Our Board
Local Leadership
Tiffany Cuellar Needham
Houston '03
Executive Director
Teach For America Houston
Tiffany Cuellar Needham is the executive director of Teach For America’s Houston region. She is a 2003 Houston alumna who began her career in education as a fifth grade teacher at Coop Elementary School in Houston ISD.
Meet Our Board
Co-Board Chair
Community Leader Former CEO, Victory Packaging
Ben Samuels
Co-Board Chair
CEO & President, Prime Communications
Farid Virani
Founding Board Chair
Community Leader Retired Educator
Josephine Smith
Board Member
Managing Director, Accenture
Sacha Abinader
Board Member
Chief Financial Officer, Athlon Solutions
Chris Johnson
Board Member
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Office, Coterra
Andrea Alexander
New York City
04
Board Member
Vice President, Investment Management Division, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Caitlin Pickard
Houston
05
Board Member
Partner, Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, LLP
Gregg Costa
Mississippi Delta
94
Board Member
Shareholder, Daly & Black
Colin Pogge
Houston
05
Board Member
Managing Partner, White Deer Energy
Ben Guill
Board Member
Faculty Physician, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Robert Satcher
Board Member
Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Kristen Habich
Bay Area
91
Board Member
Community Leader, Retired Vice President, Research and Development ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Doug Selman
Board Member
Attorney, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
James Hernandez
Board Member
Managing Partner, Accenture
Tommy Inglesby
Board Member
President, Sun Coast Resources, Inc.
Lori Sherman
Board Member
Retired CEO, Houston Zoo
Deborah Cannon