Board of Directors

Meet the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce Board Members

Elizabeth Youngblood Fasche

COO
CHI Texas Division
President
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Marie Guillot

Consultant
Preng & Associates

Kim Coomber-Hallum

NGL Logistics Manager
bp

Caroline Verot Moore

Senior Vice President- Houston Market Executive
Fifth Third Bank

Myra Davis

Chief Information Innovation Officer
Texas Children’s Hospital

Rhonda Sandel

CEO
Texas Emergency Care Center & Gryphon Healthcare

Lees Rodinov

Global Director Sustainability
Schlumberger

Valerie Gibbs

Chief C&I Officer
Allegiance Bank

Casey Curry

Corporate Citizenship Director
Education and Awareness
alliantgroup

Megan Avery

National Business Development Officer
Stewart Title

Elizabeth Ortega

CEO
The Woman’s Hospital of Texas

Suzan Deison

CEO/President/Founder
GHWCC

Kelly Frazier

Gwen Schreffler

Corporate Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Investor Relations & Corporate Development
Core Laboratories

Elizabeth Graham

Senior Counsel
Union Pacific Railroad

Dr. Juliet Breeze

2020 Chair of the Board
CEO & Medical Director

Next Level Urgent Care

Elizabeth Gonzalez Brock

2019 Chair of the Board
Director of Local Relations
CenterPoint Energy

Abby Alford

Transaction Manager
CBRE

Heather Betancourth

Community & Government Relations Representative

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., LP

Kathy Britton

CEO

Perry Homes

Stacy Canady

Assistant Vice President, AT&T External & Legislative Affairs

AT&T

Denise Castillo-Rhodes

Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer

Texas Medical Center

Loretta Cross

Managing Director

STOUT

Karen David-Green

Susan Dray

Director, Alternative Channel Business Development

Reliant, an NRG Company

Allison Esenkova

Vice President

PARIVEDA

Samina Farid

Farid Ventures

Kristina Fenske

Executive Vice President, Team Leader and Business Development
Central Bank

Cyndy Garza Roberts

Director Community Impact/External Affairs

COMCAST

Valerie Gibbs

Executive Vice President, Chief C&I Officer

Allegiance Bank

Chapter Chairs

Natalie Saikowski Goertz

(The Woodlands/North Houston Co-Chair)
Senior Vice President
Guaranty Bank & Trust

Heather Betancourth

Community & Government Relations Representative

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., LP

Brenda James

(The Woodlands North Houston Co-Chair)
Brenda James & Co.

Irene Helsinger

(Fort Bend Chapter Chair)
Managing Director
NewportLLC

Mary Ryder

(Fort Bend Chapter Chair)
Executive Vice President
Cadence Bank

Brenda Mainwaring

(The Woodlands/North Houston Co-Chair)

Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs

Union Pacific Railroad

Sallie Rainer

(The Woodlands/North Houston Co-Chair)
President & CEO
Entergy Texas

Jennifer Briscoe

(Energy Corridor / Katy Area Chapter Co-Chair)
President

Hiring Source

Maria Martinez

(Energy Corridor / Katy Area Chapter Co-Chair)
Vice President, HR & Administration

Murphy Oil

Amanda E. (Franke) Eaves

(Bay Area Chapter Co-Chair)

Director and Office Industry Leader of Governmental & Public Non-Profit Audit and Higher Ed Services

BKD CPAs & Advisors

Ann Krieger

(Bay Area Chapter Co-Chair)

Financial Advisor

Morgan Stanley

Halisha Balla

Cost, Business Plan & Controls Section Supervisor
Baytown Complex – Mechanical

ExxonMobil

EX-OFFICIO

Whitney Whitmire

President

Whitney Whitmire Consulting

Rhonda Arnold

Chief Community Relations Officer

Houston Airport Systems

Jamie Belinne

Assistant Dean

The University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business

Lina Bell

Director, Diversity and Inclusion

Rice University

Sarah Blakelock

Director of Communication

Conroe ISD

Linda Buchman

Community Relations Officer

Spring Branch I.S.D.

LaQuita Carter

School Leadership Officer

Spring ISD

Bob Charlet

Market President
& Publisher

Houston Business Journal

Dr. LaTonya Goffney

Superintendent

Aldine ISD

Holly Gruy

Chief Operating Officer

The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership

Linda Head

Sr. Associate Vice Chancellor

Lone Star College Foundation

Dewannya Horn, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Accreditation
Associate Professor of Management
College of Business
Texas Women’s University

Brenda James

(The Woodlands North Houston Co-Chair)
Brenda James & Co.

Tim Jeffcoat

District Director

US Small Business Administration

Karen Marshall

Director of Client Services

METRO

Maryanne Maldonado

Executive Director

World Affairs Council of Greater Houston

Dr. Susan Osterberg

Adjunct Professor of Arts & Humanities

University of Houston Downtown

Cindy Pena Sarrat

Public Affairs

Federal Reserve Bank

Leila Perrin

Community Volunteer

Gilda Ramirez

Senior Director, Small Business and Education Outreach

Port of Houston Authority

Matt Ross

President

Ventures Marketing

Linda Schaible

VP, Marketing & Strategic Development

Houston Chronicle

Katherine Schieffelin

Assistant Dean, External Relations

Jones School of Business @ Rice University

Danielle Scheiner

Executive Director

Conroe Economic Development Council

Janis Schmees-Burke

CEO

Harris County – Houston Sports Authority

Meredith Watassek

Director of Career and
Technical Education

Fort Bend ISD