Ana Mac Naught

Ana Mac Naught leads the coordination between Houston in Action partners, the City of Houston, Harris County, and other stakeholders. She transitioned from her role as Assistant Director of Community Development for BakerRipley. Ana has extensive experience working with Houston in Action partners, local government partners and coordinated coalition work in South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. In her multiple roles with BakerRipley, Ana grew from Immigration Services Specialist to Assistant Director of Community Development. Ana oversaw the Immigration Program of the agency, which coordinated the local response to DACA efforts in 2012 and led to a regional wide strategy to utilize forums for application support. In her role as Community Developer for the flagship community center in Gulfton, Ana was able to create trusted relationships with refugee serving organizations and began programs that spoke to the diverse community living in Southwest Houston. In her role as Assistant Director of Community Development, Ana supervised BakerRipley’s six community centers spreading across the greater Houston area, including the creation of programs, supervision of 38 team members and relationships for the different campuses.

You can reach Ana at ana@houstoninaction.org.