This week on 'Houston Newsmakers': Harris County voters to decide on $1.2B in bonds that include county projects and more. Plus much more. Tune in Sunday at 10 a.m. on KPRC 2.
Annie Johnson Benifield, Ph.D., President, League of Women Voters of Houston
Annie Johnson Benifield, Ph.D., is the president of the League of Women Voters of Houston and says the league continues to do what it has always done. “Our mission is to empower voters, and we empower voters through the voter registration process,” she said. “By doing voter education, doing study and advocacy, and by putting candidate forums together and our signature work is the voter’s guide.”
She is the first African-American woman to lead the organization in its 102-year history, which she says is an example of how the League has evolved much like the communities in which we live.Dr. Ann Barnes, President & CEO, Episcopal Health FoundationDr. Ann Barnes is the new President and CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation, which will be releasing a report next week that she says validates growing support to help save money while improving health at the same time.
“If you have a child with asthma, they come into the emergency room. They give them medications but then they go back into situations that flare up their asthma,” she said. “Doesn’t it make more sense to actually do things to mitigate the triggers for asthma so that they’re not sick and they don’t have to come in for costly sick care?”Dr. Ann Barnes. President, CEO, Episcopal Health Foundation
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