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Our team

The people behind the mission.

Foster care is personal work. These are the people who answer your call, sit at your kitchen table, and stay beside your family long after the paperwork is done.

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Leadership team

Who sets the direction

Philmon Baby, Executive Director

Philmon Baby, MBA

Executive Director

“Every decision we make gets one test: does it make a child safer tomorrow than they are today.”
Joel J. Baby, Chief Executive Officer

Joel J. Baby

Chief Executive Officer

“We're not trying to be the biggest agency in Texas. We're trying to be the one a family would recommend to their own sister.”
Shawn Mathai, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Technology Officer

Shawn Mathai

CFO / CTO

“Good systems are quiet. When the paperwork runs itself, our people get to spend their hours with families instead.”
Lashina Alford-Hicks, Licensed Child Placement Administrator

Lashina Alford-Hicks

Licensed Child Placement Administrator

“A placement isn't a match on paper. It's a child walking into a room and deciding they can breathe there.”

Core team

Who you'll work with

Case managers, clinicians and coordinators — the people on the other end of the phone.

Tami Robinson, Treatment Director

Tami Robinson

Treatment Director, LCSW‑S

Leilani Townsend, Compliance Manager

Leilani Townsend

Compliance Manager

Kyondre Floyd, Case Manager II

Kyondre Floyd

Case Manager II · Emergency On‑Call Coordinator · Crisis Intervention

Chasity Harris, Case Manager II

Chasity Harris

Case Manager II

Tania J. Williams, Case Manager I

Tania J. Williams

Case Manager I

Imani Kakoma

Case Manager I

Likith Srinivas Marri, IT and Clinical

Likith Srinivas Marri

IT / Clinical

Mueed Mian, HR and Communications

Mueed Mian

HR / Communications

Vineeth Guptha Gogula, Finance and Compliance

Vineeth Guptha Gogula

Finance / Compliance

Arun Sai Teja Medisetty, IT and Compliance

Arun Sai Teja Medisetty

IT / Compliance

“As warriors supporting warriors, we are redefining child well-being throughout the state of Texas.”

What our whole team is working toward

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