Executive Leadership
Mary Lawler
Mary Lawler has served as Executive Director of Avenue since 1996. She has a Master’s from Harvard University’s Kennedy School and a B.A. from Duke University. She currently serves on...
Jenifer Wagley
Jenifer Wagley is driven by a passion to create a more equitable society where every person has the ability to achieve her or his full potential. Jenifer has 14 years...
Administration & Accounting
Fred Lazare
As Finance Director, Fred is responsible for the organization’s accounting, manages Avenue’s...
Jennifer Martinazzi
Jennifer is the Accounting Assistant responsible for assisting the Finance Director in...
Courtney Johnson
Courtney joined Avenue in 2016 as an Executive Assistant. Courtney is an...
Lourdes Gonzalez
Lourdes joined Avenue in 2018 as Receptionist for our administrative offices. She...
Community Initiatives
Xochitl Jimenez
Xochitl joined Avenue in 2014. As the Resident Services Manager, she manages...
Cynthia Reyes-Revilla
Cynthia joined Avenue in 2017 as Community Coordinator for the Near Northside....
Laila Khalili
Laila joined Avenue in 2017 as the Special Projects and Program Coordinator,...
Amanda Salvador
Amanda joined Avenue CDC as the Program Assistant for the Community Initiatives...
Giordaun Baity
Giordaun joined Avenue in 2018 as a Program Assistant. Prior to coming...
Family Asset Building
Berenice Yu
Berenice joined Avenue in 2015 as Director of Asset Building Programs. Her...
Noel Baldovino
Noel joined Avenue in 2017 as the Business Development Manager for our...
Aaron Campbell
Aaron Campbell joined Avenue in 2017 as Realty Coordinator. He has a...
Crystal Cruz
Crystal is a native Houstonian with a B.S. in Psychology and Health...
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...
Mariposa Thomson
Mariposa joined Avenue in 2018 as the Client Services Coordinator for Avenue’s...
Victoria Garcia
Victoria joined Avenue’s Asset Building Team in 2018 as a Housing Recovery...
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...
Paula Broughton
Paula is a recent addition to Avenue CDC, joining in April 2018....
Yesenia Flores
Yesenia joined Avenue as the Program Assistant for the Housing Recovery Center...
Patricia Wydler
Mortgage Loan Officer, Down Payment Assistance
Fund Development & Communication
Kara Niles
As Director of Fund Development and Communication, Kara focuses on outreach to...
Darla Berry
Darla joined Avenue as Fund Development Officer and Grant Writer in 2016....
Kim Arenas
Kim joined Avenue in 2017 as Development Communications Officer. Prior to joining...
Melinna Lopez
Melinna serves as the Database & Special Events Associate and is responsible...
Real Estate Development
Robert Fiederlein
Robert joined Avenue in 2017 as our Senior Director of Real Estate...
Jason Holoubek
As the Director of Rental Housing and Economic Development, Jason manages the...
Melissa Zavala
As Director of Single Family Housing, Melissa oversees all phases of single-family...
Chris Laugelli
Chris joined Avenue CDC as the Manager of Single-Family Home Repair in...
Anton Edwards
Anton joined Avenue as the Property Acquisition Specialist in 2015. His role...
Luisa Chavez
Luisa joined Avenue in 2017 as a Single Family Developer. Luisa’s passion...
