Sheila Parker

Treasurer

Sheila Parker is a Vice President for Capital Bank, serving as their Baytown Banking Center Manager. She has been in banking since 1993 and has worked for Capital Bank for 17 years. She is married to Brian Parker, a Baytown Police Officer. Together they have three sons, two grandsons, and a granddaughter on the way. Sheila has been on our board since 2019 and serves as the Treasurer. She is a member of the Highlands Rotary Club, plays volleyball with Special Olympics, and has served her community through her past involvement with Baytown Junior Forum.

Thomas Hast

President

Christian Johnson

Christian was born and raised in the Baytown area and is passionate about serving our community. She brings extensive experience to our board from over fifteen years in the legal field, representing nonprofits, businesses, and individuals. Christian has served on the Chambers County Child Welfare Board, is a past president of Baytown Junior Form, is an active member of Second Baptist Baytown with her husband and two sons, and supports many nonprofits. She believes in the intrinsic value of homeownership for the family and our community.

DiAnne Wilson

Business Manager

Dianne joined the board of Habitat in September 2002 as director and Treasurer. On April 1, 2007, she was hired as Baytown Habitat’s first Executive Director. She currently serves as Business Director for the affiliate. She enjoys playing bridge, entertaining family, and outings with good friends in her spare time.

Jared Arend

Jared Arend is an electrical engineer by degree and an ExxonMobil instrument and controls engineer. When he was younger, he would volunteer from time to time with Habitat, but now sat on the board since the beginning of 2022. In his free time, he loves to woodwork in the garage, so supporting the housing construction for Habitat fits right in!

Sherry Ramphal

Sherry Ramphal is the Environmental, Health, Safety, and Security Manager of the Chevron Philips Chemical Company’s Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Rice University in Houston, Texas. Sherry has been with Chevron Phillips for over 23 years, spanning various senior-level positions both domestically and internationally across plant, operations, and engineering management, serving most recently as the Plant Manager of the Chevron Phillips plant in Singapore. Sherry is passionate about people, specifically about personnel and process safety and aligning business and operational goals with sustainability. She enjoys traveling, community service, and spending time with family in her spare time.

Yvonne Briscoe

Secretary

Yvonne is a city planner and the Senior Planner for the City of Dickinson. As the city planner, Yvonne is responsible for comprehensive and other subsidiary plans, subdivision ordinances, and zoning ordinances. She assists developers, citizens, and business owners with interpreting codes and planning projects and activities. Yvonne joined the Baytown Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors in October 2021.

Kenya Fanus

Kenya Fanus has been a member of the Board of Directors for Baytown Habitat for Humanity member since 2017 and serves as Homeowner Selection Chair. Kenya and her husband, Trevor, have been married for 23 years and have seven beautiful children. Through Trevor’s electrical services and Kenya’s real estate experience, her family is dedicated to the organization. At age 7, Kenya witnessed friends and family in their community volunteer to assist her parents in building their first home in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. After seeing the love, support, and selfless contributions of others, it was etched into her heart to pay it forward and volunteer her services to assist families in experiencing the American dream of owning a home.

Wendy Vola

Vice President

Wendy Vola is the Safety Director for Chambers County. She serves as the Habitat Board Vice President and has been a Board Member since 2019. Mrs. Vola is an Adjunct Professor in Safety and Environmental Health at Lee College. She and her husband Bill (a past Habitat Board member and fellow volunteer since 2009) have 3 grown children and 2 grandchildren.

Greg Harwell

Greg Harwell is a dedicated tax professional with a BBA from Stephen F Austin State University. He enjoys helping lead music with his wife, Kendra, at their church and spending time with his four daughters, Eleanor, Violet, Magnolia, and Amelia. He is thrilled to work with Habitat for Humanity - Baytown, channeling his enthusiasm into positively impacting the community.

Shelly Gondo

Construction Manager

Shelly Gondo is our Construction Manager, overseeing the construction of new houses and repairs. She holds a doctorate in Project Management from A.I.U. and is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI). Shelly has three decades of managing diverse scopes of construction projects. She currently liaises with various stakeholders, including homeowners, vendors, donors, contractors, the City of Baytown, and volunteers to make successful builds. She is passionate about building projects and seeing communities working together.

Erin Porée

Erin Porée and her husband, Chris, are a husband-and-wife real estate team with Keller Williams Elite Realty. Erin and Chris have been married for 14 years and have four beautiful children who make life so much fun. Erin is a native Houstonian with a degree in elementary education who taught 4th grade for nearly a decade before becoming a stay-at-home mom for eight years and ultimately going into real estate full-time in 2021. Erin is passionate about making homeownership a reality for everyone who dreams of attaining it and keeps service and education at the center of her work.

Aida Rendon

Aida was born and raised in Baytown, Texas, and has spent the past 32 years as an employee or volunteer for various non-profit agencies in the local area. After becoming semi-retired four years ago, she is a substitute teacher for Crosby, Dayton, and Galena Park ISD. Aida has enjoyed serving as a Baytown Habitat board member since 2019. She is an active sustainer for Baytown Junior Forum, Dec my Room volunteer, and Texas Children’s Hospital volunteer. Aida and her husband enjoy traveling, hiking, and spending time with their three daughters and grandchildren.

Zack Clay

Zack works for the City of Mont Belvieu as a Systems Administrator, keeping the City IT infrastructure up and running. He joined the Habitat board in 2018, took a brief hiatus, and is now back again. Since joining, he has built several items for the Opening Doors silent auction and some birdhouses given away as door prizes.

Natalie Degler

Natalie is a proud Cajun from South Louisiana that moved to Texas in 2017 to continue to grow her career in the Midstream space. Graduating from LSU in Chemical Engineering and giving back to the community she lives in is truly a life fulfillment. Habitat for Humanity was near and dear to her husband’s grandma, and she hopes to make her proud - ensuring her legacy lives on for many years.

Chris Hazen

Chris Hazen works for Covestro LLC as the Vice President for Health, Safety and Environmental at the Baytown, Texas facility. Christ is a new board member for Habitat for Humanity. Prior to working in Baytown, he was most recently in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Covestro has their North American headquarters. He is married Tina Hazen, his wife, Together they have 3 adult children.

Edelmira Pena

I am energetic, determined, and enthusiastic about my work. Edelmira has been working in the energy industry for over 13 years and enjoy helping out our customers. One passion of hers is helping others look for their dream home, which is why she obtained her real estate license. She feels honored to be a part of multiple families achieving their homeowner dreams.

Edelmira and her family were blessed with a Habitat for Humanity home in 2008. She is excited to be a new part of the Habitat family working on our board, helping other families achieve the same dreams.

Mark Stafford

Mark Stafford is a lifelong resident of Baytown. He and his wife have been married for 37 years and have three adult children and four precious grandchildren. Mark served in Goose Creek CISD for 20 years as a teacher, coach, principal, and administrator. He recently retired after 22 years from Second Baytown Church, where he served as Associate Pastor. Mark enjoys hiking and skiing in the mountains of Colorado whenever he gets a chance. Mark loves the greater Baytown area community and enjoys serving others.

Lorin Hilyard

Executive Director

Lorin Hilyard is a native Baytonian. She graduated from Sterling High School in 2007 and received her bachelor’s in music education and her master’s degree in educational leadership from Lamar University. Lorin taught school for 13 years in Goose Creek and now works as Baytown Habitat for Humanity’s executive director. She has been married to Taylor Hilyard of Baytown for 12 years, and together they have three children, Harrison, Lorelei, and Holden.