Members of the Greater Houston Partnership voted to elect new members of the organization’s board of directors at its Annual Meeting held January 22. The Partnership's 120+ member board guides the work of the Partnership and is comprised of leaders from across Houston's business community.

The event also marked the first official meeting of the Partnership's 2020 chair Bobby Tudor, Chairman, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. LLC. At the meeting, Tudor announced the nomination of Amy Chronis
Managing Partner, Deloitte as Vice Chair and Secretary for 2020 and 2021 chair. This nomination was also approved by the membership. Outgoing chair Scott McClelland received the Bob Onstead award for his service in 2019. In addition to the election of new board members, several former board members were approved for continuing their service on the board.

For a recap of the Annual Meeting, click here.

2020 New and Continuing Board Members

Gwenelle Avice-Huet, CEO, Engie

Marc Boom, M.D., President and CEO, Houston Methodist

Bob Borochoff, President and CEO, Café Adobe

Denis Braham, Chairman Emeritus, Winstead PC

Downey Bridgwater, President, Houston Market, Comerica Bank

Brook Brookshire, Chief Executive Officer, S & B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd.

Jay Brown, President and CEO, Crown Castle International Corp.

Brian Coffman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Motiva Enterprises LLC

Roberto Contreras, CEO, St. Christopher Holdings

Heidi Cruz, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co.

David Dickson, President and CEO, McDermott

Jack Fusco, President and CEO, Cheniere Energy

Roland Garcia, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greg C. Garland, Chairman and CEO, Phillips 66

William T. Harris, President and CEO, Space Center Houston

Reggie Hedgebeth, SVP General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Marathon Oil Corporation

Earl Hesterberg, Jr., President & CEO, Group 1 Automotive Inc.

John B. (Thad) Hill, III, President and CEO, Calpine Corporation

Rebeca A. Huddle, Partner, Baker Botts LLP

Tandra Jackson, Managing Partner, Houston Office, KPMG LLP

John Johnson, President, Silver Eagle Distributors Houston

Courtney Johnson Rose, CEO, George Johnson Development, Inc.

Mark Kelly, Chairman, Vinson & Elkins LLP

Nataly Marks, Managing Director/Region Manager/Commercial Bank, JPMorgan Chase

Ralph Martinez, Regional Senior Vice President, Comcast

Wayne McConnell, Managing Partner, McConnell Jones Lanier 

Mark Medici, President, Houston Chronicle

Hong Ogle, President, Houston Market, Bank of America

Jim Postl, Owner, James J. Postl Interests

Jean-Francois Poupeau, Executive Vice President, Corp. Development, Schlumberger

Jodie Probst, Managing Partner, PwC

Steven Retzloff, Chairman, Allegiance Bank

Tom Rourick, Office Managing Partner, RSM US LLP

Werner Schaefer, VP/GM Network Platform & Communications, Intel

Michael Scheurich, CEO, Arch-Con

Scott Silvas, Texas Market President, Fifth Third Commercial Bank

Bobby Springer, Vice President and General Manager, KHOU-TV LP

Steve Stephens, CEO, Amegy Bank

Bill Strait, Houston Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Cindy Taylor, President and CEO, Oil States International Inc.

Andy Waite, Co-President, SCF Partners

Dick Weekley, Chairman, Weekley Development Company

Welcome W. Wilson, Jr., President and CEO, Welcome Group LLC

Director Emeritus

Eduardo Aguirre, Chairman, Atlantic Partners Group, LLC

A full list of Partnership Board of Directors can be found here.