CHIP Success Stories
Troy Allen: Community Outreach Coordinator, General Land Office
Fall 2016: Council Member Jerry Davis
Melissa Arredondo: Press Secretary, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo
Fall 2007: Commissioner Sylvia Garcia
Spring 2008: Council Member Melissa Noriega
Roel Benavides, Jr.: Committee Clerk, House Committee on Corrections
Fall 2014: Congressman Pete Olson
Stephen Bjune: Training Manager, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Spring 2007: Mayor Bill White, Office for Volunteer Initiatives
Gram Brinson: Bank Reconciliation Assistant, Harris County Treasurer Dylan Osborne
Fall 2019: Harris County Treasurer Dylan Osborne
Christopher Busby: Teacher, Sam Houston Math Science Technology Center
Fall 2009: Council Member Mike Sullivan
Traci Buttram: Agenda Director, Council Member David Robinson
Fall 2010: State Representative Ellen Cohen
Spring 2011: State Representative Jessica Farrar
Carolina Cano: District Liasion, State Representative Mary Ann Perez
Fall 2018: State Representative Mary Ann Perez
Spring 2019: State Representative Mary Ann Perez
Candace Caruthers: Appellate Public Defender, New Jersey Office of the Public Defender
Fall 2014: Council Member Larry Green
Yesenia Chavez: Policy Analyst, Immigrants' Rights at ALCU
Spring 2013: Council Member James Rodriguez
Patrick Coleman: Deputy Chief of Staff, Council Member Amy Peck
Spring 2017: State Representative Dan Huberty
Matthew Conner: Director, Government Relations, Houston Independent School District
Fall 2012: Congressman John Culberson
Mary Davis: Deputy District Director, Congressman Pete Olson
Fall 2015: Council Member Michael Kubosh
Jeanette De Los Santos: Director, Community & Neighborhood Relations, Houston Habitat for Humanity
Fall 2001: Quantum Consultants
Carlos Doroteo: Attorney, Berg & Androphy
Spring 2004: State Representative Rick Noriega
Natasha Egharevba: Assistant District Attorney, Dallas County District Attorney's Office
Fall 2008: State Senator Rodney Ellis
Fatimah El-Ibrahim: Staff Assistant, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher
Spring 2019: Mayor's Office of Education
Fall 2019: Harris County Clerk, Department of Voter Outreach and Communications
Russell Etherton: Senior Communications Specialist, BakerRipley
Fall 2009: Annise Parker for Mayor Campaign
Santiago Franco: Scheduler, State Senator Carol Alvarado
Spring 2017: Council Member Ellen Cohen
Jon Garcia: Policy Analyst, Harris County
Fall 2015: State Representative Jessica Farrar
Cassie Gianni: Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Spring 2011: Controller Ron Green
Fall 2011: Controller Ron Green
Spring 2015: Mayor’s Office of International Trade and Development
Shannon Harris: Operations Coordinator, University of Texas at Austin
Fall 2001: League of Women Voters
Nick Heisig: Senior Marketing Analyst, Lopez Negrete Communications
Fall 2013: State Senator Rodney Ellis
Mirel Herrera: Independent Consultant
Spring 2008: Rick Noriega for U.S. Senate Campaign
Carla Hulsey: Senior Community Relations Specialist, UT Health Science Center at Houston
Fall 2010: Commissioner Sylvia Garcia
Spring 2011: Council Member Ed Gonzalez
Maria Ivanez: Attorney, Rosas & Associates
Fall 2011: Barrio Dogs of Houston
Spring 2012: NALEO Educational Fund
Fall 2012: Council Member Ed Gonzalez
Estefani Jimenez: Environmental Case Manager, Kleinfelder
Fall 2012: State Senator Mario Gallegos
Emily Joslin: Budget Analyst, Legislative Budget Board
Fall 2016: Representative Jessica Farrar
Valerie Luna-Pena: Community Outreach Coordinator, Houston Public Works
Spring 2013: Council Member Ellen Cohen
Josh Malone: Senior Associate, Farella, Braun+Martel LLP
Spring 2010: Environment Texas
Cody Miller: Service Learning Project Manager, ELCA National Youth Gathering
Fall 2014: Council Member Ed Gonzalez
Ana Montanez: Manager, Government Relations, Independent Sector
Fall 2015: Council Member Ed Gonzalez
Alexa Moores: Law Clerk, Harris County Attorney's Office
Fall 2017: Senator Ted Cruz
Spring 2018: Senator Ted Cruz
Idalid Navarro: Scheduler & Special Projects Coordinator, Council Member Tiffany Thomas
Fall 2017: Council Member Amanda Edwards
Spring 2018: Council Member Amanda Edwards
Fall 2018: Council Member Amanda Edwards
Alexander Obregon: Deputy City Controller, City Controller Chris Brown
Fall 2008: Council Member Ron Green
Emma Oliver: Student, Georgetown University Law Center
Spring 2014: State Representative Carol Alvarado
Dylan Osborne: Harris County Treasurer
Spring 2011: Council Member Sue Lovell
Julia Ossemi-Seied: Deputy Chief of Staff & Communications, Council Member Sallie Alcorn
Fall 2016: Council Member Jerry Davis
Spring 2017: Council Member Jerry Davis
Bryan Pelaez: Consultant, Integrated Solutions Consulting
Fall 2015: Congressman John Culberson
Melissa Peña: Founding STEM Teacher, Uplift Education
Fall 2011: Lone Star Strategies, LLC
Shawn Portales: External Affairs Manager, Tejas Tubular
Fall 2010: Council Member Ed Gonzalez
Spring 2011: Congressman Gene Green
Paige Powell: Development Director, Air Alliance Houston
Fall 2006: Council Member Peter Brown
Robert Quarles: Staff Director, Office of Fort Bend County Commissioner, Precinct 1
Fall 2000: Council Member Mark Ellis
Fall 2001: Chris Bell for Mayor Campaign
Jessica Rubio Merlan: District Director, Representative Gina Calanni
Fall 2018: Theater District Houston
Salatiel Rueda: Government Relations, City of Houston
Spring 2015: Council Member Mike Laster
Jessica Ruland: Coordinator, Greater Houston Partnership
Fall 2017: Council Member Michael Kubosh
Emina Sadic: Legal Intern, Orange
Fall 2010: Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations
Edith Santamaria: Executive Assistant, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo
Fall 2015: Council Member Robert Gallegos
Paula Santamaria: Chief of Staff, Displays & Accessories, HP
Spring 2013: Council Member Ed Gonzalez
Fall 2013: Council Member Ed Gonzalez
Jennifer Edwards Santos: Texas Attorney General's Office
Fall 2016: Ed Gonzalez for Sheriff Campaign
Eric Schroeder: Committee Director, Committee on County Affairs, Texas House of Representatives
Fall 2014: State Representative Garnet Coleman
Eiman Siddiqui: Chief of Staff, State Representative Tom Oliverson
Fall 2014: State Representative Jim Murphy
Hillary Sotello: CDR Housing Manager, GrantWorks, Inc.
Spring 2009: Houstonians for Responsible Growth
William Souraphath: Associate EHR Application Analyst, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Spring 2014: Commissioner El Franco Lee
Katherine Summerlin: Financial Analyst, Harris County Toll Road Authority
Fall 2005: Council Member Ronald Green
Anthony Torres: Associate, Communications, Outreach Strategists, LLC
Fall 2017: Council Member Amanda Edwards
Binsu Wang: Director of Underwriting, Transpacific Financial Inc.
Spring 2012: Harris County Clerk Stan Stanart, Election Division
Kelly Waterman: District Director, Congressman Brian Babin
Fall 2007: U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
Fall 2009: Texans for Kay Bailey Hutchison Campaign
Mike Watkins: Community Outreach Liaison, Council Member Sallie Alcorn
Spring 2019: State Senator John Whitmire
Cody Wheeler: Council Member, City of Pasadena
Fall 2010: Rick Molina for State Representative Campaign
Janae Williams-Winfield: Senior Consultant, Precise Process Consulting LLC
Spring 2010: State Representative Ellen Cohen
Madelyn Wilson: Engagement Specialist, 2nd.MD
Fall 2015: Outreach Strategists
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