March, 2007
Volume
5, Number 3
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March, 2007 |
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5, Number 3 |
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
March President's Message: Because I was raised as a farmer's daughter, Spring has a particularly agrarian significance to me. While we celebrate the Easter holiday as a symbol of spiritual renewal, we also welcome the season of cultivating the soil and planting seeds for development of plants to feed our bodies and gratify our souls. Similarly, work in Texas Executive Women is about cultivating young lives and nurturing their development as successful, productive adults. The satisfaction derived from touching the lives of future leaders and influencing their career paths, feeds our souls as well. And this is the time of year when we achieve fruition of the time and resources committed to our mentoring programs. We are entering the counting down days to scholarship applications and recipient selection. All our work to honor outstanding women as examples for the community, our members and our mentees; to provide career choice support through programs and tours; and to raise the vital funds to finance these efforts is coming to the end of another cycle and a new beginning for the next. Unlike the farmer who reaps the harvest in the Fall, our crop graduates in the Spring and blooms on in the coming year. Of course our Women on the Move® Luncheon, scheduled for October 19, is also the time we reap the contributions needed to fertilize our dreams. As for me, while I contemplate the symbolism of our organization's contributions, I'm also going to be feeding my lawn and planting caladium bulbs in March, while setting out some bedding plants. And working in TEW will assure the whole year is a blooming good time! Beverly Kaufman
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NEWS AMONG FRIENDS
This is a reminder that we are always looking for TEW Member news. Tell us what you're doing, what your company is doing or what other TEW members are doing. This is the place to toot your own horn. Your response is always welcome. Just send any information or news about yourself or any other member to Mamie Moy at mmoy@mail.uh.edu. In the latest University of Houston Magazine , Mamie Moy (WOM 2001) was recognized as a Phenomenal Professor after 54 years of teaching chemistry to students, children and the community. In the same magazine, Marcy Kurtz, Crystal Brown, and Eva Guzman, all U of H graduates, were listed as 2006 Women on the Move. Also listed was Sonny Messiah Jiles (WOM 1990) celebrating the Houston Defender's 75th Anniversary and her 25 years as publisher. Jacqueline Baly Calumette (WOM 2004 ) was named 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Women's Business Initiative organization. It was also announced that Pauline Higgins (WOM 2005) was named partner and chief diversity officer for Thompson and Knight LLP. It looks like members of TEW take great pride in support of the U of H. Crystal Brown (WOM 2006) was honored at a scholarship luncheon by Sigma Gann Rho Sorority for her community service and outreach of a sincere desire of goodwill. Rabbi Judith Abrams (WOM 1993) has written and produced a Broadway-style musical comedy “A Talmud Tale” that held its world premier last month. She has been working on this project since 1998, trying to make people fall in love with the Torah (the first 5 books of the Bible called the "Jewish Bible"). All of TEW sends their deepest sympathy to Linnet Deily (WOM 1993 ) upon the death of her dear husband Mike. Dancie Perugini Ware (WOM 1986) was seen in mask and cat-like costume, celebrating the Galveston Mardi Gras salute to the Animal Kingdom night after night. Sharon Owens (WOM 1995) toured the Federal Reserve Bank at a reception for Who's Who in Black Houston. Liz Ghrist (WOM 1989) was honored as the University of St. Thomas Capital Campaign Chair. She raised a record $1 million for scholarships. Why is she not on our scholarship committee? Algenita Scott Davis (WOM 1994) chaired the Habitat for Humanity's 20th Anniversary party at a posh new high rise – the unusual dress code was “construction casual couture”. Jan Carson (WOM 1985) spent Super Bowl Sunday at a small gathering with political candidate Sen. John McCain. She reports that on-field action was overshadowed by lively political conversation. She and her husband raised $1.3 million as chairs of the American Heart Association Heart Ball. Lynne Liberato (WOM 1992) and friends dined in Tony's wine room to celebrate a South Texas College of Law professor' 25 years of teaching. Lois Robinson (WOM 1995) was honored as Top Sales last year as real estate sales associate in Galveston . She is in a Leadership Academy at this time and she and her husband have a new home, complete with an elevator! Sharon Seligman plans to join Keller-Williams Realty in Austin after she takes her real estate license test. She is developing the 27 acres she owns in Spicewood, Texas, just west of Austin. PAST TEW MEMBERS “Jinx” Preble Bates has sent a notification that her cosmetic studio will close in Nacogdoches and will reopen later in the year in Dallas. |
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FROM Mamie Moy, VP-PROGRAMSThank you for the great acceptance to receive monthly meeting announcements via email. The announcements are formatted in .pdf and can be downloaded for printing and sent to friends and guests. If you are not receiving the monthly announcements, please let me know by sending an email. If your email address changes, please send the new address. Also, please put me in your contact, safe, approved, trusted or email address book. I promise to send only TEW announcements. Deborah Cannon is the speaker for the March meeting. She is President and CEO of the Houston Zoo. She will let us know what it's like to really run a zoo. John Lienhard will speak to us at the April meeting. An engineer and historian he always presents informative and interesting talks. He is the author of “The Engines of our Ingenuity” and has regular spots on KUHF. Future programs will include the suggestions from the survey. |
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TEW MENTORING PROGRAM
From Bonnie Berube, TEW Members: We have great mentoring and scholarship programs. The success we have with the students needs to be told. I would like to request that each of you forward a name to me of a contact person within your organization. The contact is responsible for allocating funds for scholarships, assistance to students, sponsorships, or any other area that might benefit our mentoring programs. I want to contact these individuals and tell them about the programs and provide them with a copy of the new mentoring DVD, the new brochure, and hopefully set up an appointment to discuss the programs in person. If you know anyone in any other corporation or group that might assist, that would be great also. Please forward any information to me blb1@earthlink,net or bberube@blbconsulting.com . The phone number is (713) 785-6481. From Linda Holt... Keep up with what's going on in the mentoring programs: 2007 Ladies of Distinction Programs 2006-2007 Career Women of the Future Programs See the 2006 Mentoring Video. You will gain a true perspective of what the program is about and how it has affected the lives of so many young women. |
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MARCH BIRTHDAYS
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UPCOMING MEETING MEMOThe Briar Club
5:30 - 6:15 Social, check in 6:15 - 6:30 Introductions, Announcements 6:30 program 7:30 adjourn March 13 - Deborah Cannon, President and CEO of the Houston Zoo. She will let us know the differences in running, a "traditional business" and running a zoo. Is there a difference? (just kidding). A little about Deborah: "Deborah M. Cannon, banking executive, business leader and career trailblazer began her successful banking career as a credit analyst in Dallas, Texas with Republic National Bank and left the same bank (since renamed and reframed as Bank of America) 30 years later. At the time of her retirement, she was directing business in ten states in the Southwest, Midwest, and Texas and serving as President of Bank of America in Houston, the senior banking executive for community and civic activities in Harris County." RSVP ASAP to Mamie Moy Upcoming
Meetings: May 8 - Speaker - Rebecca Congleton Boenigk, President and CEO, Neutral Posture, Inc. TEW North (TEWN) MEETING INFORMATIONMeets 4th Tuesday of each week at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $25/person. Please contat Pam Stein at stein@drs-llp.com or 281-681-3515 for further information and location.
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