Board of Directors & Staff
CrossWalk Center is guided by a 100% volunteer Board of Directors and Board of Advisors, and compensated Staff.
Board of Directors
Stephen Foster, Chairman
Stephen Foster has worked in the oil & gas industry for over 35 years. He has taught Sunday school for children and young teens for almost 30 years. When he lived in Louisiana, he coordinated an inner-city ministry for children living in the B.W. Cooper housing project located in New Orleans for 10 years until he moved to Texas. He coached his children's sports teams from ages 6 to 14 for many years. He recently began volunteering at Love Fosters Hope to start mentoring young teens in foster care. He is on the board for Psalm 68five Ministry whose mission is to help change the trajectory of fatherless kids by providing opportunities to go to Christian Summer camps where they learn to understand and accept the special relationship promised to them by God the Father (Psalm 68:5). He has been involved in prison ministry for the last 3 years, including Kairos, Jubilee, & mentoring. It was while he was mentoring ex-inmates upon their release that he realized how difficult it was for them to become a productive member of society and not go back to prison. It was his realization of the lack of adequate ministries & resources for this purpose that led him to CrossWalk Center.
Steve and his wife, Sharon, live in The Woodlands, Texas, and have four grown children and three grandchildren. They attend Faith Bible Church in The Woodlands.
Fred Robertson, Vice Chair
Robertson received a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University in 1972 and a MBA from the College of William and Mary in 1974. He has thirty years of experience overseeing institutional and retail investment management including roles as Senior Portfolio Manager, Chief Investment Officer and President. Fred currently serves on the Boards of Allegiance Bank Texas, Texas Presbyterian Foundation, Main Street Ministries, Texas Theological Foundation, Camp Blessing, and on the investment committee of The Greater Houston Community Foundation.
Fred is a member of First Presbyterian Church where he has served as an elder and as the chairman of several committees and ministry teams. He and his wife, Sara, have two grown children.
Graham Horton, Secretary
Horton earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Texas A&M University in 2002, and a MBA from the Acton School of Business in 2014. In 2011, Graham was the youngest recipient to be awarded the prestigious NAIOP Broker of the Year Award, which honors individual production, community service, professionalism, and leadership in Houston and the Commercial Real Estate industry. He currently works at CBRE where he is a Senior Vice President in their Houston office. He also serves on the development board of Houston Pregnancy Help Centers and was a founding board member at Ananias House, which helped establish the original charter that led to mission trips to Syria and Turkey to help equip and serve the local persecuted church. Graham is a member of City Church, a new urban church plant in downtown Houston. He and his wife, Lindsay, have four children.
Tom Reiser
Thomas A. Reiser was born a Texan but grew-up on Tom’s River in New Jersey. He was a fan of sailboats as a young boy and later raced sailboats all over the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. In 1979, he and his wife, Camille, moved from Connecticut back to his home state of Texas. They spend half their time on boats in Texas and Sarasota, FL.
Reiser serves as the Chairman of Upstream Brokers, a boutique insurance agency that provides property and casualty insurance coverage to customers throughout the U.S., which belongs to Acrisure LLC. He is also Managing Partner of Fenchurch Oil & Gas, LLP and Chairman of Fenchurch Properties, a real estate company.
A 1973 graduate of William & Mary, Reiser has had an exciting career in insurance. It has allowed him the freedom to pursue his dreams, such as running for Congress in 2002. He also began visiting those in prison as he felt he was instructed to do so by the Word of the Lord. He has a strong desire to help returning citizens succeed in life and not return to jail.
“I’m trying to catch up with my dear friend Fred Robertson. I have time on my hands so I can use that time to be a disciple for CrossWalk Center. I rely on God the Father to show me the way so I can make a difference,” said Reiser.
Bryant Miller
Bryant Miller holds a Bachelor of Arts in finance from Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He possesses diverse sales and management experience, including augmenting staff and providing turnkey solutions in talent acquisition and human capital for corporations.
He is the president and CEO of Integrus Human Capital Solutions, a business venture he co-founded in 2012. A Houston-based company, Integrus Human Capital Solutions works with top-tier businesses throughout Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma to place finance and accounting professionals. These clerical and administrative resources include HR, legal support personnel, information technology professionals, and engineers.
A member of the Operations and Employment Committee for CrossWalk Center, Bryant helps the organization identify and recruit businesses to become felony-friendly employers. He also is a member of the Re-entry Discipleship and TDJC Programs Committee, assisting the nonprofit in strengthening its relationships with churches and prison chaplains.
He and his wife, Denise, live in Katy and have four children: Ashley, Travis, Jacob, and Andrew. They attend Community Faith Church in Cypress/Hockley.
Ann Lawnin
Ann and her husband, Jim, have been married for 39 years, and they have 3 grown children, 2 wonderful daughters-in-law, and 2 “almost perfect” grandsons. Ann was blessed to be a stay-at-home mom while her children were growing up. She was also devoted to serving in the community. Ann was very involved in PTA and fundraising for the schools her children attended. She also served on the community soccer and swim team boards of directors. As her children moved into competitive sports, Ann served as the club administrator, the club fundraising chair and then as the club Tournament Director for one of the largest collegiate soccer showcase tournaments in the country. In addition, Ann enjoyed many years of community service in a wide range of areas with the Junior League. Ann and Jim were members of The Woodlands United Methodist Church for many years where Ann served in leadership in women’s ministry and in missions. She led the Prison Fellowship Angel Tree program at TWUMC and then took on the role of the Greater Houston Area Angel Tree Coordinator training and recruiting churches from all over the area to serve. Angel Tree inspired Ann to start serving as a Prison Fellowship Ministry volunteer in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. When Jubilee Prison Ministry was founded in 2015, Ann served on the Jubilee Board of Directors. She has been a leader for both inside and outside teams during Jubilee Weekends and continues to enjoy being a Jubilee volunteer. It is through serving in prison ministry and as a mentor to women coming out of the system, that Ann understands the needs and has a passion to serve those coming out of incarceration. Ann and Jim recently moved from The Woodlands to Houston to be closer to their children and grandchildren, and they are now members at The Story Church Houston.
Jason Hofseth
Jason grew up in Alaska but migrated south to become a Texas Aggie. During his studies, he married his sweetheart, and made Rachel his wife. He then graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Jason ended up working for multiple refineries in south Texas early in his career. It was during this time that Jason met and Cody Nath. Over several years Cody kept in touch with Jason, and continued to pursue Jason as an employee for Refined Technologies, Inc.
Jason started working for RTI in 2009 and has held positions in Business Development, Operations, and most recently as Executive Vice President of Mechanical. It is in this role where Jason has had the experience and pleasure to work directly with some of the CrossWalk Center’s men.
Jason has been married to his wife Rachel since 2004. Together they have three daughters Addisyn (15), Emree (13), and Quinn (10). All three of their daughters are excellent gymnasts. Rachel and Jason enjoy following them the girls all over the country as they compete nationally.
The Hofseth family has called Church Project, The Woodlands, a “Church of House Churches” their church home and Christian family since January of 2010.
Staff
Kathy Vosburg, Executive Director/President
Vosburg received a Bachelor of Science from Arkansas State University in 1979, an Associates from the Art Institute of Houston and MBA CE Executive hours in Strategic Marketing from Rice University. Kathy has thirty years of experience overseeing marketing and communication teams in the profit and non-profit sectors, as well as driving the startup of several for profit service companies. Through private business Kathy has hired and mentored ex-offenders, as well as privately provided long-term housing and education.
She serves on the Board of Directors for His Father’s Heart Ministries, and was a founding Board Member for the Organic Horticulture Benefits Alliance, and the Women’s Sport Fishing Foundation. She is also an alumni of Mission Houston: Faith Walking, completed Ministry Team Training at Calvary Community Church, and has served in the mission field in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. She is bilingual English and Spanish.
Kathy attends Calvary Community Church, Copperfield, where she has served on the Youth Ministry Council, has co-lead high school Encounters, and has traveled abroad on mission trips with the youth. She and her husband, Dennis Miller, have four daughters.
Ozie Owen, Men's Re-entry Discipleship Program Director
Ozie Owen is originally from Chicago, Illinois but now resides in Katy, Texas. He and his wife, Lisa, have been married for 19 years and together have five children. He worked in the oil industry for over 38 years and recently retired as an Operations Director in the Oil Industry. It was then that he realized he was ready to dedicate his life to ministry on a full-time basis.
In addition to a Bachelor of Science, Master’s and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Owen recently received a Master’s Ministry Leadership from Bellhaven University. His career in ministry began in 1993 as an elder. He went on to host a weekly cable-television program that aired for 5 years in the Chicago area. He also ministered to incarcerated men and women, youth groups, families, and married couples. Ozie has led racial reconciliation classes for believers in the greater Houston area. A highlight of his ministry career was leading an 8-day healing crusade in Uganda, Africa.
Ozie was raised a Catholic even though his mother was a Baptist. He learned to celebrate Jesus Christ at an early age and was “born again” when he was 16 years old. Shortly after he was touched by the hand of God, he began attending a Pentecostal Church and received the baptism of the Holy Ghost and ‘fire’. Ozie’s favorite scripture is John 15:4,5.
In his free time, Ozie enjoys spending time with his children and grandchildren, cycling, reading, and working out. He is looking forward to being a vessel in God’s hand to help the men and women at Crosswalk to see and become whom they were meant to be.
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Paula Robinson, Women's Re-Entry Discipleship Program Director
Chaplain Paula Robinson is originally from St. Louis, Missouri. She relocated to Houston in 2006 with her husband of 36 years, Reverend Dr. Dywaine F. Robinson, Sr. They have two grown children, Kaylee and Dywaine Jr., and four granddaughters. They are members of Inspire Church Houston.
She has served alongside her husband in Marriage and Family Ministry for over 32 years. She has ministered to couples all over the country due to her husband’s military career and her 8 years in the military. While deployed with her husband in Germany, Paula was the first African American woman to serve as President of the Protestant Women of the Chapel.
Paula’s passion is prison ministry which she has done intermittently for the past 20 years. Her heart’s desire has always been to minister to women inside of prison on a full-time basis. In February 2022, the Lord opened that door for Paula.
After 15 years as Director of Programs for Houston Center for Independent Living, she became Director of CrossWalk Center’s Women’s Re-entry Discipleship Program. She was drawn to this position because she believes in CrossWalk’s faith-based Seamless Re-entry Discipleship model. She feels she will be successful executing the holistic women’s re-entry program with minimal recidivation.
Paula is a Certified Volunteer Chaplain Assistant (CVCA) at Plane State Jail in Dayton, Texas. She serves as a counselor and mentor to inmates, a classroom teacher, and worship service leader on a weekly basis.
In her downtime, Paula likes to dance with her husband in the spirit of the Lord. She enjoys playing with and spoiling her pampered pup, Rock. Her favorite book is Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. Her heroes are her two grandmothers, Priscilla Harmon and Louise Foreman, both of whom are deceased.
Her favorite scripture is from Daniel 3:17, “If it be so, Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand O King.”
Kiwanya Tende, Coordinator, Volunteer Programs & Services
Kiwanya Tende serves as Coordinator, Volunteer Programs and Services for CrossWalk Center. She possesses more than 10 years of experience in the nonprofit sector working and volunteering for multiple organizations across the Houston area.
Prior to joining CrossWalk Center, Kiwanya was the Client Education Coordinator for Care Net Crisis Pregnancy Center, an organization dedicated to providing help for those facing unplanned pregnancies. A native of Houston, Kiwanya also worked for Faithbridge Church in Spring as Connections Coordinator.
She holds Board certifications as a Reentry Peer Specialist, Biblical Counselor, as well as a Certified Mental Health and Christian Life Coach. Her educational background includes an AA in Psychology/Christian Counseling from Liberty University and a BA in Christian Ministry & Leadership, with a focus on Counseling, from City Vision University. She is currently in the Masters of Ministry in Christian Counseling (MMCC) Program, at Jacksonville Theological Seminary.
Her favorite Scripture is Philippians 1:6 - "I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” Life has brought several challenges but going through those challenges is what made her the woman she is today.
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Jeb Neill, Coordinator, Executive Assistant
Jeb Neill serves as Executive Assistant for CrossWalk Center. In his role, he is responsible for spearheading system solutions, development, and troubleshooting, keeping CrossWalk Center well-organized and running efficiently. He helps with the day-to-day operations of the nonprofit, including database systems and IT support. Additionally, he has served as a trainer for CrossWalk Center staff and volunteers.
Prior to joining CrossWalk Center, Jeb worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in administrative roles, assisting in the areas of logistics, safety training, tracking and ordering inventory, and documentation.
A resident of Sugar Land, Jeb attends Our House church and enjoys in engaging in conversation about theology, philosophy, psychology, and sociology.
Board of Advisors
Vance Drum, Pastor - TDCJ Chaplaincy (Retired)
Joyce P. Williams - TDCJ Re-entry Division (Retired)
Rickie Bradshaw, Pastor - KSBJ, Director of Prayer Initiatives|
Board Members - Emeritus
Cody Nath
Nath graduated from University of Kentucky with a Chemical Engineering degree in 2003 and has an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He has worked in the Downstream Oil & Gas industry since graduation, currently helping to lead both Refined Technologies, Inc., and Southern Brush Pipeline Services as Sr.VP and President respectively. He serves on the Advisory Board of the National Christian Foundation, served on the strategic planning committee of First Presbyterian Church as well as the young adult community at FPC.
Cody and his family recently moved to The Woodlands and attend WoodsEdge Community Church, The Woodlands. He and his wife, Christine, have two children.
Jim Stern
God began training Jim in personal disciple-making through two men just after he came to faith in 1996. Because of the impact of these two men, David Glenn and Mark Collins, Jim has sought to invest in people one person, one step, one issue at a time. Along the way God sent Jim to seminary and to pastoring.
He is the founder of TREXO, a ministry dedicated to training disciples to multiply disciples, and is the former pastor of CORE Church -Houston. He has been married to Brooke since 2001 and they have two beautiful children, Collin, and Claire.