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

  • Areli Zavala

    ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR

  • Marvlyn Cornelius

    PROGRAM SPECIALIST - DAYS

  • Michael Swank

    Grant Writer

  • Jeanette DeLeon

    DATA LEAD & PROGRAM SPECIALIST - EVENINGS

  • Celina Ukaegbu

    Marketing & Events Assistant

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors for the Literacy Council of Fort Bend County is made up of over 22 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.


Mitch Danklef, Comcast - CHAIR
Joseph Niles,
S & B Engineers & Constructors - SECRETARY
Sally Kubiak,
Retired Educator – TREASURER
Zia Anklesaria, CenterPoint Energy - CHAIR ELECT
Kris Cobb
, Wells Fargo Advisors - 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
Apurva Parikh, Self-Employed
Angela Parker Beopple, Parks Youth Ranch
Angela Pfeiffer, Sugar bend center
Jeff Tallas, Tallas Insurance
Brian Tave, Stellar Bank
Paul Tu, Arrington Tu & Burnett
Honorable Judge Toni Wallace, County Court at Law 4