Shirley A. Downing, SPHR
Executive Director, CEO
West Houston Assistance Ministries, Inc.
Shirley Downing has been an employee of West Houston Assistance Ministries since May of 2001. She was hired as the Assistant Executive Director and was promoted to Executive Director, CEO in the Summer of 2004. Prior to becoming an employee, she served on the Board of Directors of WHAM from 1996 to 2001. She served as an officer for three of those years. Her last year as a board member she served as the President of the Board.
Shirley obtained her Bachelors and Masters of Business Administration from Florida Southern College. She has over 20 years of work experience in the business environment, of which eight was served in a nonprofit company. She has worked for manufacturing, engineering, aerospace, court reporting and nonprofit companies.
She attends Christ the Servant Lutheran Church and has been a member since 1991. Shirley also serves as the Chair of the Homeless Ministry.
She is a member of The United Way Coordinating Council, The Professional Group, HR Houston, and Society for Human Resource Management.