Photos by Mary Alys Cherry
Education Foundation honors 12 at 2016 Gala
Distinguished Alumni Award winners, from left, included Dr. Brian Woods, Northside ISD superintendent in San Antonio; Janet Brown, Space Center Houston director of finance; and Thomas W. Horton, former American Airlines CEO. A fourth award winner, Riley Salmon, a three-time Olympian in volleyball who won a gold medal in Beijing, was unable to attend. Woods and Horton are Clear Lake High graduates while Brown and Salmon are Creek graduates.
Super Stars Jerry Smith, a Merrill Lynch vice president; CCISD Elementary Teacher of the Year Kristi Roney of Falcon Pass Elementary; and Region IV Secondary Teacher of the Year Dale Jensen of Clear View High, from left, get together for a photo as the CCEF Gala gets under way.
Galveston County Judge Mark Henry, right, visits with Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan and Kippy Caraway at the Clear Creek Education Foundation Gala at South Shore Harbour Resort.
Gala Co-Chairman Kim Barker, Kay Lee Benoit and Katy Bastedo, from left, await the arriving crowd for the Clear Creek Education Foundation celebration at South Shore Harbour Resort.
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Former CCEF Citizen of the Year Harv Hartman and his wife, Carolyn, enjoy the gala.
CCISD Superintendent Greg Smith and his wife, Kathy, look over the crowd at the CCEF Gala.
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Citizen of the Year and SAIC executive Joyce Abbey receives congratulations from another award winner, Scott Rainey, a former CCEF board chairman who was presented the George B. Carlisle Distinguished Service Award at the gala.
Lt. Col. Kyle B. McCarthy, a 1984 Lake grad and winner of the Valor Award, visits with Carol and Jim Saxe, owners of the Putt-Putt Fun House and winners of the Dennis Johnson Memorial Small Business Award, as the CCEF Gala starts.
Once political opponents are happy to see one another as they arrive at South Shore Harbour Resort for the 2016 CCEF Foundation Gala. They are, from left, attorneys Becky Reitz and her husband, John Gay, and State Rep. Dennis Paul and his wife, Eliza.
JOYCE ABBEY, a long-time advocate for the advancement of STEM programming in public education, was honored by the Clear Creek Education Foundation as its 2016 Citizen of the Year Nov. 5, before a crowd of several hundred at the CCEF Gala. The Clear Creek ISD alumna and Clear Creek High graduate was one of 10 honored at the annual celebration in the South Shore Harbour Resort’s Crystal Ballroom. “As the SAIC employee communications and external relations director, Abbey is also known for her championing of human spaceflight. She spearheads the Aerospace Teacher Extern Program, which equips teachers to connect educational skills with what is happening in the workplace and industry, and the vast number and variety of career options available to students,” CCEF said. Others honored at the gala were: Scott Rainey, the George G. Carlisle Distinguished Service Award; Janet Norman Brown, Thomas W. Horton, Riley Salmon and Dr. Brian Woods, the Distinguished Alumni Award winners; Carol & Jim Saxe, Putt Putt Fun House owners who were recipients of the Dennis Johnson Memorial Small Business Award; Lt. Col. Kyle McCarthy (USMC Ret.) was presented the Valor Award Jerry Smith, along with Dale Jensen, CCISD Secondary and Region 4 Teacher of the Year and Kristi Roney, CCISD Elementary Teacher of the Year received the CCISD Superstar Award. Faces in the crowd included Galveston County Judge Mark Henry, Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan, Mayors Pat Hallisey of League City, Julie Masters of Dickinson and Carl Joiner of Kemah; State Reps. Dennis Paul and Dr. Greg Bonnen; CCISD Superintendent Dr. Greg Smith and former Superintendents Dr. Sandra Mossman and Dr. Ron McLeod.