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CATS Board of Directors President Cristan Williams V. President Sarah Jane Connell Secretary Lilly Roddy Treasurer JulieAnn Buddecke Trustee Melanie Black Trustee Stacey Langley Trustee Ashley King CATS Advisory Board Alice Web, MSW, DHS Past President and Co-Founder, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Assoc. Denise O'Doherty, LPC, MSN, LMFT, LCDC Katrina C. Rose, Atty. (TX & MN) Out TG Activist & Lawyer Hon. Annise Parker Houston City Council Member, At-Large Position 1 Dr. Collier Cole, Ph.D. Director, Rosenberg Clinic Director, Rosenberg Gender Treatment Program Jo Paully Tittsworth Director, Tri-Ess Fund Raising Terry Petrucci-Coley, OT Registered Speech Therapist Dr. Lee Emory, MD Director, Endocrinology Rosenberg Clinic Jack Adams, CPA President, Gulf Coast Transgender Association Vanessa E. Foster Media Director, NTAC Tim Brookover President, Houston Lesbian & Gay Community Center Dr. Donna Sutter, MD Galveston Island Group of CATS Group Officers Cristan Williams, Chair Cairistona Douglas, Secretary/Treasurer STAG Group of CATS Group Officers Troy Ham, Chair Our 501[c][3] Status We filed our 501[c][3] application with the IRS July 16th, 2001. We expect this approval process to take about three months. Our Goals 1.) To insure accessibility to health care, including, but not limited to mental health care, surgical intervention and medication. 2.) To educate the public concerning gender related issues. 3.) To provide shelter to transgenders who would otherwise be homeless. 4.) To provide peer support to those who are dealing with gender related issues. The History of CATS Community Awareness for Transgender Support (CATS) began to hold regularly scheduled support group meetings a little over a year and a half ago and officially incorporated as a Texas non-profit in February of 2001. We are scheduled to filed for official 501(c)(3) non-profit status with the IRS in July 2001. CATS offers a variety of programs which assist transgenders who are in need of peer support, clothing, medication, medical attention, name and gender marker changes/corrections, counseling, electrolysis and even education continuously since October 1999. |