The Board Members of CFES:

Complete Biographies coming soon...


Echo L. Alexander - Founder,  Reading Connections



Carprena Denman -  President & CEO, Ckrystal Clear FMS, LLC


Dr. Sarah R. Guidry - Attorney At Law::

Associate Director, Institute for Trial Advocacy and Trial Simulation Professor, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas

 

Previously  Regional Managing Attorney (East Texas) for Advocacy, Inc. where she represented disabled persons in employment and housing discrimination cases, students with disabilities in school disciplinary cases, ticketing cases, and foster care cases.  In her position with Advocacy, Inc., she also provided representation to persons denied health care in the Harris County Jail, TYC facilities, and other facilities housing persons with mental disabilities. 

Dr.  Guidry has also held positions with the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) where she was the Supervising Attorney of the statewide Special Litigation Unit which handled the most complex cases in the agency, both in jury trials and on appeal. 

While in her role at DEPS, Dr. Guidry was also Special Projects Attorney where she created statewide standardized training and best practice materials for social workers, prosecutors and judges, as well as providing legislative analysis to bill that would potentially impact agency litigation. 

Dr. Guidry has dedicated most herself and her career to the public interest arena beginning as a Legal Aid Staff Attorney and then subsequently promoted to Supervising Attorney at Coastal Bend Legal Services. Her credits include authored CLE articles and Chapters for SBOT Family Law Expert Witness Manual.

 

It is this dedication and wealth of expertise that Dr. Guidry lends to CFES as a board member. 

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Porsia D. Rucker -



Rev. Dr. Sharon Taylor - Founder, Mighty Ministries