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GCCE Leadership History

Past Presidents of Gulf Coast Chamber Executives Since its Inception

  • 1959-62 Fred Jones, Texas City
  • 1963-65 Leonard Patillo, Houston
  • 1966-67 Tom Purdy, Galveston
  • 1968 Roger Westrup, Bellaire
  • 1969 Cliff Terrell, Rosenberg
  • 1970 Hollis McGinnis, Alvin
  • 1971 Les Box, Texas City
  • 1972 Carroll Davidson, Pasadena
  • 1973 Art Spencer, Port Arthur
  • 1974 Webb Sharpe, Clear Lake Area
  • 1975 Bill Jones, Houston
  • 1976 Diane Holland, Tomball Area
  • 1977 Walter Jackson, Conroe
  • 1978 Jerry Eversole, Humble Area
  • 1979 David Ross, Clear Lake Area
  • 1980 Terry Burns, Orange
  • 1981 Lillian Gunderlach, La Porte/Bayshore
  • 1982 Lee Tucker, Houston
  • 1983 Tracey Wheeler, Baytown
  • 1984 Tony Ber, Houston Northwest
  • 1985 Linda Fuller, Port Neches
  • 1986 Claudette Alderman, Clear Lake Area
  • 1987 John Zemanek, La Porte
  • 1988 Weldon Zgarba, Angleton
  • 1989 Kevin Brady, South Montgomery County Woodlands
  • 1990 Jack Hodson, Fort Bend County
  • 1991 John Tirado, Deer Park
  • 1992 Jimmy Hayley, Texas City/La Marque
  • 1993 Billie Jones, Wharton
  • 1994 Bill McCoy, Pasadena
  • 1995 John Tindel, Galveston
  • 1996 Richard Knapik, Bay City
  • 1997 Sandra Shaw, Brazosport
  • 1998 Colleen Hicks, La Porte/Bayshore
  • 1999 Bruce Hillegeist, Tomball Area
  • 2000 Rikki Wheeler, Baytown
  • 2001 Jo Ann Armstrong, North Galveston County
  • 2002 Jenny Scoggins-Senter, Texas City/La Marque
  • 2003 Sherry Trainer, Pasadena
  • 2004 Sharon McLean, Deer Park
  • 2005 Debbie Thomas, League City
  • 2006 Bill McCoy, Pasadena
  • 2007 Andy Dill, Community of EMC
  • 2008 Beth Journeay, Greater Angleton
  • 2009 Missy Malechek, West Chambers County
  • 2010 Connie Ellies, Alvin-Manvel
  • 2011 Fay Picard, Santa Fe
  • 2012 Page Michel, Brenham/Washington County
  • 2013 Cindy Dewease, Clear Lake Area
  • 2014 Tim Culp, Deer Park
  • 2015 Johanna Williams, Alvin-Manvel
  • 2016 Barbara Thomason, Houston Northwest Chamber
  • 2017 Shari Sweeney, Clear Lake Area Chamber
  • 2018 Shari Sweeney, Clear Lake Area Chamber
  • 2019 Tracey Wheeler, Baytown Chamber
  • 2020 Johanna McWilliams, Alvin-Manvel Chamber
  • 2020-21 Bruce Hillegeist, Tomball Chamber
  • 2022 Page Michel, Texas City/LaMarque Chamber (1/2 year) - moved to Hill Country
  • 2022 Jane Heinze, Washington County Chamber
  • 2023 Kristin Weiss, Central Fort Bend Chamber
  • 2024 Kari Werner, Houston West Chamber
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