Board & Staff

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Lynn Kelly, President
Public Relations
B.A. University of Texas

Darryl Wade Anderson, Vice President
Attorney; Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
J.D. Harvard Law School; B.A. Duke University

Anita Garten, Treasurer
Economist, Architect
B. Arch. Cornell University

Catherine Gross, Secretary
Attorney
J.D. University of Houston; B.A. Connecticut College

Adam Adams
Rancher
B.F.A. North Carolina School of the Arts

Adele Bentsen
Principal, AHB Design
B.A. Purdue University

Ana Buckman
Instructor, Intensive English Program, Language and Culture Center, Department of English, University of Houston
M.Ed. University of St. Thomas; B.A. University of Houston

Sarah Ellenzweig
Associate Professor of English, Rice University
Ph.D. Rutgers University; B.A. Wesleyan University

Erika de la Garza
Founding Director, Latin America Initiative, Baker Institute, Rice University
M.I.A. Columbia University; B.S. Boston University

Elizabeth Gregory
Professor of English and Director of Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of Houston
Ph.D. Yale University; M.A. University of Kentucky; B.A. Barnard College

Beth Anne Gunn
Independent School Consulting
B.A. University of Oklahoma

Laura Hipps
Director of Development, Chinquapin Preparatory School
M.A. Middlebury College; B.A. University of Georgia

Joshua Hudley
Co-Director of College Counseling, The Awty International School
B.A. Washington University

Carlos Jiménez
Professor of Architecture, Rice University; Principal, Carlos Jiménez Studio
B. Arch. University of Houston

Melissa Kean
Historian, Attorney
Ph.D. Rice University; M.A. Creighton University; J.D. University of Iowa; B.A. Iowa State University

Rafael Longoria
ACSA Distinguished Professor of Architecture, University of Houston
M.B.A. The University of Texas at Austin; B. Arch. Rice University

Melissa Matsu
Assistant Principal, Carnegie Vanguard High School, Houston ISD
M.Ed. University of Houston; B.A. University of St. Thomas

James Sheridan
AP English Literature Teacher, YES Prep East End
B.A. Kenyon College

STAFF

Drexel Turner, Executive Director
M.S.C.R.P. University of Texas; B.A. Rice University
drexel@wonderworkshouston.org

Ilsi Bazaldúa, Associate Director
M. Arch. University of Houston; B.A. Rice University
ilsi@wonderworkshouston.org

Anne Eamon, Assistant Director
B.S. University of Houston
anne@wonderworkshouston.org

Merrill Turner, Assistant Director
Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis; M.A. McGill University; B.A. Rice University
merrill@wonderworkshouston.org

Holly Skipton, Programs Analyst
B. Arch. University of Houston

Amber Quinn, Program Coordinator
B. Arch. University of Houston