Jennifer Bowers
Stephen K. Jones
Rich Jackson
John Elbon
Boeing Vice President and General Manager John Elbon has been named chairman of the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership for 2016, President Bob Mitchell announced.
Other officers are Vice Chairman Rich Jackson, Lockheed Martin director of NASA Programs; Secretary Stephen K. Jones Jr., Clear Lake Regional Medical Center CEO; and Treasurer Jennifer Bowers, partner, Bowers & Sadler, LLP.
Members of BAHEP’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors are:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
John Elbon, Vice President/General Manager, Space Exploration, The Boeing Company
Dick H. Gregg, Jr., Attorney-at-Law/President, Gregg & Gregg, P.C.
Fred B. Griffin, Owner & Chairman, Griffin Partners, Inc.
Richard (Rich) Jackson, Director, NASA Programs, Lockheed Martin IS&GS Civil
Stephen K. Jones, Jr., CEO, Clear Lake Regional Medical Center
Tim Kropp, Executive Vice President, MRI Technologies
Ron W. Masters, President, MaximGroup
Dennis W. Petersen, President, Lockwood, Andrews, & Newnam, Inc.
Jayant Ramakrishnan, Ph.D., COO, Bastion Technologies, Inc.
Greg Smith, Ph.D., Superintendent, Clear Creek Independent School District
William A. Staples, Ph.D., President, University of Houston-Clear Lake
John Wilkins, CEO, CLC Properties
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HONORARY CHAIRMAN
Frans Gillebaard (1939 – 2013)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
Jennifer Bowers, Partner, Bowers & Sadler, LLP
Brenda Hellyer, Ed.D., Chancellor, San Jacinto College District
Lon F. Miller, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Jacobs
Bernard A. Milstein, M.D., President, The Eye Clinic of Texas
Ellen Ochoa, Ph.D., Director, NASA Johnson Space Center
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mike Bloomfield, Vice President & General Manager, Oceaneering Space Systems, Inc.
Genie Bopp, Vice President, Human Performance & Engineering Division, Wyle STE Group
Gale E. Burkett, President/CEO, GB Tech, Inc.
Don Burrows, Jr., Senior Vice President, Burrows, Auttonberry & Agol Investment Group of Hilltop Securities
Jeffrey E. Carr, Vice President, Aerospace Communications, Griffin Communications Group
Brent Cockerham, Market President, Branch Banking & Trust Company (BB&T)
Mark Conrad, Owner, Express Employment Professionals
Michael L. Cornett, President, Texas Citizens Bank, NA
Darren Crowell, President, Cimarron
Brian Duffy, Orbital ATK
John Elbon, Vice President/General Manager, Space Exploration, The Boeing Company
Marcy Fryday, Marketing Director, Lakewood Yacht Club
Mike Furin, Vice President, My FlooringAMERICA
Mark Gittleman, P.E., Executive Vice President, Intuitive Machines, LLC
Lloyd Graham, Superintendent of Schools, La Porte Independent School District
Dick H. Gregg Jr., Attorney-at-Law/President, Gregg & Gregg, P.C.
Fred B. Griffin, Owner & Chairman, Griffin Partners, Inc.
Marc Havican, President, Space City Films, Inc.
Mike Huss, Senior Vice President, Green Bank
Richard (Rich) Jackson, Director, NASA Programs, Lockheed Martin IS&GS Civil
Bobbie Jessie, President/CEO, JES Tech
Stephen K. Jones, Jr., CEO, Clear Lake Regional Medical Center
Don Kelly, Ph.D., President, Encore Business Consulting
John Kennedy, Commissioner, Port of Houston Authority
Tim Kropp, Executive Vice President, MRI Technologies
Katrina Lambrecht, Vice President and Chief of Staff, UTMB Health
Beth Lewis, Ed.D., President, College of the Mainland
John Martinec, President, AeroSys, LLC
Ron W. Masters, President, MaximGroup
Robert McAfoos, Director/Program Manager, Barrios Technology
Brenda Miller-Ferguson, Publisher, Houston Community Newspapers & Media Group
Lon F. Miller, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Jacobs
Sergio (Checo) Muniz, President, CYFOR Technologies, LLC
Stephanie Murphy, Deputy CEO, MEI Technologies, Inc.
Denise Navarro, President, Logical Innovations, Inc.
Dan Newman, CEO, Houston Methodist St. John Hospital
Dennis W. Petersen, President, Lockwood, Andrews, & Newnam, Inc.
Jayant Ramakrishnan, Ph.D., COO, Bastion Technologies, Inc.
John Russo, General Manager, Houston Site, UTC Aerospace Systems
Darryl E. Smith, ERC Program Manager, ERC, Inc.
Greg Smith, Ph.D., Superintendent, Clear Creek Independent School District
RADM Robert Smith, III, USN (Ret.), CEO, Texas A&M University at Galveston
William A. Staples, Ph.D., President, University of Houston-Clear Lake
Charlie Stegemoeller, Vice President, Program Management, SAIC
Jim Sweeney, Owner, Minuteman Press—Bay Area
Gwen Wagner, CEcD, CCD, Manager, National Sales ED, CenterPoint Energy
John Wilkins, CEO, CLC Properties
BOARD EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
Jennifer Bowers, Partner, Bowers & Sadler, LLP
Chad Burke, President/CEO, Economic Alliance Houston Port Region
Mary Alys Cherry, Editor and Publisher, Bay Area Houston Magazine
Ruby Cubley, Individual Member
Cindy Harreld-DeWease, President/CEO, Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce
Brenda Hellyer, Ed.D., Chancellor, San Jacinto College District
Bernard A. Milstein, M.D., President, The Eye Clinic of Texas
Ellen Ochoa, Ph.D., Director, NASA Johnson Space Center
Victor Pierson, President/CEO, Moody National Bank
Bix Rathburn, Ph.D., Director of Economic Development, Galveston County
Mike Shields, Executive Director, Baytown/West Chambers County Economic Development Foundation
Jeff Sjostrom, President, Galveston Economic Development Partnership
Steven Skarke, Vice President, Kaneka North America, LLC
Michael Sullivan, Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector
Hajime “Sam” Suzuki, Vice President, Administration, Kuraray America, Inc.
