Pro Bono…  service above self!

Along with serving in charitable boards, we often take on critical projects that serve important cause – where vulnerable community members benefit.
If you need help doing a good deed, call on us!
Once a year in March, I select a non-profit project that merits attention and benefits community.  Over an email, tell me the story – what’s going on, and why YOU are involved.


I’ll let you know if I can help.

In January 2014, we celebrated the completion of the Barbara A. Kazen Center for Hope at Bethany House of Laredo, a homeless services provider.  Having the passion for serving the homeless and a tribute to a great servant leader and friend, our team was pleased to have provided the owner representative and asset management services at no cost to the organization. 

The project, which is pursuing a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) designation, added nearly 11,000 square feet to provide an emergency shelter for women, 9 additional transitional housing units for families, a classroom, a wellness center, a larger courtyard, a meditation niche, and administrative offices.  The project cost was $ 2.4 million.

Current Community Involvement

LAREDO HOUSING AUTHORITY

Commissioner and Current Chairman of the Board since January 2016.

TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE #1 (DOWNTOWN)

Board member since February 2020.

LAREDO POLICE DEPARTMENT

Training Advisory Board member since August 2019.

21st Century Policing Advisory Board Member October – December  2016.

EAGLE FORD CONSORTIUM

Co-founder and Former Steering Committee member 2010 – 2015.

LAREDO HOMELESS COALITION

Founding and Immediate Past President since 2000 – 2017.

LAREDO NEXT GENERATION ROTARY

President 2009-2010 and member since September 2007. Served as Rotary District 5930 Grants Committee Chairman 2012-2014.

Prior Community Services

BETHANY HOUSE OF LAREDO

(Homeless Service Provider)   
Former Board of Director and Vice President (March 2017).  Supporter since 1999.

BORDER REGION BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER

Former member and Chairman of the Planning and Network Advisory Committee and member from September 2006 to August 2015. Past Chairman 2009-2010.

ST. PETER’S HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

Founding member. Board member from 2011-2015.

LAREDO ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT

Former Steering Committee member from 2010 – 2015.

FUTURE OF THE REGION SOUTH TEXAS

Former Treasurer; Member from 2012-2014.

AVANCE, LAREDO CHAPTER

Former President 2006-2008. Board member of non-profit organization serving low-income families with children(ages 0-3) with education and resiliency programs, from 2000-2008.

LAREDO WEED AND SEED COMMITTEE

Vice-President of the Laredo Weed and Seed Committee (U.S. Dept. of Justice Program) from 2001 to 2007.

TEXAS RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION

Advisory Committee Member for the Warranties and Performance Standards 2006-2007.

SIGMA TAU DELTA

Founding member of International English Honor Society at Texas A&M International University, 1994.

TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY – Masters in Public Administration Advisory Board

Member  2009 – 2011.

ALL-AMERICA CITY

Delegate to the All-America City Competition in Anaheim, CA, representing the Bethany House Shelter Project in June 2007.

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