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
Founder & CEO, Prime Communications
Farid Virani
Founding Board Chair
Community Leader Retired Educator
Josephine Smith
Board Member
Managing Director, Accenture
Sacha Abinader
Board Member
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Office, Coterra
Andrea Alexander
New York City
04
Board Member
Former President & CEO, Houston Zoo
Deborah Cannon
Board Member
Partner, Co-Chair of the Global Trial Practice Group, Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, LLP
Gregg Costa
Mississippi Delta
94
Board Member
Healthcare Consultant and Nurse Practitioner, Houston Methodist Associate, Rice University
Paula DesRoches
Board Member
Chief Marketing Officer, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Lisa Gagnon
Board Member
Part Owner and Franchisee, Fajita Pete’s
Hugh Guill
Colorado
08
Board Member
Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
James Hernandez
Board Member
Managing Director, Accenture
Tommy Inglesby
Board Member
Managing Member, Johnson & Lindley, LLC
Chris Johnson
Board Member
Vice President, Investment Management Division, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Caitlin Pickard
Houston
05
Board Member
Shareholder, Daly & Black
Colin Pogge
Houston
05
Board Member
Faculty Physician, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Robert Satcher
Board Member
Community Leader, Retired Vice President, Research and Development ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Doug Selman
Board Member
Former President, Sun Coast Resources, Inc.
Lori Sherman