Houston P. A. hosted by Laurent
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Houston P. A. hosted by Laurent
Houston P.A. is a weekly conversation hosted by Laurent Fouilloud-Buyat. Each week, Laurent invites you to meet the people who make Houston unique: the museum curators, scientists, writers, dancers, musicians, civil servants, the neighbor who used to be an alcoholic but is now in recovery, and the o...
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Lone Star Flight Museum: The Astronaut, the Barber and the Golf Ball
Jerry Scott is the COO of the Lone Star Flight Museum & Director of flight operations. He introduces us to Barbara Radnofsky and Ed Supkis who are the...
The Motherhood Center: helping people become great parents
Gabriela Gerhart is the founder of Motherhood Center. The Motherhood Center educates expecting parents with classes and socials like the Baby Bump Soc...
The Astros Foundation: The Power of Baseball in Education
Paula Harris is the Senior Vice President of Community Affairs for the Astros and she is the Executive Director of the Astros Foundation. Their primar...
Steel Magnolia Moms: For Moms with kids living with special needs
Elizabeth Elder, is the founder of Steel Magnolia Moms, a support organization for moms who have kids with special needs. Cindy Mood is their membersh...
ALS: Rik Thornberg's story
Rick lives with ALS. He and his wife discuss his diagnosis and how their lives have changed. You'll be inspired by their courrage and optimistic outlo...
From Guinea to Texas: Dr. Diallo of Medical Bridges
Dr. Tadia Diallo is the global health manager for Medical Bridges. We discuss how she came to Texas from Guinea and Medical Bridges' mission to bring...
Christ Clinic: An army of volunteers delivering world-class healthcare
Lara Mautz is the executive director of the Christ Clinic and Jay Donnella in charge of their Strategic Partnerships. Christ Clinic delivers high qual...
Legacy Community Health on helping older patients
Kenicia Curry is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for Legacy Community Health. Telehealth has become the main way to consult for Legacy Community Health...
BrainAbouts
Dr. Teandra Gordon is the Senior Program Director for BrainAbouts, an organization that has free online tools to help parents raise children to avoid...
The CPR and Safety Lady teaches what to do in case of seizure
Gail Gould is the The CPR and Safety Lady and she teaches us what to do in case of a seizure or chocking, live on the radio. There’s much more to lear...
Communities In Schools Houston: help for parents & students for a great school year
Chanelle Omiwade is the Program Director for Communities in Schools of Houston and Adrianne A. Williams is a Student Support Manager at Lamar High Sch...
Periwinkle Foundation: sending kids fighting cancer to an awesome summer camp
Dr. Paul Gerson is the founder of The Periwinkle Foundation (he was also in the air force) and Ann Massey is their Development Director.
The Per...
Trees for Houston: beautifying our city & health, one tree at a time
Barry Ward is the executive director of Trees For Houston. They’ve planted more than 750,000 trees to mitigate run off and provide shade to buildings,...
Lone Star Flight Museum & their impressive Youth Ambassadors
Ann Hobing is the Lone Star Flight Museum’s senior director of education and Cameron Hardy is one of their youth ambassador. Cameron is an impressive...
Medical Bridges is in San Antonio, now!
Walter Ulrich CEO of Medical Bridges (and a US Marine) and Akinyi Adoyo is their marketing manager. Medical Bridges collects medical equipment donatio...
The Founder of Houston Chamber Choir will step down after their 30th season
Robert Simpson is the founder and artistic director of Houston Chamber Choir and Dr. Betsy Cook Weber Houston Chamber Choir Artistic Director Designat...
No Summer Slide with Literacy Now!
Jacque Daughtry is the CEO of Literacy Now and Jacklyn Wilson is their Chief Operating Officer. They discuss their programs that fight the "summer sli...
F3: Fitness, Fellowship &Faith
Christian Taylor aka Hertz, Juan Martinez aka Fear Factor, Richard Chavez aka Camelbak, discuss F3: a national network of free, peer-led workouts for...
Big Brothers Big Sister: lifelong friendship that break the cycle of poverty
Pierce Bush is the CEO of Big Brother Big Sisters Lone Star. They help volunteers mentor kids, guiding them to graduate from high school and form valu...
Motherhood Center: supporting new moms and dads
Gabriela Gerhart is the founder of Motherhood Center. They offer education, support groups and access to experts and doulas for expecting mothers and...
Special Olympics Texas gets a lot of help from Jersey Mike's
The Special Olympics Texan East Region is getting a bunch of help from Jersey Mike’s who is conducting a cool fundraiser on March 27th. They will dona...
Houston PetSet: 20 years of serving Texans and our animals
Lisa Tynan is the marketing and special events specialist for Houston PetSet. We celebrate their 20 years of service to Texans by discussing the great...
Sweat Equity: Houston Habitat for Humanity's secret to success
Sylvia Villalpando is the Homeowner Services Associate Director for Houston Habitat for Humanity. Their success is in large part due to their “Sweat E...
Literacy Now is fixing the catastrophic reading rate in the Houston Area
Jacque Daughtry is the CEO of Literacy Now and Jacklyn Wilson is their chief Operating officer. Only about 30% of Houston Area 3rd graders can read at...
Lupus Texas Gulf Coast
Anne Marie Blacketer is the CEO of Lupus Texas Gulf Coast. Lupus is still a relatively unknown disease to most and raising awareness is how we can cre...
Inova: Memorial Assistance Ministries' new program for Entrepreneurs
Sonja Gee is the President & CEO of Memorial Assistance Ministries (MAM). They never dropped the ball during the pandemic. They kept their doors as op...
Legacy Community Health on mental health and misusing prescription drugs
Neha Agrawal is a clinical pharmacist at Legacy Community Health and Jose Romero is their Director of Therapy Services. Legacy Health Community Health...
Arms Wide & The Prebles: Foster Parents with a Giant Heart
DeJuana Jernigan is the CEO of Arms Wide and this time, she brought some friends. Laura and John Preble are foster parents for Arms Wide and they are...
Northwest Assistance Ministries: giving a Thanksgiving and Christmas for everyone!
Samantha Anchia is the Development Director for Northwest Assistance Ministries, one of our non-profits that never stopped serving the community, even...
Season of Sharing & Secret Night Out at the Children's Museum
Kaitlyn Dougherty is the Exhibits Development Coordinator for the Children's Museum of Houston and Keith Ostfeld (aka Mr. O), is their director of edu...
Monarch Butterflies and "Glass in Flight" at the Houston Botanic Garden
Erin Mills is the Education Manager for Houston Botanic Garden and Justin Lacey is their director of communications. Houston Botanic Garden is a beaut...
The Steel Magnolia Moms Holiday Market: a place for special parents
Elizabeth Elder is the founder of Steel Magnolia Moms, Tiffanie Williams is serving on then board of directors and Kate Peden is one of the founding b...
Joel's Mom and her mission to raise awareness about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Rachel Poysky is Joel’s mother. Joel is living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and she is raising awareness about this rare genetic disease which aff...
Mighty Warbirds and Space Flight at The Lone Star Flight Museum
Retired Lieutenant General Doug Owens is the CEO of the Lone Star Flight Museum, one of the most fun museums in town. Their regular exhibits are beaut...
Promoting Water Quality: The Bayou Preservation Association
Chris Brown is a member of the board of directors for the Bayou Preservation Association. They work to celebrate, protect, and restore our bayous and...
One of the best after-school programs around: Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston
Kevin Hattery is the president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston and Tobi Shonowo is one of their Club Directors. Registering only cost...
Dr. Paul Gerson: Founder of the Periwinkle Foundation
Dr. Paul Gerson is the founder of the Periwinkle Foundation and Doug Suggitt is their executive director. They are celebrating 40 years of serving chi...
Legacy Community Health: Expanding Senior Care and in-schools healthcare
Dr. Robert Hilliard is the CEO of Legacy Community Health and Chinelo Nweke is their operations director for senior care. Senior care is one of the ex...
Power Play: The Children's Museum of Houston is summer's coolest destination
Keith Ostfeld, aka Mr. O, is the director of educational technology and exhibit development for the Children's Museum of Houston… at least officially....
Medical Bridges: exporting medical care and the Texas spirit
Walter Ulrich is the CEO of Medical Bridges (and a US Marine) and Akinyi Adoyo is their marketing manager. Medical Bridges has clinics built inside of...