2025 Dinner and Conversation

Center for Houston’s Future’s signature fall event, Dinner and Conversation, featured an engaging conversation, “Unleashing the Power of Our Brains,” led by Center President & CEO David Gow with three distinguished speakers: Dr. Jochen Reiser, President of UTMB; Prof. Christopher M. Johns-Krull, Interim Executive Vice President for Research at Rice University; and Dr. Jamie McCarthy, Executive Vice President and Chief Physician at Memorial Hermann Health System.

We were honored to present the Eugene H. Vaughan Civic Leadership Award to George A. DeMontrond, III, a Business/Civic Leadership Forum alumnus (Fall 2003) and former Board Chairman, for his outstanding leadership, service and contributions across our region and his instrumental role in ensuring the success of the Center’s mission.

Clare Sullivan Jackson, Founder and CEO of Sullivan Group, and Raye G. White, Executive Vice President of Fayez Sarofim & Co., co-chaired our annual community engagement and thought leadership event.

The evening also celebrated the Center’s 25th anniversary by recognizing the “Top 25” most impactful alumni of the Business/Civic Leadership Forum’s 1400+ graduates, including Ric Campo, Anne Chao, Y. Ping Sun, and Bobby Tudor.

 

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Presenting Sponsor

Raye G. White

Legacy Underwriter

The Marek Family

VIP Reception Sponsor

Valet Sponsor

Parting Sweets Sponsor

Video Sponsor

Hors D’Oeuvres Sponsor

Benefactor

Eddie Allen, Anne Chao & Donna Cole

The Greg & Mari Marchbanks Family Foundation

Patron

Ally

Amegy Bank

The Baldwin Group

Bellows Construction

Beth Wolff Realtors

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas

Board of Directors of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

Camden

CenterPoint Energy

Deloitte

Excargo

HCA

Houston First

Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo

Mary Bass

Memorial Hermann Health System

Nabors

Nan & Co. Properties

Patti and Richard Everett

Phoebe and Bobby Tudor

Portfolio Reinsurance Co.

Port Houston

Regina Rogers & Y. Ping Sun

Reliant, an NRG Company

RoadVantage

The Vaughan and Cox Families

UTMB Health

Supporters

Amy and Jonathan Homeyer

Billy Burge

Boston Consulting Group

Bush & Ramirez

Catherine Clark Mosbacher

Carla and Cole Dawson Family

Catholic Charities

Cindy and Ignacio Pujol

Clare and Steve Jackson

Cullen Geiselman

David Baldwin

Debra Dunn

Diane and John Chaney

E3 Electric

Eileen and Richard Rau

Elizabeth and Peter Wareing

French- American Cultural Foundation

Ginger and Bob Smith

Heather and Jeff Firestone

The Hobby Family Foundation

Houston Area Urban League

Hunton Andrew Kurth

Jan Bres

Jeanne-Mey Sun

J. Michael Trevino

Jim Ajello

John L. Nau, III

Karen and Roland Garcia

Kathy and Brent Smolick

Kathy and Dick Vermillion

Kathy and Marty Goossen

Kerri and Downey Bridgwater

KPMG

Linda Ewing

Mark Barineau

Mary and John Eads

Melinda and Jeffrey Hildebrand

McKinsey Health Institute

Paula Sutton and Bill Gross

Sissie and Grady Roberts

St. Arnold Brewing Company

Susie Peake

Suzan Deison

Tellepsen Family Fund

Vicki and Bob Harvey

Willie J. Alexander

Host Committee Chair

Linda Ewing

Host Committee

Carol Sawyer