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TABLE TALK 22 ND ANNUAL TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019 ADVISORY COUNCIL Dina Alsowayel, PhD Nina Andrews Annette Bracey Lemar Brown Eleanor Gilbane MaryScott Hagle Geordie Hrdlicka Mandy Kao Shannon Langrand GinRu Lee PROGRAM STAFF Dr. Elizabeth Gregory Director Dr. Dina Alsowayel Associate Director Dr. Guillermo De Los Reyes Associate Director GLBT Studies Dr. Rachel Afi Quinn Assistant Professor Dr. Jess Waggoner Postdoctoral Fellow Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud Program Director, Friends of Women’s Studies Stephanie Gomez Graduate Student Advisor Kate Richter Graduate Student Advisor HOST COMMITTEE Farida Abjani, Debra Tsuchiyama Baker, Annette Bracey, Divya Brown, Libby Cheney, Sarah Cooper, Cheryl Creuzot, Loretta Cross, Melissa Edwards, Diane Englet, Allison Esenkova, Caroline Fant, Andi Georgsson, Eleanor Gilbane, Melanie Gray, MaryScott Hagle, Kasey Henry, Leisa Holland-Nelson, Chinhui Juhn, Mandy Kao, Sippi Khurana, Pam Lovett, Fallon Moody, Terry Morales, Swati Narayan, June W. O’Neill, Sharon Michael Owens, Carrin Patman, Sue Payne, Leila Perrin, Beverly Robinson, Marcy Rothman, Sally Russ, Yava Scott, Archana Shah, Angela Shippy, MD, Carey Shuart, Sannam Warrender HILTON AMERICAS 1600 Lamar, Houston 77010 Ballroom of the Americas 11:00am Reception 12 noon to 1:30pm Conversations over Lunch BOARD MEMBERS Carmen Peña Abrego Sandy Asch Leah Barton Danielle Bartz Patricia Cabrera (Vice President) Lilian Care Elizabeth Chiao, MD Stefani Crowe June Deadrick Melissa Edwards Caroline Fant Veronica Chapa Gorczynski Sydney R. Greenblatt Eliza Horn (President) CO-CHAIRS Brenda Mainwaring & Tanya Pal Self-parking in the garage by the Hilton Americas entrance on Dallas, and valet parking also available. Business Attire Susana Monteverde Sue Payne Kathryn Peek, PhD Beverly Robinson Rebecca Rush Yava Scott Angela Shippy, MD Carey Shuart Mary Ross Taylor Patricia Gardner Young LEGACY BUILDERS Laura & John Arnold H-E-B ARCHIVISTS Leah Barton Caroline Fant & Sue Payne MaryScott Hagle & Ann MacNaughton Chinhui Juhn Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC SCHOLARS Carmen Peña Abrego, Lyndsey Ray & Willetta Rucker Vilma Allen & Jo Rosenblum King Dina Alsowayel & Tony Chase AmegyBank Nina Andrews & Allison Esenkova Sandy Asch & Melenda Jeter Awty Moms Baker · Wotring LLP Bank of America Danielle Bartz & Ashley Turner Patricia Cabrera & Veronica Chapa Gorczynski CenterPoint Energy, Government Affairs Libby Cheney & Rebecca Rush Chevron Comerica Deloitte ExxonMobil Girls Inc. of Greater Houston Melenda Jeter, MD Ann L. MacNaughton Chau Nguyen Tanya Pal Lyndsey Ray Willetta Shepherd Rucker (Treasurer) Joy Sewing Shreela Sharma, PhD Carey C. Shuart Michelle Leigh Smith Ashley Turner Sannam Warrender Leandra Zarnow, PhD TREND SETTER CenterPoint Energy Memorial Hermann Geordie Hrdlicka & Patricia Moore— Verde Wealth Group & Susana Monteverde Carrin Patman Carey Shuart Union Pacific Railroad Melanie Gray Sydney Greenblatt Leisa Holland-Nelson Patricia Hunt Holmes Eliza Horn Houston Public Media Mandy Kao & Houston Area Women’s Center Sherry Merfish Midcoast Energy Swati Narayan Tanya Pal Kathryn Peek Leila Perrin Terri Pustilnik River Oaks Business Women’s Exchange Club Yava Scott & June O’Neill MaryRoss Taylor UH Library Your Part-Time Controller LLC Nina Zilkha CONVERSATIONALISTS Seun Adigun Claudia Aguirre Surpik Angelini Jamie Belinne Basya Benshushan Sharon Birkman Oni Blair Constance Bost Juliet Breeze, MD Terri T. B urke Myokei Caine-Barrett Lori Choi, MD Amy Chronis Shauna Johnson Clark Sonia Corrales Jenn Cox Margaret Downing Lynn Elsenhans TaKasha Francis Kam Franklin Kelly Gauger María C. Gaztambide, PhD Giselle Rodriguez Greenwood Keisha Griggs Carol Ellinger Haddock, PE Kym Jackson Genevieve Keeney Carol Lewis, PhD Janette Marx Rebecca Matalon Debbie McNulty Martha Mims, MD, PhD Gigi Myung Kim Ogg Kathleen Tinsley Ownby Sapna Patel, MD Stuti Trehan Patel Latosha Lewis Payne Natalie Picha Sallie Rainer Mary Ann Reynolds-Wilkins Monica Rhor Lynn Rippelmeyer Anat Ronen Luz Damaris Rosario Gaby Rowe Gracie Saenz Elizabeth Schwarze Chasity Sereal Brenda Stardig Doris A. Taylor, PhD Susan Tracy Diane Trautman, EdD Original art courtesy of the artist: Anat Ronen CONVERSE. SHARE. LEARN. Table Talk is a fascinating combination of conversations over lunch, led by dynamic women of various cultures, professions and experience at each table. Table Talk benefits the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Houston. e WGSS Program combines theoretical and empirical studies, to give students the tools to analyze the gender dynamics of the past and present and to build a fair future. Olympian Bobsledder and Track & Field Athlete President & CEO, BakerRipley Founder & Director, TransArt Foundation for Art and Anthropology Assistant Dean, C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston CEO, Pink Cilantro President & CEO, Birkman International, Inc. Executive Director, LINK Houston Director, French-American Chamber of Commerce President & CEO, Next Level Urgent Care Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Bishop / Shonin, Myoken-ji Temple/Nichiren Buddhist Sangha of Texas Founder, I’ll Have What She’s Having Houston Managing Partner, Deloitte, LLP Head of Employment and Labor U.S., Norton Rose Fulbright Chief Program Officer, Houston Area Women's Center Executive Director, National Association of Corporate Directors, Texas TriCities Chapter Editor-in-Chief, Houston Press Board of Directors, Baker Hughes, a GE Company; Saudi Aramco; GlaxoSmithKline Director, City of Houston Department of Neighborhoods Lead Singer, e Suffers Vice President, Audit Services, CenterPoint Energy Director & Chief Curator, Public Art, University of Houston System Editor-in-Chief, Houston Business Journal Executive Chef & Owner, Bocage Ca tering & Ate Boutique Kitchen Director, Public Works and Engineering Department, City of Houston Owner & Designer, Unique Urban Rocks President, National Museum of Funeral History Professor & Emeritus Director, Center for Transportation Training & Research, Texas Southern University CEO, Airswift Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Director, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Professor, Chief of Hematology/Oncology & Assoc. Dir. of Clinical Research, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine & Ben Taub Managing Partner, CDM Enterprise LLC District Attorney, Harris County Executive Director, SPARK School Park Program Director of Uveal Melanoma and Online Media Melanoma Medical Oncology & Associate Professor, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Judge, Fort Bend County District Courts Judge, 55th Civil District Court, Harris County Mayor Pro Tem & Councilwoman At-Large, City of Seabrook President & CEO, Entergy Texas Vice President & Senior Business Development Officer, Stewart Title National Reporter, USA Today Airline Pilot, retired, United. Aviation pioneer; first woman to fly a Boeing 747 Table Talk Featured Artist General Manager, Goya Foods CEO, Station Houston Attorney, Law Offices of Graciela Saenz Vice President, Global Exploration, Chevron Bridal Fashion Designer Council Member, District A, City of Houston Director, Regenerative Medical Research & Center for Cell & Organ Biotechnology, Texas Heart Institute Head of School, St Catherine's Montessori Harris County Clerk
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TABLE TALK22ND ANNUAL
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Dina Alsowayel, PhDNina Andrews Annette Bracey Lemar BrownEleanor GilbaneMaryScott HagleGeordie HrdlickaMandy Kao Shannon LangrandGinRu Lee
PROGRAM STAFF
Dr. Elizabeth Gregory DirectorDr. Dina Alsowayel Associate Director Dr. Guillermo De Los Reyes Associate Director GLBT StudiesDr. Rachel Afi Quinn Assistant ProfessorDr. Jess Waggoner Postdoctoral Fellow Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud Program Director, Friends of Women’s Studies Stephanie Gomez Graduate Student Advisor Kate Richter Graduate Student Advisor
HOST COMMITTEE
Farida Abjani, Debra Tsuchiyama Baker, Annette Bracey, Divya Brown, Libby Cheney, Sarah Cooper, Cheryl Creuzot, Loretta Cross, Melissa Edwards, Diane Englet, Allison Esenkova, Caroline Fant, Andi Georgsson, Eleanor Gilbane, Melanie Gray, MaryScott Hagle, Kasey Henry, Leisa Holland-Nelson, Chinhui Juhn, Mandy Kao, Sippi Khurana, Pam Lovett, Fallon Moody, Terry Morales, Swati Narayan, June W. O’Neill, Sharon Michael Owens, Carrin Patman, Sue Payne, Leila Perrin, Beverly Robinson, Marcy Rothman, Sally Russ, Yava Scott, Archana Shah, Angela Shippy, MD, Carey Shuart, Sannam Warrender
HILTON AMERICAS1600 Lamar, Houston 77010Ballroom of the Americas
11:00am Reception12 noon to 1:30pm Conversations over Lunch
BOARD MEMBERS
Carmen Peña AbregoSandy AschLeah BartonDanielle BartzPatricia Cabrera (Vice President)Lilian CareElizabeth Chiao, MD Stefani CroweJune DeadrickMelissa EdwardsCaroline FantVeronica Chapa GorczynskiSydney R. GreenblattEliza Horn (President)
CO-CHAIRSBrenda Mainwaring & Tanya Pal
Self-parking in the garage by the Hilton Americas entrance on Dallas, and valet parking also available. Business Attire
Susana Monteverde Sue PayneKathryn Peek, PhDBeverly RobinsonRebecca Rush Yava ScottAngela Shippy, MDCarey Shuart Mary Ross TaylorPatricia Gardner Young
LEGACY BUILDERSLaura & John ArnoldH-E-B
ARCHIVISTSLeah BartonCaroline Fant & Sue Payne MaryScott Hagle & Ann MacNaughton Chinhui JuhnKane Russell Coleman Logan PC
SCHOLARSCarmen Peña Abrego, Lyndsey Ray & Willetta RuckerVilma Allen & Jo Rosenblum KingDina Alsowayel & Tony ChaseAmegyBankNina Andrews & Allison EsenkovaSandy Asch & Melenda JeterAwty Moms Baker · Wotring LLP Bank of America Danielle Bartz & Ashley TurnerPatricia Cabrera & Veronica Chapa GorczynskiCenterPoint Energy, Government AffairsLibby Cheney & Rebecca RushChevronComericaDeloitteExxonMobilGirls Inc. of Greater Houston
Melenda Jeter, MDAnn L. MacNaughtonChau NguyenTanya PalLyndsey RayWilletta Shepherd Rucker (Treasurer)Joy SewingShreela Sharma, PhDCarey C. ShuartMichelle Leigh SmithAshley TurnerSannam WarrenderLeandra Zarnow, PhD
TREND SETTERCenterPoint Energy
Memorial Hermann Geordie Hrdlicka & Patricia Moore— Verde Wealth Group & Susana MonteverdeCarrin PatmanCarey ShuartUnion Pacific Railroad
Melanie GraySydney GreenblattLeisa Holland-NelsonPatricia Hunt HolmesEliza HornHouston Public Media Mandy Kao & Houston Area Women’s CenterSherry MerfishMidcoast EnergySwati NarayanTanya PalKathryn PeekLeila PerrinTerri PustilnikRiver Oaks Business Women’s Exchange ClubYava Scott & June O’NeillMaryRoss TaylorUH LibraryYour Part-Time Controller LLCNina Zilkha
CONVERSATIONALISTSSeun Adigun Claudia Aguirre Surpik Angelini Jamie Belinne Basya Benshushan Sharon Birkman Oni Blair Constance Bost Juliet Breeze, MD Terri T. Burke Myokei Caine-Barrett
Lori Choi, MD Amy Chronis Shauna Johnson Clark
Sonia Corrales Jenn Cox Margaret Downing Lynn Elsenhans TaKasha Francis Kam Franklin Kelly Gauger María C. Gaztambide, PhD
Giselle Rodriguez Greenwood Keisha Griggs Carol Ellinger Haddock, PE
Kym JacksonGenevieve Keeney Carol Lewis, PhD
Janette Marx Rebecca Matalon Debbie McNulty Martha Mims, MD, PhD
Gigi Myung Kim Ogg Kathleen Tinsley Ownby Sapna Patel, MD
Stuti Trehan PatelLatosha Lewis PayneNatalie Picha Sallie RainerMary Ann Reynolds-Wilkins Monica RhorLynn Rippelmeyer
Anat Ronen Luz Damaris Rosario Gaby Rowe Gracie Saenz Elizabeth Schwarze Chasity Sereal Brenda StardigDoris A. Taylor, PhD Susan TracyDiane Trautman, EdD
Original art courtesy of the artist:Anat Ronen
CONVERSE. SHARE. LEARN.
Table Talk is a fascinating combination of conversations over lunch, led by dynamic women of various cultures, professions and experience at each table.
Table Talk benefits the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Houston. �e WGSS Program combines theoretical and empirical studies, to give students the tools to analyze the gender dynamics of the past and present and to build a fair future.
Olympian Bobsledder and Track & Field AthletePresident & CEO, BakerRipleyFounder & Director, TransArt Foundation for Art and AnthropologyAssistant Dean, C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of HoustonCEO, Pink CilantroPresident & CEO, Birkman International, Inc.Executive Director, LINK HoustonDirector, French-American Chamber of CommercePresident & CEO, Next Level Urgent CareExecutive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of TexasBishop / Shonin, Myoken-ji Temple/Nichiren Buddhist Sangha of TexasFounder, I’ll Have What She’s HavingHouston Managing Partner, Deloitte, LLPHead of Employment and Labor U.S., Norton Rose FulbrightChief Program Officer, Houston Area Women's CenterExecutive Director, National Association of Corporate Directors, Texas TriCities ChapterEditor-in-Chief, Houston PressBoard of Directors, Baker Hughes, a GE Company; Saudi Aramco; GlaxoSmithKlineDirector, City of Houston Department of NeighborhoodsLead Singer, �e SuffersVice President, Audit Services, CenterPoint EnergyDirector & Chief Curator, Public Art, University of Houston SystemEditor-in-Chief, Houston Business JournalExecutive Chef & Owner, Bocage Catering & Ate Boutique KitchenDirector, Public Works and Engineering Department, City of HoustonOwner & Designer, Unique Urban RocksPresident, National Museum of Funeral HistoryProfessor & Emeritus Director, Center for Transportation Training & Research, Texas Southern UniversityCEO, AirswiftCurator, Contemporary Arts Museum HoustonDirector, Mayor’s Office of Cultural AffairsProfessor, Chief of Hematology/Oncology & Assoc. Dir. of Clinical Research, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine & Ben TaubManaging Partner, CDM Enterprise LLCDistrict Attorney, Harris CountyExecutive Director, SPARK School Park ProgramDirector of Uveal Melanoma and Online Media Melanoma Medical Oncology & Associate Professor, UT MD Anderson Cancer CenterJudge, Fort Bend County District CourtsJudge, 55th Civil District Court, Harris CountyMayor Pro Tem & Councilwoman At-Large, City of SeabrookPresident & CEO, Entergy TexasVice President & Senior Business Development Officer, Stewart TitleNational Reporter, USA TodayAirline Pilot, retired, United. Aviation pioneer; first woman to fly a Boeing 747Table Talk Featured ArtistGeneral Manager, Goya FoodsCEO, Station HoustonAttorney, Law Offices of Graciela SaenzVice President, Global Exploration, ChevronBridal Fashion DesignerCouncil Member, District A, City of HoustonDirector, Regenerative Medical Research & Center for Cell & Organ Biotechnology, Texas Heart InstituteHead of School, St Catherine's MontessoriHarris County Clerk
CO-CHAIRSBrenda Mainwaring & Tanya Pal
$50,000 PRESENTING SPONSOR two tables for 9, plus conversationalists of choice
$25,000 THOUGHT LEADER two tables for 9, plus conversationalists of choice
$15,000 LEGACY BUILDER table for 9, plus conversationalist of choice
$10,000 TREND SETTER table for 9, plus conversationalist of choice
$5,000 ARCHIVIST table for 9, plus conversationalist of choice
$2,500 SCHOLAR table for 9, plus conversationalist of choice
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