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COAA-TX CARES Event and Tour

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM (CDT)

* Registration open until 8/17/26 at 3:30 PM (CDT)

Event Details

Join COAA-TX for a COAA Cares (Connecting Attendees with Rewarding Experience and Service) event, giving back to the Houston community at Kids' Meals. This event will also feature a tour of the building, completed in September 2025. This facility was designed by Kirksey Architecture and construction completed by Satterfield and Pontikes. 

Kids’ Meals has a goal to feed 26,000 children each weekday by 2031. Each weekday they reach more than 10,000 preschoolers. Since their founding in 2006, they have delivered more than 19 million meals.

The facility consists of 48,850 square feet that includes office space, a welcome center, education and conference rooms, volunteer food preparation area, and 11,790 square feet of warehouse space with five-tier food storage racks.

Arlis Brodie
Arlis Brodie Vice President of Business Development Telios
Will Carroll
Will Carroll Business Development Manager Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, Inc.
Hai Dinh
Hai Dinh Senior Facilities Construction Project Manager UTHealth Houston
Andrea Frye
Andrea Frye Business Development Director SmithGroup (Houston, TX)
Cynthia Harvey-Brown
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Cynthia Harvey-Brown Director of Marketing & Business Development Energy Architecture
Kiel Hawkins
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Kiel Hawkins Senior Facilities Construction Project Manager UTHealth Houston
Mike Horvath
Mike Horvath Sr. Practice Leader, Conceptual Construction & Development Adaptive Program Management
Corey Lynch
Corey Lynch Marketing Manager PhiloWilke Partnership
Braylie Manson
Braylie Manson Business Development Associate | Associate Dunaway
Paul McCleary
Paul McCleary Business Development - Healthcare Hunton Group
Shellie Natho
Shellie Natho Regional Business Development Manager Bartlett Cocke General Contractors
Angie O'Flaherty
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Angie O'Flaherty Business Development Manager Walter P Moore (Houston, TX)
Jill Poland
Jill Poland Sr. Project Manager Broaddus & Associates (TX)
Richard Rucksdashel
Richard Rucksdashel Principal | Studio Practice Leader, Health HKS Architects (Houston, TX)
Nicolas Tamayo
Nicolas Tamayo Senior Facilities Construction Project Manager UTHealth Houston
Chelsey Ullrich
Chelsey Ullrich Director of Business Development Kitchell
Cindy Villarreal
Cindy Villarreal Houston Office Director OConnell Robertson
1 Other Registered Attendees

AGENDA

1:00 - 3:00pm

Volunteering

3:00 - 3:30pm

Tour is Kids' Meals facilities 

3:45 - 5:30pm

Optional Happy Hour at Kirby Ice House