Meet the Team

  • Dedre M. Smith

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • Ashley Borjon

    ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM DIRECTOR

  • Alexandra M. Sanchez

    DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

  • Ruby A. Lopez

    OUTREACH MANAGER

  • Ranett Montemayor

    DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT

  • Kimberly Martinez

    ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR

  • Marvlyn Cornelius

    PROGRAM SPECIALIST - DAYS

  • Ashley Peterson

    Grant Writer

  • Position Open

    DATA LEAD & PROGRAM SPECIALIST - EVENINGS

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors for the Literacy Council of Fort Bend County is made up of over 20 community leaders with a passion for adult literacy education. These leaders work with the Executive Director to help provide strategic direction for the organization by assisting with fundraising, promoting the organization, and advocating for the needs of the students we serve in the community.


Kris Cobb, Wells Fargo Advisors - CHAIR
Zia Anklesaria
, CenterPoint Energy - SECRETARY
Sally Kubiak,
Retired Educator – TREASURER
Mitch Danklef, Comcast - CHAIR ELECT
Brian Tave
, Stellar Bank - IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

Honorable Judge J. Christian Becaerra, 434th District court
Cinzia D. Fuller
S. Qaisar “Q” Imam, Community Volunteer
Lee Ivey, Jr., DBA, University of Phoenix
Ann Kingrey, Memorial Hermann Sugar Land
Lisa Lalani, Community Volunteer
Honorable Judge Juli Mathew, County Court at Law 3
Suzanne Mottin, Occidental Petroleum
Mary Mouret, Retired Educator
Siraj Narsi,
Integrated Business Finance
Joseph Niles,
S & B Engineers & Constructors
Apurva Parikh, Self-Employed
Angela Parker Beopple, Parks Youth Ranch
Angela Pfeiffer, Sugar bend center
Jeff Tallas, Tallas Insurance
Paul Tu, Arrington Tu & Burnett
Honorable Judge Toni Wallace, County Court at Law 4