Houston Leadership
The Houston Texchange chapter is governed by a local Executive Board, Board of Directors and Board of Advisors who strengthen the chapter through their local relationships and affiliations. � Each board member is dedicated to bringing relevant speakers and topics to the Houston Texchange community in order to help local businesses not only succeed but excel.
Meet the Houston Texchange Executive Board
| Chairman Manish Asthana President Verum Solutions Inc. |
Secretary Deborah Mansfield Director Life Sciences Houston Technology Center |
| President Paul Schatz VP Sales & Marketing INT Inc. |
VP Communications |
| VP Membership Reid Pennebaker Financial Consultant Mainspring Partners |
Treasurer Michael Pattison President StrAIT�Advisors |
| Programs Co-Chairs Leslie Butterfield PhD. SVP Sales and Marketing Trelligence Inc. Carole A. Kernohan VP Channels Trelligence Inc. |
Board of Directors
| Joe Barber President Total Excellence Management Corp. |
Tom Rubenak Manager Forrester Research |
| Richard Burgess Dir. Bus Dev Venture Services Air Liquide America |
Ken Williams Executive VP Frost Bank |
| Austin Goings Manager Schlumberger Information Solutions |
Jeff Williams Managing Director Mainspring Partners |
| Kala Marathi Managing Director Houston Angel Network |
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Board Advisors
| Kirby Atwell Atwell Interests, Inc. |
Eric Frank NexTec Group, Inc. |
| Jeffri Botkin Mann Frankfort Stein & Lipp |
Paul Frison Houston Technology Center |
| Joseph Boyd Texas Southern University |
Christopher Hurtado Linguistic Solutions |
| Brad Burke Rice University � Rice Alliance |
Carlos Lara Lara & Associates, LLC |
| Carter Caldwell Quazant Technology |
Dennis Murphree Murphree Venture Partners |
| Bill Chalmers Entrepreneur |
Kathie Nordt i-Focus Corp. |
| Marc Folladori Fulbright & Jaworski LLP |
Kim Padgett The Padgett Group |
| Marco Rimassa Deloitte Consulting |
Jeffery Roeth RoadShow Media |
| Les Schlain ESX, Inc. |
Mary Helen Threlkeld, CFO Sungard Energy Systems |
| Oli Wenker MD Anderson |
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