New board members announced to The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership

THE WOODLANDS, Texas - The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership (EDP) has announced the newly-appointed board members for its 2015-2016 term.

The new board members include Terry Sellers of Gallagher Benefit Services as chair, Debra Sukin of Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital as vice chairman, Heidi Carney of Prosperity Bank as secretary, Mike Shultz of Consolidated Communication as treasurer and Stuart Lapp of Stibbs & Co. PLLC as immediate past chair.

Other board members include David Argueta of CHI St. Luke’s Health, Steve Berry of Waste Connections, Nelda Blair of The Blair Law Firm, Lisa Britt of Nexeo Solutions, Shane Frugé of Northwestern Mutual, Steve Head, Ph.D. of Lone Star College System, JJ Hollie of The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce, Frank Holmes, Mayor James Kuykendall of City of Oak Ridge North, Mark Lashier of Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., Michael Maher of The John Cooper School, Brett Martin of One Source, Don Norrell of The Woodlands Township, Paul Oman of Carr, Riggs & Ingram, Steve Pate of Strike LLC, Chris Payne of Aon Hewitt, Steve Pilgrim of Entergy Texas, Jim Pollard of Community Impact Newspaper, Michael Richmond of Woodforest National Bank, Mike Shultz of Consolidated Communications, Alex Sutton of The Woodlands Development Company, Brad Thompson of Wells Fargo, Bruce Tough of The Woodlands Township, Josh Urban of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, Mayor Garry Watts of City of Shenandoah and Richard Wright of Wright’s Printing & Marketing.

The Economic Development Partnership is dedicated to promoting the economic development of The Woodlands Area through the support of existing businesses and the recruitment of new businesses that can bring opportunities to the area.v “We are thrilled to have another year of incredible growth in membership, we are thankful for the support of the business community with our economic development efforts. I am personally grateful to have served with those Board Directors whose terms have ended, and would like to welcome our newest members joining the board. We are privileged to have a Board composed of the best executive leadership in our area for the advancement of economic development,” said Gil Staley, Chief Executive Officer of the EDP.

Partner members of the EDP include Bryan Bennett of Bennett Data Solutions, Chris Bulger of Martin Brower, Alan Bush of Bush Law Firm, Fred Caldwell of Caldwell Companies, Paul Carroll of Efficient Wealth Management, Nathan Cook of McKesson Specialty Health, Paul Coonrod of Stream Realty, Cheryl Crabbe of Winstead PC, Jim Dixon of Frost Bank, Bob Earl of CORE Lending, Ryan Edone of Petroleum Wholesale, Linda Freede of LJF Marketing, John Frere of Anadarko Petroleum, Chris Grice of Amegy Bank, Mark Hammer of D.E. Harvey Builders, Read Hammond of First American Title, Joe Hulett of Americas Styrenics LLC, Patrick Hynes of Fidelity Investments, Mike Karlins of Karlins, Ramey & Tompkins, Jacci Kilgore of Woodlands Relo Group, Jay Knighton of Knighton & Stone PLLC, Kristin Kruger of The Kroger Company, Wesley Lichenstein of Bayside Printing Co., Michael Maher of The John Cooper School, Brett Marton of One Source, Dave Martin of Community Bank of Texas, Lisa Martin of Gilbane Building Co., Amos McDonald of BBVA Compass Bank, Dr. Stephen McKernan of Lone Star Family Health Center, Jud Miller of Bank of Texas, Stephen Miller of Jones Walker, Ayman Nasser of Zenith Real Estate, Craig Parker of First Financial Bank, Greg Parsons of The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center, Diane Perrin of Farner & Perrin LLP, Mark Pond of Deutsche Bank, Sean Quinn of Black Forest Ventures, LLC, Michelle Riley-Brown of Texas Children’s Hospital, Cherylé Sanderson of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene, Paul Sarver of Integrity Bank, Jan Sieving of Repsol USA, Steve Smith of BB&T, Frank Sommers of Insight Financial Services, Christi Thoms Knox of CB&I, Paula Turnquist of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, John Wiesner of Wiesner Auto Group, Stephanie Wiggins of Centerpoint Energy, J. Harold Williams of Linscomb & Williams, Kendra Windisch of MD Anderson Cancer Center, Armando Wood of Kanaly Trust, Stephen Wright of Wright Business Technologies Virgil Yoakum of Woodforest Development and Melissa Young of Corporate Incentives.

The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership is located at 9320 Lakeside Blvd, Building 2, Suite 200. For more information, please visit the EDP’s web site at www.edpartnership.net, or call (281) 363-8130.

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The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership (EDP) has elected new board members for the 2015-2016 term. Pictured standing from left are: JJ Hollie of The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce; Richard Wright of Wright’s Printing & Marketing; Chairman Terry Sellers of Gallagher Benefit Services; Treasurer Heidi Carney of Prosperity Bank; Nelda Blair of The Blair Law Firm; Paul Oman of Carr, Riggs & Ingram; Brad Thompson of Wells Fargo; Shane Frugé of Northwestern Mutual; Bruce Tough of The Woodlands Township; Steve Berry of Waste Connections; CEO Gil Staley of The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership; Jim Calvetti of Calvetti Ferguson; Vice Chairman Debbie Sukin of Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital; Treasurer Mike Shultz of Consolidated Communication; Lisa Britt of Nexeo Solutions; Frank Holems of Sam Houston State University; Jim Pollard of Community Impact Newspaper. Not pictured: David Argueta of St. Luke’s Health; Dr. Steve Head of Lone Star College System; Mayor James Kuykendall of the City of Oak Ridge North; Immediate Past Chairman Stuart Lapp of Stibbs & Co., PLLC; Mark Lashier of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company; Don Norrell of The Woodlands Township; Steve Pate of Strike, LLC.; Chris Payne of Aon Hewitt; Steve Pilgrim of Entergy Texas; Michael Richmond of Woodforest Bank; Alex Sutton of The Woodlands Development Company; Josh Urban of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital; Mayor Garry Watts of the City of Shenandoah