Be seen. Be heard.

Pictured standing from left are: (BR-FR) Michael
Barnhill, Secretary Terry Sellers, Brad Thompson, Alex
Sutton, Nathan Cook, Virgil Yoakum, Frank Holmes,
Stephen Miller, Vice-Chair Stuart Lapp, Heidi Carney,
Mike Karlins, Steve Sanders, Chair Jan Slevling, and
Immediate Past Chair Chris Grice.
The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership
(EDP) has announced the newly-appointed board
members for its 2013-2014 term. The new board members include
Jan Sieving of Repsol USA as chair, Stuart Lapp of Petroleum
Wholesale as vice-chair, Terry Sellers of Gallagher Benefit Services
as secretary, Debra Sukin of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital as
treasurer, and Chris Grice of Amegy Bank of Texas as immediate
past chair.
Other board members include Michael Barnhill of Entergy
Texas, Boyd Burdett of Anadarko Petroleum, Heidi Carney of First
Victoria National Bank, Nathan Cook of McKesson Specialty Health,
Frank Holmes of Sam Houston State University, Karen Hoylman
of The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce, Mike Karlins of
Karlins, Ramey & Tompkins LLC, Mayor James Kuykendall of City
of Oak Ridge North, Mark Lashier of Chevron Phillips Chemical
Company, Michael Maher of The John Cooper School, Brett Martin
of One Source, Stephen Miller of Jones Walker, Don Norrell of The
Woodlands Township, Michael Richmond of Woodforest National
Bank, Steve Sanders of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands
Hospital, Mike Shultz of Consolidated Communications, Mayor
Wes Stephens of City of Shenandoah, Alex Sutton of The
Woodlands Development Company, Brad Thompson of Wells
Fargo, Bruce Tough of The Woodlands Township, Stephanie
Wiggins of CenterPoint Energy, and Virgil Yoakum of Woodforest
Development, Inc.
The Economic Development Partnership is dedicated to
promoting the economic development of The Woodlands Area
through the support of existing businesses and the recruitment of
new businesses that can bring opportunities to the area.
“As our board continues to evolve, we have been able to move
forward and progress because of the diversity of our membership.
I am personally grateful to have served with those Board Directors
whose terms have ended, and would like to welcome our newest
members joining the board. We are privileged to have a Board
composed of the best executive leadership in our area for the
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THE WOODLANDS AREA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP
ANNOUNCES ITS NEW BOARD MEMBERS
advancement of economic development,” said Gil Staley, Chief
Executive Officer of the EDP.
Partner members of the EDP include Deena Anderson of
AppleOne Employment Services, Spencer Bautista of Cardon
Outreach, Steve Berry of Waste Connections, Chris Bulger of
Martin Brower, Fred Caldwell of Caldwell Companies, Jim Calvetti
of Calvetti, Ferguson & Wagner, P.C., Sean Carney of Rickmers-
Linie (America), Inc., Paul Carroll of Efficient Wealth Management,
Paul Coonrod of Stream Realty, Scott Donald of Baker Hughes,
Katherine Frolow of Goldman Sachs, Shane Frugé of Northwestern
Mutual, Joseph Glowacki of Turner Construction, Mark Hammer
of D.E. Harvey Builders, Joe Hulett of Americas Styrenics LLC,
Ray Laughter of Lone Star College System, Amos McDonald of
BBVA Compass Bank, Dr. Stephen McKernan of Lone Star Family
Health Center, Paul Oman of BOI Consulting, LLC, Woody Pace
of Talisman Energy USA, Clyde Parker of Winstead PC, Greg
Parsons of The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center, Ron
Parucki of Kroger, Chris Payne of Aon Hewitt, Sean Quinn of Black
Forest Ventures, LLC, John Risher of Gilbane Building Company,
Cheryle’ Sanderson of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate
Gary Greene, Jack Stibbs of Stibbs & Co. Attorneys, Christi Thoms
of CB&I, John Wiesner of Wiesner Auto Group, Kendra Windisch of
MD Anderson The Woodlands, Richard Wright of Wright’s Printing
and Marketing, as well as Stephen Wright of Wright Business
Technologies.
The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership
(EDP) is the lead agency for business recruitment and retention
for The Woodlands Area and includes the cities of Shenandoah
and Oak Ridge North as well as the master planned community,
The Woodlands. The primary target for EDP clients are employers
or potential employers that might want assistance in identifying
potential sites for locating their business, or to determine their
qualifications for incentives that might be available.
FOR MORE INFORMATION about EDP visit
i www.edpartnership.net or call (281) 363-8130,
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