Zina Garrison graduated from Sterling High School in Houston, TX. She started playing tennis at the age of 10 and entered her first tournament at the age of 12. Her success as a junior player quickly made the tennis world take notice. At the age of 14, she won the national girls’ 18s title. And then in…
Ask Yolanda Adams what she loves about her music and ministry. The answer is as warm, embracing, and reflective as her songs. “The music brings joy. I truly believe that my songs bring the answers and the solutions, as opposed to just talking about the problems. My music at its core is joyful.” Joyful, uplifting,…
Wanda Adams was elected to the HISD Board of Education in 2013 after serving the limit of three two-year terms as Houston City Councilmember for District D. Adams’ commitment as a Board of Education Trustee is to continue to incorporate strong literacy programs, strengthen parent and community engagement, and decrease the number of low-performing schools…
Victoria Ai-Linh Bryant is a successful entrepreneur and registered pharmacist with more than 17 years of pharmacy, home care, and long-term care consulting experience. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. In 2003, Dr. Bryant founded Ambassadors Caregivers, a home care agency that serves seniors, the disabled…
Victoria will tell you that her most accomplished recognition is being the proud mother to Douglas William Hines, and aunt to Eugena, Crystal, and Victoria. She contributes much of her success to her rock solid family foundation and the overwhelming love and support given by her sister, Debra M. Guster and cousin, Mary “Bobby” McDonald….
Toni Pierre is a native of Ohio and holds both a Master’s and Bachelor of Science degree in Health Planning and Administration from the University of Cincinnati. She moved to Houston, Texas, in 1999 to assume the role of Associate Vice President of Provider Relations at Amerigroup-Houston. During her 17 year tenure at Amerigroup, Pierre…
Tene Thomas is a Partner at McConnell Jones Lanier & Murphy LLP, the third largest African-American owned Accounting and Consulting firm in the nation. Tene, a licensed CPA who began her career with Ernst & Young LLP, is the lead partner of McConnell & Jones’ Tax Practice with more than 20 years of technical experience…
Teana Watson is a native Houstonian and a proud graduate of the Jesse H. Jones High School Vanguard Program. After high school, Watson studied as a Sloan Fellow at Princeton University and graduated with honors from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1986. After interning at Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, she graduated from Syracuse University…
Spring Williams-Cox was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is the last of five children born to Conwell and Arzie Dangerfield. In 1975, she was crowned Miss Black Tulsa and received honors as 1st runner up to Miss Black Oklahoma in the state pageant. During her matriculation at Tarkio College, she received rave reviews…
Sonya Taylor Stevenson is the wife of Pastor Byron C. Stevenson, founder of The Fort Bend Church in Sugar Land, Texas. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she received a B.S. in Accounting in 1990. Additionally, she has completed coursework in education and business administration at…