Executive Leadership
Mary Lawler
Mary Lawler has served as Avenue’s Executive Director since 1996, leading Avenue’s growth in impact, programming, funding, and staffing. Mary is well-known for her expertise in affordable housing and community...
Berenice Yu
Berenice currently serves Avenue in the role of Chief Operating Officer, providing program Leadership of our Asset Building, Community Initiatives, and Resident Services programs; coordinating operational planning; leading the implementation...
Travis L. Gordon
Travis joined Avenue in 2018. As the Senior Director of Finance, Travis focuses on developing and linking the strategy of Avenue to its long range goals and annual operating budget,...
Administration & Accounting
Alan Maynie
Alan joined Avenue in 2018 as an Asset Manager with responsibility for...
Valerie Waddle
Valerie came to Avenue with over 15 years of affordable housing non-profit...
Jennifer Martinazzi
Jennifer is the Accounting Associate responsible for assisting the Finance Director in...
Sara Carbajal-Gutierrez
Sara Carbajal-Gutierrez joined Avenue in 2021 and serves as the Assistant Property...
Lourdes Gonzalez
Lourdes joined Avenue in 2018 as the Receptionist at the Avenue administrative...
Pamela Marshall
Pam joined Avenue in 2019 as the Executive Assistant to Mary Lawler,...
Community Initiatives
Claudia Sanchez
Claudia is an accomplished community leader with over fifteen year experience in...
Imarogbe Stokes
Imarogbe serves as the Health Equity Program Manager at Avenue where his...
Sofia Font
Sofia joined Avenue in August 2018 as Community Coordinator for the Northline...
Opal Andraka
Opal is a graduate student with the University of Illinois, Master of...
Family Asset Building
Cindy Tessler
Cindy joined Avenue in 2017 as Counseling Program Manager for the HomeOwnership...
Diane Jasso
Diane is a native Houstonian and fourth generation Texan. She attended and...
Christian Greaser
Christian joined Avenue CDC as a Housing Counselor in February 2019 and...
Diana Robledo
Diana joined Avenue in 2021 as the Homeownership Program Assistant. She is...
Victoria Garcia
Victoria joined Avenue’s Asset Building Team in 2018 to assist with post-Harvey...
LaKeisha Mims
As the Program Associate for lending, LaKeisha advances Avenue Community Capital’s mission...
Diana Martinez
Diana joined Avenue CDC in February 2018 as a Housing Recovery Counselor...
Angela Guerrero
Angela joined Avenue in 2016 as a Community Coordinator and now serves...
Denia Martinez
Denia is a native Houstonian and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration...
Elizabeth Luna
Elizabeth Luna is a first-generation Mexican-American, and a graduate of Houston Community...
Yesenia Flores
Yesenia joined Avenue in 2018 and serves as the Manager of Resident...
Fund Development & Communication
Darla Berry
Darla joined Avenue in 2016 and serves as the Senior Director of...
Kim Arenas
Kim joined Avenue in 2017 and oversees marketing, communications, and PR efforts...
Justine Welch
Justine joined Avenue as Development Associate in 2020. She has worked in...
Cristina Gonzales
Cristina joined Avenue in 2021 as the Development Assistant. As a native...
Real Estate Development
Mark Nightingale
Mark currently serves as the Senior Director of Real Estate Development for...
Jason Holoubek
As the Director of Acquisition and Rehabilitation, Jason manages the acquisition and...
Melissa Fontenot
As Director of Single Family Housing, Melissa oversees all phases of single-family...
Aaron Campbell
Aaron Campbell joined Avenue in 2017 as Realty Program Coordinator and now...
Luisa Chavez
Luisa joined Avenue in 2017 as a Single Family Developer. Luisa’s passion...
Anton Edwards
Anton joined Avenue as the Property Acquisition Specialist in 2015. His role...
Tyler Fuller
Tyler graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from the...
Laura Grace
Laura joined Avenue in the spring of 2018 as a Construction Coordinator...
