2016 Gulf Coast Best Practices and DiversityFIRST™ Awards Luncheon

Date

October 27, 2016

 

Theme

Inclusive Leadership: Moving business Forward

 

Location

Bayou City Event Center
9401 Knight Road
Houston, TX 77045

 

Schedule of Events

Registration: 8:00 a.m. — 9:00 a.m.
Best Practices Sessions: 9:00 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. — 11:15 a.m.
DiversityFIRST™ Awards Luncheon: 11:30 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.

 

Keynote Speaker

Sallie Rainer

Sallie
Rainer
President & CEO
Entergy Texas

 

Best Practices Sessions

9:00 a.m. — 10:00 a.m.
Managers as Champions for Diversity & Inclusion

Tracy Brown

Tracy
Brown
President
Diversity Trends LLC

10:15 a.m. — 11:15 a.m.
Six Success Traits of An Inclusive Leader

Arthur Jackson

Arthur
Jackson
CEO & Principal
The Vision Inspired Performance Group

 

Sponsorship Opportunities




Co-Title Table — Donor Level $8,000

  • Designated as a Co-Title sponsor for the DiversityFIRST™ Awards Luncheon; this designation will be on all ads for the event as well as in the program
  • Opportunity to have a representative from your organization speak at the event (5min)
  • Corporate logo on all pre-event and event promotional material listed
  • Will publicly receive a Recognition Plaque at the event
  • Recognition in the DiversityFIRST™ Newsletter as a sponsor
  • Recognition on the Texas Diversity Council website as a sponsor
  • Corporate banner displayed at the event (supplied by your company)
  • Corporate logo on the cover of the program
  • Full-page ad in the program; Ads must be received 3 weeks before the scheduled event
  • One reserved table seating 8
  • One Exhibitor/Vendor Table

Red Sponsor – Donor Level $3,500

  • Designated as an official sponsor of the DiversityFIRST™ Awards Luncheon
  • Corporate logo on all pre-event and promotional material listed
  • Will publicly receive a Recognition Plaque at the event
  • Recognition in the DiversityFIRST™ Newsletter as a sponsor
  • Recognition on the Texas Diversity Council web site as a sponsor
  • Corporate logo on the cover of the program
  • Half-page ad in the program; Ads must be received 3 weeks before the scheduled event
  • One reserved table seating 8
  • One Exhibitor/Vendor Table

White — Donor Level $2,500

  • Designated as an official sponsor of the DiversityFIRST™ Awards Luncheon
  • Corporate logo on all pre-event and event promotional material listed
  • Will publicly receive a Recognition Certificate at the event
  • Quarter-page ad in the program; Ads must be received 3 weeks before the scheduled event
  • One reserved table seating 8

Blue Sponsor — Donor Level $1,200

  • Designated as an official sponsor of the DiversityFIRST™ Awards Luncheon
  • Corporate name on event promotional material listed
  • Public recognition at the event as a sponsor
  • One reserved table seating 8

Half Table Sponsor — Donor Level $650

  • 4 seats

Individual Registration — $129

  • Individual Registration

 

For sponsorship questions, please contact

David Vanek at 979-777-5820 or [email protected] for additional information about the event.

 

Make checks payable to Texas Diversity Council and mail to

PO Box 590258
Houston, Texas 77259-0258

 

Co-Title Sponsors

Hilcorp
Valic

 

Sponsors

Aerotek
Aerotek
Air Products
Amegy Bank of Texas
Andrews Kurth
AT&T
Bloomin' Brands
CBI
CenterPoint Energy
Cigna
Deloitte
Direct Energy
Gulf State Engineering
Harris County Attorney
HEB
Halliburton
Houston Woman Magazine
Jetall
Kelsey Seybold
KPMG
Lone Star College System
Metro
Morgan Stanley
Phillips66
Southwest
Sysco
Tenaris
TDECU
MD Anderson Cancer Center
United Airlines
University of Houston Downtown
University of Phoenix
USAA
Wells Fargo