Board

Lee Chapman - President

Lee Chapman joined the board in February 2008. She has a broad background in corporate communications, branding, and web design across the nonprofit, government, and private sectors. Currently, she is Web Marketing Manager for National Instruments responsible for managing the design, development, and branding of the corporate website. Prior to joining National Instruments, Lee was a public information specialist with the Texas Workforce Commission writing legislative reports for the multiple contracts that the agency oversees between federal agencies and state/local workforce boards. She also worked for several years as the Communications Director for the YMCA of Austin, forging community partnerships and furthering the mission of the organization to build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities. Lee has a passion for increasing the awareness of and need for housing for the homeless in the Austin community.

Kamran Shah - Past President

Kamran Shah joined the board in February 2003 and is a senior engineering manager at National Instruments. Kamran has varied experience including product planning, field marketing, web strategy and research and development which has given him broad perspective on business operations and strategy. Kamran has traveled extensively throughout the world and has an appreciation of the challenges dealing with low income and homeless populations in different countries. He comes to Green Doors with this knowledge and a desire to use his talents to increase the quality of life for lower income and homeless individuals and families.

Aamir Paul - Vice President

Aamir Paul is currently Director of Sales Operations and Strategy for Dell's Global Public segment. Aamir previously served as director of the Advanced Systems Group for SMB in EMEA. In this role, he had responsibility for server and storage sales to SMB customers across the region. He has previously served as director and general manager of Dell's $1.1B SMB business in the UK and Ireland. Prior to that, he led the technical support teams across all Dell segments in UK and Ireland as director of customer service operations. He has also led EMEA services marketing, a team that supported all commercial segments within Dell EMEA. He has been with Dell for over 10 years working first in North America before to moving to EMEA. Prior to Dell, Aamir was a process engineer at AlliedSignal (now Honeywell). He has a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

Yash Sabharwal, Ph.D. - Treasurer & Secretary

An accomplished entrepreneur, Dr. Sabharwal has almost 20 years of experience in the application of optical technology to biological and medical imaging system development. He was a co-founder of Optical Insights, LLC where he was responsible for the development of imaging platforms for fluorescence microscopy, high-throughput screening (HTS), and high-content screening (HCS). Following the sale of Optical Insights, he managed product marketing for scientific digital cameras at Photometrics, a division of Roper Industries. Since 2006, Dr. Sabharwal has worked as a consultant with entrepreneurial organizations. Recent projects have included product marketing consulting with Advanced Image Science, Inc., a digital, dental imaging startup based in Silicon Valley. He has also been involved with non-profit startups such as the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Tucson, AZ. In 2010, he moved to Austin with his fiancée, Jessica Caplan, and is currently the Chief Operating Officer for Xeris Pharmaceuticals, a California-based biotech startup. Dr. Sabharwal has a B.S. in Optics from the University of Rochester and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona.

Laura Mathieu - Member

Laura Mathieu joined the board in December 2007. She is a Senior Vice President and the Central Texas Regional Manager for the Banking segment of Capital One Financial Corporation. She manages 42 branch-banking activities for the region in Texas that includes Austin, San Antonio, the Rio Grande Valley and Coastal Bend areas. Laura has 17 years of banking experience. Prior to being named to her current position, she served as Capital One's Regional Manager for the Texas Gulf Coast Region. She has also served as a Trade Area Manager for Assumption, Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes in Louisiana. A native of Thibodaux, La., Laura earned a bachelor's and master's degrees in Business Administration from Nicholls State University.