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Neighborhood Centers 2010 Heart of Gold Celebration

Last week David had the pleasure of covering Neighborhood Centers Heart of Gold Celebration. at the Hilton Americas Houston. Though juggling several events that day, one being in the very next ballroom, Mayor Annise Parker had just enough time to honor the award recipient with a city proclamation for Trini Mendnehall Sosa Day.

The event was emceed by KPRC's Kim Davis with additional presentations by John Hernandez with Amegy Bank as well as Joni Baird with Chevron's Public Affairs.  This year the Alice Graham Baker Crusader Award was presented to Trini Mendenhall Sosa. This event's attendees always include a great collection of local and state politicians as well as several individuals and corporations that assist NCI in continuing as Houston's largest human resources services organization. The award was presented by George DeMontrond, III and was followed by a closing by President and CEO of NCI, Angela Blanchard.

St Regis Houston Employee Party

We were recently asked to cover the annual employee party at the St Regis Houston. The event was themed to celebrated the decades and several of the employees dressed the part. Awards were presented that recognized staff from all aspects of the hotel as well as wonderful raffle prizes and best costume. In fact several of the executives even started off the event with a great rendition of Michael Jackson's Thriller.

2009 EWI Houston Chapter Scholarship Awards

Last week David covered the Houston Chapter of Executive Women International's annual scholarship awards dinner which was held at The Corinthian. Jackson Hicks, owner of Jackson and Company, recently established the Anne Sharpe Memorial Scholarship through the local chapter in memory of her dedication and support.  This award was presented along with the Cherry York EWI Scholarship Program. A total of three different scholarships were awarded that evening as part of EWI Houston Chapter's continuing support of helping high school juniors achieve their academic goals. Florals arrangements provided by Bergner & Johnson. 

Neighborhood Centers 2009 Heart of Gold event

For the fifth year year in a row we covered the annual Heart of Gold Celebration presented by Neighborhood Centers Inc. The 2009 Alice Graham Baker Crusader Award was presented to Stanford Alexander of Weingarten Realty.  The award was co-presented by James Crownover and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. With over 500 in attendance the event was held at the HIlton Amercias Hotel. The always lovely Melanie Lawson of KTRK-TV was the Mistress of Ceremonies.

 

DIRECTV Más event

We covered an event for the launch of DirecTV Más at the Grove. The announcement was part of the satellite provider offering the largest number of Mexican programming in the states. In attendance were the following:

Omar Fierro Vivir Sin Ti / Por Fin el Fin, AZM channel 442

Eduardo Alvarado, Reporter from Mexicanal channel 412

John De Armas, Vice President of World Direct

EWI @ Torch Energy

This month's meeting of The Houston Chapter of Executive Women International was held at the offices of Torch Energy Advisors, Inc. Attendees were treated to catering by Massa's Restaurant as well as an introduction by President and COO, Jay Lendrum, and private tour of the incredible Torch Collection - Visions of the West. CEO and founder of Torch, JP Bryan's collection is simply amazing and comprises over 10,000 pieces, making it the world's largest private collection of Texana art and memorabilia. This is a definite must see for anyone interested in Texas history and culture.

Cosmo Cool Concepts Event - Americas

With our wonderful contacts at NACE we were recently introduced to the gang at Cosmo Cool Concepts, which is one of the largest, Houston-based independent meeting and event planners. We were asked to cover one of their quarterly client and vendor appreciation events. This particular one was held at the recently opened Americas restaurant in the Woodlands. What a fantastic location and group. Everything from the Mayan Indian inspired greeter, to tarot card reader, a live band featuring a couple dancing to Latin inspired music and even a strolling Latin guitarist! To end the evening guests were invited to participate in an Iron Chef inspired dessert creation. What a great evening, if I do say so.

Did I mention the Cosmos? Appropriately chosen drink for the company hosting the event were Nitro Cosmos. Now if you have never seen this in action it is quite exciting. Instead of the traditional chilled mixed drink this one is prepared a little different. The chef pre made the mix and prepared batches by pouring in liquid nitrogen. In about 45 seconds (and with lots of great cold fog) the perfect frozen concoction.

PeruPetro luncheon

We recently covered the PeruPetro luncheon at the Petroleum Club downtown. The luncheon was held in conjunction with the NAPE expo. The expo is a marketplace for buying and selling oil and gas products and attracts something like 15,000 attendents each year. This was our second time covering the annual event.

Meeting Professionals International event

Meeting Professionals International, or MPI, held their North American conference in Houston this year. We were there to get coverage of an event they held at the House of Dereon music center downtown hosted by the Hyatt Regency Houston. This is a really unique venue owned by the Knowles family. The venue is also office for Matthew and Tina Knowles and houses a huge collection of awards and trophies that their daughters' have won over the years (and I am not talking soccer trophies...). It was pretty amazing!

EWI President's Award

Last night at the Downtown Aquarium of Houston David was very surprised to receive the Executive Women International Houston Chapter President's Award. This award is only presented to a representative that has exhibited special talents and outstanding services to the chapter and was last awarded in 2003. He was presented with this lovely engraved vase from Tiffany's.

The Houston Chapter celebrated its 50th anniversary this year and David has been a member since 2000. He is in fact the only male member in the history of the chapter. Congratulations David! Photos by D. Jones Photography.