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Helping The Aging, Needy and Disabled, Inc.                              Board of Directors

Monica Medina, Chairwoman                                                                                                                                              

 
  

Frost Bank

Monica Medina is an Assistant Vice President in Business Banking for Frost Bank. A native of San Antonio, she has a B.S. degree from Texas State University. Monica is involved with the Ronald McDonald House Leadership Council Member, Peoples Fund Loan Committee,  the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber, and Frost A-Team Board Chair.

Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Education: BS, Texas State University
Year started in the financial business: 2003
Frost family member since: 2003

 

 

Patrick Hudson, Treasurer

McLean & Howard, LLP

 

Patrick Hudson practices commercial real estate law at McLean & Howard, L.L.P. in Austin, with an emphasis on transactions involving land acquisition, development, financing, and leasing. He has a finance and management degree from Arkansas Tech University, a Doctor of Jurisprudence law degree from the University of Texas, and a Master of Laws from Edinburgh University in Scotland. He is involved in the Real Estate Council of Austin and several legal organizations.

 

 

 

Stacy L. Flores

 

 Frost Insurance

Stacy Flores is a Senior Vice President leading the Medical Practice Division and specializes in designing loss sensitive insurance programs including captive insurance. Her twenty years of industry and community experience has included management, sales leadership, sales service, and marketing. Stacy is a graduate of the Leadership Fort Lauderdale program which provided much expereince organizing events, projects and fund raising. She has utilized some of that experience with the Wish Makers Foundation for which she was actively involved. In Texas she is involved in the children's ministry at her church as well as Freedom at the Ridge, which helps people with hurts, hang-ups and habits that they wish to recover from in a Christ centered environment. 

Hometown: Cahokia, IL

Education: Broward Community College, Florida Atlantic University

Professional Accolades: Associate in Risk Management/Certified Risk Manager/Certified Insurance Counselor

Year Started in Insurance Business: 1989

 

Jacqueline L. Watson, Esq., Secretary

 

 Hines & Leigh, P.C.

Jacqueline L. Watson is an El Paso native and undergraduate alum of the University of Texas at El Paso. She earned her J.D. at the University of Texas School of Lawand has practiced immigration law since 1999. She joined Hines & Leigh in April 2004.

Jacqueline was formerly an attorney with the Political Asylum Project of Austin, now American Gateways, a non-profit organization representing immigrants and asylum seekers in Central Texas. In 2003, she joined Texas Lawyers Care, a department of the State Bar of Texas, where she provided support services to pro bono attorneys and legal aid programs. She has continued to volunteer with American Gateways as a pro bono attorney and a mentor. In addition to her work with American Gateways, she is a pro bono attorney with Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas. She is also on the Community Advisory Committee for the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibit, "Forgotten Gateway:Coming to America through Galveston Island." In 2009, she was selected for inclusion in the Rising Stars list by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Immigration and Nationality Law.

 

 

Matthew Zimmerman

 

Dell
Matthew Zimmerman is a Solution Architect for Dell specializing in designing IT solutions for Dell's Supply Chain. His 10+ years experience in IT has included specializing in E-Commerce, Manufacturing control systems, and Finanicals systems.
He holds a Management Information Systems degree from the University of Tulsa.

 

 

John Griffin, Vice Chairman

 

Texas Senior's Guides

John Griffin is Vice President and Publisher of Texas Seniors' Guides, publishing free annual resource guides for Austin. Dallas and San Antonio. These guides are direct-mailed to approximately 70,000-80,000 senior owned homes in each city. Through his work with the Texas Seniors' Guides since it's inception in 1999, John has been an advocate for seniors along with his wife, Antoinette, educating local businesses on how to improve their business practices to meet the increasing needs of seniors and their families.
John is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a degree in Industrial Engineering. John has 18 years experience working in engineering, supply chain management and marketing while working for IBM and Dell.
In addition to publishing the Seniors' Guides, John has spoken at various events in Austin and Dallas. He is also an active member at Austin Christian Fellowship.

The Staff

Evelyn Cooke
Executive Director
(512) 477-3796 Ext. 207

Cynthia Rupprecht
Operations Manager
(512) 477-3796 Ext. 201

Karen Christensen
Development Director
(512) 477-3796 Ext. 215

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Helping the Aging, Needy and Disabled, Inc.
1640-B East 2nd Street Suite 200
Austin, TX 78702