Top 30 Influential Women of Houston – 2017

 “How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”

-Maya Angelou

*All positions held at the time of publishing*

Top 30 Women of Houston Icon Honorees:

Cynthia Cisneros – Vice President of Community Affairs, ABC 13/KTRK-TV

Shauna Clark – Head of Employment and Labor, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Deborah Duncan – TV Host & Media Personality, KHOU-TV/ Great Day Houston

The Honorable Vanessa Gilmore – United States District Judge, Southern District of Texas

Carrin F. Patman – Board Chair, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO)

Ann Stern – President & CEO, Houston Endowment

Senfronia Thompson – State Representative District 141, Texas House of Representatives

Dawn Ullrich – President & CEO, Houston First

 

Top 30 Women of Houston Honorees:

Juuhi Ahuja – Founder & CEO, Wise Men

Margaret Allen, DDS – Owner, Amazing Smiles Dental Group

Johnte Archer, JD – CEO, J. Archer Insurance Group/Archer Commercial Insurance Group & Founder, She Is A CEO Foundation

Karina Barbieri – Vice President, Mediplus Panama, S.A. & Philanthropist

Lea Bogle – President, Premier Wireless

Carol Brace – Lecturer/Business Development Specialist, University of Houston – Downtown Northwest Campus at Lone Star College-University Park

Twila Carter – Executive Director, Astros Foundation

Dr. LaQuita Carter – Assistant Superintendent of Performance Management, Spring Independent School District

Dr. Jacqueline Horton-Cobbin – President & CEO, Cobbin & Associates, LLC.

Cheryl Lynn Duncan – Founder, Ashley Jadine Foundation

Tamar Davis – Grammy-Nominated Artist and Edu-Tainment Advocate, Syren Music Group, LLC.

Diane Englet – Senior Director of Corporate Community Relations, CenterPoint Energy

Diedra Fontaine – Director of Development, Prairie View A&M University Foundation

Karina Gonzalez- Principal Dancer, Houston Ballet

LaTreace Harrison, RN, MS, CMCN –Director-Texas Case Management/Post Discharge Management/Clinical Programs, Amerigroup Texas

Dr. Karen Hill – Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs, Community Health Choice

Carneta Hunte-Larkin – Founder & CEO, I Love My Children, Inc.

Antoinette “Toni” Jackson – Partner, Jones Walker, LLP

Ige Johnson – Broker, Re/MAX & Owner, GLO Beauty Bar

Torsha Johnson – First Lady & Author, Higher Dimension Church

Courtney Johnson Rose – Principal Broker, George E. Johnson Properties

Carla Kuaiwa – Owner/Managing Director, Cross OD Consulting, LLC

Monica Lewis – Founder/CEO Certified Etiquette Consultant, Monica Lewis School of Etiquette

Paula McHam – Community Involvement Lead, CIGNA

Regina Mellinger – President and CEO, Primary Services, LP

Cydonii Miles – Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary (Fmr.), American Capital, Ltd.

Mary Moreland – Director of Strategic Planning – Latin America, Quanta Services, Inc.

Dr. Anhlan P. Nguyen – Director of Development and Marketing, Institute for Civic Education in Vietnam

Delesa O’Dell-Thomas – Principal, Young Woman’s College Preparatory Academy

Debra C. Stewart – Director/ Supplier Diversity and Diversity Outreach, Shell Oil Company

Kimberly Gee Stith – Vice President and General Counsel – Employment & Benefits, Waste Management

Nicole Streeter – Vice President/ Chief Governance Officer, Harris Health System

Kristin Tassin – Board Member, Fort Bend ISD

Kelley Taylor – Chief Executive Officer, Taylor Construction Management

Shawn Thierry – State Representative District 146, Texas House of Representatives

Barbara Vilutis – Executive Vice President, Amegy Bank

Dr. Cynthia Wilson – Chief of Staff, Houston Independent School District

Mary Young – Chief of Police, Texas Southern University