Founders’ Circle

These individuals have passionately, intellectually, and financially endorsed our efforts and The UP Experience™.
All have helped in the development and direction of the inaugural event, the slate of speakers, as well as the theme and focus of The UP Experience™.

BARBARA AKSAMIT, Business Development,
3RA Business & Web Solutions

RICHARD BARANIUK, Professor, Electrical &
Computer Engineering, Rice University

MARY BASS, Partner/Consultant, SpencerStuart

RICK BAYS, Partner, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLC

SHANNON BLAKE, Co-Founder,
FirstMemories Texas

LOUISE BLAND, Business Owner

FREDERICKA BRECHT, Group Chair, Vistage

STEVE BRODY, Vistage Chair,
Brody & Associates

BRAD BURKE, Managing Director, Rice Alliance
for Technology and Entrepreneurship

C. SIDNEY BURRUS, PH.D, former Dean of Engineering & Senior Strategist of Connexions, Rice University

ANDY BURSTEN, Founder & President, Coastal Telephone Company

CJ COOLIDGE, Advisory Board, Administaff

JERRY HOBBY, CEO & President, Anything Internet

CLARE SULLIVAN JACKSON, President & CEO, Sullivan Group

LEE KAPLAN, Realtor Associate,
Greenwood King Properties

ANDREA KATES, Managing Director, SUMA Partners, and founder, Business Genome™

RONALD W. KONIG, DDS, FAGD,
Center for Cosmetic & Comprehensive
Dentistry & TMJ Disorders

STEVE LATHAM, CEO, Spur Interactive

DEBBIE LAPIN, JD

STEPHEN LAPIN, M.D., F.A.C.S., Houston Metro Urology

BRYAN LEIBMAN, President, Frosch Travel

RICHARD LEIBMAN, Chairman, Frosch Travel

NORMAN LEWIS, Chief Financial Officer, Tootsies

KELLY LUEDDE

COLT LUEDDE, Managing Director, Gulf Star Group

JACQUELINE R. NORTHCUT, President & CEO, BioHouston

KEITH OKANO, President, Bridgeway

JIM PHILLIPS, Principal, Compass Consulting & Benefits, Inc.

JON POLLOCK, President, Trio Electric, Ltd

CAROLINE POPPER, M.D., President, Popper and Company, Blueprints for BioScience

BARBARA WINTHROP ROSE, MA, OTR, CVE, CHT, FAOTA, Aaron & Rose Hand Therapy & Ergonomics

MARC SCHINDLER, Partner,
Pivot Point Advisors, LLC

LORI SIEGEL, Vice President, Citi Smith Barney

SARA SPEER SELBER, Principal, The PM Team

CYNTHIA SHERIDAN, Managing Partner, Paladin Consulting Group

MARYBETH D. SMITH, MM, GCFP, The FELDENKRAIS® Center of Houston

LINDA STARR, Certified Master Coach, Starr CTC

JAY STEINFELD, CEO & Founder, Blinds.com

TOMMY THOMPSON, President, BioTex Finance Ltd.

STEFANI TWYFORD, Executive Director, Legacy Multimedia, LLC

DONNA & TONY VALLONE, Restaurateurs, Tony’s

MASSEY VILLARREAL, President, Precision Task Group

CHRIS WELSH, President & Founder, Mastery of Learning

ELLYN WULFE, Regional Marketing Leader, Gensler

ED WULFE, President, Wulfe & Co.

LORRAINE WULFE

BRUCE ZIMMERMAN, CEO President, UTIMCO

NANCY ZIMMERMAN

ERNIE & SHERYL RAPP, Co-Founders

We are honored and humbled by each and everyone’s support. To find out more about being part of our Founders’ Circle, contact sheryl@theUPexperience.com