The Partnership's Houston Week will feature panel discussions addressing some of the region's top priorities, including building resilience, strengthening race equity and improving economic development and innovation.

Join us on Wednesday, October 21, as leaders from the City of Houston will share highlights and challenges in their work with Houston's business community. Houston Public Media's Eddie Robinson will serve as moderator for these important discussions. Panels include: 

• 11:00 a.m. Recovery & Resiliency
  • Marvin Odum, COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Czar, City of Houston
  • Steve Costello, Chief Recovery Officer, City of Houston
  • Marissa Aho, Chief Resiliency Officer, City of Houston
• 12:00 p.m. Racial Equity and Justice
  • Art Acevedo, Chief of Police, Houston Policy Department
  • Shannon Buggs, Director, Mayor’s Office of Complete Communities, City of Houston
• 1:00 p.m. Economic Development and Innovation
  • Jesse Bounds, Director of Innovation, City of Houston
  • Gwen Tillotson, Deputy Director, Economic Development Division, City of Houston

The Greater Houston Partnership presents Houston Week, a virtual summit showcasing the nation's fourth-largest city as a global powerhouse and city of the future. Through a series of activities, business and civic leaders will offer insight on how Houston's business-friendly climate and quality of life has secured the major metro on the scale of great global cities. City of Houston officials will also lead discussions on how Houston is addressing key issues including recovery & resiliency, race equity & justice, and economic development & innovation. City of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner will close out Houston Week with his annual State of the City address.