Inez Russel

Inez Russell is the founder and Executive Director of Friends for Life, a charity that provides care for the elderly and people who have disabilities.Friends for Life received national recognition for its work when it was selected as one of 16 ‘outstanding charities’ nationwide to be featured in a report published by the Hudson Institute, a Washington, D.C. based research firm. The charity has been recognized three times by the Acton Institute of Michigan who named Friends for Life one of the ‘most compassionate and effective human service initiatives’ in the United States. Fordham University in New York in their Grotta Report, named Friends for Life one of the nation’s best practice models for caring for the elderly and the University of California at Berkeley named Friends for Life at best practice model in caregiving. Inez received the YWCA Pathfinder’s Award for Civic Leadership, the Woman of Distinction award from the Girl Scout Council, was named Woman of the Year by Altrusa International, Inc. of Waco, Citizen of the year and in 2015 she was named CNN Hero for the work of Friends for Life.