Trinidad Mendenhall

Trinidad "Trini" Mendenhall is a Texas businesswoman and the recipient of the 2004 Texas Women's Hall of Fame award. Together with her husband she co-founded Fiesta Mart, Inc. in 1972, a 45-store retail grocery chain across Texas.[1] She is the president of Fulton Shopping Center, a real estate investment company in Houston[2] and is the vice president of First Quality Fruit & Produce Company.[3]

Board memberships

Mendenhall is on the board of Catholic charities. In 2004 she was appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the Advisory Board of the Economic Development Stakeholders.[1] She has served on many other boards including those for: Ronald McDonald House, Baylor College of Medicine, University of St. Thomas, Houston Ballet Public Affairs Committee, Alexis de Tocqueville Society, End Hunger Network and more.[1][4]

Philanthropy

in 1997, she created the Trini and O.C. Mendenhall Foundation, which works to empower women, minorities and children.[2] In 2002, she created the Mendenhall Asthma Research Laboratory at Baylor's Biology of Inflammation Center in memory of her late husband.[5] She is a trustee at the Baylor College of Medicine[6] and serves on the board of trustees of the Houston Ballet.[7][8]

Recognition

Mendenhall received the Gaia Award by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the Woman of Distinction Award by the ABC Channel 13/Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. She is a recipient of the Willie Velasquez Hispanic Excellence Award and was named one of Houston's 2000 Millennium Makers by the Evin Thayer Foundation.[1] The Alliance for Mulitcultural Community Services recognized her as a Star Among Us in 2001.[3] In 2010 she received the Alice Graham Baker Crusader Award.[9] In 2018 she was honored with the Catholic charities Legacy Award.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Trinidad Mendenhall". The Social Book – Houston. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Catholic Charities "Happy" to Raise Nearly $1 Million at 75th Anniversary Celebration". Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. May 15, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Trinidad Mendenhall – Texas Women's Hall of Fame – Texas Woman's University". twu.edu. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  4. ^ TRESAUGUE, MATTHEW (June 22, 2007). "Grocery founder gifts $4.5 million to St. Thomas". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "Trinidad Mendenhall". The Social Book – Houston. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  6. ^ "Board of Trustees". July 13, 2020.
  7. ^ "Trinidad Mendenhall, Baylor College of Medicine: Profile and Biography". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  8. ^ "Mendenhall appointed to state advisory board". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  9. ^ Britt, Douglas; Chronicle, Copyright 2010 Houston (March 2, 2010). "Applause for generous philanthropist". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved July 13, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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