About Us

Mission
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston provides free financial education and research so that women and girls have the knowledge they need to make sound financial decisions and improve their lives.

Vision
The Women's Resource of Greater Houston desires that all women and girls in our community are financially literate, productive, and self-sufficient.

History

The Women's Resource is one of the largest providers of free financial education classes in the greater Houston area and the only with a specific focus on women and girls.  Founded in 1990 as The Greater Houston Women’s Foundation, the organization has a long track record of teaching Houstonians the basics of personal finance.  Our founders were part of Texas Executive Women and they were concerned that less than five percent of philanthropic dollars were dedicated to women and girl’s causes.  In 1992, the foundation presented their first grant awards to local agencies that specifically addressed the needs of the city’s women and girls and also commissioned an annual research study on topics of significance to Houston’s female population.

Guided by the belief that a woman who controls her finances controls her destiny, the organization also created a series of free, financial education classes for women and girls from all socio-economic backgrounds with particular emphasis on low and middle income populations. In 2003, the Greater Houston Women’s Foundation stopped making grants and shifted our resources to collaborative partnerships that further our goal to build financial literacy. We also changed our name to The Women’s Resource of Greater Houston to reflect the organization’s focus on financial education and research.

While much has changed over the past 21 years, the guiding principles remain constant and key to our work. To date we have:

• Provided financial education to over 18,000 individuals;
  
• Published 13 significant research papers authored by some of the city’s leading universities; and
  
• Awarded over $800,000 in grants to 80 agencies and programs benefiting women and girls.

Our Goals

• Help women become economically self-sufficient
  
• Encourage prevention and early intervention of problems affecting women and children
  
• Help girls develop and improve their life skills
  
• Actively involve women in philanthropic decision-making
  
• Educate women about charitable giving

 

Board of Trustees Executive Committee Rhonda Sands Regions Bank President Annella Metoyer Capital One Bank Immediate Past President Lisa Herrmann Chevron Global Gas Vice President Education Jason Qualls BBVA Compass Vice President Finance Cindy Griffin Bridgeway Capital Management Secretary	Members Michele Alvarado Texas Exchange Bank Danetta Beaushaw Calpine Corporation Felicia Boudreaux State Farm Insurance Lisa C. Burns Junior League Representative Carolyn Galfione Linscomb & Williams Nancy Gardner Tanglewood Wealth Management, Inc. Karen Hanson-Flowers Alpheus Communications Rosine Matthews Wells Fargo Mia Mends PreCash Kalyani Sanghavi Ameriprise Financial Kirstin Turner Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Rochelle White Community Volunteer Debra Witges Kinder Morgan, Inc. Ana Maria Gonzalez Wood Prudential
Advisory Board Laury Adams Adams Mediation & Financial Resource Sue Walmsley Amash Workflow Studios Susan Bischoff Houston Public Library Foundation Diana Brown, CFP Northern Trust Jacquie Baly Chaumette Sugar Land City Council Angela DeSilva Spectra Energy Bonnie Foxworth Community Volunteer Cindy Crane Garbs Community Volunteer Karen Ostrum George Ralph O'Connor & Associates Rebecca Kirkland, M.D. Bayor College of Medicine Nellyn Diaz Laurel Community Volunteer	Irene Liberatos, CFP Merrill Lynch Linda Lorelle Lorelle Media Linda K. May The Simmons Foundation Minerva Perez Latino Talk TV Sharon Phillips Walmart Gay A. Roane The Redstone Group, Inc. Reuben Rosof Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Beth Ann Scher Scher's Travel Service Elizabeth Stewart, Ph.D. Community Volunteer Janice Stooksberry Whitney Bank

Staff

LaTanya Flix
Executive Director

LaTanya has dedicated her career to improving the lives of the disadvantaged and underserved. Prior to joining The Women’s Resource, she was Director of External Relations for City Year San Antonio, an AmeriCorps organization that gives youth the skills they need to change the world through service.

During her career, she has worked as a founding director, consultant and senior manager for community development agencies, local organizations, and national nonprofits.  LaTanya is a graduate of the Fall 2011 Center for Houston's Future Business/Civic Leadership Forum.  She holds an MPAff from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity University in San Antonio. LaTanya is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow in Public Policy and International Affairs and completed her summer institute at UC Berkeley.

Kelly R. Keith, LMSW

Program Manager

Kelly has a passion for helping disadvantaged individuals further their education. She has spent much of her career working as an Advisor and Coordinator for a federally funded TRiO Student Support Services Program, which serves low-income, first generation college students and students with disabilities. Her experience also includes working with students of all ages from elementary school to college.

Kelly is a Licensed Master Social Worker and has taught at the college-level in her field of practice. Kelly holds an MSW from the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Arts from Texas A&M University in College Station.

 

 

 

For a copy of the organization's IRS Form 990, go to http://www.guidestar.org.