Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes Magazine Jul 2009: Business News 1

Jeffrey Stone, who currently serves as chairman of the Association for Community Broadcasting in Houston, was selected as a new member to the board of trustees for the Association of Public Television Stations. The Association for Community Broadcasting is a group of citizen volunteers who raise funds on behalf of HoustonPBS/Channel 8 and KUHF Houston Public Radio.

Stone began his involvement with HoustonPBS in 1992 as a donor and on-air talent during pledge drives before joining the board in 1999. After being elected president of Association of Community Broadcasting in 2003, Stone saw the need for stable, long-term funding for both KUHF Houston Public Radio and HoustonPBS, and was instrumental in establishing an endowment. He has led board delegations to Washington, D.C., to lobby for continued public funding and has initiated a local dialogue to maintain closer contact with the U.S. Senate and house delegations.

Jeff Tallas received the Leader of the Year award from The Rosenberg-Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce as the Leadership Fort Bend Class of 2009 prepared to graduate. Class members were asked to vote for the winner.

Tallas is a native Houstonian and active member of the chamber. After graduating from Texas A &M with a B.B.A. degree in marketing, he obtained a pharmaceutical sales position with Merck Inc. in Dallas. In 1995, Jeff moved to Fort Bend and started Tallas Insurance and Financial Services in Sugar Land.

Other affiliates, committee and organization memberships include Celebrations for Children charities, the Texas A &M Houston Reveille Club, City of Sugar Land Redistricting Committee, City of Sugar Land Ethics Review Committee, and Southwest Houston/Sugar Land Rotary Club.

Jim Hudnall recently retired from Riverstone after a career in Fort Bend Real estate.

Hudnall has been in custom sales at Riverstone since the community’s inception. He successfully led Riverstone’s strong custom home program, working diligently with clients to close countless homes and complete two neighborhoods, with two more nearly completed. Before coming to Riverstone, Hudnall was custom sales director for First Colony, and also built a successful program there.

Hudnall has won the Greater Houston Builders Association’s coveted PRISM award five times and the Texas Association of Builders’ Star Awards twice. All seven honors were for Salesperson of the Year or Sales Manager of the Year. Hudnall also has been admitted into the Million Dollar Guild of the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing and is a past president of the Women ’s Council of Realtors.

Following his retirement, Jim and his wife, Kaye, look forward to traveling and spending more time with their three children and eight grandchildren.

Missouri City Police Detective Russell Terry, whose hard work led to solving two high-profile crimes last year, was recognized by the Quail Valley Exchange Club as its 2008 Police Officer of the Year.

The Quail Valley Exchange Club honored Terry with the title at a ceremony at the Westin Galleria in Houston.

“It is a privilege to be part of the team that keeps Missouri City one of the safest in the nation, ” said Terry, who has served with the MCPD for seven and a half years. “I am honored that the Quail Valley Exchange Club would recognize the investigative work done by so many MCPD officers and staff to solve these crimes. ”

Terry was awarded the title this year because of his work as lead investigator on two cases. One involved the robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank on Hampton Drive last February. The second case was the robbery and murder of college student Ashok Bhattarai as he worked the evening shift at the First Stop convenience store on Cartwright Road.

Methodist Sugar Land Hospital announces a new affiliation with Ana Corteguera, M.P.H., D.O., Julie Hung, M.D., and Yana Finkelshteyn, M.D. All three physicians have been working in the Sugar Land area and have now relocated on the Methodist Sugar Land Hospital campus. Their new practice will now be named Methodist Family Medicine Group.

“We are very pleased to have these three physicians join The Methodist Hospital System as Methodist Family Medicine Group, ” said Ayse McCracken, senior Vice president of The Methodist Hospital System and COO of The Methodist Hospital Physician Organization. “They share the values-based, personal approach to quality patient care that makes Methodist unique and this relationship such a great fit. Their patients will benefit from Methodist ’s state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic technology, all right here in Fort Bend County. ”

Dr. Corteguera graduated from the University of North Texas/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center and Methodist Hospital of Dallas. Dr. Corteguera speaks, reads and writes Spanish fluently. She is board-certified in Family Medicine.

Dr. Hung graduated from and completed her residency at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. She was also a research assistant at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and teaching assistant at Rice University. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.

Dr. Finkelshteyn graduated from Baylor College of Medicine and completed her residency through the Central Texas Medical Foundation Family Practice Residency Program, which included Brackenridge Hospital, St. David ’s Hospital and Blackstock Family Health Center. Dr. Finkelshteyn is fluent in English, Spanish and Russian. She is board-certified in Family Medicine.

Ken Davis, McNeill Elementary principal, is the Texas’ 2009 Elementary-Level National Distinguished Principal. The announcement came at the Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association’s Summer Conference. Davis received a check for $10,000 and will represent Texas at the National Distinguished Principals program in Washington, D.C., in October.

Leading a melting pot of 27 cultures, Davis has created a school family that collaborates to achieve academic, social and behavioral goals for each child. Working diligently beside his staff, Davis empowers people to seek innovations, share ideas and implement best practices for students. In Lamar CISD, Davis is known as a principal who will inquire about instructional programming, seek solutions regarding curriculum issues, share information with colleagues and serve as an advocate for students. Before opening McNeill this year, Davis led Pink Elementary, from academically acceptable to exemplary.

Founders Bank is one of the first financial institutions in the U.S. to offer customers a unique checking account experience called Kasasa.

Kasasa accounts—designed for today’s on-the-go consumer—pay accountholders for using financial tools such as check cards and e-statements. Customers can soon choose how they receive those rewards.

Founders Bank is currently offering Kasasa Cash, a free checking account with no minimum balance, no monthly fees, free online banking and nationwide ATM fee refunds. Each month, customers are rewarded with high interest rates on their checking balance.

To receive the benefits Kasasa accounts offer, accountholders need to meet easy monthly qualifications, including receiving statements electronically, accessing online banking, using a debit card and making an electronic transaction. The bank expects to roll out additional Kasasa options later this year, which will allow customers to receive rewards in an automatic savings account, as iTunes downloads or even as a donation to charity.