Center For Houston’s Future
Houston, you see, has always tested its limits. And that’s one of the reasons I love it. Houstonians like to peer into the future, looking for opportunity. And when they do, there have been few boundaries to their imaginations. 61st u.s. secretary of state James A. Baker III Center for Houston’s Future Luncheon, April 14, 2010
THE CENTER FOR HOUSTON’S FUTURE is the reGIon’s tHInK tAnK bringing business and community together to innovate for the future of the Houston area. We do this by planning strategically
THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON PROGRAM 2011
for the region, strengthening the base of diverse business and civic leadership, and informing people about — while engaging them in —
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the necessary groundwork for Houston’s global future. the overarching benefit to the community is that of an independent
WELCOME
Catherine Mosbacher
and respected source of information, a catalyst to connect and
President & CEO, Center for Houston’s Future
energize divergent groups, and an incubator of new ideas and initiatives to fuel big-picture, long-range thought and action.
INTRODUCTION OF HONORE
Leslie Blanton Luncheon Chair EUGENE H. VAUGHAN CIVIC LEADERSHIP AWARD
Felix and Lupe Fraga LUNCH
INTRODUCTION OF SCENARIOS 2040
emily smith Llinás and raymond Lewis, Jr. Members of the Scenario Building Team
T H E R E G I O N ’S T H I N K TA N K
INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Kelly Frels Chariman of the Board, Center For Houston’s Future KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Douglas L. Foshee THE EUGENE H. VAUGHAN CIVIC LEADERSHIP AWARD recognizes those whose lifetime of work has made a significant long term contribution to the Houston region in the areas of human capital development and diversity, quality of place, or 21st century economies.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of El Paso Corporation CLOSING COMMENTS
UNDERWRITERS PRESENTING SPONSOR
Chevron
MAJOR UNDERWRITERS
Bank of America el Paso Corporation
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. shell
BENEFACTORS
Andrews Kurth, LLP Alice & Philip Burguieres Mary Ann & Larry Faulkner Generation Park/McCord Development, Inc. Marathon oil Corporation PATRONS
reliant energy scurlock Foundation sysco Corporation susan & eugene Vaughan Wells Fargo Bank
Allegiance Bank texas & the stewart organization Allen Boone Humphries robinson LLP Amegy Bank Asia Chemical Company Blue Lance, Inc. Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP Bud Light/silver eagle Distributors Camden CenterPoint energy Citizens for Affordable energy Community Health Choice, Inc. suzie& Phil Conway Yvonne & rufus Cormier Dannenbaum engineering Corporation Jenny & Jim elkins Family Fund exxonMobil Greenberg traurig Pauline & Junior Higgins Hines
Jones Lang Lasalle JP Morgan Chase & Co. Marek Bros. systems steven & sheila Miller Foundation neighborhood Centers, Inc. Cathy nunnally PalmePo Partners, Ltd. robert r. & Kay M. onstead Foundation rice university steven H. schweitzer & uHY Advisors terry shaikh smith seckman reid, Inc. société Générale spectra energy statesman Business Advisors, LLC tejas office Products, Inc. Vinson & elkins, LLP the Woodlands township university of texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Wortham Insurance & risk Management
SUPPORTERS
Joseph Hafner ned s. Holmes Charitable Fund Houston Food Bank trini Mendenhall sosa Jacqueline r. northcut regina rogers Vaughan nelson Investment Management e. D. Wulfe
Access Data/renee Logans AeCoM James Calaway Cole Chemical evereP Family Fund Carmela & Kelly Frels Ann & J. Kent Friedman
LUNCHEON CHAIR
VICE CHAIRS
Leslie Blanton
Yvonne & rufus Cormier
HONORARY COMMITTEE
HOST COMMITTEE
Frances Castañeda-Dyess Colleen & Mike Feinberg rick Figueroa J. Kent Friedman sonny & Jodie Jiles Alex López negrete nick nichols George Pontikes Marc shapiro Ping sun & David Leebron Massey Villarreal Andrea & Bill White
Joni Baird Mike Ballases Bill BarneP Denise Bates Margaret Buescher Anne & Albert Chao Donna Cole Dr. Charles Cook Johnny Cronin Michelle & stephen Fraga Joe Hafner Diane Hasell Pauline & Junior Higgins Kay & ned Holmes Jonathan Homeyer Laura & rick Jaramillo susan Keeton Lee Lahourcade
ruthanne Mefford steve Miller neena newberry Jacqueline northcut Cathy nunnally Pam & randall onstead Leila Perrin Vidal H. ramirez Margaret Vaughan robinson elmer rogers James r. royer Mary ryder Graciela saenz terry shaikh Carol shaPuck PaPie Dale tye Wil uecker scoP Van Beck
tHAnK You to our unDerWrIters
Brothers LUPE and FELIX FRAGA exemplify the lifelong transformative dedication to the region that the Vaughan Award was created to honor. Natives of Houston’s East End, their stories and their successes are inextricably linked with, and reflective of, the stories and successes of this region over the same span of time.
FELIX FRAGA began his career of more than six decades with neighborhood Centers Inc. as a youth worker in 1946, continuing through 20 years as Manager of ripley Houston, and ultimately serving as Vice President of external Affairs. With degrees from university of Houston and our Lady of the Lake, san Antonio, Mr. Fraga has been elected to terms on the Houston City Council, and the Houston Independent school District Board. He is a member of the Houston CommiPee for Private sector Initiatives, Houston Housing Development Corporation, the united Way Campaign, and the Housing Finance Corporation. LUPE FRAGA is Chairman and Ceo of tejas office Products, Inc., one of the top 500 Hispanic owned Companies in the nation (Hispanic Business Magazine) and one of Houston’s top 100 small Businesses (Houston Business Journal). Mr. Fraga received a Bachelor of Business Administration from texas A&M, before serving his country in the us Army. He has contributed his time and talent to countless civic organizations, serving as Chairman of the Board of Harris County Child Protective services, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Federal reserve Bank Dallas-Houston Branch.
Keynote Speaker
DOUGLAS L. FOSHEE is Chairman, President and Chief executive officer of el Paso Corporation. Mr. Foshee earned an MBA from the Jesse H. Jones school at rice university, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from southwest texas state university. He serves on the boards of Houston endowment, Inc., texas Business Hall of Fame, Central Houston, Inc. and the Greater Houston Partnership, and on the board of trustees for both KIPP and rice university. In 2009, he was appointed by the u.s. treasury and the Federal reserve Bank of new York to serve as an independent trustee of the AIG Credit Facility trust.
BoArd of direCtors Kelly Frels CHAIrMAn
eugene H. Vaughan FounDInG CHAIrMAn
Catherine Clark Mosbacher PresIDent AnD Ceo
Chris Barbic Dan Bellow Astley Blair Leslie Blanton James Calaway Anthony r. Chase Phil Conway Barbara Crews Bruce Culpepper James Dannenbaum Bill DeLaney George Donnelly Harry Gee, Jr. tom Gros John Hofmeister Lynne Humphries rick Jaramillo Michael Jhin Larry Kellner stephen Klineberg, Ph.D. Gene Locke renee Logans stan Marek
George Martinez John Mendelsohn, M.D. Jeff Moseley John nau Adrian PaPerson Juanita romans Walter tomlinson Bruce tough Bobby tudor umesh Verma e.D. Wulfe
Advisory CounCil Linda Addison e. William BarneP richard Campo Chip Carlisle rufus Cormier George DeMontrond, III C. richard evereP roger Galatas ned s. Holmes Harris L. Kempner, Jr. David L. Mendez steven Miller the Honorable Annise Parker James r. royer the Honorable Bill White rosie Zamora
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March 24th to 26th and May 6th & 7th BACK TO THE FUTURE II: THE SEQUEL! the second Annual Leadership Forum reunion
April 26, 2011 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. sponsored by Chevron FALL LEADERSHIP FORUM: Still accepting nominations!
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