Board Members 2011-2012
Meet Your New Slate of Officers for IABC Houston 2011-12
Our new team is eager to get to work providing online resources, professional development events, networking solutions for you and your organization. AND we want to hear from you. Feel free to leave a comment, here in the Contact Us form. Or send an email to IABCHouston@gmail.com and we'll get back to you!! You can mention us by name in the subject line, if you'd like one of us specifically to see your note.
President
Elaine W Krause is a long-time member of IABC – twice VP for Professional Development and a Co-President of ESIG (Entrepreneur's Strategic Interest Group). Her passions are "measureable outcomes" and bringing value to each customer. Elaine's company, Communications Outsourcing, has done a lot of large-document creation for energy companies around town and lately she's enjoying a variety of social media and e-marketing projects.
Past-President
Nancy Trowbridge has served the board for two years as Vice President of Finance. She is the director of Communications for The Menninger Clinic, an international psychiatric center. She has more than 15 consecutive years membership in IABC with board positions in professional development (Topeka, Kansas, chapter), communications contest judging and as vice president of finance in Houston. She has also helped plan a regional IABC conference. Nancy has a bachelor's of science degree in journalism and before entering the employee communications-media relations-corporate communications field, she worked five years at two daily newspapers as a lifestyle and postsecondary education reporter/photographer.
For the past year, Mary Hardin-Francis has served IABC Houston as Secretary. Mary has her own business, Hardin-Francis Enterprises, where developing close client relationships has been a priority from day one. Many of Mary's clients have been with her firm for 10+ years. We expect her to bring that same energy for relationship building to her leadership of this organization.
VP for Finance
Another returnee to the IABC Houston Board is Kathryn Butcher, VP for Public Relations with the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA). She was VP for Marketing and Communications with Neighborhood Centers Inc., and for many years Vice President of Community Relations with Wells Fargo. Kathryn returns to the VP Finance position she held a few years ago. We missed her and are happy to bring her back again!
VP for Marketing
New to IABC and new to Houston, Thomas Baen is a marketing consultant specializing in statistics and market research. He helps companies build market share and increase profits through good use of customer demographics and psychographics. He's worked with IABC Houston on measurement and analytics; he also volunteers with the American Red Cross and Boy Scouts of America.
VP for Member Services
Sylvester Garza has spent over twenty years offering a wide range of professional photographic services. He also provides training to help clients improve the quality of their in-house photography. Sylvester's a long-time member of ESIG. He has a black belt in martial arts which he finds a help in crowd control at IABC luncheon and membership events. One last tidbit: he was once a guitarist with Houston's own Archie Bell and the Drells.
VP for Professional Development
As an independent business owner, Alise Isbell provides instructional design services on any topic and delivers instructor-led training courses. After earning her master's degree in Business Communication, she formed Write Wise Communications, LLC. Alise brings that wealth of experience to her work in developing quality programming for IABC. Alise believes in supporting professional organizations like IABC and enjoys working with others and learning more about communications.)
