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...
Travis L. Gordon
Travis joined Avenue in 2018. As the CFO, Travis focuses on developing and linking the strategy of Avenue to its long range goals and annual operating budget, managing accounting practices...
Administration & Accounting
Alan Maynie
Alan joined Avenue in 2018 as an Asset Manager with responsibility for...
Brenda Bocanegra
Brenda currently serves Avenue in the role of VP of Human Resources,...
David Barron
David completed a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Strayer University and...
Melissa Diaz
Melissa joined Avenue in 2022 as the Asset Management Analyst. Prior to...
Sandra Robicheaux
Sandra is a Regional Manager with more than 11 years of extensive...
Jennifer Martinazzi
Jennifer is the Accounting Associate responsible for assisting the Finance Director in...
Megan Maddox
Megan holds a MSC in International Accounting and Management from Heriot-Watt in...
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...
Opal Andraka
Opal joined Avenue as the Community Initiatives Program Specialist in 2022. She...
Daniel Candelaria
Daniel joined Avenue in 2019 as the Census Community Organizer and currently...
Jennifer Tijerina
A life-long learner, Jennifer M. Tijerina holds a Master’s of Science in...
Jessica Fuentes
Jessica has been active in neighborhood initiatives in a number of communities...
Family Asset Building
Cindy Tessler
Cindy joined Avenue in 2017 as Counseling Program Manager for the Homeownership...
Diana Martinez
Diana joined Avenue CDC in February 2018 as a Housing Recovery Counselor...
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...
LaKeisha Mims
As the Program Associate for lending, LaKeisha advances Avenue Community Capital’s mission...
Blanca Gonzalez
Blanca holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from Mexico and earned an...
Victoria Garcia
Victoria joined Avenue’s Asset Building Team in 2018 to assist with post-Harvey...
Rosalia Eguia
Rosalia Eguia joined Avenue as the Homeownership Program Assistant in 2022. She...
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...
Selena Alvarez
Selena holds a B.S. degree in Education from the University of Houston....
Chiquita Dexter
Chiquita joined Avenue in 2017. She minored in Interior Design, and majored...
Alejandra Rangel
Alejandra Rangel is the Resident Services Instructor at Redwood Heights. She was...
Fund Development & Communication
Darla Berry
Darla joined Avenue in 2016 and serves as the VP of Fund...
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 Gonzalez
Cristina joined Avenue in 2021 as the Development Assistant. As a native...
Katie Fine
Katie joined Avenue in 2022 as the Fundraising Specialist/Grant Writer. Katie was...
Veronica Garcia Luke
Veronica joined Avenue in 2022 as Events Coordinator. She is a native...
Real Estate Development
Mark Nightingale
Mark currently serves as the VP of Real Estate Development for Avenue. ...
Jason Holoubek
As the Director of Acquisition and Rehabilitation, Jason manages the acquisition and...
Tyler Fuller
Tyler started in Avenue’s repair program where he focused on helping Houston’s...
James Mansell
James joined Avenue in 2022 as Director of Finance and Underwriting. He...
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...
Laura Grace
Laura joined Avenue in the spring of 2018 as a Construction Coordinator...
