Lone Star College employees honored for outstanding efforts

Lone Star College System News

Published on: April 19, 2017 For the second year in a row, a Lone Star College executive was named in the Houston Business Journals annual 40 under 40 award list, which recognizes outstanding individuals for their leadership, community involvement and ability to overcome challenges.

Jennifer Olenick, LSC chief financial officer & vice chancellor Finance & Administration, Facilities & Construction, was named to HBJs 2017 class of honorees. Mario K. Castillo, LSC chief legal officer, vice chancellor and general counsel, was named to the 40 under 40 class in 2016.

Lone Star College is honored to have so many outstanding employees, said Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., LSC chancellor. I am very proud of their accomplishments and look forward to continuing to work with them to promote student success.

In addition to Olenick and Castillo being recognized by HBJ, Linda Leto Head, LSC associate vice chancellor, Workforce Education and Corporate Partnerships, was recently named as one of Houstons 50 Most Influential Women of 2016 by Houston Women Magazine.

Prior to joining LSC, Olenick served as the city of Houston deputy director of finance. Olenick received a B.A in Economics from Oswego State University of New York, an M.A. in Economics from Boston University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Olenick has also taught Macro and Microeconomics at Lone Star College as an adjunct instructor since 2008.

Before joining LSC in August 2015, Castillo was a partner at Monty & Ramirez LLP, a firm that focuses on the representation of public and private-sector employers in matters involving employment, labor and immigration compliance issues. Castillo received a B.A. in Government at the University of Texas at Austin before earning his J.D. at the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Linda Leto Head earned a M.S. in occupational technology, majoring in corporate training from the University of Houston; and a B.S. in business administration, majoring in Human Resources from Indiana ...

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