National Football Foundation

As past president and current board member of the Touchdown Club of Houston Chapter of the National Football Foundation, Chris Vaughan has been a guiding force in the success of this chapter. He played an instrumental role in the merger of the former fledgling chapter with the TD Club of Houston four years ago, making it the strong and vital chapter that it is today.
 
A force in the city, The TD Club of Houston Chapter has raised more than $120,000 since its inception for a weight room project that has refurbished equipment at more than 27 area high schools. In addition to its weight rooms project, the chapter presents between $15,000-$20,000 a year to 25 deserving student-athletes at the chapter's annual scholar-athlete banquet. The presidents of Rice University, the University of Houston and Texas Southern University select the scholar-athlete recipients.
 
"I cannot stress enough the importance of supporting our local schools in promoting the game of football," said Vaughan. "Participation in football builds discipline, teamwork and the ability to work with people in authority. Most importantly, it exposes young people to positive peer pressure both on the field of play and in the classroom."
 
This highly successful scholar-athlete luncheon is just one of many events the chapter stages each year. Several other annual programs and events include, the Greater Houston Sportsmanship Awards, the Touchdowner of the Year Awards, the Prairie View/Texas Southern "Labor Day Classic" Luncheon, the University of Houston/Rice University "Bayou Bucket" Luncheon, the Texas/Texas A&M Luncheon, the Greater Houston High School Player of the Year & Coach of the Year Awards Dinner and the Houston Texans Awards Luncheon. The proceeds of these events and others provide the resources for the chapter's scholarship and weight room programs.
 
A 1979 graduate of the University of Houston, Vaughan served in the U.S. Army from 1971-1975. For the past 15 years he has worked as a Financial Representative for the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network.
 
Vaughan gives freely of his time, and his other volunteer efforts include the Boy Scouts of America, the Texas Bowl Competition Committee and the Knights of Columbus. A resident of the Houston suburb of Missouri City, Vaughan and his wife Diane have one son.