Board Members

Cathedral Health Ministries Officers, Directors, and Advisory Board

The Very Reverend Joe D. Reynolds (Term: Ex Officio)
Chair and Director. Dean, Christ Church Cathedral since March 2000. Former Rector and Chair of the Board of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church and School in Atlanta, Georgia. Also served parishes in the central Gulf Coast, Washington, D.C., and western Michigan. Has served on the boards of Episcopal High School, Lord of the Streets, and Downtown Houston Association.

Nell A. Richardson, JD (Term expires January 2009)
President and Director. Volunteer work includes as President of Rusk School Health Promotion Project, and formerly as Vice President and Development Chair of New Hope Housing, Inc.; President of Brigid’s Hope; and membership on the Vestry of Christ Church Cathedral, including Chair of the Mission and Ministry Committee. Employment history includes as an attorney with law firms of Bracewell and Giuliani and Thamm & Associates; Coordinator of Child Abuse Programs for Baltimore County, Maryland; Housing Counseling Coordinator for the Baltimore Regional Planning Council; and teacher in middle and secondary schools. Holds an MA in English from Middlebury College, a Certificate in Public Administration from Briarcliff College, and a JD from the University of Houston Law Center.

Joan I. Lynch, EdD FASHA, CCC-SLP (Term expires January 2008)

Vice President and Director; Chair, Board Development Committee. Retired Professor of Language Science at University of Texas Houston. Also held positions in the Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Dental School (oral and maxillofacial surgery), Medical School (pediatrics) and as Associate Director of Speech and Hearing Institute. Experience providing direct service to patients with communication disorders, teaching, administration, research and publishing, and private practice in Speech Pathology. Professional service includes board membership in national and local organizations. President of Texas Speech and Hearing Foundation. Community service includes boards of MHMRA-Houston-Harris County, Houston Area Women’s Center Guild, Center for Hearing and Speech, and Houston Speech and Hearing Clinic. Holds Ed.D. from Columbia University and M.A. from Northwestern University.

Ben Henry, MBA (Term expires January 2009)
Treasurer and Director; Chair, Finance Committee. Independent consultant and partner in consulting firm King, Chapman, and Broussard. Formerly employed in the chemical and petroleum industry including twenty years with Kerr-McGee, where he served as Vice President. Serves on Board and is Treasurer of the Chinquapin School. Member, Christ Church Cathedral, served as Co-Chair of Community Life Council. Served two terms on the Vestry of St. Francis Episcopal Church, chairing the Finance and Stewardship Committees. Has served as president and treasurer of neighborhood association. Holds degree in chemical engineering from University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Stanford University.

Jennifer L. Matthews (Term expires January 2009)
SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR. Employed as paralegal at Enterprise Products Partners LP. Previously spent multiple years in the corporate sector as paralegal both by direct employ and as a self-employed contractor of paralegal services; also spent 2 years as a paralegal in the Office of the City Attorney here in Houston. Member of the State Bar of Texas, Legal Assistants Division. Volunteer Guardian Ad Litem with Child Advocates, Inc., the Harris County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program. Active member of Christ Church Cathedral; served on Cathedral Youth Ministry Council for 3 years (2000 – 2002). Holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology with a minor in Spanish from the University of Texas in Austin and an American Bar Association approved Paralegal Certificate.

Nancy H. Busen, PhD, RN, C-FNP (Term expires January 2010)
DIRECTOR. Associate Professor, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center School of Nursing. Clinical practice at University of Houston Health Services. Multiple awards for teaching and nursing excellence. Research, grants, publications, and presentations focus on adolescent issues, including homelessness and substance abuse. Community service includes Advisory Board of AHTP/LEAH, Acres Homes Partnership, Homeless Adolescent Project of the UTHHSC School of Public Health, and Mobile Clinic Partnership for HISD. Holds a Ph.D. from Texas Woman’s University, F.N.P. from University of Colorado, and M.S.N. from Wayne State University.

Joan Engebretson, DrPH, RN (Term expires January 2008)
DIRECTOR; CHAIR, RESEARCH AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE. Tenured professor at University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston at the School of Nursing and the School of Public Health. Former faculty at the University of St. Thomas, Maternal-Infant Care Coordinator at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and Public Health Nurse in Boston and Oakland, California. Teaches Woman’s Health, Social and Cultural Aspects of Healthcare, and ethnographic approaches to health research. Member, American Anthropological Association and numerous nursing organizations and boards. Holds a master’s degree from Texas Women’s University in Maternal-Child Health and a DrPH from the UTHSC-Houston School of Public Health.

Dianne G. Foutch, MA (Term expires January 2008)
DIRECTOR; CHAIR, FUND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. Executive Director, The Center for Hearing and Speech, with responsibility for overall management of this United Way agency. Accomplishments include streamlining departments, speech screening and therapy at three private schools, community screenings at indigent daycare programs, and collaboration with Community Partners to provide speech therapy to children in daycare and parent education to young mothers. Formerly held positions in Tucson, Arizona, including Director of Early Childhood and Prevention Services Coordinator at Desert Hills Hospital, and Director of Tucson Development Therapeutic Preschool. Community service includes the Stephens Ministry at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, and member of the boards of Family Service Center in Houston and the American Diabetes Association in Tucson. Holds an MA from the University of Phoenix in Tucson, Arizona, and has done graduate work in Communication Disorders from the University of Houston.

Lee Jason Graham, MBA (Term expires January 2009)
DIRECTOR. Business Planning Analyst for Hewlett-Packard Company, as global business planner responsible for global volume forecast of product lines producing over $200M in annual revenue. Formerly with Microstrategy Incorporated, McLean, Virginia, as Project Manager, Senior Consultant, and Associate Quality Engineer. Member, Christ Church Cathedral. Former Special Olympics soccer coach. Holds a BS from Duke University in Economics and Computer Sciences and an MBA. from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

Raymond Johnson, LPC, RSOTP (Term expires January 2008)
DIRECTOR. Private psychotherapy practice. President Houston LPC (Licensed Clinical Practitioner) Association. Formerly a Parole Officer for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and a Rehabilitation Counselor for the Texas Rehabilitation Commission. Formerly on the Board of Trustees, Budget Review Committee, and New Member Orientation Committee for Greenspoint Baptist Church, and on the Houston Community College Advisory Board for Special Education. Holds a Masters of Education from Boston University.

John C. Ribble, MD (Term expires January 2010)
DIRECTOR. Professor and administrator at University of Texas Medical School at Houston since 1978, serving as Dean from 1986 – 1995. M.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, with residencies at Parkland Hospital Dallas and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Former member of various committees of the Harris County Medical Society and the Texas Medical Association. Former member, Technical Advisory Committee for Episcopal Health Charities. Board member of the Friends of Fondren Library.