ryan F. 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 

Ambassadors of the 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
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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