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Heather Wells
Executive Director
Heather has been working with children, teens, and adults experiencing social, emotional, behavioral, learning, sensorimotor, and other issues for nearly 30 years. She completed her graduate work at TWU and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and her resume’ spans hospitals, outpatient clinics, schools, and Early Childhood Intervention. She has obtained certifications and advanced training in treatments for multiple neurodevelopmental challenges, including her designation as a Board Certified Cognitive Specialist. Heather shares her expertise regularly by conducting seminars for educational and medical professionals and nonprofits from across the country and was a presenter at the 2018 National Autism Summit.
Jo Ana Davidson
Education Director
After receiving a scholarship to attend college at Baptist Christian College (something she never dreamed possible) and earning her degree in Education, Jo Ana enjoyed a fascinating, decades-long career in education in which she taught all grade levels from K-12. She joined Brain Balance excited about using her unique experience as a classroom teacher to serve students in a setting where a Band-Aid is not considered the solution. Rather, Jo Ana saw in Brain Balance an environment that provides an opportunity for students to address the root causes of their challenges so they can develop their gifts and make the world a better place.
Bethany Watkins
Program Director
Bethany Watkins graduated from the University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL) with a B.S. in Psychology and an M.A.
Alec Webber
Operations Manager
Alec Webber has been with Brain Balance ever since he earned his degree in Exercise and Sports Sciences with an emphasis in Allied Health and Rehabilitation Services from Oklahoma Baptist University. While there, he was the head ranch hand at a facility specializing in an equine rehabilitation, and he also completed internships at various therapy clinics. Alec’s mission for working with special needs children and adults began at an early age, due in part to the fact that he has a phenomenal autistic sister. To that end, he began serving in the Prestonwood Special Friends Ministry about 14 years ago.
Kenise Franklin
Family Coordinator
Kenise Franklin earned her degree in Psychology from Texas Southern University. Throughout her college years, she mentored at-risk youth whose parents were incarcerated. Upon graduation, she worked in an Applied Behavior Analysis therapy clinic for children with autism and other diagnoses. Her 12+ years of experience span other settings as well, including home health and the school system, with acumen in management, operations, and assistance for children and families facing challenges associated with neurodevelopmental issues.