Health Care Advisory Committee

Develop, review and support initiatives which foster Houston's position as a world leader in health care, biotechnology and nanotechnology. The committee will also assist in the coordination of business, health care and public sector efforts to increase access to healthcare and reduce its cost to the region.

Ian Aitken
President and CEO
The Menninger Clinic

Joanne M. Beck
Market Head, Southwest Region Network Operations
Aetna, Inc.

Carolyn J. Belk
Vice President, Government Relations
The Methodist Hospital

Peggy Boice
Director, Health and Human Service Issues
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett

Bill Boyar
Chairman
Boyar & Miller

Caroline Boyle
Manager, Business Development
Intel Corporation

Tad Brown
CEO, Houston Rockets and Toyota Center
Houston Rockets

Ryan Colburn
President
Regions Bank

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

Ron Cookston
Manager, Gateway To Care
Harris County Hospital District

John S. Crane
President and CEO
FKP Architects, Inc.

George A. DeMontrond
President
DeMontrond Automotive Group, Inc.

Donna Evans Dishman
Executive Director
PAWS Houston

Daniel Duncan
Vice President, Oil and Gas
Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.

Peter J. Durkin
CEO
Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas

Cathy Easter
Vice President, Operations
The Methodist Hospital

Michael Embrey
Vice President and Client Manager
Bank of America

Brian Gannon
President and CEO
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center

Michele Gest
Director, Global Benefits
Baker Hughes Incorporated

Randy Giles
CEO
UnitedHealthcare

Lewis Gissil
Senior Vice President
Capital One, N.A.

Karen Gunay

King Hillier
Harris County Hospital District

Earline Hoch
Sr. Community Benefits Relations Coordinator
The Methodist Hospital

Marques Holmes
Regional Sales Manager - Healthcare
AT&T

Harry D. Holmes
Texas Medical Center

Helen Huey
Consultant
HCA Affiliated Hospitals

Jonathan E. Iszard
President and CEO
John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science

Ken Janda
Executive Vice President
Community Health Choice, Inc.

Michael K. Jhin
CEO Emeritus
St. Luke's Episcopal Health System

John Kajander
Senior Vice President
Texas Medical Center

Vicki Keiser
Partner
Deloitte

Mary E. Koch
Health Services Industry Liaison
The WorkSource H-GAC

Janiece Longoria
Partner
Ogden Gibson Broocks & Longoria LLP

Karen Love
Executive Director
Harris County Healthcare Alliance

Donald J. Lyons
CEO and Managing Partner
InterOPERANT

Kathleen Margolis
Chief Marketing Officer
FKP Architects, Inc.

Elena Marks
Director of Environmental & Health Policy
City of Houston

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

James Nadler
Senior Market Medical Director
CIGNA HealthCare of Texas, Inc.

Laurie A. Robinson
Principal, Healthcare and Government Advisory Service
Mir Fox & Rodriguez, PC

Tim Schauer
System Executive, Business Development
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System

Alicia Smith
Manager, Health and Welfare Plans
Shell Oil Company

Manfred Sternberg
CEO
Bluegate Corporation

Diane Tanking
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Mini Timmaraju
Senior Vice President, Community Services
Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas

Pattie Dale Tye
President, Houston Market
Humana Inc.

Richard E. Wainerdi
President, CEO and COO
Texas Medical Center

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

Maura Walsh
President, Gulf Coast Division
HCA

Frederic C. Warner
System Executive, Business Development
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System

Jeff Webster
Senior Vice President and Administrator
Ben Taub General Hospital

Terry J. Wheeler
CEO
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital

Matthew P. White
Vice President, Network Operations
Humana Inc.

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

Paul D. Williams
CEO
TOCH, Inc.

Laurie B. Williams
Vice President
Amegy Bank, Private Banking Group

David D. Wood
Vice President
Marsh USA, Inc.