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 <strong>Be</strong>nefit 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 30 onthetown onthetowntexas.com 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 <strong>Be</strong>rry 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 <strong>Be</strong>tter 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, OTT Texas Sept Oct FINAL.indd 30 10/10/2013 12:56:59 PM
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