Third Ward Initiative Leadership
Executive Leader
Vice President for Neighborhood & Strategic Initiatives, UH
Education
Campus Leaders
![Ann McClellan](../_images/ann-mcclellan-coe.jpg)
Executive Director of Innovation
College of Education
Primary Partners
- Advancing Community Engagement and Service (ACES) Institute
- Houston Independent School District (HISD)
- Blackshear, Foster, Hartsfield, and Thompson Elementary Schools
- Cullen Middle School
- Jack Yates Senior High School
- Become a Mentor or General HISD School Volunteer
- Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation
- Graduate College of Social Work
- UH Board of Visitors
- College of Natural Science and Mathematics
Economic Empowerment
![Saleha Khumawala](../_images/saleha_khumawala.jpg)
Professor of Accounting
Director of Stimulating Urban Revitalization through Entrepreneurship (SURE) Program
Bauer College of Business
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Instructional Professor
Organizational Leadership and Supervision
College of Technology
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Dean and Professor of Law
University of Houston Law Center
Primary Partners
- Emacipation Economic Development Council (EEDC)
- Project Row Houses (PRH)
- Community Artists' Collective
- Houston Southeast Legacy District
- Law Center, Entrepreneur & Community Development Clinic
Health
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Associate Dean for Community Health
Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
![Dan O'Connor](../_images/dan-oconnorhealth.jpg)
Dean
College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences (CLASS)
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Founding Dean | Vice-President for Medical Affairs
Humana Endowed Dean's Chair in Medicine
Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Primary Partners
- Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
- Healthy Connections Program
- Graduate College of Social Work
- Healthy Start Program
- United Health Foundation
- Diabetes Awareness & Wellness Network, DAWN Center
- Change Happens!
- Third Ward Churches
- Texas Southern University (TSU)
Art & Culture
![Dean Andrew Davis](../_images/andrew-davis-college-of-the-arts.jpg)
Dean
Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts
![Rick Lowe](../_images/rick-lowe.jpg)
Founder, Project Row Houses
Professor, Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts