Rodeo King Headlines Houston Power Breakfast, But a Single Mother of Five Steals the Show
Heartwarming Tales and Cowboys
By Shelby Hodge //
Photography Quy Tran
What: Dress for Success Houston (DFSH) Corporate Guild Power Breakfast
Where: The Four Seasons Hotel
PC Moment: Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo president and CEO Joel Cowley regaled the early morning group of 145 with tales of the rodeo, the interesting high points since its founding in 1932 and reported on the near-half billion in scholarships that the rodeo has provided for Texas youngsters.
The program included a testimonial by DFSH client ambassador, Army veteran and single mother of five Laurie Chandler. Veterans will be saluted at the nonprofit’s signature “Rendezvous at the Revaire” gala on October 19.
PC Seen: Corporate Guild president Pam Jesse of Midway, Four Seasons GM Tom Segesta and wife Robin, Staci Voll of Texas Aromatics, Genora Boykins of NRG, Roseann Rogers of Stewart Title, Clare Sullivan Jackson of the Sullivan Group, Christina Blackwell of First Tennessee Bank, Diedre Fontaine of the University of Houston and Terence Fontaine of Texas Southern University, Fatima Switzer of Chopard, Alison Johnson of Transocean, Brittney Smith of Vinson & Elkins, Sidney Fagan of Marathon Oil, DFSH president Lauren Levicki Courville, DFSH co-founder Nancy Levicki.
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