Houston Supporters
panelStakeholder ($100,000 - $249,999)
Jennifer and Chris Brown
Cynthia and Ben Guill
Nancy and Richard Kinder
Champion ($50,000 - $99,999)
Anonymous
William C. Montgomery
Leader ($25,000 - $49,999)
Cathy and Paul Chapman
Ron L. Nixon
Phoebe and Bobby Tudor
Benefactor ($10,000 - $24,999)
Chinhui and Edward R. Allen, III
Greg L. Armstrong
Sherry and William Berry
Leslie and Jack Blanton
Ann and Clarence Cazalot
Anne and Albert Chao
Lydia and James Chao
Janet F. Clark
Tricia and David Dewhurst
Jenny and Jim Elkins Family Fund
The Favrot Fund
Carolyn and Dale Fridley
Annie and Robert Graham
Claire and Joe Greenberg
Jill and Dunham Jewett
Carla Knobloch
Simone and Mark Leland
The Mendelsohn Family Fund
Bonnie A. New, M.D.
Mariloli and Marvin Odum
Noylan and Eric Pulaski
Leslie and Shannon Sasser
Cathryn and Doug Selman
Jeri and Marc Shapiro
Barbara and Louis Sklar
Josephine and Richard Smith
Beth and Schuyler Tilney
Lori and Charlie Vetters
Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Family Foundation
Sponsor ($5,000 - $9,999)
Nora and Bob Ackerley
Julie and Drew Alexander
Anonymous
Cathy and Gary Brock
Greggory and Patrick Burk
Barbara Bushong, Kim Sterling, Sterling Associates
Crane Foundation
Sylvie and Gary Crum
Jacqueline Diaz and Thomas Castro
The Firkin & Phoenix
Chalon Fontaine and Pete Seale
Sarah and Douglas Foshee
The Harriet and Joe Foster Foundation
The Gill Foundation of Texas
Susanne and Melbern Glasscock
Kathy and Martyn Goossen
Wendy and Jeffrey Hines
Barbara and Charles Hurwitz
Fran Vallejo and Scott Irvine
Robert Jamail
Ann and John Johnson
Sis and Hasty Johnson
Ann Kennedy and Geoffrey Walker
John T. Knox
Y. Ping Sun and David Leebron
Leo Linbeck
Cornelia and Meredith Long
Nancy and Neal Manne
Lisa and William Mathis
Laura and Andrew McCullough
Virginia and Richard Mithoff
Gloria Nino and Frank Monacelli
Marion Fay Monsen
Sara and Bill Morgan
James E. Parkman
Gay A. Roane
Alice and Terry Thomas
Bette and Ralph Thomas
Kelley and Harper Trammell
Meg and Richard Weekley
Anne Whitlock and Michael Skelly
Dr. Frazier and Miki Wilson
Carrie and Ronald Woliver
Friend ($1,000 - $4,999)
Nancy C. Allen
Les Allison
Cindy and Mickey Barrett
Mary Beth and Richard Barth
Mrs. Alastair Campbell
Faye and John Carr
Melinda Chernosky
Stewart Cureton
Rania Daniel
Alexandra and Joseph Dilg
Sara Dodd-Spickelmier and Keith Spickelmier
Eleanor and Dan Gilbane
Jimmy Erwin/Chicago Title
Gail & Arthur Faris
David Fitch
Peter J. Fluor
Friedman Foundation
Ann and J.Kent Friedman
Meg and Kirk Gentle
John Goldsmith
Melanie Gray and Mark Wawro
Mike M. Haring
Diana and Russell Hawkins
Vicki Hitzhusen
Janet and Mark Jacobs
Marianne and Rob Jones
Mavis P. Kelsey
Jeanne and Peter Kinnear
Anne and David Kirkland
Dennis J. Kroeger
Kathy and Randall Lake
Stephanie and Edgar Larsen
Laurie and Blake Liedtke
Isabel and Ransom Lummis
Marilyn Lummis
William R. Lummis
T. C. Lupton, Jr. Family Foundation
Mary Beth and James Lytal
Ryan McCord
Nidhika Mehta
Bruce Meunier
Eunice and Randall Meyer
Kathy and Tom Miesner
Reed Morian
Fan and Peter Morris
Burt Nadler
Betty and Stephen Newton
Vivie and Chris O'Sullivan
Alvin and Lucy Owsley Foundation
Cabrina Owsley
Jeffrey Paine
Adam Peake
William Perkins
Kathryn and Richard A. Rabinow
Edward Randall
Regina Rogers
Michael E. Rome
Robyn Rothman and John Stevenson
Susan K. Sclafani
Margaret and David Scott
The Shaw Group Workplace Giving Campaign
Louis Skidmore
Lois and George Stark
Kimberly Stewart
Kay and Bert Tabor
Shirley Toomim
Stephanie and Frank Tsuru
Fran Vallejo and Scott Irvine
Larry E. Whaley
Harrison Williams
Isabel and Wallace Wilson
Vallette and Russell Windham
David Wolff
Lorraine & Ed Wulfe
Nina and Michael Zilkha
Members
Alice Burguieres
Cathy Chapman, Owner, Chapman Design
Paul Chapman, Executive VP, Chief Development Officer, Belmont Village, L.P.
Janet Clark, Executive Vice-President/CFO, Marathon Oil
Marty Goossen, President, Houston Region, JP Morgan Chase Bank
Bob Graham, Retired, Former Chairman, AIM Investments
Ben Guill, Retired President, First Reserve Corporation
Ann Kennedy, Former Executive Director/CEO, Houston Symphony
D. Mark Leland, Executive VP, President, Midstream Business Unit, El Paso Corporation
Anne Mendelsohn
Mariloli Odum
Douglas M. Selman, Retired Vice President, Research and Development, ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Ken Simon, Partner, Locke Lord LLP
Josephine Smith
Phoebe Tudor
Fran Vallejo, Vice President and Treasurer, ConocoPhillips
Lori Vetters (Chair), Principal, Mir-fox, Rodriguez, P.C
Advisory Members
Chinhui Allen, Professor of Economics, University of Houston
Chris Barbic, Founder, YES Prep Public Schools, Superintendent, Tennessees Achievement School District (ASD)
Anne S. Chao
Ernest Cockrell, Chairman, Cockrell Interest, Inc.
Michael Feinberg, Co-Founder, KIPP
Rick Jaramillo, Senior VP, Regional Executive, Bank of America
Natasha Kamrani, Founder, The CORE
Larry Kellner, Founder, Emerald Creek Group, LLC
Jim Ketelsen, Retired Chairman, Tenneco, Inc./ Founder, Project GRAD
Bruce LaBoon, Of Counsel, Locke, Lord, Bissell & Liddell LLP
Don McAdams, President, Center for Reform of School Systems
Charles Miller, Chairman, Meridian National Incorporated
Roderick Paige, Former U.S. Secretary of Education, Bush Administration (2001-2005)
Michele Pola, Chief of Staff, Houston ISD
Eric Pulaski, Chairman and CEO, SmartVault Corporation
Barbara Sklar
Robert B. Tudor III, Chairman & CEO, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
Lead Investor ($250,000+)
Laura and John Arnold Foundation
The Brown Foundation, Inc.
The Cullen Foundation
Texas Education Agency
Stakeholder ($100,000 - $249,999)
AIM Foundation
El Paso Foundation
ExxonMobil Foundation
Houston Endowment, Inc.
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Lowe's Charitable & Educational Foundation
Marathon Oil Company
Shell Oil Company
Trafigura Foundation
Champion ($50,000 - $99,999)
Bank Of America
BBVA Compass
ConocoPhillips
The William Stamps Farish Fund
H-E-B Grocery Company
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation
Leader ($25,000 - $49,999)
Burguieres Family Foundation
Charles T. Bauer Foundation
Chevron Corporation
Dickson-Allen Foundation
EnCap Investments L.P.
Goldman Sachs & Company
JPMorgan Chase
KBR Charitable Foundation Inc.
M.D. Anderson Foundation
John P. McGovern Foundation
The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation
The Mutt Foundation
The Powell Foundation
Quanta Services
RGK Foundation
The Simmons Foundation
Vivian L. Smith Foundation
The Vale-Asche Foundation
Robert L. and Barbara Zorich Family Foundation
Benefactor ($10,000 - $24,999)
Andrews Kurth LLP
The Anne & C. W. Duncan, Jr. Foundation
The Arena Energy Foundation
Ayco Charitable Foundation
Barclays Capital
Cameron International Corporation
CenterPoint Energy
CFP Foundation
The Clayton Fund, Inc.
Credit Suisse
Deloitte
Energy 21
Grant Me The Wisdom Fund
GRITS Foundation
The Hevrdejs Foundation
Hilcorp Energy Company
Harvey R. Houck Jr. and Patricia W. Houck Foundation, Inc.
HSBC - North America
Morgan Stanley
Plains All American Pipeline
Rowan Companies, Inc.
Schlumberger
Societe Generale
Spindletop Charities, Incorporated
SYSCO
The Tapeats Fund
The Lyons Foundation
Theta Charity Antiques Show
Stedman West Foundation
Sponsor ($5,000 - $9,999)
Afren Resources USA
Baker Botts LLP
Baker Hughes Foundation
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
Compass Bank
Cooper Industries, Inc.
Fiesta Mart, Inc.
Gainer Donnelly & Desroches LLP Workplace Giving Program
The Gordon A. Cain Foundation
Harry S. and Isabel C. Cameron Foundation
John W. & Ann K. Johnson Foundation, Inc.
KPMG LLP
The Lee and Joseph D. Jamail Foundation
Linn Energy
Locke Lord LLP
Mithoff Family Charitable Foundation
Oceaneering International, Inc.
Petrologistics LP
PPI Technology Services, LP
Ray C. Fish Foundation
Regions Bank
Reliant Energy
Rice University
Seismic Micro-Technology, Inc.
Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P.
Sklar Family Foundation
Spectra Energy
Strake Foundation
Surdna Foundation
TransCanada
UBS Investment Bank
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Wolverine World Wide, Inc Wolverine Footwear Group
Friend ($1,000 - $4,999)
AIG Inc.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Bank of Montreal
Jack and Annis Bowen Foundation
Bristow Group Inc
Frost National Bank
Barbara L. Goldsmith Foundation
Indo-American Charity Foundation of Houston, Inc.
Kanaly Trust Co.
The Kayser Foundation
Kent Sporting Goods Company, Inc.
Kirby Corporation
Macy's Foundation
The Nightingale Code Foundation
Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas PC
Pipeline Knowledge & Development
Edward and Ellen Randall Foundation
Salners Family Foundation
The Springmeyer Foundation
UBS Financial Services Inc.
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