Our Role

Established in 2003 and granted 501(c)(3) status in 2006, the Harris County Drug Court Foundation’s mission is to:

1) Provide financial support to the Harris County’s STAR (Success Through Addiction Recovery) felony drug court program.

2) Raise awareness in the community about the life saving, fiscally responsible activities of the STAR program.

Should you wish for one of our representatives to attend your community or organizational event, please click here to fill out a form and we will contact you soon. Alternatively you can contact us today.

The Foundation’s board and staff are all volunteers and proceeds go directly to STAR for recovery support services and treatment.  For more information about STAR click here.

The Foundation’s activities include fundraising and various events to raise awareness about STAR and our mission to support the STAR program. We’ve attended community fairs and other events to create awareness about our foundation and to provide more information about the STAR drug court model.

Our community partners consist of Interfaith Ministries and Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church.

Board Members:

  • President:  Brock Thomas, Attorney at Law, Partner, Anderson & Thomas, PLLC;  former judge of the 338th District Court
  • Secretary: Devon Anderson, Attorney at Law, Partner, Anderson & Thomas, PLLC;  Former Judge of the 177th District Court
  • Treasurer: Deborah Keyser, Attorney at Law
  • Katherine Cabaniss, Executive Director, Crime Stoppers; former Assistant District Attorney, Harris County
  • Christel Erickson-Collins, LCSW
  • Gabriel M. Gelb, Gelb Consulting Group, Inc.,  Founding Member
  • Apriel Powell-Martin, Privacy Attorney, St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System; former Assistant District Attorney, Galveston County
  • Frank Rynd, General Counsel, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston / Houston; former judge of the 309th District Court

Ex-officio member

  • Mary Covington, Program Manager, STAR Harris County Drug Court

Former Board Member:

  • Dr. L. Maximilian Buja, Executive Director, Houston Academy of Medicine – Texas Medical Center Library, Professor and Distinguished Chair in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

We’d love to hear from you! Please contact us today with any questions and comments.