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Board of Directors

President and CEO: Steve Kean

Steve Kean is the President and CEO of the Partnership.

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Board Chair: Eric Mullins

Eric Mullins is the 2024 Chair of the Partnership.

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Vice Chair: Gretchen Waktins

Gretchen Watkins is the 2024 Vice Chair of the Partnership.

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Executive Committee
Esi Akinosho
Houston Office Managing Principal
Ernst & Young LLP
Daniel G. Bellow
President, Houston
JLL
Marc L. Boom
President and CEO
Houston Methodist
JW Brookshire
Director
S&B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd.
Ric Campo
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Camden Property Trust
Stanley G. Chapman III
EVP & COO, Natural Gas Pipelines
TC Energy
Anthony R. Chase
Chairman and CEO
ChaseSource
Amy Chronis
Vice Chair and Houston Managing Partner
Deloitte
Mark A. Cover
CEO, Southwest Region and Mexico/Central America
Hines
Jonathan W. Cox
Global Co-Head Energy Investment Banking
JPMorgan Chase
Heidi Cruz
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Danny David
Partner
Baker Botts LLP
George Y. Gonzalez
Partner
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Mary Beth Gracy
Houston Office Managing Director
Accenture
Thad Hill
President and CEO
Calpine Corporation
Paul W. Hobby
Founding Partner
Genesis Park LP
Melanie Johnson
President and CEO
Collaborative for Children
Isaac Johnson
President and CEO
TDECU
Steven J. Kean
President & CEO
Greater Houston Partnership
T. Mark Kelly
Partner, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Mike Lewis
Managing Director & Partner
The Boston Consulting Group
Tony Lin
Chairman of the Board & Managing Director
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Paul Marsden
President, Energy
Bechtel Energy Inc.
Scott McClelland
Retired, President
H-E-B
William F. McKeon
President and Chief Executive Officer
Texas Medical Center
Eric Mullins
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Lime Rock Resources
Bruce L. Niemeyer
President, Americas Exploration and Production
Chevron
Armando Perez
Executive Vice President, Houston
H-E-B
Steven Retzloff
Senior Executive Chairman
Stellar Bank
Tom Rourick
Office Managing Partner
RSM US LLP
Jeff Shellebarger
Retired, President, North America Exploration and Production
Chevron
Fernando Signorini
Vice President of U.S. Gulf Coast Operations and Site Director of Texas Operations
Dow, Inc.
Scott Silvas
Market President, Texas
Fifth Third Bank
Andy Steinhubl
Chair
Center for Houston's Future
Steve D. Stephens
CEO
Amegy Bank
Starlee R. Sykes
Senior Vice President for the Gulf of Mexico and Canada
bp America, Inc.
Uwem Ukpong
VP of Global Services
Amazon
Massey Villarreal
President and CEO
Precision Task Group Inc.
Loic J. Vivier
Senior Vice President, Specialty Products, ExxonMobil Product Solutions,
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Andrew L. Waite
Managing Partner
SCF Partners
Jay Waring
Chief Operating Officer
Service Corporation International
Gretchen Watkins
President
Shell USA
Marc Watts
President
The Friedkin Group Inc.
Richard W. Weekley
Chairman
Weekley Development Company
Jason Wells
President and COO
CenterPoint Energy
Board of Directors
Claudia Aguirre
President and CEO
BakerRipley
Carolyn Benton Aiman
SVP and Chief Legal Officer
Sempra Infrastructure Partners, LP
Esi Akinosho
Houston Office Managing Principal
Ernst & Young LLP
Earl "Duke" Austin
President and CEO
Quanta Services Inc.
David Baggett
Managing Partner
Opportune
Jason Baker
President – Houston Market
Comerica Bank
Laura D. Bellows
CEO and Chairman of the Board
W. S. Bellows Construction Corporation
William J. Berger
Founder and CEO
Sunnova Energy International Inc.
Marc L. Boom
President and CEO
Houston Methodist
Gregory M. Bopp
Managing Partner
Bracewell LLP
Tammy W. Brennig
Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
JW Brookshire
Director
S&B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd.
Alex Cabañas
President
Pyramid Global Hospitality
Ric Campo
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Camden Property Trust
Mario Castillo
Chancellor
Lone Star College
Gaurab Chakrabarti
CEO
Solugen
Amy Chronis
Vice Chair and Houston Managing Partner
Deloitte
Steve Clarke
Vice President, Senior Director, Strategic Project Development
Jacobs
Giuseppe N. Colasurdo
President
UTHealth
John R. Collett
Senior Client Partner
Korn Ferry International
Michelle Costa
Regional President
Clear Channel Outdoor
Jonathan W. Cox
Global Co-Head Energy Investment Banking
JPMorgan Chase
Heidi Cruz
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Danny David
Partner
Baker Botts LLP
Thomas DeBesse
Region Executive – Southeast Texas
Wells Fargo
Denise DeLaune
VP of Operations USGC and Site Director of Texas Operations
Dow, Inc.
Mohamed E. Abdo Denbarno
General Manager
Libyan National Oil Corporation
Reginald DesRoches
President
Rice University
Kasey Dunn
Office Managing Partner
PwC
Jose Espinel
Regional Senior Vice President
Comcast
Tilman J. Fertitta
Chairman, President and CEO
Landry's Inc.
James C. Fish
President & CEO
Waste Management, Inc.
Randy Fowler
Director, Co-Chief Executive Officer and CFO
Enterprise Products Partners LP
Stephen M. Fraga
President
Tejas Office Products, Inc.
Brad Freels
Chairman
Midway
Jack A. Fusco
President and CEO
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
Roland Garcia
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
LaTonya Goffney
Superintendent
Aldine ISD
Mary Beth Gracy
Houston Office Managing Director
Accenture
Greg Grissom
President
Houston Texans
Sandy Guitar
Managing Director
HX Venture Fund
Kelly Hall
CEO
Harvey Builders
Ole Hansen
President and CEO
TotalEnergies
Cynthia Hansen
Executive Vice President and President, Gas Transmission and Midstream
Enbridge
William T. Harris
President and CEO
Space Center Houston
Brenda Hellyer
Chancellor
San Jacinto College System
Thad Hill
President and CEO
Calpine Corporation
Greg P. Hill
President and COO, World Wide E&P
Hess Corporation
Robert Hilliard Jr.
CEO
Legacy Community Health Services
Takajiro Ishikawa
President & CEO
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.
Michael Jamieson
Global Head of Natural Resources and Clean Energy Transition
Citigroup
Isaac Johnson
President and CEO
TDECU
John Johnson
President
Silver Eagle Distributors Houston, LLC
Melanie Johnson
President and CEO
Collaborative for Children
Courtney Johnson Rose
CEO
George E. Johnson Development Inc.
Deanna Jones
Chief Human Resources Officer
Baker Hughes
Thomas E. Jorden
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & President
Coterra
Steven J. Kean
President & CEO
Greater Houston Partnership
T. Mark Kelly
Partner, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Daryl Kenningham
President and CEO
Group 1 Automotive Inc.
Renu Khator
Chancellor and President
University of Houston
Elizabeth Killinger
President, NRG Retail and Reliant
Reliant, an NRG Company
Nancy Kinder
President and CEO
Kinder Foundation
Paul Klotman
President & CEO
Baylor College of Medicine
Andy Krieger
Senior Vice President Gulf of Mexico and Canada
bp America, Inc.
Gerry Laderman
Executive Vice President Finance
United Airlines
Ryan M. Lance
Chairman and CEO
ConocoPhillips
Brian Landrum
President
NextEra Energy Resources
Mark Lashier
President and CEO
Phillips 66
Tomikia P. LeGrande
President
Prairie View A&M University
Mike Lewis
Managing Director & Partner
The Boston Consulting Group
Tony Lin
Chairman of the Board & Managing Director
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Heather Linton
Vice President, Sales and Account Management
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
Brad Little
Vice President, Global Head of Professional Services, Google Cloud
Google
Alex Lopez Negrete
President and CEO
Lopez Negrete Communications
Julie Luecht
Houston Office Managing Principal
KPMG LLP
Paul Marsden
President, Energy
Bechtel Energy Inc.
Scott McClelland
Retired, President
H-E-B
Wayne McConnell
Managing Partner
McConnell Jones Lanier & Murphy LLP and Affiliate McConnell & Jones, LLP
William F. McKeon
President and Chief Executive Officer
Texas Medical Center
Shiva McMahon
Executive Vice President, International Operations
Woodside Energy (USA) Inc.
Amanda M. McMillian
President and CEO
United Way of Greater Houston
Nancy A. Meyer
Publisher and President
Houston Chronicle
Chad Michael
President
TPH&Co.
David Milich
CEO – Central Region
UnitedHealthcare
Jeffrey A. Miller
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Halliburton
Steve Morse
Managing Director and Co-Head of Strategy and Excellence
Russell Reynolds Associates
Eric Mullins
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Lime Rock Resources
John H. Nash
President
Hanover Company
Bruce L. Niemeyer
President, Americas Exploration and Production
Chevron
Kevin O'Gorman
Partner-in-Charge, Houston
Norton Rose Fulbright
Kennedy Oates
Vice President, Global Procurement
Amazon
Hong Ogle
President, Houston Market
Bank of America
Armando Perez
Executive Vice President, Houston
H-E-B
Daron D. Peschel
Senior Vice President In Charge
Federal Reserve Bank - Houston Branch
D. Martin Phillips
Managing Partner & Founder
EnCap Investments L.P.
Pat Mann Phillips
Chairman of the Board
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Peter WT Pisters
President
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Esmaeil Porsa MD
President & Chief Executive Officer
Harris Health System
Sanjay Ramabhadran
Chair
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Steven Retzloff
Senior Executive Chairman
Stellar Bank
Jeff Rinker
President and CEO
Motiva Enterprises LLC
Kevin Roberts
President, Southwest
Transwestern
Judson W. Robinson
President and CEO
Houston Area Urban League, Inc.
Tom Rourick
Office Managing Partner
RSM US LLP
Werner G. Schaefer
Vice President, Sales & Marketing Group
Intel
Thomas Seitz
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company
Jeff Shellebarger
Retired, President, North America Exploration and Production
Chevron
Luis Silva
Vice President General Manager – South Texas Market
AT&T
Scott Silvas
Market President, Texas
Fifth Third Bank
Donna Sims Wilson
Chief Operating Officer
Kah Capital Management
Robert B. Sloan
President
Houston Christian University
Steve D. Stephens
CEO
Amegy Bank
Ann Stern
President and CEO
Houston Endowment Inc.
Julie Sudduth
Executive Vice President and Regional President
PNC Bank
David F. Taylor
Firm Chair and Partner
Locke Lord
Gary Tinterow
Director
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
William Toomey
President, Houston and Central Texas Region
Truist
Brad Tucker
President
Mustang Cat
Bobby Tudor
CEO, Artemis Energy Partners; Retired Founder and CEO of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
Artemis Energy Partners
Sheel Tyle
Founder and CEO
Amplo
Peter Vanacker
CEO
LyondellBasell Industries
Troy A. Villarreal
President, HCA Gulf Coast Division
HCA Houston Healthcare
Loic J. Vivier
Senior Vice President, Specialty Products, ExxonMobil Product Solutions,
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Andrew L. Waite
Managing Partner
SCF Partners
Jay Waring
Chief Operating Officer
Service Corporation International
Kim Warnica
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Marathon Oil Corporation
Gretchen Watkins
President
Shell USA
Marc Watts
President
The Friedkin Group Inc.
Richard W. Weekley
Chairman
Weekley Development Company
Jason Wells
President and COO
CenterPoint Energy
Welcome W. Wilson Jr.
President and CEO
Welcome Group LLC
Daniel Wong
CEO
Tolunay-Wong Engineers Inc.
Melinda Yee
Houston Managing Partner, US Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Transaction Services Leader
Deloitte
Cindy Yeilding
Chair
Center for Houston's Future
Board Members Emeritus
Eduardo Aguirre
Chairman and CEO
Atlantic Partners Group, LLC
Mike Ballases
Retired, Chairman
(individual)
E. William Barnett
Retired Managing Partner
Baker Botts LLP
Daniel G. Bellow
President, Houston
JLL
Deborah M. Cannon
Retired President and CEO
Houston Zoo, Inc.
Chip Carlisle
Retired, President, Texas Region
Wells Fargo
Anthony R. Chase
Chairman and CEO
ChaseSource
Charles C. Foster
Chairman
Foster LLP
Kelly Frels
Retired, Partner
Bracewell LLP
Paul W. Hobby
Founding Partner
Genesis Park LP
Ned S. Holmes
Chairman and CEO
Ned S. Holmes Investments, Inc.
Jodie L. Jiles
Director, Business Development
Transwestern
Don D. Jordan
Chairman and CEO
Jordan Capital Management
R. Bruce LaBoon
Of Counsel
Locke Lord
Lynne Liberato
Senior Counsel
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Gina A. Luna
Managing Partner
Genesis Park LP
David McClanahan
Retired President and CEO
CenterPoint Energy
Steven L. Miller
Chairman and President
SLM Discovery Ventures, Inc.
Robert Mosbacher
Chairman
Mosbacher Energy Company
James R. Royer
Retired, Vice Chairman
AECOM
Daniel J. Wolterman
Retired, President and CEO
Memorial Hermann Health System
Honorary Board Members
James A. Baker
Senior Partner
Baker Botts LLP
William P. Hobby
Honorary Director
(individual)
Rod Paige Ed.D
Former Secretary of Education
(individual)
Executive Partners