CCISD superintendent, UHCL president honored

AWHO’S WHO crowd of Clear Lake leaders turned out when long-time resident Kippy Caraway hosted a Happy Hour Meet & Greet Party honoring the recently named University of Houston-Clear Lake President Dr. Richard Walker and Clear Creek ISD Superintendent Dr. Karen Engle at the lovely Caraway home. The first guests the two honorees got to meet? Kippy’s young grandsons, Armand Bayou Elementary student Grayson Brown and his younger brother Graham, who she has already been teaching the value of a good high school and college education, and their parents, Mike and Kristy Caraway Brown Wasn’t long before the crowd began arriving with Texas State Rep. Dennis Paul, CCISD Trustees Jay Cunningham and Jonathan

Cottrell, Houston Mayor Pro-tem Dave Martin, Pasadena City Councilman Thomas Schoeinbein, MRI Vice President Tim Kropp and Houston Port Commissioner Clyde Fitzgerald and his wife Vicky among the early arrivals.

They hardly had time to say hello when in walked Michael Landolt and his wife, Ann

Wismer, Clear Lake Chamber President Cindy DeWease, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital exec Rebecca Lilly, realtor John Nugent, Peter and Pam Culpepper Cronk, Karen McCorkle, Diane Vest, Jessica Beemer and retired UHCL exec Mary Ann Shallberg

Attorneys Becky Reitz and John Gay were also in the crowd, as were Harris County Precinct 8 Constable Phil Sandlin and his wife, Marissa; BAHEP President Brian Freedman; Greg Ploss and Chris Rylant and Clear Lake City Water Authority President John Branch and his wife, Patty Kippy, a former Houston ISD assistant superintendent who moved here in 1974, has long been an advocate for both the Clear Lake area and education.

New Assistance League officers begin their work

REBECCA SAAVEDRA, new president of the Assistance League of the Bay Area, presided over her first meeting of the 2023-2024 Executive Board when they met at the United Way Building in Clear Lake in mid June after being inducted during the “Walk the Red Carpet” Luncheon earlier at the Clear Lake NASA Hilton.

While focusing on the organization’s mission, the members addressed the strategic plan and set goals and objectives for the coming year. The leadership team later joined the board for special training in the chapter’s operations.

Joining the president on the 20232024 board are: President-Elect Linda Byrd, Vice President Membership Sharon Guzzino, Vice President Philanthropic

Programs

Izella Dornell, Vice President

Resource Development

Sandra Kelver, Vice President Marketing Charlene

Donovan and Vice President Operations

Betty Suagee, Treasurer Barbara

Weitenhagen and Secretary Sarah Foulds, plus Assisteens Liaison Roxann Zamora, Perri Fox as Education

Chairman, Kathy Tamer as Strategic Planning Chairman, Marie Keener as Finance Chairman and Parliamentarian

Valerie Piercy

Assistance League of the Bay Area is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization that changes lives through philanthropic programs in the Houston Bay Area community. For more information on how you can help change lives, visit the website at www.assistanceleagueba.org