Our Leadership & Staff
TEXAS CASA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Officers
PRESIDENT
Melissa Jones
Retired Manager of Engineering,
Quality and Industrial Engineering
Danny O’Connell
CEO & Founder, Next Level Insurance
Brad Robbins
Retired CEO
Rhonda Thompson
Retired; Vice President, University
Advancement at University of
Houston-Clear Lake
John D. Knight
Senior Vice President, First Financial
Bank (Midlothian)
Kristin Andersen
Retired: Nonprofit Executive
Jessica Cawthorn
Grants Management Specialist, Dept of Health and Human Services/Admin of Children and Families
Angela Dunlap, CPA
Certified Public Accountant, FORVIS
Carol Eschenfelder
Retired Executive Vice President, Alliant Insurance
DIRECTORS (continued)
Pete Gallego
Former US Representative
David Garcia
Managing Partner, Real Strategic Solutions
Tracey Hull
Director of Development for Café Momentum
Marta Johnson
Assistant Principal, Austin ISD
MiShon Landry, CDP, CDE, CEO Inclusive Leadership Institute, Culture Consultants
Aaron Lundberg
President & CEO, Praesidium
Lorraine Martinez, M.S.
Senior Consultant, The Stephen Group
Steven Shaw
Executive Director, Voices for Change
Beth St. Paul
Financial Services Professional, New York Life
Carel Stith
Attorney
Elena Villaseñor Sullivan, J.D. & CCEP
General Counsel for Massage Heights Franchising, LLC
DIRECTORS (continued)
Mike Viola
Consultant with PwC’s Capital Markets Advisory Group
Jason Waldie
Partner, PWC
Meca Walker, J.D.
Mediator/Arbitrator, Walker ADR Services
Jenny Bratton
Executive Director,
Child Advocates of Navarro County
Page Hall
Executive Director,
CASA of the Coastal Bend
Tim Hornback
Executive Director,
Golden Crescent CASA
Debbie Jensen
Executive Director
CASA of Denton County
Lisa Saucedo
CEO,
CASA of El Paso
Mandy Wright
Executive Director
CASA for Kids South Central Texas
OUR STAFF
EMAIL A
DEPARTMENT
Administration | administration@texascasa.org
Collaborative Family Engagement | cfeteam@texascasa.org
Communications | communications@texascasa.org
Fundraising | socialimpact@texascasa.org
Grants| grants@texascasa.org
Legislative Advocacy | publicpolicy@texascasa.org
Network Services | networkservices@texascasa.org
Strategic Network Services | sns@texascasa.org
EXECUTIVE TEAM

Vicki Spriggs
Texas CASA CEO

Chris Kelly
Executive Assistant
Internal Operations Division

Tamea Byrd
Chief Finance Officer
Administration Team

Nancy Rodriguez
Finance & Business
Operations Director

Suzanne Alston
Database Administrator

Amy Lee Garcia
Accounting & HR
Administrator
Grants Management Team

Brandi Goen
Grants Management
Director

Kristy Smith
Senior Grants
Management Specialist

Ashley Berman
Grants Management
Specialist II

Melissa G. Foley
Grants Advisor

Wilbert King
Grants Compliance Specialist
External Relations Division

Amanda Arriaga
General Counsel & Chief External Relations Officer
Public Policy Team

Sarah Crockett
Public Policy Director

Stephanie Battaglia
Public Policy Coordinator

Collin Acock
Social Impact Director

Benita Pekkattil
Community Engagement Specialist
Communications Team

Kelly Clarke
Internal Communications Manager

Madi Donham
External Communications Manager

Caitlyn Perdue
Contracts & Project Manager
Network Services Division

Deedra Baker
Chief Network Services Officer

Dylan Bednar
Operations & Data Analyst
Collaborative Family Engagement (CFE) Team

Candice Dosman
Collaborative Family Engagement Director

Melissa Caddell
CFE Coach

Catherine Herlich
CFE Coach

Maria McCord
CFE Coach

Frances Lofley
CFE Coach

Anna McDonnell
CFE Implementation Specialist
Strategic Network Support Team

Dennise Jackson
Strategic Network Support Director

Maribel Bowles
Events & Meetings Director

Lisa Briggs
Coaching & Advocacy Lead

Margaret Halpin
Learning and Development Manager for Pre-Service Training

Lindsey Lee
Marketing & Media Manager

Sarah Ritch
Learning & Education Specialist

Leslie Cocke
VCA Development Specialist
Program Operations Team

Celeste Prather
Program Operations Director

Debbie Dugger
Program Specialist

Linda Coronado
Program Specialist

Andrea March
Legal Resource Specialist
Social Impact Team