Board Member Bios

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CHAIRMAN

Daniel J. Wolterman - President and CEO, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System

VICE CHAIRMAN

Daniel G. Bellow - President, Houston Corporate Services, The Staubach Company

PRESIDENT

Jeff Moseley - President and CEO, Greater Houston Partnership

MEMBERS

Willie J. Alexander - President, W.J. Alexander & Associates, PC

Mike Ballases - Chairman, Houston Middle Market Banking, JPMorgan Chase

George Boltwood - Senior Executive Vice President, Compass Bank

Denis Clive Braham - Chairman and CEO, Winstead P.C.

Bill Breetz - President, Kroger Southwest, Kroger Company

Tad Brown - CEO, Houston Rockets and Toyota Center, Houston Rockets

Kirbyjon Caldwell - Senior Pastor,

Richard J. Campo - Chairman and CEO, Camden Property Trust

Deborah M. Cannon - President and CEO, Houston Zoo, Inc.

W. Charles Carlberg - Principal, Richards/Carlberg

Chip Carlisle - President, Wells Fargo

Clarence P. Cazalot Jr. - President and CEO, Marathon Oil Corporation

Terence S. Cheng - President, TSC Engineering Company

Michael W. Conlon - Partner-in-Charge, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

James D. Dannenbaum - Chairman, Dannenbaum Engineering Corporation

Paul Davidson - President, Houston, Capital One, N.A.

Chad Deaton - Chairman and CEO, Baker Hughes Incorporated

Linnet F. Deily - Former Deputy, USTR & Former Ambassador To the WTO,

George A. DeMontrond III - President, DeMontrond Automotive Group, Inc.

E. H. (Gene) Dewhurst - Partner, Falcon Seaboard Holdings, LLC

Joseph C. Dilg - Managing Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP

George J. Donnelly - Managing Partner, Lilo Ventures

M. Robert Dussler - Chairman and CEO, Palmetto Partners, Ltd.

C. Richard Everett - , Richard Everett Interests

Tilman Fertitta - Chairman, President, and CEO, Landry's Restaurants, Inc.

Doug Foshee - President and CEO, El Paso Corporation

Charles C. Foster - President, Tindall & Foster, PC, Attorneys At Law

Fred J. Fowler - President and CEO, Spectra Energy

Lupe Fraga - Chairman and CEO, Tejas Office Products, Inc.

Steven Frisby - President, Randalls Food Markets, Inc.

Roland Garcia - Management Group Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Harry Gee Jr. - Principal, Law Office of Harry Gee, Jr. & Associates

E. R. 'Bud' Giesinger - Managing Partner, KPMG LLP

Audrey J. Gilbreath - President and CEO, Gilbreath Communications, Inc.

Randy Giles - CEO, UnitedHealthcare

Glen Gondo - President, Gondo Company, Inc.

Alejandro Granado - Chairman, President and CEO, CITGO Petroleum Corporation

Earl J. Hesterberg Jr. - President and CEO, Group 1 Automotive Inc.

John Hofmeister - President, Shell Oil Company

Mark M. Jacobs - President and CEO, Reliant Energy, Inc.

Mae C. Jemison - President, The Jemison Group, Inc.

Jodie L. Jiles - Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets

Larry Kellner - Chairman and CEO, Continental Airlines, Inc.

Renu Khator - President and CEO, University of Houston

Mathew Knowles - President and CEO, Music World Entertainment, Inc.

R. Bruce LaBoon - ,

Kase L. Lawal - Chairman and CEO, CAMAC International Corporation

David Leebron - President, Rice University

Dave Lesar - Chairman, President and CEO, Halliburton

Lynne Liberato - Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP

Thompson Lin - President and CEO, Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

Janiece Longoria - Partner, Ogden Gibson Broocks & Longoria LLP

E. Javier Loya - Chairman and CEO, CHOICE! Energy

Gary Luquette - President, North America Exploration and Production, Chevron

Robert A. Malone - Chairman and President, BP America

Stan Marek - CEO, The Marek Family of Companies

Barry H. Margolis - Managing Shareholder, Margolis, Phipps & Wright, PC

George Martinez - Chairman, Center For Houston's Future

David McClanahan - President and CEO, CenterPoint Energy

Scott McClelland - President, Houston Division, H-E-B

Drayton McLane Jr. - Chairman, Houston Astros Baseball Club

Charles E. McMahen - Director, Compass Bankshares, Inc.

Lyndall C. Medearis Jr. - Divisional Executive Vice President, AXA Advisors LLC

John Mendelsohn - President, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Steven L. Miller - Chairman and President, SLM Discovery Ventures, Inc.

William C. Montgomery - Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Paul B. Murphy - CEO, Amegy Bank

John L. Nau III - President and CEO, Silver Eagle Distributors, LP

Rod Nelson - Vice President, Communications, Schlumberger Limited

Bob Nicholas - President, Nicholas Earth Printing LLC

Suzanne Nimocks - Director, McKinsey & Company, Inc.

Hideaki Ninomiya - President, Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc.

Patrick C. Oxford - Chairman, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

Rod Paige - Former Secretary of Education,

Christopher J. Pappas - CEO, Pappas Restaurants, Inc.

Sonia Perez - Senior Vice President, AT&T

Thomas J. Perich - Partner, Andrews Kurth LLP

Leonard J. Rejcek - President and COO, Manhattan Construction Company

Roland Rodriguez - Managing Principal, Mir Fox & Rodriguez, PC

James R. Royer - COO, AECOM Technology Corporation

Kim A. Ruth - President, Houston Region, Bank of America

Abelardo Saavedra - Superintendent, Houston Independent School District

Richard J. Schnieders - Chairman and CEO, Sysco Corporation

Tom Simmons - Managing Director, Texplex, SpencerStuart

Gerald B. Smith - Chairman and CEO, Smith Graham & Co., Investment Advisors, LP

Walter J. Smith - Managing Partner, Baker Botts LLP

David Steiner - CEO, Waste Management, Inc.

Michael Stevens - Chairman and CEO, Michael Stevens Interests, Inc.

Charles Swanson - Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Jack Sweeney - Publisher and President, Houston Chronicle

Anne Taylor - Vice Chairman and Regional Managing Partner, Mid-America, Deloitte

Howard Tellepsen Jr. - Chairman and CEO, Tellepsen

James F. Thompson - President and CEO, TCB

Heida L. Thurlow - President and Owner, Chantal Cookware Corp.

Gio Tomasini - CEO, Linear Marketing

Stephen Trauber - Managing Director, UBS Investment Bank

Jose Adan Trevino - Chairman, President and CEO, AMEX Investments, Inc.

Bill A. Van Wie - Vice President and General Manager, Exploration, Devon Energy Corporation

Umesh Verma - President and CEO, BLUE LANCE, Inc.

Lori Vetters - President, Houston Gulf Coast Region, Wachovia Bank, N.A.

Massey Villarreal - President and CEO, Precision Task Group Inc.

Mark A. Wallace - President and CEO, Texas Children's Hospital

Maura Walsh - President, Gulf Coast Division, HCA

Peter S. Wareing - Partner, Wareing, Athon & Company

Chuck Watson - Chairman, Global Commodities, Lehman Brothers

Richard W. Weekley - Chairman, Weekley Development Company

John D. White - Chairman and CEO, Standard Renewable Energy Group LLC

James T. Willerson - President, The University of Texas Health Science Center At Houston

Gerald E. Wilson - President and Chairman, Wilson Financial Group, Inc.

Beth G. Wolff - Chairman and CEO, Beth Wolff GMAC Real Estate

David S. Wolff - Chairman and President, Wolff Companies

Ed Wulfe - President, Wulfe & Co.

Ed Young - Senior Pastor, Second Baptist Church

Rosie Zamora - President, Houston Wilderness

EMERITUS

E. William Barnett - Director Emeritus, Baker Botts L.L.P.

Jack S. Blanton - Director Emeritus,

Charles W. Duncan Jr. - Chairman, Duncan Interests

Kelly Frels - Senior Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

Ned S. Holmes - Chairman and CEO, Ned S. Holmes Investments, Inc.

Harold S. Hook - President, Main Event Management Corporation

Don D. Jordan - Chairman and CEO, Jordan Capital Management

Randall Meyer - Director Emeritus,

HONORARY

George Bush - Office of the Former President,

STAFF LIAISON

Arlene McCarty - Coordinator, Board of Directors, Greater Houston Partnership

OFFICER LIAISON

Tracye McDaniel - Executive Vice President & COO, Greater Houston Partnership