The South Montgomery County Woodlands Economic Development Partnership (EDP) has elected new board members for the 2008-2009 term. Pictured standing from left are: (Back Row) Kent Johnson of The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center, Greg Maxwell of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, immediate past chair Jonathan Homeyer of Wells Fargo, Sergio Grado of Gradco Structures & Homes, Robert Collins of Montgomery County Precinct 3, Jack Stibbs of Stibbs & Co. Attorneys, Mayor Fred O’Connor of City of Oak Ridge North, chair Clyde Parker of Winstead P.C., and Don Norrell of the Community Associations of The Woodlands. (Front Row) secretary Chip VanSteenberg of City of Shenandoah, Karen Smith of Drucker Rutledge & Smith L.L.P., Gary Weaver of Halliburton Security DBS, Nina Marino of Keller Williams Realty, vice-chair Mike Karlins of Karlins & Ramey LLC, treasurer Karen Hoylman of South Montgomery County Woodlands Chamber of Commerce, Michael Richmond of Woodforest National Bank, and Nelda Blair of The Woodlands Township.
Not pictured are Michael Barnhill of Entergy, Dan Leverett of The Woodlands Development Company, Steve Sanders of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, and Mike Shultz of Consolidated Communications
The Woodlands, TX (September 2008) The South Montgomery County Woodlands Economic Development Partnership (EDP) has announced the newly-appointed board members for its 2008-2009 term.
The new board members include Clyde Parker of Winstead P.C. as chair; Mike Karlins of Karlins & Ramey LLC as vice-chair; Chip VanSteenberg of City of Shenandoah as secretary; Karen Hoylman of South Montgomery County Woodlands Chamber of Commerce as treasurer; and Jonathan Homeyer of Wells Fargo as immediate past chair.
Other board members include Michael Barnhill of Entergy, Nelda Blair of The Woodlands Township, Robert Collins of Montgomery County Precinct 3, Sergio Grado of GradCo Structures and Homes, Kent Johnson of The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center, Dan Leverett of The Woodlands Development Company, Nina Marino of Keller Williams, Greg Maxwell of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Don T. Norrell of the Community Associations of The Woodlands, Mayor Fred O’Connor of City of Oak Ridge North, Michael Richmond of Woodforest National Bank, Steve Sanders of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, Karen Smith of Drucker Rutledge and Smith L.L.P., Mike Shultz of Consolidated Communications, Jack Stibbs of Stibbs & Co. Attorneys, and Gary Weaver of Halliburton.
The Economic Development Partnership is dedicated to promoting the economic development of South Montgomery County through the support of existing businesses and the recruitment of new businesses that can bring opportunities to the area.
Economic Development Partnership Announces New Board Members – add 1
“As we enter into our 11th year in business, we continue to enjoy the volunteer services of the leaders of the community,” said Ron Bourbeau, chief executive officer of the EDP. “Over the years, our board has helped shape this organization so that we can continue to grow the number of jobs and the investment in our community to the level that it is today.”
The EDP serves as a gateway of information on topics ranging from demographics and population growth to incentives, labor market, and tax abatement policy, as well as informative profiles regarding the area’s infrastructure, workforce, and higher education institutions.
Partner members of the EDP include Spencer Bautista of Cardon Healthcare Network, Darrell Bell of The Kroger Company, David Bordages of CB&I, Robert Branstetter of Sadler Clinic, Chris Bulger of Martin Brower, Boyd Burdett of Anadarko Petroleum, Bev Earl of Corporate Incentives, Chris Grice of Amegy Bank of Texas/Amegy Mortgage, Stanley Grisham of Texas State Bank (a division of Compass Bank), Stephanie John of McGlinchey Stafford P.L.L.C., Stuart Lapp of Petroleum Wholesale, Ray Laughter of Lone Star College System, Larry Lawson of eCardio Diagnostics, Rick Luke of WellDynamics, Brett Martin of Jefferson Wells, Bill McDonald of Andrews and Kurth L.L.P., Steve McGuire of Biofuels Power Corp., Stephen Miller of Jones Walker, Steve Oglesby of Citibank Texas, Gary Rich of Hughes Christensen, John Risher of Gilbane Building Company, Debra Sukin of St. Luke’s Community Medical Center – The Woodlands, Colleen Waymel of Hewitt Associates, and John Wiesner of Wiesner Buick-Pontiac-GMC-Isuzu.
The South Montgomery County Woodlands Economic Development Partnership is located at 1400 Woodloch Forest Drive in Suite 300. For more information, please visit the EDP’s informative Web site at www.edpartnership.net, or call (281) 363-8130.
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The South Montgomery County Woodlands Economic Development Partnership (EDP) is the lead agency for business recruitment and retention for the South Montgomery area and includes the cities of Shenandoah and Oak Ridge North as well as the master planned community, The Woodlands. The primary target for EDP clients are employers or potential employers that might want assistance in identifying potential sites for locating their business, or to determine their qualifications for incentives that might be available. The EDP is also active in tracking workforce by industry cluster and also in helping The WorkSource and the Lone Star College System identify training needs within the clusters that are prevalent in the area.
The EDP is a public/private partnership with 46 funding partners active in the organization. For further information, you may go to our web site www.edpartnership.net or you may call 281 363-8130.
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