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| Center for Houston’s Future Board Adds New Directors to 2010 Slate |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mercedes Santos-Garay
713-844-9328
msantosgaray@centerforhoustonsfuture.org
HOUSTON- February 23, 2010 The year 2010 is certainly brimming with freshness at the Center for Houston’s Future. A 10th Year Anniversary, a new Chairman, its first-ever Symposium, and the addition of eight new members to its Board of Directors, are all heralding a year to be remembered in its history.
The new faces on a Board that is already full of talent, include Christopher Barbic, Founder and Head of YES Prep Public Schools, a charter management organization that exists to increase the number of low-income students who graduate from four-year colleges, and who are prepared to compete in the global marketplace; Astley Blair, a Division Finance Officer responsible for the finance and business services in support of Global Supply and Trading at Chevron; Dan Bellow, President of Jones Lang LaSalle-Houston, a financial and professional services firm specializing in commercial real estate services and investment management; and Harry Gee, Jr., Founding Principal of Harry Gee, Jr. and Associates, a law firm based in Houston, where he has practiced immigration law for more than 40 years.
Also joining the Board of Directors is Mae C. Jemison, President of the technology design and consulting company, The Jemison Group, and the first African American woman to go into space; Larry Kellner, former Chairman/CEO of Continental Airlines, and now president of the Emerald Creek Group, a private equity Houston-based firm; Evalyn Moore, Office Manager for Hilmar Moore Cattle Co., Moore & Morrison Cattle Co., and the JFD Cattle Company, and the First Lady of the City of Richmond; and Bruce Tough, an attorney engaged in the legal practice of civil trial litigation at the Tough Law Firm, and a Director of The Woodlands Township.
“Every year the Center for Houston’s Future goes through a rigorous and always meticulous selection process in order to ensure a high caliber Board of Directors. We are honored that these talented and distinguished individuals have accepted our challenge and elected to give of their valuable time and expertise to the Center for Houston’s Future,” commented Center CEO and President, Catherine Mosbacher.
The Center for Houston’s Future is a 501c (3) organization whose mission is to advance the Houston region as one of the top ten global communities in which to live and work. For more information, please visit www.centerforhoustonsfuture.org.
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