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SPECIAL LIFE NETWORK: ADVISORY COUNCIL
Dr. Ann Snyder
Dr. Ann Snyder is the President & CEO of Interfaith of The Woodlands. Prior to being named as President & CEO, Snyder served in numerous capacities in the education profession including the University of Houston and Okalahoma City University. Dr. Snyder received her Bachelor Degree from Colorado State University, her Masters Degree from the University of Missouri and her Doctorate of Education from Baylor University.
Currently, Snyder serves on the Conroe Independent School District Board of Trustees, St. Lukes Hospital Board of Directors, the Martin Luther King Commemorative Celebration Committee as well as the South Montgomery Chamber of Commerce Board, Grand Island Foundation Board of Trustees, and Executive Women Association and Education for Tomorrow Alliance Board of Directors. Snyder is also a member of The Woodlands United Methodist Church, The Woodlands Rotary Club and a sustaining member of the Junior League of North Harris and South Montgomery Counties. Since 1995, Snyder has served as the Interact Sponsor, a Rotary community service organization of high school students.
Mary Kay Allbright
Mary Kay Allbright is the Special Education Director for the Conroe Independent School District. She obtained a Masters of Education from Sam Houston State University. Mary Kay has served as general education teacher, special education teacher , special education counselor and associate director prior to becoming a director of special education. She served as the education representative on the board of ARC in the Clear Lake area.
Scott Harper
Scott Harper is the former Executive Director of the Conroe Family YMCA. He was the first YMCA Executive Director in the area to hire an adaptive programs director and he also played a key role in the launch of "Leap of Faith", an Equine Therapy program which now services over 50 families. Prior to relocating to Conroe, Scott served in a number of different positions with the Tampa Metropolitan YMCA for 5 years, where he became very involved in adaptive programming for children, teens and adults with disabilities. Before his YMCA career, Scott worked for 6 years in Wal-Mart's Corporate Fitness Center in Bentonville, AR.
Scott received his BS in Recreation / Sports Management from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1994. He is also in his second year of his term on the Chamber of Commerce Executive Board, sits on a number of other community boards and committees. Scott and his family are active in their church, First Presbyterian Church of Conroe. He will celebrate 15 years of marriage to his wife Jennifer this year and they have one daughter, Laine (9) and a son, Ethan (6).
Dr. Sherry Sellers Vinson
Dr. Sherry Sellers Vinson has been an assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and a developmental pediatrician at both The Meyer Center for Developmental Pediatrics at Texas Children's Hospital and The Developmental High Risk Clinic at Ben Taub General Hospital since July 1997. She graduated from Texas Tech Medical School, did her residency in General Pediatrics at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, and completed a fellowship in Developmental Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She has board certifications from The American Board of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities as well as having a bachelors and masters degree in education with a reading specialization certificate. Dr. Vinson taught public school for ten years and is the program director of the BCM Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency with current research funding from The Autism Treatment Network of Autism Speaks and The Simons Foundation.
Charles Knobloch
Mr. Knobloch is partner at Arnold & Knobloch, LLP, assisting corporations in development of intellectual property positions and commercialization strategy, as well as Of Counsel assistance and technology consulting to lawyers and firms. Mr. Knobloch also helps "serving organizations", such as Special Life Network, to develop and protect their public brands.
His work in the oil industry spans twenty-nine years, including 22 years of Fortune 50 corporate and technical experience and a total of six years in South East Asia. He holds the DuPont Award for Engineering Excellence related to his work in imaging technology. Mr. Knobloch is also a Texas Professional Geoscientist (Geophysics) and appointed to sit on the Texas State Board of Professional Geoscientists.
He is a law graduate of the University of Houston (Simon Frank Scholar), holds a diploma in International Law (Russia) from the University of San Diego, and studied European law in Spain through the College of William and Mary. He has a geophysics degree (with honor) from Michigan Technological University and is currently a member of the Industrial Advisory Board for their College of Engineering.
Mr. Knobloch has also served on a sustainability subcommittee and is on an energy committee. He is also inducted into their Academy of Distinguished Alumni and is founding recipient of their Faculty Citation (for advancements in computing technologies in geophysics). Mr. Knobloch is a past finalist for the Jacyees "Five Outstanding Young Texans" and twice finalist for the "Five Outstanding Young Houstonians" award. Past Chair, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Network. Member, Who's Who is the World, America, and American Law. Nominated Attendee, Jon Ben Sheppard Public Leadership Forum.
David Darnell
After over 20 years in the corporate world, David and his wife Linda founded Panther Creek Inspiration Ranch in The Woodlands, Texas. David is an executive and business consultant, seeing the significant needs of youth and families in our area and how horses can heal people, helping to get them back on track. David and his wife recently started a new Equine Assisted Therapy program for special needs individuals that now serves over 30 families.
Julie Pauls, PT, PhD
Julie gained experience in the fields of education and healthcare as a clinician, professor, and administrator. The majority of her career was spent at The Texas Medical Center, but also included a stint overseas in Saudi Arabia.
Currently she volunteers with students who have special needs at The Woodlands United Methodist Church. She and her husband, Ralph, have raised their family here, in The Woodlands, for the past 22 years.
Julie earned a Doctorate and Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy from Texas Woman's University. Additionally she holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Wichita State University.
Scott Pollock – FBC
Scot is a husband, father, teaching pastor and lifelong student. He married his wife Liza in 2000 and adopted their son Andrew in 2003. Sixteen months later in 2004, their daughter Isabel (Izzy) was born. After almost 10 years in student ministry, Scot entered seminary at Dallas Theological Seminary in 2003 and graduated with a Masters of Theology in the New Testament Department in 2009. During his seminary career, Scot continued to travel and teach the Bible, and assisted in the student ministry of Faith Bible Church after Liza and he became members in 2004. In 2008, through a growing friendship and mentorship with Dave Anderson, the then senior pastor of Faith Bible, Scot joined the pastoral staff as a Teaching Pastor. After Anderson retired in May 2009 to devote himself full-time to the burgeoning Grace School of Theology, Scot joined Dr. Bill Yarger, the Executive Pastor, as co-pastors of the pastoral team. Since then Scot has been focused primarily on corporate teaching in the Sunday services, communications, prayer ministry, welcome ministry, missions ministry, shepherding members of the pastoral team and leadership. Above all, Scot considers his main role to be that of husband and father. Liza, Andrew and Izzy remain his best friends and even though teaching God's Word is his deepest passion in life, taking a bike ride to the park is a close second. |
