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Staff
Douglas H. Kleiner
President/CEO
Prior to becoming President/CEO of the Education Foundation, Mr. Kleiner worked with large non-profit organizations in California, Florida and Texas over a period of 25 years. During his time in Florida, he served as a thesis advisor to students in the International Baccalaureate Program. He later consulted extensively for many years with private schools in Arizona, California, Washington and Colorado. He stopped traveling to become a volunteer at the Astrodome from the first moments of Hurricane Katrina through the time of Hurricane Rita; in early 2006, Mr. Kleiner joined the Foundation and put away his gold airlines cards forever. Mr. Kleiner received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy and another in Comparative Religious Studies from the University of Puget Sound in 1973 and a Master of Social Work Degree from the University of Washington in 1976. In 2001, the faculty and Board of Governors of the Hebrew Union College conferred an Honorary Doctorate, in recognition of career accomplishments.
Board of Directors
OFFICERS / EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD
Stephanie Hertzog - Chair, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Exterran
Gary Wilkins - Chair-Elect, Regional Director, Great-West Retirement Services
Philamena Baird - Founding Chair, Mrs. Baird's Bread
Brian Miller - Treasurer, Tax Manager, Miller Grossbard & Associates, P.C.
John Sawyer, Ed.D. - Secretary, County School Superintendent, Harris County Department of Education
Roland B. Smith Jr., Ed.D. - Immediate Past Chair, Associate Provost, Rice University
DIRECTORS / MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
Judge Eric Andell - Senior Justice, First Court of Appeals
Steven J. Ebel - Director, Business Development - Chemicals and Energy, Exel Inc.
Richard A. Griffin, Ed.D. - Principal, Griffin & Associates
Brian Goecker - Audit-Senior Manager, Grant Thornton LLP
Forrest Gordon - Attorney At Law, BoyerMiller
Deborah Huston - Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, PSC
Debra Kerner - Owner, Southwest Speech
Marie Laplante - Chief Technical Engineer for Utilities Project Definition Group, KBR
Kevin Lunday - Partner/Controller, Garcia Hamilton & Associates, L.P.
Mia Mends - Director, Stored Valve Products-Program Partnerships, Precash
Melissa Morton, CPA - The Morton Associates
Michael Parks - Owner, ML Parks & Associates
Laurence J. Payne - President, Educational Excellence Resource Group, LLC
Tammira Philippe - Partner, Bridgeway Capital Management, Inc.
Nichole Pruitt - Manager of Education & Outreach Programming, Society of the Performing Arts
Clara Rojas - President and Founder, Alloy Multimedia
John Rossitto - Retired Executive Vice President and CEO-Personal Relationship Banking, Sterling Bank
Mark Russ - President, National Specialty Alloys
Nicole Walters, Ed.D. - Managing Partner, The Early Initiatives Group, LLC
Community Leadership Board (CLB)
Community Leadership Board for After School ("CLB") is an advisory board of the Education Foundation. The CLB devotes its efforts to increasing awareness in the community of the importance of After-School enrichment programs being available to all children and to providing access to such programs. In addition, the CLB provides input on the quality and effectiveness of After-School Enrichment programs to insure that after-school extends daily scholastic learning, widens experiential horizons and promotes socialization while educating children in vital life skills so they can productively contribute to our community now and in the future.
John Meredith, Chair - Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Arthur L. Baird, Advising Chair
C. O. Bradford - City of Houston City Council
Ray Garcia - Principal/Owner, R.T. Garcia & Company
Richard A. Griffin - Griffin & Associates
Frank G. Jones - Fulbright & Jaworski
Bonnie Longnion - Faculty, University Houston-Downtown; College Administrator, Lone Star College; Educational Consultant; Trustee, Humble ISD
Todd C. Litton - Executive Director, Citizen Schools-Texas
Nataly Marks - Chase
John L. Nau III - Silver Eagle Distributors
Christopher O'Banner - Great-West Retirement Services
Tammira Philippe - Bridgeway Capital Management
Peter J. Pintar - SMITH International
Frazier Wilson - President, Shell Oil Company Foundation
Don Woo - Mission Constructors, Inc.
Bob Zincke - Community Volunteer, Retired President, Kroger Southwest Division
All-Earth EcoBot Challenge Executive Committee
The All-Earth EcoBot Executive Committee is comprised of corporate and business leaders who envisioned the initiative in 2008 and continue as volunteers to assist in its direction and management. For example, Donna Cole, CEO & President of Cole Chemical serves as Chair and Bob Rehak, CEO & President of Rehak Creative Services, handles contest design and manages the EcoBot web site. Others play additional leading roles. The Committee is open to new members as more corporations and businesses “ante in” to the exciting world of the EcoBot Challenge.
Donna Cole, Chair - President/CEO, Cole Chemical
Phyllis J. Bailey - President, 3B Resources Group Public Relations
Skye Hughes - Writer & Editor, Skye Hughes
Doug Kleiner - President/CEO, Education Foundation of Harris County
Ayan Martin - Special Projects Manager, CASE
Michael Orcutt - IT & Communications, Cole Chemical
Joe Paneitz - AJJH Robotics, Channelview ISD
Bob Rehak - President/CEO, Rehak Creative Services
Dan Taglia - President, American Robotics Academy
Jane Taylor - CEO, Botshop
Sharmagne Taylor - President/CEO, On-Site Partners
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