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| Please join us this Thursday for our Campaign Kickoff Fundraiser at 5:30 p.m., April 11, at the Four Seasons in Downtown Houston, 1300 Lamar Street! |
-- Mayor Annise Parker is celebrating Houston and raising the funds she'll need to win her re-election campaign and continue the progress:
· America’s coolest city to live (Forbes 2012)
· Leading the nation in job creation (Houston Chronicle 2013)
· Best city in America to advance a career (Monster.com 2013)
· Number one city where a paycheck stretches the furthest (Forbes 2012)
· Best city in America for personal safety (Mercer Human Resources)
· Leads America in women-owned business revenue (American Express Open 2012)
· Leads America in diversity (Rice Kinder Institute 2012)
2013 Re-Election Kick Off Host Committee
Finance Council Executive Committee Members
Adrian Patterson, Chair • David Arpin • Theldon Branch • Jeff Bricker • Ric Campo • Jim Dannenbaum • Pam Gardner • Melanie Gray • Fred Griffin • Lance Gilliam • Bryan Jordan • Bobby Singh • LaRence Snowden • Karun Sreerama • Barron Wallace • Ed Wulfe
Finance Council Members
Michael Bloom • Peck Boswell • Chris Canonico • Beto Cardenas • Terry Cheng • John Chiang • Chris Claunch • Cindy Clifford • Dale Conger • Diana Espitia • Bob Fretz, Jr. • Jim Grace • Ramesh Gunda • Sudhakar Kalaga • Wayne Klotz • Reneé Logans • Frank Marino • Roman Martinez • Walt Mischer • Derrick Mitchell • Ronnie Mullinax • Norman Nelson • Jeffrey Nielsen • Ray Purser • Sanjay Ram • Jeanette Rash • Epi Salazar • Arthur Schechter • Barry Silverman • Trent Slovak • Melvin Spinks • Neil Thomas • John Van De Wiele • Larry Whaley • Claudia Williamson • Giti Zarinkelk
Underwriters ($10,000)
Janis & Wayne Ahrens • Chinhui & Eddie Allen • Andrews & Kurth Texas PAC • Annie's List PAC • Mr. & Mrs. John J. Avlon • Bracewell & Giuliani Committee • Maureen & Richard J. Campo • CDM Smith Inc. PAC • Cathy & Paul Celauro • Chiang Patel & Yerby, Inc. PAC • Angelique & Hon. Garnet Coleman • Franci & James R. Crane • Shirley & Jim Dannenbaum • Debra & Ray Davis • Zeina & Nijad Fares • Fulbright & Jaworski LLPTexas Committee • Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund PAC • Jeff & Marla Gerber • Betsy & Fred B. Griffin • HDR PAC • Houston Apartment Association • Houston Associated General Contractors PAC • Houston Association of Realtors (TREPAC) • Houston Contractors PAC • Houston Council of Engineering Companies PAC • Houston Police Officers Union PAC • Jennifer & Bryan Jordan • Jaya & Sudhaka Kalaga • Nancy & Rich Kinder • Janice & Bob McNair • Dr. Dee Mosbacher & Dr. Nanette Gartrell • Amber & Steve Mostyn • Ira & Steven Mitzner • Bobbie & John L. Nau, III • Joyce Newstat & Susan Lowenberg • Keith & Sandy Oden • Parsons Corporation PAC • The Sanchez Family • Sai & Karun Sreerama • TSC Fund PAC • Phoebe & Robert Tudor • Melanie Gray & Mark Wawro • Sheridan & John Eddie Williams • Nina O’Leary & Michael Zilkha
Benefactors ($5,000)
AECOM PAC • Nick Alanis • Mrs. Nancy C. Allen • Daniel C. Arnold • Baker Botts Amicus Fund • Cindy Barcley • Terryann Basford • Alison Bauman • Murry Bowden • John A. Carter • Val Carter • Linda Chau • Shaheen Chowdhury • Zhou Gang Chen • John Chiang • Ren Chyun • Cobb Fendley PAC • Comcast Corporation PAC • Richard Cortez • John Demby • James V. Derrick • William Dickey • Fred Eychaner • Martin Fein • Bradley Freels • Edwin C. Friedrichs, PE • Mike Garver • Lance Gilliam • Ramesh Gunda • William Harrison • Alan Hassenflu • Melinda Hildebrand • William J. Hill • HR Green PAC • J. H. Jones • Louis H. Jones, Jr. • Willie C. Jordan, Jr. • Wayne Klotz, PE • Mr. & Mrs. Harry D. Kirk • H. Prasad Kolluru • Mr. Robert P. Konopka • Paul P. Kwan • Don Langston • Steven Lerner • Linebarger Goggan Blair, & Sampson LLP • Frank Liu • Locke Lord Bissell & Liddel LLP • Meredith Long • Janiece Longoria • George Martinez • Roman Martinez • Drayton McLane • Dawn Miller • Jack Miller • Paula Mischer • Walt Mischer, Jr. • Ginni Mithoff • Demetrius G. Navarro • Page Southerland Page LLP • Carrin Mauritz Patman • Adrian Patterson • Andrew Pidgirsky • Roger Plank • George Pontikes • Lillie Robertson • Ambassador Arthur Schechter • Gina & Jim Schoelpple • Robert H. Schultz • Andrew Segal • Richard Seitz • Aranganathan Seshadri • Barry Silverman • Melvin G. Spinks • Kimberly Sterling • Herbert Stewart • David Swope • Jeffrey Vogler • Mr. Barron F. Wallace • David Weekley • Richard Weekley • Steven Weng • Larry Whaley • Barbara Winston • Abate Tadesse Wolde-Kirkos • Ed Wulfe • Lynn Wyatt • Howard Xu • Ravi Yanamandala • Jason Yoo • Giti Zarinkelk • Robert Zollars
Patrons ($2,500)
Joan & Stanford Alexander • Arcadis G & M, Inc. Texas PAC • Larry M. Barfield • James Brett Binkley • Neil Bremner • William F. Burge, III • Cadence Bank, NA PAC • Felix Chevalier • Joseph A. Cleary, Jr. • Robert M. Collie, Jr. • Jeff Collins • John B. Connally, IV • Sanford Criner • James W. Crownover • Robert Cruikshank • Jonathan Day • Douglas Elliott • Jerry E. Finger • Tim Gill • David Hawes • Haynes & Boone PAC • James Hernandez • Chikao Hsu • Neil Jayasinghe • Gregg Jones • Tammie & Barry Kahn • Nathelyne Kennedy • John Kirksey, Sr. • Christopher Knapp • Mark Kollmorgen • Annapurna & Prasad Kolluru • Calvin T. Ladner • Craig LaFollette • Lee Lennard • Edwin Lewis • Kenneth Li • Martha Long • Michael Mauer • Frank Mbachu • Raymond Messer • John S. Moody • Thomas M. Morin • Ronnie Mullinax • James R. Newgard • Michael Nichols • Anne Dale Owen • Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. PAC • Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, L.L.P. • Thomas Ray Purser • Harry M. Reasoner • John Seifert, Jr. • William W Sengelmann • David Soloman • Louis Sklar • Joe Ting • Don Wang • Clinton Wong
Hosts ($1,000)
Juuhi Ahuja • K.T. Akbari • A. Ann Alexander • Andrew Alexander • Madeleine & Michael Appel • Shellye Arnold & Tina Sabuco • Laurie Baker • Laura D. Bellows • Spencer Berthelsen • Leeshan Birney • Michael F. Bloom • Minnette & Peter Boesel • Giorgio Borlenghi • Jonathan Brinsden • Hon. Peter Hoyt Brown • Ronald V. Burns, Sr. • Paul Bury, III • Ellie Camberg • Audrey Chang • Steve Clark • Sandra Clunn • Fielding Cochran • Lana Kay Coble • William Colburn • Donna Fujimoto Cole • Hank & Kathryn Coleman • Mr. Michael J. Collins • Jeffrey A. Compton • Don Conrad • Kent Cook • Costello, Inc. PAC • Jewel Day • Joy Demark • Ishwarbhai Desai • Charles W. Duncan, Jr. • David A. Eastwood, PE • Paula Rhinehart-Elsner • Julie Evans • J. Robert Fisher • Fleming Loop Partners, LTD • Henry Flores • CeCe & Mack Fowler • Tom Fricke • Mr. Edwin C. Friedrichs, PE • Trish Frye • Pamela Gardner • Karen Ostrum George • Steven J. Gibson • William Gilmer • James H. Greer • William Goff • Verinder K. Gupta • Suzan Gutterman • Guardian Cullen Partners, Ltd. • Halff Associates State PAC • Vasant Hariani • Punkin & Walter Hecht • Jackson Hicks • Hill & Hill Attorneys at Law • John Howenstine • James C. Hoyle • Virginia Hubbard • Terry Huffington • Steve Jarvis • Kellie Jenks • Alexander Jessett • Jill Jewett • Alicia B. Jimerson • Nabil Joubran • Stephen Kaufman • Susan & Richard Keeton • Shaukat Khan • James Kovach • Lee Lahourcade • Harriet & Truett Latimer • Ann Lents • Edgar Lester • Larissa Lindsay & Stuart Bailey • William Lipscomb • Xian Tao Liu • Todd Marix • Ranney McDonough • Gary Mercer • Kenneth Meyer • Brad Moody • Dan M. Moody, Jr. • Niel C. Morgan • M. Peter Morris • Rodney Morris & Dean Emmons • Harish Narayanappa • Hon. Danny Nguyen • Roksan Okan-Vick • Gary Olander • F. William Othon • Muhsin Ozcan • Mehmet Ozgel • Hon. John W. Peavy, Jr. • Thomas Peel • Philip H. Price • Richard A. Rabinow • Jeanette Rash • John Ricchiuto • Nicholas Ro • Mahendra Rodrigo • Jeff E. Ross, PE • Dennis Sander • Cindy Scharringhausen • Joseph M. Schwartz • Huny Sim • SIMA of Houston • Michael Skelly • Marja & Bruce Dixie Smith • Smith Murdaugh Little & Bonham, LLP • Thomas Stuart Smith • Todd Stewart • Cassie Stinson • James Stout • Ellen Susman • Spencer Chi-Kwong Tsui • Uptown Houston Political Action Committee • Kenneth Valach • Vican Tan Sun • West Gulf Maritime Association PAC • Charlotte Whaley • George Willy • Nick Xu • Onder Yaltir
Sponsors ($500)
Christopher Akbari • Jay Allen • Roxanne Almaraz • Eric S. Anderson • Maida Asofsky • Gary Baker • Jim Bartley • Lea Bogle • Nana Booker • Michael Callahan • Tony Carroll & Bruce Smith • Dr. Patrick Carter • Carolyn Truesdell & Richard Cheney • Glenn Clements • Roger Eichhorn • Sheila Condon • Darryl Corbin • Roy Cullen • Sean Q. Curran • Susie & Joe Dilg • William D. Dodson • Greg Erwin • H.A. Forouzan • Nancy & Edmund Fountain • Dennis L Frost, Sr. • David Gibbs • Phan Gillis • Cisselon Nichols Hurd & Saundria Chase Gray • Richard Greenwalt • Helen & Sandy Havens • Nancy & Michael Henderek • Dawn Herrington • Glenn Hieshima • Paul Hobby • Mike Holland • John Hornor • Scott Howard • Dr. Alan Hurwitz, MD • David Idrogo • Brian James • Sis & Hasty Johnson • Virginia & John Joiner • Rebecca Kaiser • Mavis Kelsey. Jr. • Dan King • Esra Kurt • WD Kvinta • Marc Lacasse • Catherine Lamboley • Barbara Lee • C.C. Lee • Stephen Lee • Nancy Li • Tony Lin • Leann Qian Liu • JoAnn Matthiesen • Michael McCardell • Paul McCurdy • Beverly McPhail • Marc Melcher • Matilda Melnick • David Miller • Michael Minns • Nancy Powell Moore • Steve Moore • Mark Mucasey • Tim L. Myers • Edward Norwood • Nkemdi Ohalete • Tina Paez • Suzanne Page-Pryde • Imogen Papadopoulos • Kathryn Peek • Karl Reinhardt • Leonard Rejcek • Shafik Rifaat • Matthew Rotan • Kevin Shanley • Victor Simms • Kristy Simonette • Louis Skidmore, Jr. • Ann Taylor • Tadd Tellepsen • Jenni Tranweaver • Karen Twitchell • Ken Ulmer • Patricia Watson • Debbie Wernet • David Weston • Marc Whitehead • Welcome Wilson, Jr. • Cyvia Wolff • James Woods • Chyi Ping Wu • Scott Wulfe • Kun Chee Youn • Linda Zamora
Friends ($250)
Naomi Aberly • Joanne A. Adams • John Affuso • Ernesto Aieta • Paula Arnold • Mr. Don Aron • Jeffrey Aspiazu • Timothy Bacon • Philamena Baird • Richard Baird • Lary Barton • Leonard A. Bedell • Kathryn Berg • Milton Birdwell • Robert Bliss • Jerry Blum • Arlane Boing • Roger Bonney • Kurian Bose • David Bowers • Kathleen Boyd • Michael Brady • Deborah Cannon • Louis Carella • Jonathan Carroll • Nicole & Ruben Casarez • Victor Castillo • Betty Chapman • Rajesh Chelapurath • Jane Bauman Cherry • Clark Colvin • Cecil Conner, Jr. • Thomas Crowley • Ronald Culp • Robert Cummings • Sharon Cummings • Tim Curtis • Robert Cushing • Catherine Day • Cheryl Dotson • Jack Drake • Ann Colleen Dunagan • Diane Dundee • Tom & Peggy Edmonds • Richard Evans • James Ewing • Vallarie Fisher • Lily & Charles Foster • John Fraser • Melissa Frazier • Jonathan Frels • Kelly Frels • Pat Gandy • Thomas Gillogly • Dr. William S. Gilmer, MD • Dean Gladden • Walter Goff • Joan Golding • Elaine Gonzalez • Alex Urdaneta & Jon Gossett • Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Gottschalk • David Greiss • Wayne E. Gresham • Anthony W. Hall, III • Darrin Hall • Peggy Hamric • Winnifred Hebert • Gilbert Herrerra • Paul Hlavinka • Scott Hoff • Adra Hooks • Betty Houston • Vicki Huff • Maria Isabel • Douglas Jackson • Jerome Jeanmard • Richard Jennings • Lynne Johnson • Michael Jozwiak • Kenneth Keeling • David Kelsch • Ann & Tom Kelsey • William D. Kvinta • Kirk Laguarta • George Lancaster • Glenn Landon • Joel Laser • F. Richard Leach & Gloria A. Minnick • Eugene Lee • J. Dale Lehman • Max Levit • Carol Kazmer Liffman • Marshal Lightman • Chimei Lin • Eric Liston • Maria Longnecker • Steven Lott • Sandra Lowery • Sharon Macha • Barbara Manousso • Kristi & Earle Martin • Tom Mays • William McDugald • B.H. McGee, Jr. • Henry Messer • Jarl Molander • James Moncur • Michael Moore • Linda Morales • Randall Morton • Yolanda Black Navarro • Betty L. Nelson • Leisa Holland-Nelson • Brian Nettles • Roxann Neumann • Raquel Olivier • Robert Patten • Johnny Peden • Michael Piana • Ann Pinchak • Lenora Sorola-Pohlman • Karen Kash Redden • Steve Reilley • Brian Riedel • Robin Robinett • Ann J. Robison • Arthur Rogers, III • Stuart Rosenberg • David Ruiz • Sudy Samandari • Joshua Sanders • Jim Schmidt • Stephen Schwarz • M. Sandra Scurria, MD • Eric Shamban • Clifford Shedd • Carey Shuart • Deborah Shure • Harry Simeonidis • Peggy Smith • Jeff Steen • Mike Stude • Louise Sutton • John Sweney • Sophya Tabarozsky • Renee Tappe • Carolyn C. Taub • James Taylor • Kefelegne Tesfaye • Leticia Turner • Rebecca Udden • V.H. Van Horn • Meera Victor • Russell Wachter • Paul Walker • Tammi Wallace • Rick Wheadon • Sydnee White • Claudia Williamson • Mr. Welcome W. Wilson, Sr. • Laura Woods • Bill Wright, III • Dr. Anjanette Wyatt • John Yencha • Katherine & Mark Yzaguirre
(LIST AT THE TIME OF THIS BLOG POST)
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