2021 brings new leadership to ADL’s Board. Mark Trachtenberg, Chair Elect in 2020, will succeed current Board Chair Nicole Nathan Gibson. Karen Westall, presently a Vice Chair, has been selected as Chair Elect. Additionally, Civil Rights Committee Co-Chair Martin Siegel has been added as a 2021 Vice Chair, joining Nicole Soussan Caplan, Robert Carlton, Elyse Kalmans, Kevin Kushner, Cheryl Lipshutz and Ken Sheirr. Newly selected Board members are:

Jamie Byrd, HPD Officer and daughter of hate crime murder victim James Byrd, Jr.

Cecil Fong, President of OCA, Greater Houston, retired engineer and longtime diversity and community activist

Dr. Jennifer Guss, physician specializing in internal medicine and pediatrics at Medical Clinic of Houston

Dori Kornfeld Goldman, partner at Yetter Coleman LLP

Melanie Margolis, Track coach at St. John’s School, attorney and community volunteer

Lauren Segal, Upstream and Alternative Energy Executive

Al Tribble, retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent over Civil Rights

Andy Weiner, President of Rockstep Capital Corporation