This H-E-B Guru Loves To Help — Houston Best Dressed Two-Timer Winell Herron Makes a Community Impact

The Philanthropy in Fashion Houston Best Dressed honorees represent a cross section of backgrounds, interests and ages with two unifying characteristics. Each has an altruistic interest in contributing to the Bayou City and each has a defining style. The philanthropic femmes will be saluted on September 17 at a Post Oak Hotel luncheon benefiting March of Dimes.

In this new PaperCity series, we are profiling each of the 2025 Houston Best Dressed honorees leading up to the PaperCity Philanthropy in Fashion Houston Best Dressed Luncheon. Third up: Two-time Best Dressed winner Winell Herron.

Winell Herron Helps H-E-B Do Good

As H-E-B’s group vice president of public affairs, environmental affairs, and diversity, Winell Herron enjoys a powerful position in the arena of helping others as she also helms the company’s philanthropic efforts to support hunger relief, education, disaster relief, the arts, sustainability and more. Through her leadership and philanthropic vision, Herron has been instrumental in securing millions of dollars in funding for causes that strengthen education, healthcare, and community development.

“I am fortunate that my role at H-E-B allows me to support so many impactful charities in Houston and across the state,” Herron says.  “I will always have a special place in my heart for the important work of the March of Dimes.”

Among her numerous philanthropic efforts are board positions with the Harris Health Strategic Fund, American Cancer Society Houston, Houston Equity Fund, Ensemble Theatre, March of Dimes, Texas Cultural Trust and the Houston Museum of African American Culture. She serves as a trustee of the Houston Ballet and is also a Texas Lyceum Alumnus and a member of the Houston Chapter of Links Inc.

This is Winell Herron’s second time to be honored with Houston Best Dressed accolades.

The Style Survey

Favorite designers: Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Giorgio Armani, Lela Rose

Style icon: My Mother, Michelle Obama, Audrey Hepburn

Your go-to outfit: “For a night out, an A-line dress, for a night in, anything comfy (jeans and a sweatshirt).

Fragrance: Creed Aventus and Bond No. 9

Books on your coffee table: Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara, Daring Greatly by Brene Brown, The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou

Travel destination that inspires: The Caribbean

Favorite hotel in the world: The Waldorf Astoria, New York

Bonus question

Something most people do not know about you: “I love music and have been known to DJ a private party or two. And I grew up on a dairy farm where my grandfather raised dairy cattle. Now we raise longhorns and beef cattle.”

Tickets for the PaperCity Philanthropy in Fashion Best Dressed Luncheon and Neiman Marcus Fashion Presentation benefiting March of Dimes are available here.