[BAY AREA HOUSTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP] Photos by Mary Alys Cherry
Jim Reinhartsen, center, who served as president of the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership for 16 years, gets a warm welcome back from current BAHEP President Bob Mitchell, former Chairmen Dr. Bernard Milstein and Dr. William Staples and long-time board member, attorney Dick Gregg Jr., , from left, during BAHEP’s 40th Anniversary Celebration.
BAHEP’s Kathryn Paradis, left, and Barbara Cutsinger, right, thank Louis Parker for all his hard work with them, helping put the 40th Anniversary Celebration together.
some just came to say thank you for what the organization has accomplished. Lockheed Martin’s Joe Mayer and his wife, Robin, were up from Florida to join the merriment, along with a number of aerospace executives including Johnson Space Center Director By Mary Alys Cherry Dr. Ellen Ochoa and former JSC Director oing to the Bay Dr. Glenn Friedman holds Mike Coats, Lon Area Houston up Presidential Award he Miller of Jacobs, Gale Economic received at celebration. th and Jean Burkett of Partnership’s 40 GB Tech, Tom Short of Anniversary Celebration was like Anadarko Industries, Sandy Johnson stepping back in time. Seeing people you hadn’t seen in years and stopping of Barrios Technologies, Joyce Abbey of SAIC, Jorge, Rosi, Tery and Mike to exchange memories of some long Hernandez of Bastion Industries; ago event you experienced together. Brian Duffy of Orbital ATK and John, Besides many who had worked at Rose, Michael and Rosanne Zarcaro BAHEP, served on its board or been a part of its many events over the years, of GeoControl Systems.
Past and present mingle at BAHEP Celebration
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The Rodriguez family checks out a model of the Space Station at the BAHEP Celebration. Ramona Rodriguez, right, is the wife of the late Dr. Louis Rodriguez, the first chairman of the BAHEP Board. With her are her son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Shelley Rodriguez.
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The past and the present came together Sept. 14 as BAHEP Membership Director Harriet Lukee, center, visited with her predecessor, Wendy Melchor, left, and former BAHEP Vice President Laura Van Ness during 40th anniversary celebration.
A number of elected officials were in the crowd, including State Reps. Dennis Paul and Greg Bonnen, County Commissioners Jack Morman and Ken Clark, Tax Collector Mike Sullivan, Mayors Pat Hallisey of League City, Carl Joiner of Kemah, Mark Denman of Nassau Bay, Louis Rigby of La Porte, Michel Bechtel of Morgan’s Point, Julie Masters of Dickinson and Glenn Royal of Seabrook plus City Councilors Dave Martin of Houston, Amanda Fenwick of Clear Lake Shores, Mike Foreman of Friendswood, Bob Warters of Nassau Bay, Keith Gross and Todd Kinsey of League City. Even former Houston Majority Leader Tom DeLay motored over from Sugarland to mingle with a crowd that included Roy Green, Sheree and Norman Frede, Fred and Betsy Griffin, Shari and John Wilkins, Cindy DeWease, Marie Flickinger, Marcy Fryday, Leslie and Dr. Ted Cummings, Dr. Greg Smith, and congratulate BAHEP President
Past BAHEP chairmen, attorney Joe Barlow and Barrios President Sandy Johnson, from left, congratulate Dr. Glenn Freedman on winning the Presidential Award during the 40th anniversary celebration.
Bob Mitchell and Past President Jim Reinhartsen on all they’ve done. Back in 1976, a group of Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce members, described as “leaders in their fields and believers in the viability of the Clear Lake/Bay Area,” joined forces to form the Clear Lake Economic Development Foundation, a nonprofit that was asked to “come up with a comprehensive plan to promote the area.” In its early years, it was part of the chamber but eventually set out on its own to focus on bringing new businesses and new development to the area – changing its name along the way to Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership for wider identity. Now, as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, its membership can look back with pride at its role through the years in growing and maintaining a healthy local economy and in turning a Texas prairie into a shining metropolis admired throughout the nation.
Former bankers Jim Hargrove, right, and Robert Scott, with his wife, attorney Elizabeth Scott, remembered old times as they got together at the BAHEP Celebration at South Shore Harbour Resort. Both men served on the BAHEP Board.