Economic Development Partnership Announces New Board Members

THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- The South Montgomery County Woodlands Economic Development Partnership (EDP) has announced its newly-appointed board members for the 2009-2010 term.

These new board members include Mike Karlins of Karlins & Ramey LLC as chair, Karen Hoylman of The Woodlands Chamber as vice-chair, Robert Collins of Montgomery County Precinct 3 as secretary, Greg Maxwell of Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. as treasurer, and Clyde Parker of Winstead PC as immediate past chair.

Other board members include Michael Barnhill of Entergy, Spencer Bautista of Cardon Healthcare Network, Chris Grice of Amegy Bank of Texas, Stephanie John of McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, Kent Johnson of The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center, Stuart Lapp of Petroleum Wholesale, Ray Laughter of Lone Star College - Montgomery, Dan Leverett of The Woodlands Development Company, Don Norrell of The Woodlands Township, Mayor Fred O’Connor of City of Oak Ridge North, Michael Richmond of Woodforest National Bank, John Risher of Gilbane Building Co., Steve Sanders of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, Mike Shultz of Consolidated Communications, Brad Thompson of Wells Fargo, and Mayor Garry Watts of City of Shenandoah.

The Economic Development Partnership is dedicated to promoting the economic development of South Montgomery County through the support of existing businesses and the recruitment of new businesses that can bring opportunities to the area.

“We are fortunate to have such a dynamic group of community leaders volunteer their time in support of our organization. Over the past 12 years, we have greatly benefited from the leadership of our Board of Directors, who strongly support our mission in creating jobs and capital investment in South Montgomery County,” said Gil Staley, Chief Executive Officer of the EDP.

Partner members of the EDP include Rebecca Albarelli of Jefferson Wells, Darrell Bell of The Kroger Company, Robert Branstetter of Sadler Clinic, Chris Bulger of Martin Brower, Boyd Burdett of Anadarko Petroleum, Paul Coonrod of Stream Realty, Bev Earl of Corporate Incentives, Dr. Lloyd Everson of US Oncology, John Hagerman of Woodlands Warehouse Park, Debra Halling of BBVA Compass Bank, Nina Marino of Keller Williams, Bill McDonald of Andrews and Kurth L.L.P., Stephen Miller of Jones Walker, John Powers of Community Associations of The Woodlands, Scott Schmidt of Hughes Christensen, Terry Sellers of Gallagher Sellers AIC, Jan Sieving of CB&I, Debra Sukin of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital, Colleen Waymel of Hewitt Associates, and John Wiesner of Wiesner Auto Group.

The South Montgomery County Woodlands Economic Development Partnership is located at 1400 Woodloch Forest Drive in Suite 300. For more information, please visit the EDP’s informative Web site the link below or call.

Pictured standing from left are: (BR - FR) Kent Johnson of The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center, Michael Richmond of Woodforest National Bank, treasurer Greg Maxwell of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Don Norrell of The Woodlands Township, Spencer Bautista of Cardon Healthcare Network, Brad Thompson of Wells Fargo, Dan Leverett of The Woodlands Development Company, Steve Sanders of Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, Stephanie John of McGlinchey Stafford, Stuart Lapp of Petroleum Wholesale, immediate past chair Clyde Parker of Winstead PC, Chris Grice of Amegy Bank of Texas, vice-chair Karen Hoylman of the Woodlands Chamber, CEO Gil Staley of EDP, and secretary Robert Collins of Montgomery County Precinct 3. Not pictured are Michael Barnhill of Entergy, Ray Laughter of Lone Star College System, Mayor Fred O’Connor of City of Oak Ridge North, John Risher of Gilbane Building Company, Mike Shultz of Consolidated Communications, and Mayor Garry Watts of City of Shenandoah.