Board

Kamran Shah - President

Kamran Shah joined the board in February 2003 and is a senior engineering manager at National Instruments. Kamran has varied experience including product planning, field marketing, web strategy and research and development which has given him broad perspective on business operations and strategy. Kamran has traveled extensively throughout the world and has an appreciation of the challenges dealing with low income and homeless populations in different countries. He comes to Green Doors with this knowledge and a desire to use his talents to increase the quality of life for lower income and homeless individuals and families.

Tom Stacy - Immediate Past President

Tom Stacy joined the board in October 2002. President and CEO of T. Stacy and Associates, Tom has been instrumental in acquiring, managing, and enhancing the value of Austin's landmark downtown properties for over the past decade. In 1997, Tom served as the chairman of the Downtown Austin Alliance. He has received the prestigious "Individual IMPACT" Award from the Downtown Austin Alliance for his inspirational renovation of the historic Scarborough Building and the Littlefield Complex. In 2001, his company received the "Project IMPACT" award for the restoration of the historic Stephen F. Austin Hotel.

Lee Chapman - Vice President

Lee Chapman joined the board in February 2008. She has a broad background in corporate communications, branding, and web design across the nonprofit, government, and private sectors. Currently, she is Web Marketing Manager for National Instruments responsible for managing the design, development, and branding of the corporate website. Prior to joining National Instruments, Lee was a public information specialist with the Texas Workforce Commission writing legislative reports for the multiple contracts that the agency oversees between federal agencies and state/local workforce boards. She also worked for several years as the Communications Director for the YMCA of Austin, forging community partnerships and furthering the mission of the organization to build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities. Lee has a passion for increasing the awareness of and need for housing for the homeless in the Austin community.

Laura Mathieu - Treasurer/Secretary

Laura Mathieu joined the board in December 2007. She is a Senior Vice President and the Central Texas Regional Manager for the Banking segment of Capital One Financial Corporation. She manages 42 branch-banking activities for the region in Texas that includes Austin, San Antonio, the Rio Grande Valley and Coastal Bend areas. Laura has 17 years of banking experience. Prior to being named to her current position, she served as Capital One's Regional Manager for the Texas Gulf Coast Region. She has also served as a Trade Area Manager for Assumption, Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes in Louisiana. A native of Thibodaux, La., Laura earned a bachelor's and master's degrees in Business Administration from Nicholls State University.

DeWayne Lofton

DeWayne Lofton is an Austin native and community advocate, and has been active in the Austin, Texas community for over 20 years. He has been a resident of East Austin his entire life, and currently lives in the Springdale Hills Neighborhood, where he is president of the Association. DeWayne works for the Texas Association of School Boards, in the Risk Management Department, where he assists in making public education in Texas better, by working with school districts across the State with handling and managing District losses, at times of critical need. DeWayne has 20 plus years of public service experience in this community and currently serves on the City of Austin Human Rights Commission and the Capital Area Council of Governments. In the past he has chaired the Travis County Children's Protective Services Board, and the Capital Area Safe Kids Fund. DeWayne has also served on various other boards and organizations in this community.

Gilbert Rivera

Gilberto Rivera joined the board in July 2007. He is the current President of the Rosewood/Glen Oaks Neighborhood Association, the location of Glen Oaks Corner. Gilberto was instrumental in working with Austin Inter-religious Ministries to rehabilitate 64 homes for elderly or disabled homeowners in 2001. Gilberto has 25 years experience with the City of Austin's conservation programs and is the single point of contact for the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR® Programs. He has worked with a variety of private non-profit groups to improve housing and social justice for East Austin residents.

Paul S. Ruiz

Paul Ruiz, joined the board in September of 2009. A native of Big Spring, Texas, Paul is a shareholder in the firm, Clark, Thomas, & Winters. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1982 with a degree in Political Science. An attorney at Clark, Thomas & Winters since 1988, Paul represents electric utilities before the Public Utility Commission of Texas and monitors legislation affecting electric utilities. Paul also monitors developments at the Texas Ethics Commission as they relate to lobbyist registration, political action committees, and campaign and election law. He is a member of the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin, and the Administrative Law and Public Utility Sections of the Austin Bar Association. For the past five years, Paul has chaired a Joint Committee of the HBAA and the Austin Black Lawyers Association that evaluates the 25 largest law firms in Austin on their efforts in hiring and retaining minority lawyers. Paul also devotes time to Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, representing Spanish speaking and low-income customers in utility matters and volunteers at the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless.

Tom Banks

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Don Corkill

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