Meet your principal social architects. Explore the expertise behind our transformative approaches. With access to consultants fluent in a total of seven languages and a variety of experience, we can build out a project team tailored to your needs.

  • Minal Patel Davis is the founder and CEO of the Henekom Group – Social Architects Bridging Business and Human Rights, leveraging over 20 years of experience across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to integrate human rights principles into business operations. Current clients include the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the local organizing committees for Dallas and Houston (DAL26, HOU26). In these client engagements, titles held include Member of the Expert Advisory Group, Chief Human Rights Officer, and Chief Legacy Officer, respectively.

    Before founding her consultancy, Minal was the founding Director of the Houston Mayor’s Office of Human Trafficking, the first such office in the U.S. She expanded anti-trafficking initiatives to 18 U.S. cities and 10+ countries, resulting in 60+ replication efforts. As part of her role at the Mayor’s Office, she served as Human Rights Chair for HOU26 and conducted a comprehensive impact assessment that helped secure Houston as a World Cup host city, contributing to a projected $1 billion economic impact.

    Her pioneering work earned her the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons, the highest U.S. honor in the field. Minal serves on the board of Verité, a global organization focused on eradicating child labor, forced labor, human trafficking, and gender discrimination from supply chains. She holds a JD and MBA from the University of Connecticut and a BA in Political Science from New York University.

    Click here to view her digital resume.

  • Jessica McGowan is a Staff Analyst at HeneKom Group supporting human rights due diligence analysis.

    Prior to joining HeneKom, Jessica worked in the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence, where she helped develop responsible sourcing tools for procurement, mapped multi-level resources to strengthen access-to-remedy, and co-authored the Women and Girls Equity Landscape Analysis and Benchmarking Report—an effort to advocate for the creation of a Foundation. She also served as Assistant Director in the Mayor’s Office of Education and Youth Engagement—the youngest team member in the Mayor’s Office and the first to serve in such a senior capacity at age 23.

    With a background in communications and design, Jessica has strong analytical and data synthesis skills to enhance deliverables.

    Jessica earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Texas A&M University, with minors in English and Women’s and Gender Studies. During her undergraduate studies, she was recognized with a university writing award for excellence in academic writing.

  • Paul Costello is a senior program manager for the German Marshall Fund Cities program, based in the organization’s Berlin office. He leads work on city international engagement, migration, democracy, and disinformation projects. For years, Paul has been conceptualizing and implementing successful programs that bring together local leaders and officials from cities across North America and Europe, fostering exchange, learning, and innovative local solutions tackling global issues. He also serves on the Democracy & Belonging Forum’s Advisory Board. Paul has a background in public policy and prior work experience in sustainability and public diplomacy programs. He is fluent in English, French, Spanish, and Catalan. Paul is a graduate of the Master of Public Policy program at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and has a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University in Montreal.

  • Irene Carretero Sala is a dedicated human rights consultant specializing in gender, migration, and emergency response. Currently serving as a human rights program manager at FIFA, she leverages the global influence of football to promote the protection of at-risk athletes and foster resilience in humanitarian situations. With a decade of expertise in humanitarian aid, conflict mediation, and cross-cultural management, she has partnered with various international organizations to establish sustainable strategies aimed at addressing human rights violations and bridging the gap between policies, organizations, and vulnerable communities.

    Irene is committed to promoting positive social impact and driving systemic change through innovative approaches. Her combination of on-the-ground humanitarian experience and high-level strategic work enables her to address the complexities of global inequalities and advocate for marginalized voices.

    Fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese, Irene holds a Master's degree in International Cooperation and Development Politics from Universidad de Malaga, a Bachelor's degree in Political Sciences from Sciences Po Paris, and is a certified Business and Personal Master Coach from Academie Europeenne de Coaching.

Meet our advisory board - because we believe in transparency, accountability and oversight - the foundation of good governance, as a part of our internal value system. These colleagues are big thinkers and great guides for HeneKom Group.

  • Kyle Wright is CEO of Stardust, a forward-thinking family office in Houston and New York City. For more than a decade, Kyle has led the multidisciplinary effort at Stardust to integrate and reimagine the use of philanthropy, art, advocacy, and investment capital for a more equitable future. He has worked with dozens of partners to advance change through innovative strategies in impact investing, shareholder engagement, and impact litigation. Kyle currently serves on the board of directors of Transparentem, a leading non-profit working to eradicate human and environmental abuses in complex supply chains. He holds a JD, cum laude, from South Texas College of Law Houston, and a BA in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.

  • Karen Pointer is a partner at Bartko Zankel Bunzel & Miller, a full-service law firm focusing on employment law, business litigation, business advice and counseling, and real estate in Los Angeles. She co-chairs the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. Karen represents clients in a wide variety of industries in all aspects of employee/employer relations, workplace investigations, and employment law. Her client base ranges from individuals and small businesses to publicly traded entities, large national and international corporations, and large and small nonprofit organizations and foundations. She is an active member of the community and serves on the boards of multiple non-profits with social causes dear to her. Karen earned her JD from UCLA School of Law and a BS from Loyola Marymount University.

  • Nicole Perry is a partner at the global law firm Jones Day. Nicole focuses on complex civil litigation in state and federal courts, with an emphasis on energy and technology matters. Nicole has represented clients in Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act cases, preemption matters, purported class actions, trade secret and copyright lawsuits, declaratory judgment actions, fraud and breach of contract proceedings, and employment disputes. Nicole is the Houston Office hiring partner and a member of the Firmwide Litigation Associate Training Committee. She previously served as the Pro Bono partner in Houston, and she continues to lead Firm anti-human trafficking initiatives related to public awareness and data issues.

  • Tara Montovani is currently the Director, Global Income Tax Reporting, Analysis and Compliance at Trane Technologies PLC from 2022. Prior to joining Trane Technologies, Tara spent fifteen years at Raytheon Technologies Corporation, formerly United Technologies Corporation (UTC), in positions of increasing responsibility. Her most recent role at Raytheon Technologies Corporation was Senior Director, Tax Reporting. She held this role during the merger with Raytheon Company and the simultaneous spin-off of the Otis Elevator Corporation and Carrier Corporation subsidiaries in 2020. Tara received her JD from the University of Connecticut and a BS in Accounting from Fairfield University. She is a member of both the New York and Connecticut State Bar.

  • Anastasia Gentles, MD, was Founder & Physician of NightLight Pediatric Urgent Care from 2007 to 2021. She is a current Staff Physician at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Dr. Gentles founded and scaled the first in Houston, and one of only a few in the country, multi-location Urgent Care facilities devoted to Pediatric patients. NightLight was recognized as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY) 2020 regional award winner. Dr. Gentles has gone on to Judge this regional award and continues to encourage entrepreneurs to establish and grow their businesses.