About Us
2009-2010 Board of Trustees
Executive Committee
Officers
| Chairman | Bill King |
| 1st Vice Chair | James Doyle |
| 2nd Vice Chair | Melinda Kilpatrick |
| Treasurer | George Pontikes |
| Secretary | Timothy Love |
| Immediate Past Chairman | Vacant |
| Regular Trustee | Dr. Anna Armitage |
| Regular Trustee | Bill Baker |
| Regular Trustee | Dr. Phil Bedient |
| Delegate Trustee (Houston Canoe Club) | John Bartos |
| Delegate Trustee (Lakewood Yacht Club) | Harvey Denman |
| Regular Trustee | Mark Gaddy |
| Delegate Trustee (Upper Texas Coast Waterborne Education Center) | Guy Robert Jackson |
| Regular Trustee | Tracee Jones |
| Regular Trustee | Daniel Layton |
| Regular Trustee | Janiece Longoria |
| Regular Trustee | Karen Shaw Miller |
| Regular Trustee | Ken Murphy |
| Regular Trustee | Cynthia Pickett-Stevenson |
| Regular Trustee | Beverly Van Zandt |
| Regular Trustee | Sharron Stewart |
| Delegate Trustee(Bayou Preservation Association) | Carolyn White |
| Delegate Trustee(Sierra Club) | Page Williams |
| Delegate Trustee(Houston Audubon Society) | Jim Winn |
| Regular Trustee | Matt Woodruff |
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Regular Trustees
| Bedient, Dr. Phil | Jackson, Alisha | Martin, Michael |
| Armitage, Dr. Anna | Johnson, Larry | McCarthy, Chris |
| Baker, Bill | Johnson, Walter | McLeod, Doug |
| Benthul, Harless | Jones, Tracee | Meyer, Peter |
| Brom, Roxanna | Jones-Bufkins, Samra | Miller, Karen Shaw |
| Brown, Peter | Kilpatrick, Melinda | Molina, Frank |
| Caruselle, Paul | Kilpatrick, Wade | Murphy, Ken |
| Douglas, Tommy | King, Bill | Pickett-Stevenson, Cynthia |
| Doyle, James Eloi | King, Mike | Pontikes, George |
| Foster, Mark | Lawrence, Berdon | Rearick, Lawrence |
| Gaddy, Mark | Layton, Daniel | Stewart, Sharron |
| Haglund, David | Longoria, Janiece | Watkins, Evan |
| Hester, Tracy | Love, Timothy | Wilson, Louis |
| Hudson, Blake | Madero, Frank | Woodruff, Margaret |
| Ibrahim, Marianne | Mattox, Sharon | Woodruff, Matt |
Delegate Trustees
| Mr. Tom Kartrude | Armand Bayou Nature Center |
| Mr. Jim Reinhartsen | Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership |
| Ms. Carolyn White | Bayou Preservation Association |
| Ms. Michele Wilkens | Citizens Environmental Coalition |
| CDR Stephan (Phil) Glenn (USCG Ret.) | Clean Channel Association |
| Mr. Jayo Washington | Coastal Conservation Association -Texas |
| Ms. Josetta Hawthorne | Council for Environmental Education |
| Dr. Thomas Linton | Friends of Galveston Island State Park |
| Mr. Lawrence W. Tobin | Galveston Bay Conservation & Preservation Assn. |
| Mr. Bill Clement | Galveston Chamber of Commerce |
| Mr. Jim Winn | Houston Audubon Society |
| Mr. Andrew Strong | Houston Bar Association-Environmental Law Section |
| Mr. John Bartos | Houston Canoe Club |
| Capt. Robert Thompson | Houston Pilots Association |
| Ms. Page Williams | Houston Sierra Club |
| Ms. Rosie Zamora | Houston Wilderness |
| Ms. Beverly Van Zandt | Houston Yacht Club |
| Ms. Mary Anne Piacentini | Katy Prairie Conservancy |
| Ms. Priscilla Seymour | Ladies Sports Fishing Foundation |
| Mr. Harvey Denman | Lakewood Yacht Club |
| Ms. Jennifer Lorenz | Legacy Land Trust |
| Ms. Mary Dodson | Outdoor Nature Club |
| Mr. Johnny Valentino, Jr. | PISCES, c/o Eagle Point Marina |
| Ms. Deborah January-Bevers | Quality of Life Coalition |
| Ms. Caro Walker | River Oaks Garden Club |
| Mr. John Stout | Saltwater Conservation Organization |
| Ms. Lalise Whorton Mason | SCENIC GALVESTON |
| Mr. Jan Lawler | SE Harris County Economic Development Council, Inc. |
| Mr. Jim Dobberstine | Texas Association of Environmental Professionals |
| Mr. William Matthews | Texas Corinthian Yacht Club |
| Mr. Dan Wyatt | Texas Mariners Cruising Association |
| Mr. Laurance Armour | Texas R.I.C.E. |
| Mr. Jim Guidry | Texas Waterways Operators Association |
| Mr. Guy Robert Jackson | Upper Texas Coast Waterborne Education Center |
| Mr. Jerry Mohn | West Galveston Island Property Owners Association |
| Ms. Sharon Schmalz | Wildlife Rehab & Education |
Advisory Trustee (One Year Term, Non-Voting)
| Mr. Aston Hinds | Manager, Environmental Affairs Port of Houston Authority |
| Mr. Carl Masterson | Community Resources Program Manager, HGAC |
| Col. David Weston | Commander and District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs |
| Ms. Donna Phillips | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
| Mr. Eddie Gray | Baytown Parks & Recreation Department |
| Mr. Eddie Seidensticker | Resource Conservationist, USDA Natural Resources Cons. Svc. |
| Ms. Elena Marks | Director of Health Policy for the City of Houston |
| Mr. George Guillen | Director of Environmental Education, EIH |
| Mr. George (Pudge) Willcox | General Manager, Chambers-Liberty County Navigation District |
| Ms. Helen Drummond | Program Director, Galveston Bay Estuary Program |
| Dr. Jacqueline Smith | Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services |
| Mr. Jesse Salinas | United Latin American Citizens League Local 151 |
| Mr. Jim Kruse | Texas Center for Ports and Waterways |
| Dr. Jim Lester | Houston Advanced Research Center |
| Dr. Jim Webb | Department of Marine Biology, Texas A & M Galveston |
| Mr. John Huffman | Coastal Program Coordinator, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
| Mr. John Jacob | Texas Coastal Watershed Program |
| Mr. John Jenkins | Trinity River Authority |
| Dr. John Ramsey | Curriculum & Instruction UH, Science Education |
| Ms. Julie Massey | Galveston Marine Extension Agent, Texas Marine Advisory Svc |
| Mr. Kevin Ladd | Executive Director, Wallisville Heritage Park |
| Mr. Kurt Voss | Texas Seaport Museum |
| Dr. Larry McKinney | Executive Director, Harte Research Institute |
| Ms. Lisa Gossett | Assistant Professor, University of Houston/Clear Lake |
| Ms. Lori Gernhardt | Manager, Special Projects, Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority |
| Mr. Mike Talbott , P.E. | Director, Harris County Flood Control District |
| Mr. Reed Eichelberger | General Manager, San Jacinto River Authority |
| Dr. Robert Stickney | Director, Texas Sea Grant College Program |
| Mr. Rusty Swafford | National Marine Fisheries Service |
| Dr. Sammy Ray | Professor Emeritus, Texas A & M Galveston |
| Dr. Stephen Klineberg | Professor, Sociology Department, Rice University |
| Dr. Ted Cleveland | UH Civil Engineering Department |
| Capt. William Diehl | Captain of the Port, USCG, MSO Houston-Galveston |
| Dr. William Merrell | Vice Chancellor, Texas A & M Galveston |
| Mr. Woody Woodrow | Texas Coastal Program, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
Emeritus Trustee (One Year Term, Voting by Proxy Only)
| Mr. A.R. "Babe" Schwartz | Mr. James Blackburn |
| Ms. Alecya Gallaway | Ms. Kathryn Smyth |
| Ms. Barbara Carroll | Mr. Richard Morrison |
| Mr. Charles Herbeck | Ms. Sally Fish |
| Mr. Clifford Hillman | Mr. Steven Valerius |
| Ms. Doris Nelson | Mr. Wayne Johnson |
| Mr. Frank Smith | Ms. Mary Carter |
| Ms. Glenda Callaway | Ms. Ellyn Roof |
| Mr. J. Byron Morris | |
Ex Officio Trustee (One Year Term, Non-Voting)
(All County Judges, State and Federal Representatives and Senators whose jurisdictions or districts touch Galveston Bay and the Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Texas)
Alumnus Trustee (One Year Term, Non-Voting)
Mr. Charles Harter, III
Honorary Trustee (One Year Term Non-Voting)
Terry Hershey
Garry Mauro
George Mitchell
