Meet Our Team

Our Staff

Matthew Stanford, PhD Chief Executive Officer

Clinical Services

Madeline Stiers, MSW, LCSW Director of Clinical and Supportive Services

Adrean Pearson, LPC, LCDC-Intern Clinician

Kathleen Hotze, MS

Hycen Howard Case Manager

Peggy Determeyer, PhD Director of Community Bioethics and Aging Center (CBAC) McGee Fellow in Bioethics and Aging

Vincent M. Fizer, MSW, PSS Mental Health Coach

Houston Hope Line

La’Trevia Hawkins, CHW, LMSW Peer Support Supervisor

Stasha Vaughan, PSS Certified Peer Support Specialist

Gateway to Hope™

Karen Allen V.P. of Community Engagement Gateway to Hope

Carolina Vargas Community Education Coordinator

Karina Yonekawa-Blest Community Education Coordinator

Olivia Ryan Marketing Specialist

Philanthropy

William Bailey V.P. of Philanthropy

Erin Thannisch, MPH Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations

Heather Weikum Director of Annual Giving Programs

Emilee Clyburn Donor Relations Coordinator

Administration

Don Ballard Chief Operating Officer

Lauren McFarlane, CPA Controller

Cody Weiss Marketing and Information Specialist

Rebecca Johnson Administrative Assistant

Ebony Kimble Evening Receptionist

Our Board

Robert L. Zorich

Board Chairman

David Dunlap

Secretary

Paul N. Riddle

Finance Chair

Polly Bowden

Philanthropy Chair

Eliza Duncan

Chrysalis Chair

James “Jim” Hibbert

Senior Warden

The Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr.

Rector, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church

Sharron Cox

Ex-Officio, Clergy Liaison

W. Benjamin Moreland

Elizabeth “Beth” Reeves

Summer R. Craig

Jessica Brazelton

Julie Donaldson

Susie Green

Cynthia Guill

Trisha Hillman-Philipp

Kristi Lumpkins

Sylvia Muzquiz-Drummond, MD

Florence McGee

Kelly Montgomery

Paul Murphy

Richard Nelson, III

John Stanton

Elizabeth M. Kroger

Ed Emmett

Annette E. Brissett, PhD

Matthew Stanford, PhD

CEO, Hope and Healing Center & Institute

Lee W. Hogan

Past Chair Chairman 2017–2020

Laura B. Nichol

Past Chair Chairman 2015–2017

William E. Penland, Jr.

Past Chair Chairman 2012–2014

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