Board of Directors

Hayden Victoria

President

Hayden grew up in Houston and has played hockey since the age of 5. He is the founder of Houston Youth Hockey Group and has served as President since 2019. Currently 14 and in the 9th grade at the University of Texas at Austin High School, his hobbies include speech and debate as well as Hockey. While not focusing on school, he enjoys traveling and technology. Hayden’s duties at the organization include overall well-being of the organization as well as strategic vision, leadership,dDevelopment, strengthening infrastructure and operations as well as maintaining well being of the board of directors. One of Hayden’s Favorite Quotes is by Marcus Lemonis “High Performance, High Reward. Low Performance, There’s the door.”

Zeyad Ibrahim

Vice-President

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Zeyad Ibrahim has been with Houston Youth Hockey Group since 2019. He currently serves as the Vice President of the organization. Zeyad is currently in the 9th grade and is 14 years old. He enjoys playing his french horn in his free time, along with hockey. The Vice President's duties include assisting the President in fulfilling the mission and goals of the organization and leading board meetings when the President is not present. The Vice President's knowledge and commitment mirrors that of the president. Zeyad's favorite quote is "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take", said by none other than Wayne Gretzky.

Darren Riggle

Director

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Darren Riggle joined HYHG board of directors in June of 2020 and has over 15+ years of experience in the Houston hockey community. Gifted in the engineering industry, Darren currently is Subsystems manager for the International Space Station at Jacobs Technology and has over 25+ years of experience under his belt in the engineering industry. Darren is a proud Texas A&M and UHCL Alumni, receiving a BSME in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M and an MBA from UHCL. Prior to joining the Houston Youth Hockey Group Board Darren was the coach in chief at Space City Ice Station until it’s closure in 2016. He formed Houston School of Hockey a program which provided an Introduction of hockey to youth players - using small area games and basic to advanced skating development.

Doaa Reda

Director

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Doaa joined the Houston Youth Hockey Group Board of Directors in December of 2019. Doaa's professional expertise lies in the medical reserach industry in which she is currently a Senior Research Associate at the University of Texas Medical Branch's Sealy Center for Aging. The Center provides resources to support ongoing research on aging and ignite new research foci in older adult populations. It also supports educational programs on aging and geriatrics and outreach in the community. Orginially from Calgary, she graduated from the University of Calgary reciving both a Bachelors and a Masters in Chemistry.

Valerie Victoria

Director

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Valerie joined the HYHG board of directors in December of 2019. Her professional expertise lies in the insurance industry in which she is apart of the market development team for Voluntary Benefits at Work, a insurance company which focuses on providing business owners, agents and brokers custom insurance benefit solutions. Valerie has over 6 years of experience in the Houston Youth Hockey scene, from 2013 to 2019 she served on the board of directors as growth coordinator for the now Pro Ambitions Hockey Academy Houston formerly known as Bay Area Houston Hockey Association.

Mark Stovall

Director

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Nick Davis

Director

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Nick, originally from Dallas, currently lives in Houston with his wife and two kids. Specializing in the technological engineering industry Nick currently works for METECS, an engineering and creative services company in the Houston Area. Nick and his team have provided services to NASA with contributions to the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Orion, Lunar Gateway, and Artemis programs. Nick’s education and experience in his industry includes a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Houston Clear-Lake and over 17 years of experience in the technological engineering industry. Nick currently serves as Houston Youth Hockey Group’s technological director and focuses on ways the organization can combine tech with hockey to further our efforts to improve the community awareness and community engagement of the sport of youth hockey in Houston.