Co-Chairs

Patricia Dewhurst

Jeri Callaway

Paige Fertitta

Pam Gardner
President, Business Operations
Houston Astros

Renu Khator
President
University of Houston

Tracye McDaniel
Executive Vice President & COO
Greater Houston Partnership

Mica Mosbacher

Graciela Saenz
Attorney At Law
Winstead

Julie Straus

Lori Vetters

Andrea White
First Lady
City of Houston

Host Committee Members

Philamena Baird
Philanthropist

Nandita V. Berry
Senior Counsel
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP

Carmen Carter
Founder & CEO
Multicultural Women's Council

Becca Cason Thrash
Philantropist

Sue Chiang

Cindy Clifford
Owner
The Clifford Group

Ellen Cohen
State Representative
House of Representatives

Michelle Costa
President - Houston Division
Clear Channel Outdoor

Iris Cross
Director, Community Relations
BP America

Heidi S. Cruz
Vice President - Investment Management Division
Goldman, Sachs, Inc.

Shirley Dannenbaum
Retired

Chloe Dao
Designer, Owner
Lot 8 Boutique

Suzan Deison
Founder & President
Greater Houston Women's  Chamber of Commerce

Jessica Farrar
State Representative
House of Representatives

Leslie Carle Friedrich
President
NAWBO

Janet Gurwitch
CEO & Founder
Gurwitch Products, L.L.C.

Meredith Iler
President
The Strategic Alliance

Argentina James
Director of Public Affairs
Port of Houston

Mae C. Jemison
Founder
The Jemison Group

Susan Kellner
Spring Branch ISD

Shelena Lalji
Medical Doctor
Dr. Shel Wellness & Medical Spa

Nancy Loeffler

Janiece Longoria
Partner
Ogden Gibson Broocks & Longoria L.L.P.

Linda Martin
Westwind Ranch L.P.

Rebecca McDonald
Retired, Independent Board Director

Lou Ann McKinney
Texas A&M University System

Anne Mendelsohn

Rosanna Moreno
System Executive
Memorial Hermann

Laura Murillo
President & CEO
Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Kathy Orr

Jackie Pope
National President
Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc.

Juliea Robinson-Nelson
Executive Director
The Jemison Group

Maggie Seeliger
Principal and Founder, Metricus Marketing
President, American Marketing Association - Houston Chapter

Y. Ping Sun
Director
Yetter & Warden, L.L.P.

Sharmagne Taylor
President
On-Site Partners

Barbara Vilutis
Executive Vice President
Amegy Bank

Teri Wenglein-Callender
University of Texas Medical Branch

Daisy White
President
Daisy Sloan White, Inc.

Beth Wolff
Chairman & CEO
Beth Wolff GMAC Real Estate

Mia K. Wright
Executive Director
The Fountain of Praise

Connie Yates
Director, Public Affairs
Randalls/Tom Thumb