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Houston Downtown About Us: Board of Directors

The Downtown District is operated under the direction of a 30-member board of directors representing property owners, managers, tenants and residents in downtown Houston. Directors serve four year terms and nominees to the Board are approved by the Mayor and City Council.

Donald J. Henderson                                   President; Chair, ExCom
DJH Consulting

Valerie D. Williams                                     Vice President; Chair, Audit
Ernst & Young LLP

Jackie Traywick                                           Treasurer; Chair, F&I
Houston Astros Baseball Club

John Anderson
El Paso Corp.

Leslie Ashby
Ashby, LLP

Jeri A. Ballard                                              Chair, Operations
Shell Oil

Genora Boykins
NRG Energy, Inc.

Gregory A. Brothers
South Texas College of Law

Thomas Cheng
The Abercrombie Company

Brandon Dudley
Office of Senator Rodney Ellis

Irma G. Galvan
Irma’s Restaurants

Fritz Guthrie
St. Joseph Medical Center

H. Milton Howe
Landgrant Resources, Inc.

Paul H. Layne
Brookfield Properties

Patricia B. Loden
Chevron Corporation

John Mooz
Hines

Sherea A. McKenzie
Harris County Community

Kenny Meyer
MC Management & Development

Toni Niece
Luby's Fudruckers Restaurants

Sharon M. Owens                                         Chair, Marketing & Communications
CenterPoint Energy

Diedra P. Porche
JPMorgan Chase Bank

Edna L. Ramos                                              Chair, Retail & Economic Development
Property Owner & Downtown Resident

Stewart O. Robinson                                      Chair, Office Market
SOR LLC

Karun Sreerama
ESPA Corp.

Frank G. Staats                                               Chair, Planning, Design & Streetscape Enhancement
Crescent Real Estate Equities Ltd.

Mustafa Tameez
Outreach Strategists, LLC

Gary Warwick
Warwick Ritz, Inc.