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Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership President Bob Mitchell, from left, Executive Director-Economic Development Dan Seal and Chairman of the Board Kenny Koncaba get together for a photo at the June 29 meeting at Lakewood Yacht Club with BAHEP’s future president, Brian Freedman, who will take office Jan. 1 after Mitchell retires. BAHEP's BayTech Director Kim Morris, left, and Dr. Glenn Freedman, right, welcome Kemah Mayor Carl Joiner to the BAHEP meeting at Lakewood Yacht Club.

A BAHEP meeting this crowd won’t soon forget

THE CROWD at the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership meeting was in for a treat when they gathered at Lakewood Yacht Club June 29 – first, an excellent speech by BAHEP Executive Director-Economic Development Dan Seal and then some big news all had been waiting for – the announcement by President Bob Mitchell that Brian Freedman would be the next president of BAHEP when he retires Dec. 31. Before and afterwards, everywhere you looked, all seemed happy over the announcement and enjoying the chance to catch up on each other’s news. MRI Technologies Executive Vice President Tim Kropp may have caught your eye as he had fun joking, first with Norman Frede Chevrolet General Manager Joan McKinney and Seabrook Mayor Thom Kolupski and then with CLC Properties owner John Wilkins. Lots of laughs. UH-Clear Lake President Dr. Richard Walker and College of the Mainland President Dr. Warren Nichols were in the crowd, as were Boeing Vice President-ISS Program Manager John Mulholland, CCISD Superintendent Dr. Eric Williams, Home Bank officials Kenny and Kristi Koncaba, CLC Properties CEO John Wilkins, Wellby President and CEO Marty Pell and UH-Clear Lake officials, Dr. Beth Lewis, Dr. Christopher Maynard and

Joseph Staley.

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Clear Creek ISD Superintendent Dr. Eric Williams, from left, smiles as he runs into Dr. Peter Wuenschel of Communities in Schools-Bay Area and Jamieson Mckay of Gulf Coast Educators Federal Credit Union on arrival at the BAHEP meeting at Lakewood Yacht Club.

Plus, Mayors Carl Joiner of Kemah and Michel Bechtel of Morgan’s Point were in the crowd, as were City Councilors Joe Machol of Seabrook, Monica Ledet of Clear Lake Shores, Ashley Graves and Michelle Weller of Nassau Bay, Teresa Vazquez Evans of Kemah and Jon Powell of Taylor Lake Village; State Rep. Dennis Paul and Nassau Bay City Secretary Sandra Ham and Communications Director Kristin Edwards. Across the way, you might have spotted Clear Creek Education Foundation Executive Director Deborah Laine, Communities in Schools-Bay Area CEO Dr. Peter Wuenschel, Webster Director of Human Resources Brenda Miller Fergerson, BayTran Executive Director Amy Skicki, Bay Area Houston Ballet Director Jill Reason, Alvin Community College Dean Dr. Stacy Ebert, Amoco Federal Credit Union officials Kevin Venable and Lisa Holbrook, Higher Up Texas Executive Director Hillary Gramm. Some of the others in the crowd included Clear Lake Hilton Sales Director Melinda Mintz, Hometown Bank Senior VP Bill Provenzano, Peggy Zahler of Wellby, Lakewood Yacht Club Marketing Director Marcy Fryday, NASA Executive Liaison to BAHEP James Lewis, Lockwood Andrews & Newman VP Col. Lars Zetterstrom and San Jacinto College Vice Chancellor Teri Crawford.

CLC Properties owner John Wilkins, left, catches up on the news with MRI Technology Vice President Tim Kropp as they await the start of the BAHEP meeting at Lakewood Yacht Club. Dan Seal, BAHEP executive director of special initiatives, finds himself surrounded by pretty ladies congratulating him on his speech to the membership at Lakewood Yacht Club. They are, from left, BayTran executive Amy Skicki, Evan Stamp of IMA Financial Group, banker Kristi Koncaba and insurance executive Elizabeth Smith. Nothing like enjoying a meeting as this trio seems to be doing when BAHEP members gathered at Lakewood Yacht Club. They are, from left, MRI Technology Vice President Tim Kropp, Norman Frede Chevrolet General Manager Joan McKinney and Seabrook Mayor Thom Kolupski.