Our Staff & Board of Directors
OUR STAFF
David Gow
President and CEO
dgow@futurehouston.org
713.844.9398
Russell Richard
Managing Director, Leadership Initiatives
rrichard@futurehouston.org
713.844.9323
Laura Goldberg
Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Communications & Community Engagement
lgoldberg@futurehouston.org
713.844.9327
Miri Sanchez Wilkins
Senior Director, Development
mwilkins@futurehouston.org
713.844.9326
Megan Rose
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
mrose@futurehouston.org
832.725.2657
Kaylinn Esparza
Manager, Marketing
kesparza@futurehouston.org
713.844.9328
Jennifer Beers
Senior Coordinator
jbeers@futurehouston.org
Y. Ping Sun
Chair
Of Counsel, Yetter Coleman LLP
Asia Society Texas, Chair
Cindy Yeilding
Past Chair
Retired Senior Vice President
BP America
Jim Ajello
Senior Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
Portland General Electric
Mark Anderson
Independent Board Member and
Energy and Industrials Executive
Astley Blair
Chief Financial Officer
Marine Well Containment Company
Pothik Chatterjee
Executive Director, Rice & Houston Methodist Digital Health Institute (DHI)
Lynda Clemmons
Chief Sustainability Officer, NRG Energy, Inc.
Melissa DeMontrond
President
DeMontrond Motor Corporation
Bob Eury
Retired
Central Houston, Inc.
Dr. Selda Gunsel
President, Shell Global Solutions (US)
Global Vice President of Lubricants
Mobility & Fuels Technology Shell
Rina Harris
Vice President,
Strategic Business Growth & Engagement
CenterPoint Energy
Stephen Klineberg, Ph.D.
Founding Director,
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Arun Mani
Principal, Power and Utilities US Lead
KPMG
Bruce Mann
Vice President, Operations
McAlister Assets | RCR Rail Co.
Stan Marek
President and CEO
Marek Companies
Mitra Miller
Vice President,
Houston Angel Network
Randi Sonenshein
Senior Regional Director, Texas and Oklahoma, ADL (Anti-Defamation League)
Freddy Warner
Chief Government Relations Officer
Memorial Hermann Health System
Beth Wolff
Chairman and CEO, Beth Wolff Realtors
Carlecia Wright
Chief Business Equity Officer, Port Houston
Andy Steinhubl
Immediate Past Chair
Retired Partner, KPMG
Steve Kean
President and CEO
Greater Houston Partnership
Armando Perez
Chair, Greater Houston Partnership
Executive Vice President
H-E-B
Eugene H. Vaughan (1933 – 2023)
Chairman and CEO
Vaughan Investments, LP
Founding Chairman
Board Member Emeritus