Fort Bend Lifestyles and Homes Magazine Oct 2009: Business News1

Thomas Abraham, a Sugar Land City Council member, has been elected president of Texas Municipal League Region 14 – San Jacinto Region-Houston Area. As president of the San Jacinto – Houston area region, Abraham will serve as presiding officer and chief executive.

The TML has 15 regions, with each region expected to promote interest in municipal government, facilitate information exchange among the cities in the region and assist the TML board of directors in formulating policy that represents the diverse interests of the state.

Abraham was elected to office on June 19, 2004. He is vice president of the Sugar Land Development Corporation, chairman of Sugar Land Reinvestment Zone No. 3 and serves as a board member on the Houston-Galveston Area Council. He is a member of the Exchange Club of

Sugar Land, Fort Bend Rotary Club and Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce.

Stephen Hann was elected a life director of the National Association of Home Builders at the association ’s spring board of directors meeting in Washington, D.C.

Hann is the president of Hann Builders in Houston, a full service, design/build custom builder and remodeler. The company has been in business since 1993 and, besides numerous awards over the years, was named NAHB ’s Custom Builder of the Year for 2008.

Hann is also active in the Houston community through his work with Boy Scouts of America, Child Advocates of Fort Bend County and Lakewood Church.

Kyle Atchison has been promoted to assistant vice president at Founders Bank with responsibility for commercial banking. His primary focus will include helping companies achieve financial objectives using Founders Bank ’s extensive portfolio of business products and services.

Atchison joined Founders Bank in January 2008 as a credit analyst. He is a graduate of Sam Houston State University, where he earned a bachelor ’s degree in finance/banking and financial institutions.

Deb Vangellow, director of instruction at Sweetwater Country Club, has been elected national vice president for the Ladies Professional Golf Association Teaching and Club Professionals. She will serve the membership in this capacity with fellow LPGA member president elect Dana Rader, Top 100 Teacher and owner/operator of the Dana Rader Golf School in Charlotte, N.C.

“This is an incredible honor and opportunity. I am so pleased to be in a position to serve the LPGA T &CP Membership with my colleague Dana Rader, a terrific teacher and industry leader. We both believe in the unlimited potential and possibilities of the LPGA and are going to focus on developing a strategic plan that will enable us to have sustainability and growth. The future is exciting and Dana and I will definitely enjoy the journey, ” said Vangellow.

A LPGA Class A member, Vangellow holds both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science Degree in Health/Physical Education/Coaching and Educational Leadership/Psychology from the University of Northern Iowa and Miami (Ohio) University, respectively.

Tracey Shaw has been promoted to the executive team at Texana Center as the director of fundraising and community relations. Shaw joined Texana Center in September 2008 as community relations manager. Since arriving at Texana, her primary focus was to create more awareness of Texana Center through the local communities, its leaders and Texana parents.

In her broadened role, Shaw will be responsible for all fundraising activities, media relations, marketing, community awareness and the volunteer program.

Andi Wallis joined the team at Texana Center as community relations manager. Wallis has several years experience in marketing and community relations, and is familiar with the counties that Texana Center serves, having grown up in Matagorda and lived in Fort Bend counties.

Bill Jameson and Jared Jameson of WJ Interests, LLC, have both been named in Texas Monthly magazine’s Five Star: Best in Client Satisfaction survey for 2009. The award was limited to the top 7 percent of all wealth managers within the Houston market. Only wealth managers with more than five year ’s experience in the industry were considered. This year’s survey appeared as a special section in the September issue of Texas Monthly.

As many as 200,000 consumers and 10,000 financial service professionals were asked to evaluate up to three financial wealth managers, which included financial planners, investment advisors, life insurance agents, attorneys and bankers. Respondents were asked to evaluate only wealth managers who they knew through personal experience and to evaluate them based on nine criteria: customer service, integrity, knowledge/expertise, communication, value for fee charged, meets financial objectives, post-sale services, quality of recommendations and overall satisfaction.

Memorial Hermann Healthcare System has teamed with the LPGA Tour Championship as its Official Healthcare Provider and its Children ’s Memorial Hermann Hospital as the primary benefiting charity. Memorial Hermann, which won the nation ’s top healthcare quality award in 2009, will provide on-course first aid for patrons and medical support for the LPGA players.

Memorial Hermann will also have a presence at the tournament with its logo on all the volunteer shirts and a tent where spectators can stop by and receive more information about the services Memorial Hermann provides.