11th Annual Table Talk conversationalists

Linda Addison Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Roberta Anding Sports Dietitian, Texans Maida Asofsky Houston Regional Director, ACLU of Foundation, Inc. Laura Bell Host - Wild About Houston, KTBU-TV 55 Ann Best Executive Director, Teach for America/Houston Chree Boydstun Chief Development Officer, Legacy Community Health Services Judy Camarena President, Taquerias Arandas Franchises Elizabeth Campbell Partner and Chief Diversity Officer, Andrews Kurth LLP Valerie Cassel Oliver Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston Frances Castaneda Director of Corporate Account Management, Houston Rockets

Katherine Center Novelist, Author of The Bright Side of Disaster Anne Chao Community volunteer Anne Clutterbuck Member, District C Charlotte Coffelt President, River Oaks Area Democratic (ROAD) Women political action committee Colonel Eileen Collins Former Astronaut and Space Shuttle Commander USAF, retired Captain Tamersen Officer Selection Officer, US Marine Corps Critchlow-Glenn Lily Chen Foster Actress Laura Genung Wealth Management & Trust Officer, Chilton Capital Management, LLC Elizabeth Gregory Author of Ready, and Director of the UH Women’s Studies Program

Peggy Grodinsky Food Editor, Houston Chronicle Jada Hallmark Assistant Swim Coach, Rice University Paula Harris Community Affairs Manager, Schlumberger, and HISD Trustee Joanne King Herring Former Honorary Consul General to Pakistan and to Morocco

Natasha Kamrani Attorney and Trustee, District I, HISD 11th Annual Table Talk conversationalists

Renu Khator President and Chancellor, Carolyn Khourie Principal Scientist, The Coca-Cola Company Beverage Institute Susan Koozin Actress Cathy Lopez Negrete CFO, Lopez Negrete Communications Elena Marks Director of Health and Environmental Policy, City of Houston Dr. Fatima Mawji Anesthesiologist, and Board Member, Interfaith Ministries Susan McMillan Executive Staff Analyst, City of Houston Dept. of Public Works Lisa Melancon Ganucheau President, The Junior League of Houston, Inc. Merideth Melville Film and Video Producer, Co-Owner Zenfilm Jane Moser Manager, Brazos Bookstore Susan Neptune Owner, Neptune Heritage Restorations Melissa Noriega Houston City Council Member, At-Large Position 3 Michele Ostrander Executive Director, Susan G. Komen for the Cure Houston Sharon Michael Owens VP of Corporate Community Relations, CenterPoint Energy Cynthia Pena Manager, Public Affairs, Federal Reserve Bank Hazel Pierre Caribbean Literature professor, University of Houston Gilda Ramirez Director – Small Business Development, Port of Houston Authority Mia Rogers Clothing Designer and Owner, Eve Francis Boutique Juanita Romans CEO, Memorial Hermann Hospital Dr. Linda Saranaga Magill Anesthesiologist Marian Szczepanski President, Women in the Visual & Literary Arts Mary Sit METRO blogger and host of “Asian Focus” on Boston’s Channel 7

Naomi Smulian Mendel Painter and Owner/ Director, Art Studio on the Boulevard Doreen Stoller Executive Director, Hermann Park Conservancy Kiran Verma Owner and Executive Chef, Kiran’s Restaurant Mia Vu Special Projects Consultant, Reliant Energy Rev. Belinda Windham Pastor, New Hope Presbyterian Church