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]

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. She is a trustee at the Baylor College of Medicine [4]and serves on the board of trustees of the Houston Ballet.[5][6]

Recognition

Mendenhall received the Gaia Award by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the Woman of Distinction Award by the Crohn’s 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.[7] In 2018 she was honored with the Catholic Charities Legacy Award.[2]

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References
  1. "Trinidad Mendenhall". The Social Book - Houston. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  2. "Catholic Charities "Happy" to Raise Nearly $1 Million at 75th Anniversary Celebration". Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  3. "Trinidad Mendenhall - Texas Women's Hall of Fame - Texas Woman's University". twu.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  4. "Board of Trustees". July 13, 2020.
  5. "Trinidad Mendenhall, Baylor College of Medicine: Profile and Biography". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  6. "Mendenhall appointed to state advisory board". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  7. Britt, Douglas; Chronicle, Copyright 2010 Houston (2010-03-02). "Applause for generous philanthropist". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
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