Texas Women’s Foundation announced it has appointed Carrie Freeman Parsons as the new board chair for a two-year term that started July 1.

She succeeds Hilda Galvan who led the Foundation since 2021. Galvan will remain on the executive committee as past chair, the foundation said.

The foundation also added new board members Elizabeth Asturi, Lisette Mendez, and Aracely Muñoz. Michelle Hudson and Phyllis Bernstein are returning to the board.

Texas Women’s Foundation has added new board members Elizabeth Asturi, Lisette Mendez and Aracely Muñoz. Returning to the board are Michelle Hudson and Phyllis Bernstein. [Photos: Texas Women’s Foundation]

Texas Women’s Foundation also announced its executive committee:

• Carrie Freeman Parsons – Chair (board chair, Freeman Co.)
• Hilda C. Galvan – past chair (partner in charge, Jones Day)
• Chrysta Castañeda – At Large (President, The Castañeda Firm)
• Sam Dwinell – IAC chair (chief people officer, Aspire Human Services)
• Jana Etheridge – governance chair (director, Capital One)
• Hattie Hill – secretary (CEO, Hattie Hill Enterprises)
• Michelle Hudson – at large (principal and co-founder, Hudson Peters Commercial)
• Laura Maxwell – advocacy chair (SVP Supply Chain, PepsiCo North America)
• Melissa Orth – finance chair (president and CEO, The Legacy Senior Communities)
• Gowri Sharma – programs chair (Civic Leader for Women’s Issues, Education and the Arts)
• Zeenat Sidi – At Large (president, LDI Digital Products and Services, loanDepot)

“Hilda has demonstrated steadfast leadership these past two years, and we are grateful for her commitment to TXWF. I look forward to working with the Executive Committee, board members and staff to continue our mission of investing in women and girls to create positive change,” Freeman Parsons said in a statement.

Texas Women’s Foundation said it is transforming Texas for women and girls, empowering them to build stronger, more equitable communities.

It is one of the world’s largest women’s foundations and raises funding from a broad base of donors, including individuals, foundations, and corporations. In Fiscal Year 2022, these resources supported more than $7.1 million in investments that advance economic security and leadership for Texas women and girls through groundbreaking research, advocacy, grants, and programs, the foundation said.

Since inception in 1985, the foundation has invested $74 million in women and girls, including $60 million since 2011.

Its statewide research on issues affecting women and girls provides decision-makers and lawmakers with critical data to inform policies, practices, and programs in the state. The foundation’s advocacy, grantmaking, and innovative programs support solutions that help Texas women and girls thrive.

According to the Texas Women’s Foundation, the organization is a leader and advocate in the gender lens investing movement and has deployed 100 percent of its assets — endowments, operating investments, and donor-advised funds — in a gendered impact portfolio that yields strong financial returns and social benefits to women and girls.

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