2020 - 2021 Board of Directors

Pedro Caruso, President

Management Consultant, Accenture

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Mia Mends, Vice President

CEO, Inspirus & Sodexo

Abdullah Khan, Treasurer

Senior Vice President, Pacific Summit Energy

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Katie Johnson, Secretary

Community Volunteer

David Bell

Assistant Vice Chancellor - Retired, University of Houston

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Chris Bryan

United States Magistrate Judge Southern District of Texas

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Deborah Byers

Americas Industry Leader/Americas Oil & Gas Leader, EY

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Denise Hamilton

Founder, Watch Her Work

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Anish Hariharan

 Head of Power Trading, EDF Trading North America

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Vik Kalra

 Senior Vice President, Platform Partners

Ann Kennedy

 Community Volunteer 

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Judy Le 

President and Co-Founder, TakeRoot Leadership
Consulting and Coaching

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Bryan Sanchez

Shareholder and Chief Investment Officer, Lionstone Investments

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Denise Smith 

Executive Search Consultant, Denise Smith Consulting

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Kelley Trammell 

Community Volunteer

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Louise Wiggins 

Managing Director & Partner, The Boston Consulting Group 

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Maria Zerr

Community Volunteer

Board Giving 

100% of EMERGE's Board of Directors financially contribute to the mission of the organization.