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Message from the President

In 2007, Goodwill took on an initiative called the Power of Work Campaign to increase services in our community through Job Connection Centers, Stores and Attended Donation Centers.  We opened several new Goodwill Donation Centers and three new Goodwill stores.  Each time we open stores and centers, we create more jobs in the community which assists us in our mission of Changing Lives Through the Power of Work.  With our expansion, we have gained new customers and kept our loyal customer base.  It's important to open new stores because it gives us an opportunity to employ and train more people in and throughout Houston and surrounding areas.  We also unveiled our new on-line Goodwill GoodNews Newsletter.  If you would like a copy of this important newsletter, please contact me at steve@goodwillhouston.org and I will make sure your e-mail address gets added to our list.

This year we will again be creating new jobs throughout our community, and we will be adding additional locations for the convenience of our donors, customers and employees.  Over the past few years we have worked hard to decentralize our entire operation so that we can be more accessible to all people who need our services.

As we expand to better serve you, we will continue to exemplify integrity, dignity, and trust, not only to our contributors, but also to the individuals who receive training, education and placement through Goodwill.  Your donations create jobs and we are so grateful for your support.  I encourage you to visit one of our new convenient donation centers and our new Goodwill Select stores.  We are excited to share Goodwill with everyone and we know you will like what you see.

The sales from our stores help provide funding for our Education, Employment and Training Programs.  We encourage you to become a frequent shopper at Goodwill so that we can train, educate and employ even more people in our area.

Pleae take a moment to explore our website for more ways you can become involved.  We host outstanding special events throughout the year and we feel we have the best volunteers around.  We also offer excellent contract services for all of your business outsourcing needs.

Thanks to everyone for your support. We hope you will continue to help spread the "good" in Goodwill.

Steve Lufburrow
President/CEO
Goodwill Industries of Houston

713 699 6332
Changing Lives Through the Power of Work

GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF HOUSTON

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2008

Executive Committee:

Chairman of the Board                   

Bill Kacal                                

Deloitte & Touche

Vice Chairman/Treasurer               

Tommy Moore                       

First Investors Financial Services

Secretary                                              

Richard Hightower              

 Wachovia Wealth Management     

Sr. Chairman of the Board           

Sterling B. McCall, Jr.        

Sterling McCall Toyota/Lexus

Chairman Emeritus                           

Jim R. Smith                         

Jim R. Smith Company

Sr. Chairman Emeritus                  

Harvey R. Houck                  

Houck Realty Company

President/CEO                                  

Steven P. Lufburrow          

Goodwill Industries of Houston

                                                               

Dougal Cameron                   

Cameron Interests

                                                               

William K. Wilde                   

Bracewell & Giuliani

 

Directors:

Terri Ammerman                      The Ammerman Experience

Mike Bahorich                          Apache Corporation

Bruce Baker                              Baker Jackson Nissan

Gregory Bopp                            Bracewell & Giuliani

Sue Burnett                               Burnett Personnel Services

Michael Conway                        Kanaly Trust

Carlton Cook                            Oil & Gas Exploration

*Jim D’Agostino                       Encore Bank

Stephanie Donaho                     Locke Liddell & Sapp

John Duffie                                Nelson Duffie Interests

John Ebeling                             Retired from Enterprise Leasing*Doug Foshee                           El Paso Energy

William Heller                           Thompson & Knight LLP*

Don Jordan                                Jordan Capital Management

Frank Lee                                 Cypress Asset Management

Mark Lee                                  Lee Contracting

George Lindahl                         Sandefer Capital Partners

Allene Lucas                             Retired from Chase Bank of TexasRaymond McCall                      Community Volunteer

Jerome Simon                           Northern Trust*

George Smith                           Wachovia Wealth Management           

Marc Soper                               Soper Brothers, Inc

.Cynthia Urquhart                     Community Volunteer

Jim Vanderhider                       Enervest Management Partners

Barbara Vilutis                          Amegy Bank of Texas

Dr. Henry D. Wilde, Jr.            Retired Physician

Michael Wilde                           Dewalch Technologies

 

*Advisory Board Member

 

Each board member serves 2-3 year terms and must rotate in the 7th year as per our bylaws.