Featured Members

Craig Stoker, Executive Director of Meals on Wheels of Odessa Published December 2024   ABOUT MEALS ON WHEELS OF ODESSA Meals on Wheels of Odessa (MOWO) is a powerful example of how community-driven initiatives can grow and thrive with the right partnerships and support. Founded in 1977, MOWO began as a small grassroots effort, purchasing […]

Denise Usener, Executive Director The Golden Hub Community Center in Fredericksburg Published November 2021 Tell me a little bit about your organization. Golden Hub Community Center started in Fredericksburg 1977 in the basements of small churches. In 1982, we moved to our current location, and within 6 months, we owned the building. Although we offer […]

How did you become interested in this work? When I started working as a controller for the local program that runs senior centers and provides congregate meals, I actually had no idea that the remainder of my working life would be spent in senior nutrition. That was 38 years ago. It only took one trip […]

How did you become interested in this work? To be quite honest, I needed a job and the hours worked well with my kids being in school. After working for a small amount of time, I fell in love with the job. I started out as a driver who delivered meals, and now I am […]

How did you become interested in this work? To be honest I didn’t know what Amigos Del Valle, Inc. did when I first came in to work for the organization. Once I learned of the organization’s mission statement and meeting the people we serve, I fell in love with helping the most vulnerable on a […]

How did you become interested in this work? I was introduced to the Rainbow Senior Center and serving the aging population as an intern during my last semester at the University of Texas at San Antonio.  I had no idea that it would launch a long term career and become something that I would end […]

Name: Ali Al Sudani Title: Senior Vice President for Programs and Chief of Staff Organization: Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston  How did you become interested in this work? My background is in training, engineering, process improvement and project management. I was born and raised in Iraq. After I graduated from college, I worked with different […]

Name: Ashley Lind Title: Vice President of Meals on Wheels & Population Health Organization: Visiting Nurse Association of Texas How did you become interested in this work? I have had a passion for social serves since I was very young. I participated in a peer support program in my school which introduced me to the importance of […]

Name: Judy Ford Title: Executive Director Organization: Sunshine House, Inc.  How did you become interested in this work? In 1988 I helped Meals for the Elderly input their information on clients from 3×5 cards into a computer program.  The comments I read on these cards opened my eyes to the needs of the senior adults living […]

Name: Kathleen Kirwan-Haynie Title: Executive Director Organization: Senior Link Midland How did you become interested in this work? Until a few years ago I have always worked with disadvantaged student populations. Several years back I found myself in unchartered territory and I started looking around to see what was out there. I was working 40 […]