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 A. Guster-Hines 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…
Toni D. 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,…
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…
Sonia Rivera is a native of Michigan, and she has lived in the Houston area since the age of 19. She is the daughter of Mexican Immigrants who spent the early part of her life as migrant farm workers and ultimately settled in the State of Michigan. While in college, she majored in Psychology and…
Sehba Ali is the CEO and Superintendent of KIPP Houston Public Schools. KIPP Houston’s goal is to ensure students are prepared for success in college and have the knowledge, skills, and character to lead a choice-filled life. Consisting of 26 schools serving 13,500 students in grades pre-k through 12th grade, KIPP Houston has an annual…
Dr. Saundra Montgomery, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, is a personal life coach to thousands of women across America. She is also an author, leadership consultant, and inspirational speaker. Saundra is the wife of Dr. Ed Montgomery (Founder and Pastor of Abundant Life Cathedral Church – Houston, TX). She has worked diligently by his side for…
