Staff & Board

Staff

CO-FOUNDERS
Frederick Baldwin, Co-Founder

Wendy Watriss, Co-Founder
713.223.5522 ext 19

DIRECTOR
Steven Evans, Executive Director
713.223.5522 ext 19 

 

ADMINISTRATION
Marianne Stavenhagen, Administrative Manager
713.223.5522 ext 19

COMMUNICATIONS
Asaeda Badat, Manager of Communications and Engagement
713.223.5522 ext 14

EXHIBITIONS
Chris Wicker, Exhibitions Manager
713.223.5522 ext 10

PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Sarah Ansell, Director of Meeting Place Portfolio Reviews
713.223.5522 ext 21

Maureen "Mo" Munley, Program Associate, Meeting Place Portfolio Reviews
713.223.5522 ext 21

LEARNING PROGRAM
Chelsea Jones, Learning Program Manager
713.223.5522 ext 11

Haven Jones, Learning Program Coordinator
713.223.5522 ext 12 

For all inquiries, please contact us at info@fotofest.org.

Board of Directors

Wendy Watriss, Chairperson
Co-founder, FotoFest

William E. Joor III, President
Partner – Retired, Vinson & Elkins LLP

Masud Haq, Vice President and Treasurer
Senior Vice President, Digital Strategy, Publicis.Sapient

Marcia Nichols, Vice President
Educator and Community Leader

Kenneth Frederick, Secretary
Senior Reserves Consultant – Retired, Exxon Mobil

Abigail Owen-Pontez, Assistant Secretary
Community Volunteer

Caroline Looke Benak
Production Superintendent, Walter Oil & Gas Corporation

Stanley C. Beyer
Partner – Retired, Baker Botts LLP

Kath Blanco
National Sales Director – Retired, Univision    

Ashlyn Davis Burns
Founding Director, Assembly

J. Travis Capps, Jr.
Chief Commercial Officer, Motiva Enterprises LLC

Michael A. Casey
Managing Director, Scotiabank

Steven Evans
Executive Director, FotoFest

Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee
Artist and Writer

Slavka B. Glaser
Investment Banker, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Carola Herrin, Emerita
Community Volunteer

Anna Thomsen Holliday
Danish Consul in Houston

Bryn Larsen
Co-founder, Koslov Larsen Gallery

David Moore
Founder, Pictura Gallery

Ben H. Powell, V
Partner – Retired, Vinson & Elkins LLP

Gregory M. Spier
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Financial Services

Phuong Tranvan
Independent Financial Analyst

Anne Wilkes Tucker, Emerita
Curator Emerita, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Ben Wilcox
Partner, Perella Weinberg Partners

In Memoriam
Frederick C. Baldwin, Chairperson Emeritus
Co-founder, FotoFest

James C. Kempner, President Emeritus