In December 2007, Mae was offered the opportunity to join the Texas Diversity Council (TXDC), a non-profit organization that promotes and advocates diversity and inclusion, as a Program and Event Coordinator. Since February 2009, she has served as the Program and Event Manager for the TXDC. Mae continues to be responsible for providing assistance and support relative to the planning, scheduling, facilitation, and implementation of meetings, quarterly and annual programs and events of the Council, and its five (5) regional Advisory Boards, which are located in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio.
Mae retired from SBC/Southwestern Bell Telephone Company after having been employed with the same company for more than 31 years. She began her career as an Operator in Corpus Christi, Texas – Mae’s hometown During the remainder of her career, she held numerous positions as a supervisor and manager in the business units of Network Administration and Network Services in Corpus Christi, Houston and Dallas. Prior to her retirement in December 2000, her position was that of an Account Manager- Select Accounts in Industry Markets.
She has been an active community volunteer for more than twenty-two years. Her service and involvement have included nonprofit, community-service organizations, such as the AT&T Pioneers; Community NETwork, African American Telecommunications Professionals, of AT&T; the Urban League Guild of Greater Dallas & North Central Texas; United Way of Metropolitan Dallas; and Big Brothers/Big Sisters. She remains an active member of several organizations, where she participates in both leadership and support roles.
She is a graduate of Del Mar College located in Corpus Christi, Texas having achieved an Associate of Arts degree in Nursing. Mae completed her undergraduate’s degree at the University of Texas at Arlington in Business Administration, where her major was Business Management with a minor in Marketing.
On a family note, Mae is the very proud mother of one daughter, Krishna, fondly known as “Angel “, and the “Nana” of three granddaughters – Mariah, Makalia, and Maya – and two grandsons, John and Maurice 11
Her hobbies include reading, traveling and reaching out to help others.
