Jay Aldis is a Partner in the Houston office of the Gray Reed law firm.
He received a Bachelor of Journalism Degree with High Honors from the University of Texas in 1989 and
was named the University's Outstanding Journalism Student.  He obtained his Law Degree from the
University of Texas School of Law in 1992.
Jay has been Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law since 1998. He has tried dozens of jury trials
and arbitrations and has litigated hundreds of cases. His honors and memberships include the following:
• BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA, Houston Lawyer of the Year, Litigation — Labor and
Employment, 2020
• BEST LAWYERS AMERICA, Employment Law — Management, 2009-2021; Labor
Law — Management, 2009-2021 ; Litigation — Labor and Employment, 2021
• CHAMBERS USA, Chambers & Partners, Texas Labor & Employment, 2015-2021
• TEXAS MONTHLY, Texas Super Lawyer, 2005-2021
• LAWDRAGON, 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Attorneys, 2021 (named one
of the top 175 Corporate Labor & Employment Litigators in America)
• AV Preeminent Rating, 2003-2021
• Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Member, Texas Prosecutors Society
Jay has written or presented more than 90 papers on labor, employment and civil rights law and has served
as an Instructor on Section 1983 issues at the Harris County Sheriffs Department Academy.

Commissioner Sharon Yu-Hao Chu is a local Houston attorney, She practiced as a State
prosecutor in Harris County prior to opening her own firm.
Commissioner Chu has a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Texas at
Austin, and obtained her Juris Doctor degree from St. Mary's University School of Law,
She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese,

Melanie Wilcox Miles is a board-certified family law attorney who has served the citizens
of Harris County for over 25 years. She is a native of Houston, Texas and grew up in the third
ward and braeswood areas. After graduating from Bellaire high school, she went on to obtain a bachelor’s degree from Howard University and a law degree from South Texas College of Law Houston.

Melanie is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Bar Association, the Texas
Family Law Section and has supported various Texas State Bar activities during her career,
including becoming board certified in 2011. For most of her career, Melanie has been a fierce advocate and respected trial attorney with a practice focused on complex family law litigation, including custody and divorces. The past several years, Melanie has dedicated her law practice to working with domestic violence victims and assisting underserved communities navigate the legal system.

Melanie is also a passionate activist and serves in several leadership roles in the community. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Houston Texans YWCA and President of the Black Women of Greater Houston Political Action Committee (BWGH-PAC). Melanie chairs the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Civil Service Commission, is the
Secretary of the MacGregor Area Blue Triangle Garden Club, is a senior fellow of the American Leadership Forum, a member of the Port City Links, Inc., and a member of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Melanie also enjoys her role as an entrepreneur and real estate developer and has over 30 years of experience developing and renovating residential property.

Melanie is the mother of two children.

Susie Rodriguez-Molina, currently serves as the Director Of Community Relations in
the office of Governmental Relations at the University of Houston. Her professional journey
of executing community relations effort began while working at the Children's Museum of
Houston as a public relations coordinator where she developed her skills for reaching
diverse communities with smart and savvy publicity efforts. Susie then went on to work at
the nation's largest independently owned Hispanic marketing agency, Lopez Negrete
Communications. It was there she conducted cutting-edge community relation campaigns
in the general and Hispanic markets across the U.S. for some Of the largest corporations in
the country, such as, Bank of America, Shell Oil, Tyson Foods and Wal-Mart.
 
As a native Houstonian, Susie wanted to bring back her skills to the local level and
began working in the public affairs department at KHOU.TV Channel 11. While at Channel
11, Susie managed some of the largest community outreach efforts throughout the city
including station sponsored toy, food and blood drives, local parades and various
community driven outreach efforts. It was there Susie sharpened her skills working with
large scale events, corporate partnerships and civic organizations. Her passion for higher
education brought Susie to work in the Community Outreach division at Houston
Community College. In this role she established key partnerships and communication With
various non-profit groups, community leaders, political officials and K-12 school districts
throughout the city.

As Director of Community Relations for UH, Susie works to collectively Create and
maintain partnerships with various Community organizations, civic and non-profit
organizations as well as local government, She also oversees some of the institution's
largest community outreach events including the March of Dimes Walk and the Mayor's
Back to School Festival and coordinates a number of large scale volunteer efforts for the
University.
 
A hometown girl, Susie was reared in the city's Acres Home community by
immigrant parents who instilled in her the importance of education. She attended school in
Aldine ISD and is a proud Cougar Alum, obtaining her Bachelor Of Arts in Communications
from the University of Houston. She also holds a Masters of Arts in Higher Education
Administration from Sam Houston State University.