September 8, 2006
The Economic Development Partnership announces new board members
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| The South Montgomery County Woodlands Economic Development Partnership (EDP) has recently elected new board members for the 2006-2007 term. Pictured seated from left are vice-chair Jonathan Homeyer of Wells Fargo, immediate past chair Michael Barnhill of Entergy/GSU, chair Shelley Waters of Merrill Lynch, treasurer Mike Karlins of UHY Advisors , and secretary Clyde Parker of Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C., and standing from left are Michael Richmond of Woodforest National Bank, Steve Sanders of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, Stephen Miller of Jones Walker, Chip VanSteenberg of City of Shenandoah, Karen Smith of Drucker Rutledge and Smith L.L.P., Kent Johnson of The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center, Bob Udell of Consolidated Communications, Karen Hoylman of The South Montgomery County Woodlands Chamber of Commerce, and Don T. Norrell of Community Associations of The Woodlands. Not pictured are Commissioner Ed Chance of Montgomery County 3, Dan Leverett of The Woodlands Development Company, Nina Marino of Keller Williams, Frank Robinson of Town Center Improvement District and Gary Weaver of Halliburton. |
The South Montgomery County Woodlands Economic Development Partnership (EDP) has recently announced the newly-elected board members for its 2006-2007 term.
The new board members include Shelley Waters of Merrill Lynch as chair, Jonathan Homeyer of Wells Fargo as vice-chair, Mike Karlins of UHY Advisors as treasurer, Clyde Parker of Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. as secretary, and Michael Barnhill of Entergy/GSU as immediate past chair.
Other board members include Commissioner Ed Chance of Montgomery County Precinct 3, Karen Hoylman of The South Montgomery County Woodlands Chamber of Commerce, Kent Johnson of The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center, Dan Leverett of The Woodlands Development Company, Nina Marino of Keller Williams, Stephen Miller of Jones Walker, Don T. Norrell of Community Associations of The Woodlands, Michael Richmond of Woodforest National Bank, Frank Robinson of Town Center Improvement District, Steve Sanders of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, Karen Smith of Drucker Rutledge and Smith L.L.P., Bob Udell of Consolidated Communications, Chip VanSteenberg of City of Shenandoah, 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.
“We are extremely enthused to announce our team of board members for the new fiscal year,” said Ron Bourbeau, chief executive officer of the EDP. “Their leadership, together with participation from our valued partners, is helping us to identify, plan and execute an array of strategic endeavors that are designed to further enhance the devel opment of South County and The Woodlands’ highly-successful business climate.”
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 James Alexander of Compass Bank, Jim Bailey of Tradition Bank, Jim Blair of Linebarger Goggan Blair and Sampson L.L.P., David Bordages of CB&I, Sergio Grado of GradCo Structure and Homes, Julia Gregory of Lexicon Genetics, Dr. Rich Haut of Houston Advanced Research Center, Wendell Holmes of Gilbane Building Company, Stephanie John of McGlinchey Stafford P.L.L.C., John Jordan of First Victoria National Bank, Linda Koenig of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Ray Laughter of NHMCCD, Bill McDonald of Andrews and Kurth L.L.P., Mayor Fred O’Conner of City of Oak Ridge North, Steve Oglesby of Citibank Texas, Debra Sukin of St. Luke’s Community Medical Center, Jill Vaughan of Amegy Bank of Texas/Amegy Mortgage, Susan Watthuber of Encore Bank, and John Wiesner of Wiesner Buick-Pontiac-GMC-Isuzu.
The South Montgomery County Woodlands Economic Development Partnership is located at 1400 Woodloch Forest Dr. in Suite 300. For more information, please visit the EDP’s informative Web site atwww.edpartnership.net, or call (281) 363-8130.
