Board of Directors
2019 Board of Directors
Nora’s Gift Foundation
Officers
Osama Gaber, M.D., FACS, Chairman
Director, J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Houston Methodist
Ellis Tudzin, First Vice-Chair
Of Counsel, Wilson, Cribbs + Goren
John Zerr, Treasurer
General Counsel, Invesco
Directors
Imad F. Abdullah
Principal, Landmark Architects Inc.
Rudy Beeching
Chief Administrative Officer, Veritex Bank
Cathy Cooney
Retired, Leadership Coach
Lillian Gaber, M.D.
Professor of Pathology and Genomic Medicine,
Houston Methodist
Waleed Gaber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Matthew Girotto
Senior Vice President, Texas Children’s Hospital
Brigitte Kalai
Community Volunteer Organizer
Casey Hedges
Social Worker, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Member, Junior League of Houston
Mark Hobeika, M.D., FACS
Transplant Surgeon
Houston Methodist
Golda Jacob
Golda Jacob & Associates P.C.
Edward Kuntz
Operating Partner, Sentinel Capital Partners
Former Chairman, Kindred Healthcare Inc.
Gabriel Loor, M.D.
Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program
CHI St Luke’s, Baylor College of Medicine
Arshad Matin
President and CEO, Paradigm
Jerry Patel
Lifetime Member, Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA)
John Michael Rose
Partner, Locke Lord, LLP
Timothy Schroeder
CEO and Founder, CTI Clinical Trial & Consulting