Our Mission
The mission of Foster Angels is to improve the lives of children in foster care ensuring each child has their basic needs met and providing life-enhancing, life-enriching opportunities whenever possible.
How We Started
In 1999 Ted Oakley sought out to impact the lives of children by creating a relationship with Child Protective Services in Corpus Christi, and buying the things children needed. Quickly thereafter, Ted founded Foster Angels of South Texas. Eleven years later, Ted’s daughter, Sarah Smith, saw the same needs of children appearing in Austin during her career as a teacher and Foster Angels of Central Texas was founded in 2010.
Meet the Team
Hilary Jackson
Executive Director
Trista McGinnis
Development Director
Lucy Ann Wolthoff
Rio Grande Valley Director
Ariel Pardillo
Program & Events Coordinator
Board of Directors
Ted Oakley
Founder and Chairman Emeritus
Rajan Ahuja
President
Marcus Veazey
Vice President
Chase Carlisle
Treasurer
Carol Kirkland
Secretary
Courtney Bechtol
Anne Dobson
Ben Donnell
Ryan Frazier
Dos Gates
Paulette Guajardo
Mandy Hagy
Suzzette James
Richard Leshin
Dr. Barry McBurnett
Leslie McClanahan
Dr. Shalini Narang
Dabney Pettus
Will Pettus
Lindsey Pietsch
Michael Sasser
Blaire Turnbull
Sally Wallace
Advisory Board
Marty Berry
Susan Karp
Alice Oakley
Dane Bruun
Sheila Lawrence
Phyllis Stephenson
David Engel
Matt Layton
Rick Valls, Jr.
Diane Gates
Nelda Martinez
Christina Hawn
Mike McNeil
Contact Us
Foster Angels of South Texas
3758 Denver Avenue
Corpus Christi, Texas 78411