2016 Board of Directors

Suzan Deison

CEO/President/Founder

Elizabeth Travis, Ph.D., FASTRO

Associate Vice President, Women Faculty Program

MD Anderson Cancer Center

April Bailey

Senior Vice President/Commercial Lending Manager

Amegy Bank

Mary Anne Brelinsky

President
EDF Energy Services, LLC

Elizabeth Brock

Director of Local Relations
CenterPoint Energy

Denise Castillo-Rhodes

Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer

Texas Medical Center

Sara Cronin

Director, Corporate Communications / Govt Affairs

TPC Group

Loretta Cross

Managing Director

Stout

Cyndy Garza Roberts

Director of Public Affairs

H-E-B

Paige Gerich

Partner

BKD, LLP

Valerie Gibbs

Executive Vice President, Chief C&I Officer

Allegiance Bank

Melanie Herz Promecene

Vice President, Director of Interiors

MORRIS Architects

Dana Kervin

Chief Political Strategist

Houston Association of Realtors

Karen Love

Owner

Karen Love & Co.

Elizabeth Matthews

Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Total Petrochemical & Refining USA

Erika Tolar

Worldwide Executive – Private Equity Sales & Strategy

FedEx Services

Samina Farid

Community Leader

Irene Helsinger

Fort Bend Chapter Chair

Managing Director

Newport Board Group

Sallie Rainer

The Woodlands/North Houston Co-Chair

President & CEO

Entergy Texas

Mindy Holden

CPO and VP

Direct Energy

Leisa Holland Nelson

Vice-President/CMO

Astoundz

Kristi Hotze

Managing Director

CBRE

Toni Lawrence

Community Leader

Linda Lorelle

CEO & Executive Producer

Lorelle Media, LLC

Karra Marino

Senior Business Development Manager

NRG Energy

Maria Rios

CEO

Nation Waste, Inc.

Alicia Smith

Innovative Legal Solutions

Gindi Vincent

Counsel

ExxonMobil

Mary Ann R. WIlkins

Vice President & Senior Business Development Office

Stewart Title Guaranty Group

Janet Coy

VP, Natural Gas Marketing

Enbridge, Inc.

Laura Hreror

Managing Director – Strategic Planning

Dynegy