T H E H O U S T O N A N N E N B E R G C H A L L E N G E

A N N U A L R E P O R T

2001

Mission Statement

Established in January 1997 with funding from the Annenberg Foundation and local matching

contributions, The Houston Annenberg Challenge is an independent, public-private partnership

that develops and funds urban public school programs, professional development and leadership

institutes to promote higher academic achievement by all students.

CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Special thanks to Ms. Luzmarie Alvarez’s classes at Helms Community Learning Center. All artworkappearing in the 2001 Houston Annenberg Challenge Annual Report is the work of the students enrolledin the arts-infused, dual language curriculum of this Annenberg Beacon School in Houston ISD.

“…With Annenberg, a whole new doorwaywas opened for us. We

can be a voice, go placesand present what we

know works…”Elaine Wilkins,

visual literacy teacherand fine arts coordinator,

Bethune Academy, Aldine ISD

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At The Houston Annenberg Challenge, we have the distinctprivilege of looking into the eyes of our country’s future everyday as we work with the children and youth of our city. Without a doubt, we like what we see.

These past four years have been a growing, learning experiencefor the teachers, administrators, parents, students and membersof the community in our six partner school districts. Andthey’ve been a very rewarding experience for us. We are proudto have played a role in fostering these successful school reformefforts, and we look forward to watching our partners takecontinued ownership of the programs that have benefited somany local students.

We also look forward with great anticipation to what the futureholds for The Houston Annenberg Challenge. We are currentlyhard at work revamping teacher preparation programs at theuniversity level, transforming Houston high schools into 21stcentury learning centers and replicating models of the mostsuccessful programs begun during our first phase.

As always, we thank our partners and financial supporters fortheir dedication to this work. Their leadership and commitmenthave played a pivotal role in moving our schools forward onboth a local and national level.

Thanks to all of you, the future looks bright.

Sincerely,

Linda ClarkeExecutive Director

Jonathan DayChairman of the Board

OSWALDO OLVERAage 9

E1. ACHIEVEMENT IS UP. “…The Houston

Annenberg theory of action begins with the

teacher (and) includes all stakeholders to achieve

consensus about educating children. In general,

our Year Two research finds that this theory of

action is indeed transforming the schools in the

Houston Annenberg network from the ground

up. Annenberg-funded schools have made

progress – in the case of Beacon schools quite

considerable progress – raising academic

achievement levels for their students.”

2. THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IS CLOSING.

“Looking at the data more closely reveals a

significant trend with broad implications for

Houston urban public schools with high

concentrations of students who are economically

disadvantaged or non-native English speakers.

Many of the Houston Annenberg schools are

closing the achievement gap. Students of all

backgrounds are achieving well, often at the

mastery level, both in reading and mathematics.”

3. TEACHING PRACTICES ARE

UNDERGOING PROFOUND CHANGES FOR

THE BETTER. “Collectively, the documented

benefits of the Annenberg investment in

professional development reveal these schools are

creating highly effective learning environments,

in contrast to traditional classrooms where

teachers lecture and students memorize. This

research suggests that when public schools invest

in high-quality professional development and

resource-rich instructional materials, the result

will be well-trained teachers who engage in

excellent teaching practices and students who are

committed to in-depth academic study.”

EvaluationReport

The bottom line, according to the 24-page report,

which analyzed work during the 2000-2001

school year, is that students are learning more.

“Ultimately, our research in Houston Annenberg

schools confirms that this array of teaching and

learning strategies is leading students to deeper

levels of understanding and is raising their

academic achievement.

“Perhaps more importantly for those interested in

the long-term effects of reform, the Annenberg

network has united teachers, administrators,

students, and families to provide excellent

education for all children. We have evidence that

teachers have become learners themselves. This

evidence provides hope for the future of public

schools in the Houston metropolitan area.”

The Whole School Reform efforts of TheHouston Annenberg Challenge are changingthe landscape of local public schools forthe better, according to the latestindependent report from a 15-memberresearch team. Key findings from theUniversity of Texas, University of Houstonand Rice University researchers include:

PDuring the 2000-2001 school year, The Houston

Annenberg Challenge began work on a five-year

project to rewrite the curriculum in the colleges

of Education and Arts & Sciences at five local

colleges and universities. Design teams are

composed of representatives from the Houston

Community College System, Texas Southern

University, University of Houston, University

of Houston-Downtown and the University of

St. Thomas, as well as schools in Aldine,

Alief, Houston, Humble, North Forest and

Spring Branch ISDs.

Their first task was to select and rewrite the

initial series of pilot courses for the project.

After careful planning and discussion, the teams

picked two courses: one in entry-level English

literature and composition and the other a core

course in the teacher preparation program. The

goal? To model effective teaching techniques

and to use technology as a teaching tool.

As the teams prepared to launch this first round

of courses at the beginning of the 2001-2002

school year, work also began to systematically

rewrite, pilot, evaluate and revise courses in one

discipline at a time until each school within

both colleges has been revamped.

Simultaneously, the design teams are also

hard at work on examining and revamping the

entire teacher preparation program, including

embedding technology and introducing the

Critical Friends Group protocol to future

teachers.

The entire process, which is funded by a grant

from the U.S. Department of Education and

matching contributions from the partners,

is expected to take five years and is one of

the most creative collaborations between higher

education institutions and school districts in

the country.

The effort also will eventually include a

Regional Faculty composed of education,

business and community leaders whose

responsibility will be to provide advice and

input in the project.

Partnership for QualityEducation

Preparing Future Teachers to Enter 21st Century Learning Centers

Based on the work done with the original

planning grant, the Carnegie Corporation

of New York and the Bill & Melinda Gates

Foundation named Houston ISD and The

Houston Annenberg Challenge as one of

only seven partnerships nationwide to

receive a grant for high school reform

efforts. Houston Annenberg received a

$12 million grant with the remaining

cities receiving $8 million each as part of

the Carnegie Corporation’s Schools for a

New Society initiative.

The project will restructure the district’s

large high schools into smaller learning

communities of no more than 300 students

apiece where each student has an advisor

who knows him or her well and follows that

student closely through all four years of

schooling. These smaller, reorganized, more

personal schools will focus on literacy and

require students to take a rigorous core

academic curriculum with teachers who will

stay with them for at least two years.

Another Houston Annenberg funded school,

Quest High School in Humble ISD, also has

been successful at creating a personalized

learning environment for students. Created

from the ground up in 1994, the school is

intended to be an alternative for students

who attend the district’s large 3,000-plus

high schools. A small school of 165

students, with a capacity for 400, Quest is a

community of learners built around three

components: personalized learning,

integrated curriculum and Service Learning.

Although vastly different in history and size,

Reagan and Quest are taking giant steps

toward the same goal—creating a 21st

century learning center where none of the

kids slip through the cracks and all of them

master the subjects they study.

HCreating 21st Century Learning Centers

Just before the start of the 2000-2001 school year,

the Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded The

Houston Annenberg Challenge and Houston ISD a

highly competitive $250,000 planning grant. Already

hard at work on a pilot that could be used to

transform Houston high schools into 21st century

learning centers, the grant allowed the planning team

to accelerate the work being done at Houston ISD’s

Reagan High School and apply lessons learned from

the model at the district’s remaining 23

comprehensive high school campuses.

Throughout the year, teams of parents, students,

teachers and other community organizations worked

to create a school-within-a-school model at Reagan.

This more personalized learning environment is

already showing signs of success in improving

student achievement and lowering the dropout rate.

High School Reform

YARITZA GARZAage 9

LIn June 2001, the first class of John P. McGovern, M.D. Fellows

graduated from The Houston Annenberg Challenge Leadership

Academy. This two-year Academy aims to provide principals with

the opportunity to develop skills that support the leadership talents

necessary for being an effective principal in the 21st century school.

Modeled after the prestigious Harvard Graduate School of Education

Principals’ Center, the first year of the program requires Fellows to

attend monthly meetings and special seminars, to develop a personal

professional development plan and to demonstrate evidence of their

progress. The principals also work with consultants at Accenture.

The consultants show the administrators how to successfully lead

their schools through change, how to integrate technology

throughout the campus and how to build productive teams.

A number of Fellows have moved up in their districts and now head

larger schools. During the program’s second year, Fellows continue

to meet and serve as mentors for newly enrolled Fellows.

Also in June 2001, the second class of principals and assistant

principals joined the Leadership Academy. The group meets

monthly with principals who serve as coaches to develop leadership

plans to incorporate professional community at the school level.

Principals have attended several special seminars, including a

luncheon to work with nationally recognized educator and author

Roland Barth. His latest book, Learning with Heart, is being used in

the Academy for continued study.

Other program highlights include:

Representatives from the Harvard Business School Alumni

Association are serving as mentors to several of the 2000-2001 Fellows.

Principals from the Houston Annenberg/Houston ISD High School

Reform Initiative are being included in the Leadership retreat.

Houston Annenberg in partnership with the American Leadership

Forum (ALF) and Houston ISD’s Northwest District developed a

community engagement ‘Future Search’ event that engaged the 17

schools and their surrounding communities in building a collaborative

vision for the northwest district schools. This is a pilot project that can

be replicated for the high school reform initiative.

LeadershipAcademy

C At the heart of the Critical Friends Group

concept is one simple idea: providing deliberate

time and structures to promote teachers’

professional growth that is directly linked to

student learning.

Since instituting the Critical Friends Group

program in 1998, Houston Annenberg has

trained more than 360 coaches to work with

hundreds of additional administrators and

teachers across the greater Houston area. These

team members work together in small groups to

examine student work and to develop strategies

to accelerate each child’s progress. Houston

Annenberg Challenge is the only center of

activity on the Gulf Coast recognized by the

National School Reform Faculty.

CriticalFriendsGroup

Design team members from Alief ISD decided to set up CFGs at

Alexander Elementary School for new teachers and student teachers.

Arts and Sciences design teams decided to integrate CFG methods into

core and major courses.

A faculty member at Texas Southern University is introducing CFG to

South Africa. She has made a preliminary trip and will return for planning

and implementation.

Critical Friends Group also has played a significant role in the work of the

teams involved in Annenberg’s Partnership for Quality Education initiative.

Faculty from the universities and schools involved in the PQE project have

attended Critical Friends Training, resulting in:

MEExxonMobilMathematicsInitiative

During the 2000-2001 school year, The Houston

Annenberg Challenge, Houston ISD and the

ExxonMobil Foundation teamed up to launch a

$1.3 million, three-year project to identify,

develop and place mathematics specialists in K-5

classrooms. The project’s first year targeted third-

grade students in eight Houston ISD schools,

including Anderson, Argyle, Elrod, Foerster,

Fondren, Halpin, Milne and Red elementary

schools. In the fall of 2001, several additional

schools, including Sutton, Benavidez, Shearn,

Rodriguez and Tinsley, joined the program.

The goal of the program is to improve students’

ability to understand and apply math concepts in

a variety of situations. The math specialists

involved in the project are former classroom

teachers selected for the specialist role because of

their comfort level with mathematics and their

interest in working with teachers and students.

In the program, each math specialist works with

teachers and administrators at participating

schools to provide leadership and expertise in

mathematics based on nationally recognized,

research-based professional development.

Specialists are in classrooms on a daily basis, co-

teaching and developing math lessons alongside

classroom teachers.

Specialists also play a key role in the development

of family programs such as Family Math Nights,

which are designed to enhance parents’ own math

skills, to teach them the process their children

undertake when learning mathematics and to

share with them specific lessons their children are

learning.

Houston ISD’s math specialists are part of a

national network of specialists supported by the

ExxonMobil Foundation. Since 1988, the K-5

mathematics specialist program has been a

centerpiece for the foundation’s interest in

improving students’ and teachers’ understanding

of mathematics. During this time, K-5

mathematics specialist projects have been funded

in 119 school districts in the United States, as

well as the Netherlands. During the 2001-2002

school year, the specialists network will be

expanded to Alief and Fort Bend ISDs.

ALMA DELIA MENDOZAage 11

EReplicating Successful Models on a Local and National Level

In addition to the model created for local high schools—

which is being used as an example for other schools across

the country—the work of The Houston Annenberg

Challenge and its partner schools continues to produce

results that are among the most successful and promising

in the nation. Some efforts of note include:

The Dual Language Program at Helms Community

Learning Center, which is being replicated at Hamilton

Middle School.

The Early Literacy Program at Poe Elementary, which is

being used as a model for similar programs throughout

Houston ISD.

The Fine Arts Centered Model at Bethune Academy, which

is being used as a model at Gregory-Lincoln Education

Center and in the Texarkana school district.

The After-School Program at Best Academy, which was

modeled after Annenberg’s Passport to Success program

and is being replicated in schools across the greater

Houston area.

The Alternative Schedule Model at Kennedy Elementary,

which is spreading to other campuses including Poe

Elementary, Lanier Middle School and Browning Elementary.

The Academy Model for teachers and students, as well as the

Educational Service Manager Model, at Eisenhower High

School, which are both playing a role in the ongoing efforts

to reform local high schools.

The Nature Center and Gardens Project at Drew and

Bethune academies and River Oaks and Browning

elementary schools, which is similar to an award-winning

program at Johnston Middle School.

The Critical Friends Study Group used at Beacon schools is

continuing to spread to Lamplighter campuses and is also

playing a key role in the efforts of the Partnership for

Quality Education.

The Professional Development Model at Beacon schools

continues to grow and has spread through Annenberg’s six

partner school districts.

The Portfolio Work of Beacon schools continues to be used

by other schools and districts across the country as a shining

example of what works best in school reform efforts.

The Charter School Model at KIPP Academy and YES College

Preparatory School is being replicated in Houston ISD.

EmergingModels

DSince its inception, The Houston Annenberg

Challenge has provided more than $19 million

in direct grants to these schools in Alief,

Aldine, Houston, Humble, North Forest and

Spring Branch ISDs. More than 90 percent of

these funds have been used by the schools to

ensure teachers get the latest research on

effective teaching tools and methods aimed at

improving and measuring student learning.

As planned, the funding provided during the

2001-2002 school year will be the fourth and

final round of grants provided to the schools.

After the current school year, each school and

its district will be responsible for sustaining

the funding for the programs and initiatives

begun through their work with Annenberg.

Beginning in January 2003, The Houston

Annenberg Challenge will transition to a new

phase of work focusing on restructuring local

high schools, revamping university-level

teacher preparation programs and replicating

models created by the schools during the

project’s first phase of grants.

Direct SchoolFunding

During the 2000-2001 school year, The Houston Annenberg Challenge

awarded $4.78 million in direct grants to 88 schools in six local

school districts. These grants were used to fund Whole School Reform

efforts aimed at meeting at least one of three Annenberg imperatives:

personalizing the learning environment, reducing isolation and

providing ongoing professional teacher development opportunities in

content areas.

BEACON SCHOOLS are shining examples of principals, teachers, parents and students who haveembraced and implemented the Annenberg philosophy of whole school change with great success.Grants provided by The Houston Annenberg Challenge have funded professional developmentactivities at these schools, transforming them from one-shot workshops to daily learning embeddedin the fabric of the school. The Beacon schools participate in a network of ongoing meetings,exchanges and visits and also share their learning experiences with the education community at largeas both hosts and presenters at conferences and workshops. This experience has translated intoseveral emerging models of Annenberg-funded programs discussed earlier in this report that otherschools across the city and state are beginning to use as models for their own school reform efforts.

FLOODLIGHT SCHOOLS are the result of The Houston Annenberg Challenge’s partnership withHouston ISD. In 1999, Houston Annenberg created apartnership with Project GRAD (Graduation ReallyAchieves Dreams) to enter four Houston ISD K-12school groups, called feeder patterns, beginning withWheatley High School. The Houston AnnenbergChallenge is funding ongoing professional developmentin these schools.

Floodlight Schools

Atherton Elementary SchoolBruce Elementary SchoolConcord Elementary SchoolCrawford Elementary SchoolDogan Elementary SchoolEliot Elementary SchoolFleming Middle SchoolN.Q. Henderson Elementary SchoolIsaacs Elementary SchoolAnson Jones Elementary SchoolMartinez Elementary SchoolMcReynolds Middle SchoolPugh Elementary SchoolScott Elementary SchoolScroggins Elementary SchoolE.O. Smith Elementary SchoolE.O. Smith Middle SchoolWheatley High SchoolABeacon Schools

Bethune AcademyBrowning Elementary SchoolDrew AcademyEisenhower High SchoolHelms Community Learning CenterKennedy Elementary SchoolLanier Middle SchoolPoe Elementary SchoolQuest High SchoolScott Elementary SchoolSpring Shadows Elementary School

AnnenbergFundedSchools

Lamplighter Schools

Albright Middle SchoolAnderson AcademyAnderson Elementary SchoolBest Elementary SchoolBriscoe Elementary SchoolCage Elementary SchoolCarver High SchoolClifton Middle SchoolClinton Park Elementary SchoolCondit Elementary SchoolDeBakey High SchoolDeZavala Elementary SchoolEdison Middle SchoolElmore Middle SchoolFleming Middle SchoolFurr High SchoolGallegos Elementary SchoolGrantham Middle SchoolGregory-Lincoln Education CenterHamilton Middle SchoolR.P. Harris Elementary SchoolHartman Middle SchoolHilliard Elementary SchoolHoffman Middle SchoolHogg Middle SchoolHolland Middle SchoolJohnston Middle SchoolJ. Will Jones Elementary SchoolKIPP AcademyLamar High SchoolLanier Middle SchoolMacGregor Elementary SchoolMcReynolds Middle SchoolNeff Elementary SchoolOates Elementary SchoolOlle Middle SchoolPershing Middle SchoolPine Shadows Elementary SchoolPleasantville Elementary SchoolPoe Elementary SchoolPort Houston Elementary SchoolProject ChrysalisRaymond Elementary SchoolReagan High SchoolReece AcademyReed IntermediateRees Elementary School

LAMPLIGHTER SCHOOLS are on the move toward Whole SchoolReform. They are working together to build professional learningcommunities with a common focus on academics.

Revere Middle SchoolRiver Oaks Elementary SchoolRoberts Elementary SchoolWill Rogers Elementary SchoolScroggins Elementary SchoolSharpstown High SchoolSharpstown Middle SchoolSpring Branch Elementary SchoolStovall AcademyThompson Elementary SchoolMark Twain Elementary SchoolWest University Elementary SchoolWestbury High SchoolWharton Elementary SchoolWhidby Elementary SchoolEd White Elementary School Whittier Elementary SchoolWilson Elementary SchoolYES College Preparatory School

DARIUS LONGORIAage 4

AAccountability

State of Texas Accountability System.

Houston Annenberg looks for progress toward

mastery of the material tested by the Texas

Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) for the

schools it funds. Mastery is defined as a Texas

Learning Index score of 85 or greater on TAAS.

A passing score is 70.

Peer Review Process. Achievement test scores

produce a one-day snapshot of a school’s

performance. To understand the whole picture,

Houston Annenberg created a Peer Review process

that assesses the school’s progress toward reducing

isolation, instilling quality teacher professional

development and building bridges to its

community, to other schools and even other

districts. A team of Peer Reviewers visits each

school or community of schools and scores the

campuses’ progress.

Outside Evaluators. Each year, Dr. Pedro

Reyes of the University of Texas at Austin leads a

team of 15 researchers from three universities in

evaluating all aspects of the Houston Annenberg

Challenge project. Conclusions from his latest

report can be found in the Evaluation Report

section of this annual report.

Houston Annenberg believes that measuring the growth and change

occurring in students, teachers, administrators and schools as campuses

undertake Whole School Reform is a critical component of the work.

Thus, Houston Annenberg utilizes three levels of accountability to

determine whether its projects are successful:

$20 millionThe Annenberg Foundation

$12 millionCarnegie Corporation/

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

$10 millionThe Brown FoundationHouston Endowment Incorporated

$500,000 to $1,000,000M. D. Anderson FoundationGordon and Mary Cain FoundationExxonMobil Foundation The Fondren Foundation

$250,000 to $499,999Carnegie CorporationCullen FoundationThe Powell Foundation

$100,000 to $249,999The Chase Texas FoundationMarion & Speros Martel FoundationJohn P. McGovern M.D. FoundationThe Rockwell Foundation*Vinson & Elkins, LLPUnited Way of the Texas Gulf CoastU.S. Department of Education

$50,000 to $99,999Jenard and Gail GrossJoe B. Foster FoundationGeorge & Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation*Houston Chronicle Maconda Brown O’ConnorShell Oil Company Foundation

$25,000 to $49,999Clayton Fund Marvy Finger Family FoundationThe George FoundationOcean Energy

$10,000 to $24,999Ray C. Fish FoundationGreater Houston Community FoundationJack H. and William M. Light Charitable TrustPublic Education Network/

JP Morgan Chase FoundationMr. Harry M. ReasonerMr. J. Victor Samuels

$500 to $9,999*Continental AirlinesMr. Jonathan DayMs. Janice DupuyEmployment & Training Centers, Inc.Ky & Almuth EwingFiesta Mart, Inc.J. Kent and Ann L. FriedmanHackett Family Foundation*Harris County Department of EducationHeimbinder Family FoundationHobby FoundationDavid A. JohnsonKPRC/Channel 2Kennedy/Wilson PropertiesRobert W. & Pearl Wallis Knox FoundationThe Kroger Co.*Mama Ninfa’s Catering*Region IV Education Service Center RoundtableSamuels Foundation of the Houston Jewish

Community FoundationStrake FoundationMs. Nellie Thorogood, Ph.D.Mr. & Mrs. Robert TudorMs. Andrea White

$499 and underMr. & Mrs. James BuescherMs. Billye Callier/Sterling Academic AssessmentLeonel Castillo

Ms. Barbara ChristopherMr. Bruce A. & Dr. Cheryl J. CraigMs. Honora DiazMs. Lynne Marion DoolittleMr. John & Ms. Jana FedorkoMr. H.D. Graham, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. C.W. HudspethMs. Susan JhinMs. Burdine JohnsonMs. Michaelann KelleyHarris and Eliza Kempner FundMr. William Gentry LeeRalph M. & Clara P. LewisMr. J.W. II, M.D., & Ms. Nancy R. LomaxMs. Marion McCollamMs. Elizabeth MacIntyreMr. & Mrs. William James MillerMs. Karol Musher, M.A., CCC-SLPMs. Joann NavratilThe Gary & Lee Rosenthal Foundation*Sam’s ClubMs. Carey C. ShuartSuper Summers, Inc.Ms. Nancy ThompsonDr. & Mrs. Peter K. Thompson, M.D.Mr. H. Michael TysonMs. Angela ValenzuelaMs. Isabel Brown WilsonMs. Rosie Zamora

*denotes in-kind contribution

DDonorsA

BRENDA MORALESage 9

The following information was extracted from financial statements thatwere audited by an independent accounting firm. A complete set ofaudited financial statements is available upon request. Houston AnnenbergChallenge is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization.

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITYFISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2001 AND 2000

JUNE 30, 2001 JUNE 30, 2000REVENUE

The Annenberg Foundation $ 4,889,940 $ 3,525,882

Grants and Contributions 1,598,983 2,395,209

Donated Use of Facilities 43,940 43,940

Investments 375,436 281,161

Training Fees 237,164

Total Revenue 7,145,463 6,246,192

EXPENSES

Program Services 6,877,557 6,886,574

Administration 209,975 196,441

Fund-Raising 62,436 116,444

Total Expenses 7,149,968 7,199,459

Changes in Net Assets $ (4,505) $ (953,267)

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITIONSFISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2001 AND 2000

JUNE 30, 2001 JUNE 30, 2000

Cash & Cash Equivalents $ 6,300,452 $ 5,905,726

Grants Receivable 3,886,437 5,866,806

Total Assets $10,186,889 $11,772,532

Grants Payable $ 3,790,277 $ 5,344,233

Other Payables 147,181 174,363

Total Liabilities 3,937,458 5,518,596

Net Assets 6,249,431 6,253,936

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $10,186,889 $11,772,532

FFinancials

BBoard ofTrustees

THE HOUSTON ANNENBERG CHALLENGE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Jonathan Day, ChairmanManaging PartnerAndrews & Kurth, Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton, LLP

Andrea White, PresidentCivic Volunteer

Janice Dupuy, SecretaryConsultant, NUCO

BOARD MEMBERS

Leonel CastilloEducation Liaison, Mayor’s Office

Joe B. FosterChairman, President & CEONewfield Exploration Company

Ann Friedman, Ph.D.Adjunct Professor, The University of Houston

H. Devon Graham, Jr.R.E. Smith Interests

Jenard GrossPresident, Gross Investments

Linda P. LayReal Estate Development

Daniel LeffChief Operating Officer, Enron Energy Services

Karol Musher, M.A., CCC-SLPSpeech, Language and Learning DisordersTexas Children’s Hospital

Maconda Brown O’Connor, Ph.D.President, Brown Foundation

Harry ReasonerManaging Partner, Vinson & Elkins, LLP

J. Victor SamuelsChairman, Victory Packaging

Nellie Carr Thorogood, Ph.D.Vice-Chancellor for OrganizationalDevelopment & Institutional Renewal, North Harris Montgomery Community College District

H. Michael TysonVice Chairman, Retired, Chase Bank Texas

Rosie ZamoraPresident, Telesurveys Research Associates

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