Sara Keith, senior legal counsel to Shell USA, Inc., is the 2025 Houston Bar Foundation (HBF) chair. Keith succeeded 2024 HBF Chair Linda Hester at the foundation’s annual luncheon held at Hotel ZaZa Museum District on February 13, according to a press release.
“I am incredibly honored to serve as the 2025 chair of the Houston Bar Foundation. I am proud of everything the Foundation has accomplished this year to broaden and deepen the impact of our work to improve the lives of our fellow Houstonians,” Keith said in a press release. “Our accomplishments are possible because of our dedicated board, HBA staff, the generosity of our Fellows, and our amazing Houston legal community. I am grateful to Linda for her dedicated leadership, service, and stewardship of the Foundation during her term as chair. I look forward to serving at the helm of the Foundation and working with our Board of Directors to continue championing programs that support access to justice in the greater Houston area.”
Keith is a litigator and bankruptcy lawyer with over 16 years of experience. She joined Shell USA, Inc., in December 2018, where she advises executive leadership and key stakeholders on insolvency matters, litigation, commercial credit negotiations, risk management, and compliance. In addition to serving as the HBF chair, Keith is president of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)–Houston Network, vice president of Shell Women Adding Value Everywhere (WAVE) Woodcreek Chapter, and a Texas Bar Foundation fellow, according to a press release. She is also co-lead of the 2025 Shell U.S. Legal Pro Bono & Community Service Program Veterans Clinic and serves on numerous planning committees for several Texas legal conferences.
Hester will serve on the foundation’s board as immediate past chair. HBA President David Harrell Jr., of Troutman Pepper Locke, will serve as ex officio, as will HBA Executive Director and Secretary of the HBF Board Vinh Ho.
For more information about the HBF, go to hba.org/foundation.
PHOTO: Houston Bar Foundation 2025 Chair Sara Keith (right) presents Immediate Past Chair Linda Hester (left) with a plaque commemorating her service to the HBF as chair in 2024, during the foundation’s annual luncheon on February 13. Photo courtesy of the Houston Bar Foundation.