Charlene Crump

Charlene is the Founder and Director of the Mary Lee Foundation. Since 1963, Charlene has worked to establish and provide many innovative programs for men, woman, and children with disabilities. Seeing her parents help and volunteer with the Marbridge Ranch facility in far South Austin, made Charlene think about what could be done to help women. This experience sparked the vision and mission of the Mary Lee School of Special Education, which of course later became the Mary Lee Foundation. Among other many accomplishments, in 2001 Charlene was awarded the Texas Governor’s Award for Outstanding Service to People with Disabilities.