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Volunteer Experience
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Board Member (Former Board Chair, Chair-Elect, and Immediate Past Chair)
Houston Bar Foundation
- Present 8 years
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Board of Directors (Former President & Executive Committee Member) & Advisory Board Member
Bo's Place
- Present 12 years
Leading nonprofit bereavement center offering family grief support.
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Board Member (Vice-Chair of the Board)
The Hollyfield Foundation
- Present 5 years
Provides direct and indirect funding to qualifying 501(c)3 organizations that work to prevent discrimination, educate and secure equal rights for LGBTQ+ people, and assist in health care issues.
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Board of Directors (Former Executive Committee & Committee Chair)
AIDS Foundation Houston, Inc.
- 3 years
Dining Out for Life Chair (2017-2019); World AIDS Day Luncheon Honorary Chair (2014); World AIDS Day Luncheon Chair (2013)
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Co-Chair
Texas Minority Counsel Program
- 4 years
The Texas Minority Counsel Program (TMCP) is the premier client development, networking, and CLE event for attorneys in Texas. The TMCP was created in 1993 with the mission of increasing opportunities for diverse attorneys who provide legal services to corporate and governmental clients, and to expose organizations to the legal talent of diverse attorneys in Texas. The program, which is open to all attorneys, aims to bolster the amount and significance of legal work obtained by minority, women,…
The Texas Minority Counsel Program (TMCP) is the premier client development, networking, and CLE event for attorneys in Texas. The TMCP was created in 1993 with the mission of increasing opportunities for diverse attorneys who provide legal services to corporate and governmental clients, and to expose organizations to the legal talent of diverse attorneys in Texas. The program, which is open to all attorneys, aims to bolster the amount and significance of legal work obtained by minority, women, and LGBTQ+ attorneys, and attorneys of other groups historically underrepresented.
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Honors & Awards
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Corporate Counsel of the Year Award
Texas Minority Counsel Program
The TMCP Corporate Counsel of the Year Award is presented to an in-house attorney judged by the TMCP Committee to have done the most to open doors for Texas minority, women, and LGBTQ+ attorneys by promoting diversity within its department and/or company; by consistently hiring minority, women, and LGBTQ+ attorneys in private practice to perform legal work on behalf of its company; or by engaging in mentorship and volunteerism with the Bar or community to foster diversity in the legal…
The TMCP Corporate Counsel of the Year Award is presented to an in-house attorney judged by the TMCP Committee to have done the most to open doors for Texas minority, women, and LGBTQ+ attorneys by promoting diversity within its department and/or company; by consistently hiring minority, women, and LGBTQ+ attorneys in private practice to perform legal work on behalf of its company; or by engaging in mentorship and volunteerism with the Bar or community to foster diversity in the legal profession.
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Grand Marshal of Houston's 2022 LGBT+ Pride Celebration
Pride Houston
Being named a Grand Marshal of the Houston LGBT Pride Celebration® is among the highest honors bestowed by Houston’s LGBT community. Individuals and organizations nominated for Grand Marshal have made significant achievements for LGBT rights and have made considerable contributions to the LGBT community at large. Grand Marshals perform ceremonial duties, lead the Houston Pride Celebration in June, and serve as ambassadors for Pride Houston throughout the year.
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2022 Award for Achievement in Diversity & Inclusion
Association of Corporate Counsel & Texas Lawbook
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Houston Boychoir Luncheon Honoree
Houston Boychoir
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Global Royal Dutch Shell Legal Leadership Team Award, Jiffy Lube International (a subsidiary of Shell Oil Company) (2015)
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Recognizes outstanding performance of a Shell Legal staff member for exhibiting the highest degree of service to internal clients.
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Male Champion & Overall Fundraising Champion, Dancing With The Houston Stars (2014)
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Nine Faces of Black LGBTQ Leadership in Houston, OutSmart Magazine (2015)
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Out & Proud Corporate Counsel Award - National LGBT Bar Association (2016)
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Promoting Minority Lawyers Award - Future Leader, Chambers & Partners (2016)
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Top 40 Under 40, Houston Business Journal (2016)
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Travis Torrence Day Honoree, City of Houston (April 17, 2016)
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Up & Comer Finalist - Best Corporate Counsel Awards, Houston Business Journal (2015)
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Organizations
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American College of Bankruptcy
Fellow
- PresentCLASS: XXXIII (2022)
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Arthur L. Moller/David B. Foltz, Jr. American Inn of Court, Former President
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Houston Bar Association, Former Committee Chair, Ambassador & Mentor
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President’s Award, 2017 & 2013; Equal Access Champion for Pro Bono, since 2013; Former Co-Chair of the Gender Fairness, Campaign for the Homeless, AIDS Outreach, Professionalism, Law Day and Minority Opportunities in the Legal Profession Committees. Former Secretary of the Bankruptcy Section.
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Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
2015 Fellow
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