HomeAid Houston
Board & Staff
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors for HomeAid Houston consists of a diverse group of leaders in the Greater Houston area, who are recruited for their expertise in their field and their commitment to making a difference in the lives of those facing homelessness. Our Board members come from various industries, such as home building, finance, engineering, and marketing. Board members are extremely committed and active in their work for HomeAid Houston. Members of the Board of Directors serve on various committees in addition to participating in several fundraising events throughout the year.
If you would like to learn more about participating on one of HomeAid Houston’s committees or on the Board of Directors, please email Carole Brady, Executive Director, [email protected].
Scott Black
Scott was born in the Chicago area, but moved to Austin at a young age. His continuing education led him to move to Houston to attend the University of Houston where he graduated with degrees in Entrepreneurship and Marketing in 2013.
Scott worked in Sales and Marketing for Texas Tamale Company before entering the home building industry and then began his residential homebuilding career in 2016 in the Warranty Department with David Weekley Homes. He later moved into a Builder role and then subsequently into Land Acquisition. Additionally, Scott served on the DWH CARE Council supporting various volunteer efforts throughout the community from 2020 – 2023.
Scott is very active outside of work. He founded the Young Adults Ministry at Bayou City Fellowship in 2014 where he also served as a Team Leader in Kids Ministry from 2015 - 2022. He has served as Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Bauer Young Alumni Board at C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston from 2016 – 2018 as well as Vice Chairman of the University of Houston Young Alumni Council from 2019 – 2021. Currently, he serves as a Board Member for the Developer’s Council at the Greater Houston Builders Association as well as HomeAid Houston.
Scott spends the majority of his time off at their family’s lake house in Michigan along with his wife, Katie and son, Crew.
David Weekley Homes
HomeAid Houston
Board President
Aimee Bertrand
Aimee Bertrand, executive vice president and CEO of the GHBA joined the association on January 4, 2021. She comes to GHBA from Harris County’s Intergovernmental and Global Affairs Department where she was for six years.
Prior to working for Harris County, Aimee was Director of Community Engagement and Media for the Houston Apartment Association (HAA). In that role, she not only worked to further the interests of the largest local multifamily trade association in the country, but also managed the organization’s Political Action Committee and initiated a strategic outreach program to better serve the association’s members in a 12-county region.
Aimee was hired to work at HAA after serving as Chief of Staff for then-Houston City Council Member Addie Wiseman. Aimee graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Mississippi. Immediately following graduation, she worked for the Mississippi House of Representatives for the 2004 session.
She grew up in Kingwood and lives there with her husband and three children.
Greater Houston Builders Association
Amanda McIntire
Amanda McIntire is a Land Acquisitions Manager for Highland Homes in Houston. In this role, she oversees the land acquisition process, sourcing new deals, and handling due diligence and negotiations for potential communities in the greater Houston area. Amanda is active with multiple organizations in Houston, including the Greater Houston Builders Association, Professional Women in Building – Houston Chapter, Urban Land Institute – Community Development Council, and West Houston Association – Quality Planned Development Committee. She is also a proud volunteer for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Amanda is a native Houstonian. She graduated from Texas Tech University with degrees in Energy Commerce and Supply Chain Management and currently serves on the Rawls Recent Alumni Board. Prior to her career in homebuilding, Amanda was a Landman in the oil and gas industry. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, playing Bingo with friends, and traveling.
Highland Homes
Bill Dalton
Bill Dalton is the Vice President of Land Acquisitions for Taylor Morrison. He is responsible for securing land and finished lot opportunities in the Greater Houston area. Bill negotiates the contracts, maintains ongoing relationships with developers, secures development financing and/or joint venture structures, and establishes development solutions and consultants that enable Taylor Morrison’s in-house development team to develop the communities.
Bill also networks with many different professionals in the homebuilding/land development industry in order to keep up with the dynamic Houston marketplace. Bill is a past-president of the HomeAid Board.
Taylor Morrison
Past President, 2018
Brandi Coatsworth
Brandi Coatsworth is Senior Director, MPC Land Sales for the Houston Region of Howard Hughes. In this role, she oversees all lot sales and contracts for Bridgeland, The Woodlands, and The Woodlands Hills and maintains relationships with nearly every major builder in the Houston area. Prior to joining Howard Hughes, Brandi spent twelve years at Newland Communities in a similar role and spent four years each in the land departments of Perry Homes and KB Home. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the GHBA and is active in the Professional Women in Building Council and Developers Council and is a 2024 Distinguished Member.
Brandi is a native Houstonian and earned her degree at Sam Houston State University. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family, volunteering her time as a charity cosplayer for children’s causes, Astros baseball, and traveling.
Howard Hughes Holdings Inc.
Brannon King
Brannon has been a part of the residential construction industry for over 40 years. Brannon joined DPIS (Now rebranded as Arcxis) and currently serves as Executive Vice President of Sales for Central Division and is stakeholder partner.
Brannon has been highly involved in HomeAid activities and has donated engineering, energy and site inspections services on virtually all HomeAid projects over the last 20+ years.
10 years ago, Brannon founded the fundraising event, Pinchin’ Tails Crawfish Cookoff with all proceeds donated to HomeAid. This annual event, held in April, brings in teams that cook over 5,000 lbs. of crawfish each year. This event has raised over $126,000 for HomeAid since inception.
Brannon holds a very special place in his heart for the HomeAid organization and he believes and supports in their mission to assist, educate and provide services to residents of the program.
Arcxis
Cecille Sangalang
Cecille Sangalang is President of Sangalang Development Services, a construction and consulting firm serving the Houston and Austin metroplex. She and her team assists Land Developers and Builders with their SWPPP, Postal, Site Maintenance, Dry Utility, and Solar Street Lights design/construction needs.
Cecille received her BS in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and has been involved in the Land Development arena for over 20 years as a design & project engineer, development manager, and consultant.
When she is not working she enjoys spending quality time with her family and friends and rounds of golf. She is honored to join the HomeAid Houston Board and contribute to the organization’s mission to assist the homeless community in the Houston area.
Sangalang Development Services
Chad Stine
Chad Stine is the Director of Strategic Business Engagement in the Business Development Department at CenterPoint Energy. In his current role, Chad oversees key account customer relationship management and supports electric customer’s energy transition, specifically electrification of fleets and facility infrastructure.
Chad has 17 years of Electric Utility experience with CenterPoint Energy, with the majority of those years, collaborating with Land Developers and CNP’s large customer segment in their growth plans and cultivating business relationships for a simpler and more transparent customer experience.
Chad has recent experience serving as an active board member of the Bellaire Business Administration and the East End Chamber of Commerce. “It’s an honor to have the opportunity to serve HomeAid’s wonderful mission and contribute to the betterment of the lives of Houston’s homeless.”
CenterPoint Energy
Chase Moore
Chase was born in the Denver area but moved to East Texas at a young age. He attended Texas A&M University where he graduated with a degree in Construction Science and a minor in business. Chase works as Project Manager for Forney Construction. He has a variety of commercial construction experience ranging from tilt wall buildings, to assisted living communities, and dental offices.
Outside of work, Chase enjoys spending time with friends and family in the outdoors. He founded a ministry called Revelation Outdoors Ministries that shares the gospel with college students through hunting and fishing trips. He currently serves as the Executive Director for Revelation Outdoors and is spreading this ministry to college campuses across the southeast. Chase also has a yellow lab named Crockett.
Forney Construction
Chris Hawkins
Chris Hawkins, President of Bayou City Risk, has been committed to the construction industry since he became a risk manager in 1997.
Chris has been a part of the HomeAid team as a board member for 13 years. He has been HomeAid's talented "master of ceremonies" (MC) for numerous events and fundraisers and has played a key role in recruiting sponsors for HomeAid's events throughout the year.
Bayou City Risk
Dana Rodgers
Dana Rodgers, the Texas Builder Sales Executive for WFG National Title, is dedicated to delivering unparalleled services across the North and South Texas markets. She focuses on developing title and escrow partnerships with developers and home builders. Concentrating her efforts on the paramount importance of people within the industry, Dana endeavors to expand market share while prioritizing the overall customer experience.
For more than 11 years, Dana has provided service and solutions across various real estate verticals. She joins WFG’s National Builder Operations team after a 6-year stint leading the market development efforts in the Greater Houston area for the Homebuilder Division of First American Title. Before her time there, she was pivotal in spearheading sales and marketing initiatives with Digital Map Products (now LightBox) for various real estate products tailored to commercial brokers, builders, developers, and retailers nationwide. Leveraging her extensive expertise, Dana effectively advocates for adopting advanced technology and resources among Texas homebuilders and developers.
Dana prides herself on being a trusted partner, a reliable resource, and a committed industry supporter. She has been an active member of the Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA) and Texas Association of Builders (TAB) since 2018 and part of the GHBA Inaugural Distinguished Member Program of 2024. In addition to serving on various GHBA committees and boards, she is one of the GHBA’s outstanding Board of Directors and is dedicated to helping this organization blaze new trails.
As a testament to her philanthropic spirit, Dana has served on HomeAid Houston’s Board of Directors since 2020 and participates enthusiastically in all their events throughout the year. She firmly believes in the power of building relationships, creating meaningful experiences, and, above all, positively impacting others' lives. Alongside her professional and charitable commitments, Dana has been deeply engaged in advocating for Breast Cancer Awareness since 2011, as well as scoliosis and epilepsy awareness, as all of these diseases have affected their family.
Dana and her husband Keith, of 29 years, are learning to embrace their empty-nester life. Aside from spending time with their three adult children, son-in-law, and two beautiful granddaughters, they’re living life to the fullest with travels and marking things off the ‘ole bucket list’. They enjoy the outdoors, live music, and watching and cheering on the Crimson Tide! They, of course, love all their Aggie friends in the industry, but their money and their daughter go to Alabama. Roll Tide!
WFG National Title Company
Dave Barnhart
With over 20 years’ experience in the homebuilding industry, Dave Barnhart has led the First America Homes team from a start up to one of the largest privately held builders in the nation. As an expert in residential construction, land acquisition, development and sales management Dave’s disciplined focus and attention to detail enabled him to quickly rise through the industry ranks.
As Division President for the past decade, Dave’s leadership has grown First America Homes into a top 25 builder in the greater Houston market. His strategic approach has expanded the homebuilder into the San Antonio/Austin region, with intended future growth into the Dallas market.
Dave holds a B.A.A in Management from Texas A&M University.
First America Homes
James Miller
A native Houstonian, James is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Architectural Engineering. He started in the home building industry as a builder and worked as a Project Manager, and a Division Manager before serving as Houston Region President for McGuyer Homebuilders, where he worked for 26 years. Prior to joining the HomeAid board, he served a three year term on the board for the Center for Hearing and Speech. James also just completed a six year term on the board for the Stratford/Westside chapter of Young Life.
Autograph Homes
Past President, 2021
John Devens
As the Corporate Vice President of Construction and Purchasing for Camillo Companies, John Devens leads the company’s construction and procurement operations across both Legend Homes and SimplyHome, driving efficiency and quality across the organization’s building projects. With extensive experience in the construction industry, he oversees a dedicated team focused on ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality homes, while optimizing cost management and purchasing strategies.
Throughout his career, John has been instrumental in forging strong vendor relationships, streamlining construction processes, and integrating cutting-edge technologies to improve operational performance. He has consistently demonstrated a commitment to sustainability and innovation, overseeing projects that not only meet but exceed industry standards.
John holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Sam Houston State University and continues to be actively involved in the Greater Houston Builders Association & HomeAid Houston. Outside of work, he likes to spend time with his family, golf, hunt and fish.
Camillo Companies
Jon Paul Hoelscher
Jon Paul Hoelscher is a Board Certified Construction Lawyer whose work is focused on representing the construction industry in all aspects of their business and dispute resolution throughout Texas. He is a partner in the Construction Practice Group of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, a national full-service law firm. Jon Paul has been recognized for his work in this area by being named to the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star list and to Best Lawyers in Construction on multiple occasions.
Jon Paul earned a BA from The University of Texas at Austin and a JD from South Texas College of Law. He is actively involved in the construction law community in Houston and the State of Texas and previously served as Chair of the Houston Bar Association Construction Law Section and Houston Liaison for the State Bar of Texas Construction Law Section.
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP
Kathleen Stadler
Kathleen, one of the original HomeAid Houston board members in 2004, recently returned to serve another term. In her early years, she helped lead project management and was also Board President in 2007.
Kathleen has been an active member of the Building Community in Houston since 1997 when she began a career at Suncoast Post-Tension in sales. She was later promoted to Branch Manager. During this time Kathleen became an active member of the GHBA. In 2009, she left Suncoast to help grow Eric L. Davis Engineering where she recently celebrated her 10th anniversary. Her background and experience in engineering and her industry connections have served HomeAid well over the years and the years to come.
Kathleen has also contributed to the GHBA in many ways. She has been the Membership Chair and also earned titles of Spike of the Year and Associate of the Year as well as being awarded several Presidential Citations. Kathleen has served as a GHBA Board member and is a Life Director for TAB.
Ready Cable, Inc.
Past President, 2007
Katie Pritchard
Katie Pritchard has been with Sandcastle Homes since 2016 after receiving her degree at Texas State University. As the Purchasing Manager, Katie has demonstrated exceptional skills in negotiating contracts, managing vendor relationships, and optimizing procurement strategies. She has been an active member in the GHBA serving on many committees including HOME-PAC, Professional Woman in Building and Government Affairs.
Beyond the professional realm, Katie is known for her love of traveling the world, spending time with family/friends and her adorable dog Ellie. She also volunteers her time at Bo’s Place and with many rescue animal groups in Houston.
Sandcastle Homes
Kendall Powell
As the Senior Business Development Manager for Broan NuTone, Kendall focuses on delivering indoor air quality education and solutions to builders and energy raters.
Kendall sits on the Executive Committee for HomeAid Houston as past Broad President for 2023 and chair of the Development Committee which oversees initiatives such as HALO, Boots, Blackjack and Bling, and the Golf Tournament. She has also held many positions within the GHBA including Associates Council Board Ladder, Chairwoman of Young Professional Council, Northern Counties Builders and Developers Division Board, Volume Builder Board, TAB Alternate Delegate, and GHBA Board. In 2017, Kendall was awarded Young Professional of the year and in 2019 she was given a Presidential Citation for outstanding service from John Williams, 2019 GHBA President. .
I enjoy working closely with HomeAid staff, supporters, and builders in creating safe environments for Houston's homeless. Being a part of this organization gives me the opportunity to help initiate change in a meaningful way within Houston's homeless community.
Broan NuTone
Past President, 2023
Kristin Hanson
Kristin Hanson has been with loanDepot for over 10 years. In her role as a Sales Manager, she is dedicated to delivering exceptional service to her client, builder and real estate relationships. Kristin’s unique approach to her business is built on relationships. Through aligning her business with high profile clients, builder and industry professionals, she has maintained clients for life and has been an advocate for her referral partners in growing their respective businesses. Kristin has achieved Chairman’s Elite several years running and attributes her success to an unwavering commitment to excellence, integrity and sincerity in every aspect of her business.
Kristin and her family have a long history with HomeAid, starting when she was in Junior High School. She attended and participated in multiple HomeAid functions with her parents who were instrumental in instilling her passion to help those in need. Now that she and her family have permanently settled down in Houston, she’s excited to join the HomeAid Houston board. Kristin is looking forward to being an active and hands-on contributor to the organization
loanDepot
Lawrence Dean
Lawrence Dean is co-founder of Community Builders Advisory Services, the next great Texas-based and locally focused housing industry advisory firm. Prior to this new opportunity, Lawrence held the role of Senior Vice President, Homebuilder Lending with Veritex Community Bank. In this role he engaged with mid-sized to large volume homebuilders and land developers assisting with large scale construction lines of credit and acquisition/development financing. Prior to this role, Lawrence spent nearly a decade as the Houston Regional Director of Zonda (formerly Metrostudy), a definitive authority on the residential construction real estate and housing market. Lawrence also led a team in Metrostudy’s consulting entity advising diverse clients, including builders, developers, and investors, on specific sites and potential development programs.
Lawrence has also held management roles in land acquisition and development for some of the region’s largest builders, including Ryland, KB Home, and D.R. Horton. In the real estate consulting arena, he was also Vice President of a local boutique consulting firm. Lawrence is a graduate of the University of Houston and Texas A&M University.
Lawrence is the 2024 president of HomeAid Houston as well as serving as a Trustee of GHBA HomePAC and as a Director of Harris County Municipal Utility District #478.
Community Builders Advisory Services
Immediate Past President
Matthew Salazar
Matt Salazar is the Vice President of Builder Sales at Caldwell Companies. In his current role with Caldwell Companies, Matt oversees all residential lot sales across all of Caldwell’s Master-Planned Communities.
Matt is a Houston native and a proud alumni of the University of Houston. Matt is a married to his wife Abby of 13 years and together they share four boys, Levi, Jude, Isaac and David. In his spare time Matt enjoys coaching his sons baseball teams, hunting and watching the Astros.
Caldwell Companies
Nicole Jacob
Nicole Jacob is a long-time member of the GHBA.
She has been in residential construction and land development for over 20 years in the Greater Houston area and is a University of Houston Bauer College of Business Alum, with a degree in Business Management. Nicole started her home building career in 2004, working several versatile roles which have broadened her skill base over nearly the past two decades. Now, Nicole is CEO of her own consulting business, and is the director of business development of Mainland Stoneworks.
Nicole has concentrated her passion for the industry with her extensive involvement in several GHBA endeavors. As a two-time Prism winner, TAB award winner, as well as being named GHBA’s young professional of the year, Nicole believes “giving her time and effort to the GHBA is a priceless investment that has endless returns. Networking and contributing to the GHBA over the years has helped me to establish a fantastic network of industry professionals which has enabled me to grow as a professional myself, and confidently embark on my own path, to create my own company, knowing I have a pool of reliable and committed resources many of whom have become my friends.”
Currently Nicole is serving with HomeAid Houston, on the Board of Directors as 2022 Past President, as well as serving on the board for the GHBA Associates Council.
Mainland Stoneworks
Past President, 2022
Richard Binderup
Richard is an Audit Managing Director at KPMG LLP, a leading provider of Audit, Advisory and Tax services. Richard has over eleven years of experience serving multi-national and local clients. He earned a BBA and MS in Accounting from Sam Houston State University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Texas.
Richard enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters, playing golf, and traveling.
“HomeAid Houston is an in incredible organization making a significant impact with helping the homeless community in the Houston area. I am honored to join the HomeAid Houston Board and contribute to the organization’s mission.”
KPMG LLP
Taylor Miller
Taylor Miller is a Vice President and Private Banking Relationship Manager within Premier Wealth Management at Amegy Bank. Taylor’s primary focus is working with high net worth individuals and families, as well as professional practices and firms in the Houston area. Taylor works closely with her clients to provide solutions to help them reach their financial goals.
Prior to joining the private banking team, Taylor managed Amegy’s Banker Development Program (BDP). Taylor also spent two years as an associate within Amegy’s Energy Group.
Taylor earned a degree in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, sampling the cuisine at Houston’s amazing restaurants, and traveling.
Amegy Bank
Terry Nesch
Terry Nesch is the Business Development Manager for TONER Home Performance. Terry joined the GHBA in 2017 and didn’t waste any time getting settled, as she immediately became active on numerous councils and committees. Her first commitment was as a board member of the Custom Builders Council. Since then, she has served on multiple boards and committees including, GHBA Board of Directors, the Membership Committee as the past Chair, the Retention Committee, Northern County Builders and Developers as a board member, GHBA PAC – PAC Member, and a member of the PWB. Terry is also involved in other associations, including serving on the Board of the Architectural Center of Houston, and very active in the legal profession with Houston Bar Association and Construction Law, Houston Young Lawyers Association, Mexican American Bar Association Houston, just to name a few. Terry recently joined the HomeAid Houston Board in 2023 and has been active in many HomeAid events including Boots, Blackjack & Bling, Community Engagement, and the annual Charity Golf Tournament..
Terry looks forward to spreading the message of HomeAid Houston and continuing the support.
TONER Home Performance
Staff
The staff at HomeAid Houston have a passion for service and bring a dedicated focus to the mission of serving Houston’s homeless population. The team who executes and oversees the day to day work is a talented group of women who bring their best to the job every day.
Carole Brady
Carole Brady came to HomeAid from Family Promise of Lake Houston in Humble, Texas. She has been with Family Promise since 1998, forming an Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN), the umbrella group for the Family Promise chapters, as a Board Member in Loveland Colorado. She became Executive Director there, and began working as a part of the National Training Team forming new networks across the country. After six years, Carole took the position of Mid-Atlantic Regional Director for National Family Promise in Philadelphia.
With the desire to work one-on-one with Family Promise residents, Carole accepted the position of ED of IHN of the Main Line and was there for several years. She developed and trained a network of Directors throughout the U.S., and designed Life Skills Classes that are currently being taught at many of the Family Promise sites.
Executive Director
Kirsten Robbins
Kirsten Robbins graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Marketing degree from the McCombs School of Business. She comes from 5 years of eCommerce experience in the retail industry.
After countless years of volunteering for communities all across the Houston area, she decided to pursue her true passion for non-profit and joins us as the Development Director -- spearheading HomeAid’s fundraising efforts and growing donor relationships.
Director of Development
Rachel Dawson
Rachel Dawson graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Health Fitness degree. She comes from 7 years of administrative experience in the nonprofit industry. Following her experience interning and later working for multiple non-profit organizations, Rachel is looking towards her career in which her passion for leading an effort to make an impact in the community is the ultimate goal.
Operations Manager