Board of Directors
2008

Governing Members

    Scott Anderson
    President, Internet Ventures, Pearland, TX

    Melody Brown-Hellsten, M.S., R.N. Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Texas Children's Cancer Center, and contributing author to End of Life Care for Children, Supportive and Palliative Care Program, Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital, 333 North Santa Rosa, San Antonio, TX 78207

    Audrey Loweth
    Attorney at Law, Houston, TX

    Howard Lederer
    Chairman of the Board, President, ATEC, Inc., 12600 Executive Dr., Stafford, TX 77477

    William Morgan, C.P.A., J.D.
    Secretary/Treasurer of the Board, Attorney, 12815 Gulf Freeway, Houston, TX 77034

    Charles B. Musslewhite, Jr.
    Attorney, 711 Heights Boulevard, Houston, TX 77007

    Janice H. Wheeler, Ed. D.
    Founder and Executive Director, Coauthor of Supportive Care for Children With Life Limited Illness: An Information Guide for Parents, P.O. Box 5111, Pasadena, TX 77508

Patricia Williams, Ed.D.
Professor of Education; Sam Houston State University, 2521 Crosstimbers D2, Huntsville, TX 77340


Advisory Members

    Alicia Aaron
    President, Flowers & Co.

    Marcia Leveton, M.D.
    Healthcare Consultants, Inc.

    Benny Rodriguez
     Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation

    John Zenkner
    Guaranty Insurance Services, Inc.



Project Joy and Hope
proposes the following vision:

Community Awareness

  • To share the message that hospice is a hopeful lifestyle
  • To express the need for quality palliative care at end of life for children through a specific program designed to meet the special needs of young people

Education

  • To educate the classroom teacher about issues of life and loss transition, equipping the teacher to better assist students with these special needs
  • To improve parent understanding of childhood, adolescent, and adult grief and loss issues
  • To encourage the medical community to include palliative and supportive care when treating patients with life-limiting illness

Program Development

  • To assist the major Texas cities in developing quality pediatric end of life care and bereavement services

Resource Development

  • To provide financial assistance for special services for children's hospice programs

Volunteer Service

  • To enlist volunteers in each community to share the message, "In HOPE we are never disappointed", through the gift of time and talent.