Our Leadership

2025 Board of Directors

Mike Holland
Board Chair

Chief Operating Officer, Marek Brothers Systems

Alvin Adjei
Managing Partner – Houston Office, HKM Employment Attorneys, LLP

Paolo Berard
Chief Compliance Officer & Assistant General Counsel, NRG Energy, Inc.

Todd Binet
Capital Campaign Committee Co-Chair

Principal, Appareo Capital

Mark Davis
Owner, Davis Commercial

Dr. Tracy Fuller
Chief of Anesthesia, Memorial Hermann-Memorial City Hospital US Anesthesia Partners

Brett L. Hamilton
Development Committee Chair

Attorney, Locke Lord, LLP

Dr. Albert Hergenroeder
Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

Susanna Kartye
Principal, The Sarrazin Group, LLC

John Kiani
Executive Chairman, Energy Harbor Corp.

Fred Knapp
Managing Partner, Transwestern

Paul Layne
Managing Partner, Layne Property Partners LLC

Sean Maher
Partner, Co-Founder, Third Gear Investments

William W. McGee
Director, Florence & William K McGee Jr. Family Foundation

Vivek Mehta
Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley

Kurt D. Nondorf
Board Development Chair
Capital Campaign Committee Co-Chair

Former Managing Partner, Jackson Walker, LLP

Patricia Nowak-Turner
Covenant Life Committee Chair

Attorney/Owner, Truluck’s Restaurant Group

Jeff Samples
President, International Bank of Commerce – Houston, (IBC Bank)

Lisa Sarvadi
Capital Campaign Committee Co-Chair

Philanthropist, Retired

Aimee B. Snoots
Finance/Philanthropist – Retired

Randall L. Walker
Finance/Audit Committee Chair
Houston Market CEO, Bank Of Texas

Lindsey Wise
QCO Senior Business Analyst, Quanta Services

CHI President & Site Liaison
Bill Bedrossian

President & CEO, Covenant House International

Board Officers (Staff)

Krista Thompson
Interim Chief Executive Officer

K. Melody Olivares
Board Secretary/Executive Assistant

Trish Bailey
Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer