2024 Dinner and Conversation
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Center for Houston’s Future’s signature fall event, Dinner and Conversation presented by Harvey|Harvey-Cleary, featured an exciting conversation, A Texas Talk: Reflecting on the Past, Envisioning the Future, between two important Texas voices. Stephen Harrigan, the award-winning author of 12 fiction and non-fiction books, including Big Wonderful Thing, a sweeping narrative of Texas history, appeared in conversation with Sonal Shah, CEO of the Texas Tribune, who has a long record of social impact work across multiple sectors.
We were honored to present the Eugene H. Vaughan Civic Leadership Award to Stan Marek, President and CEO of Marek Companies, for his long record of outstanding leadership, service and contributions across our region, including his tireless focus on sensible immigration reform.
David E. Harvey Jr. and Joe Cleary, co-chairmen of the board of Harvey|Harvey-Cleary, chaired our annual community engagement and thought leadership event.
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Host Committee
Donald R. Kendall, Jr.
Saied Alavi
Joni Baird
Hon. Jacquie Baly
Astley Blair
Scott Burdine
Ric Campo
Donna Cole
Margaret Vaughan Cox and Jonathan Cox
Bob Eury
Richard Everett
Marcia Faschingbauer
Roland Garcia
Joni D. Goodman
Vicki and Bob Harvey
Winell Herron
Nicolas Jimenez
Melissa and Steve Kean
Heather Linton
George Martinez
Catherine Mosbacher
Scott Nyquist
Susan Osterberg
Leila Perrin
Divya Reddy
Beth Robertson
Regina Rogers
Jeanne- Mey Sun
Y. Ping Sun
Paula Sutton
Heida Thurlow
Phoebe & Bobby Tudor
Ann and Richard Vaughan
Caroline Vetterling
Janeice Weinand
Beth Wolff
Carlecia Wright
Melinda Yee