NIRI Houston | National Investor Relations Institute http://niri-houston.org Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:47:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Get to know your new NIRI-Houston board members for 2012-2013 year! #5 – Sydney Isaacs http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year-5-sydney-isaacs/ http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year-5-sydney-isaacs/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:00:10 +0000 emicheli http://niri-houston.org/?p=1531 NIRI-Houston 2012-2013 board members profile feature #5 is Vice President Special Events & Programming, Sydney Isaacs. Read below for more on what Sydney deems inspiring and why she likes NIRI and Houston.

  1. What’s your favorite vacation spot?
    Hiking in Montana
  2. What’s your favorite dessert or type of food?
    I love tacos, and it isn’t that exciting but I absolutely love salads.
  3. What inspires you?
    My parents inspire me for always seeking a chance to learn, not being afraid to be entrepreneurial, and giving so much back to their community.
  4. Describe yourself in a single sentence?
    Every day I think I won the lottery because I have a job I love and supportive and fun family and friends. And my dog, Stanley.
  5. Would you rather be known as a famous leader or a famous inventor?
    Inventor, so long as it is something really cool.
  6. Would you rather talk like Yoda or breathe like Darth Vader?
    Yikes, I don’t know who Yoda is but I don’t like Darth Vader’s breathing, so Yoda it is!
  7. What’s your favorite thing about Houston?
    So much to do – museums, opera, theaters, swimming in the summer… And of course rodeo!
  8. How long have you been a NIRI member?
    I was a member in the LA chapter and have been in the Houston chapter for two years.
  9. How long have you served on the NIRI board?
    This is my first year!
  10. Why did you decide to join the NIRI board?
    I really enjoy working with the other great board members.
  11. What’s the biggest benefit that NIRI gives you?
    Getting the inside view of trends in the IR profession.
  12. What came first: the chicken or the egg?
    You have to have a chicken to lay an egg, duh!

 

Sydney’s Logistics and Contact Information:

NIRI BOARD POSITION: Vice President Special Events & Programming
COMPANY NAME: The Abernathy MacGregor Group
COMPANY TITLE: Senior Vice President
SRI@abmac.com
832-459-8720

 

 

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]]> http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year-5-sydney-isaacs/feed/ 0 Get to know your new NIRI-Houston board members for 2012-2013 year! #4 – Hope Novosad http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year-4-hope-novosad/ http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year-4-hope-novosad/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:01:14 +0000 emicheli http://niri-houston.org/?p=1524 Week four of highlighting your NIRI-Houston 2012-2013 board members is Vice President of Membership, Hope Novosad. Read below for more on Hope’s likes about NIRI and Houston.

  1. What’s your favorite vacation spot?
    The beach!
  2. What’s your favorite dessert or type of food?
    Key Lime Pie
  3. What inspires you?
    Making a difference in the lives of others, both personally and professionally.
  4. Describe yourself in a single sentence?
    Faith, Family then Work.
  5. Would you rather be known as a famous leader or a famous inventor?
    Famous leader
  6. Would you rather talk like Yoda or breathe like Darth Vader?
    Talk like Yoda
  7. What’s your favorite thing about Houston?
    The philanthropic opportunities.
  8. How long have you been a NIRI member?
    6 years
  9. How long have you served on the NIRI board?
    4-1/2 years
  10. Why did you decide to join the NIRI board?
    I wanted to expand my service to the chapter, increase my understanding of IR and become more involved at the National level.
  11. What’s the biggest benefit that NIRI gives you?
    Networking and collaborating with experienced IROs as we work together in an evolving profession.
  12. What came first: the chicken or the egg?
    Chicken

 

Hope’s Logistics and Contact Information:

NIRI BOARD POSITION: Vice President Membership
COMPANY NAME: ProActive Communications
COMPANY TITLE: President & CEO
hmnovosad@gmail.com
281-705-0894

 

 

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]]> http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year-4-hope-novosad/feed/ 0 Get to know your new NIRI-Houston board members for 2012-2013 year! #3 – Scott Winters http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year-3-scott-winters/ http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year-3-scott-winters/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:35:16 +0000 emicheli http://niri-houston.org/?p=1496 Moving right along, we are in week three of featuring profiles of your NIRI-Houston 2012-2013 board members. Our third profile is Past President, Scott Winters. Read below to get a glimpse of what drives Scott’s motivation and why he likes Houston.

  1. What’s your favorite vacation spot?
    Tropical beach
  2. What’s your favorite dessert or type of food?
    Cheesecake
  3. What inspires you?
    Anything challenging
  4. Describe yourself in a single sentence?
    I am driven by achievement of goals
  5. Would you rather be known as a famous leader or a famous inventor?
    Leader
  6. Would you rather talk like Yoda or breathe like Darth Vader?
    Darth Vader
  7. What’s your favorite thing about Houston?
    The awesome weather
  8. How long have you been a NIRI member?
    10+ years
  9. How long have you served on the NIRI board?
    6+ years
  10. Why did you decide to join the NIRI board?
    To get involved and do my part to help keep the Chapter strong
  11. What’s the biggest benefit that NIRI gives you?
    Networking
  12. What came first: the chicken or the egg?
    Egg

 

Scott’s Logistics and Contact Information:

NIRI BOARD POSITION: Past President
COMPANY NAME: Plains Exploration & Production Company
COMPANY TITLE: VP Corporate Planning and Research
swinters@pxp.com
713-579-6190

 

 

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]]> http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year-3-scott-winters/feed/ 1 John Palizza Article in NIRI’s IR Update Magazine http://niri-houston.org/john-palizza-article-in-niris-ir-update-magazine/ http://niri-houston.org/john-palizza-article-in-niris-ir-update-magazine/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:01:45 +0000 emicheli http://niri-houston.org/?p=1487 John Palizza, teacher of investor relations at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University has an article in NIRI’s IR Update magazine Sept issue.

Link to the NIRI publications and read John’s article: “From Theory to Practice” Business school academics can lay an important foundation for the practical challenges of investor relations.

IR Update is NIRI’s premier monthly member magazine is the industry standard for IR trends and data.

]]> http://niri-houston.org/john-palizza-article-in-niris-ir-update-magazine/feed/ 0 Get to know your new NIRI-Houston board members for 2012-2013 year! #2 – Ann Tanabe http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year-2-ann-tanabe/ http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year-2-ann-tanabe/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:54:55 +0000 emicheli http://niri-houston.org/?p=1477 Here we are in week two where we are featuring profiles of your NIRI-Houston 2012-2013 board members. Our second profile features Board Administrator, Ann Tanabe. Read below to find out how long she’s been with NIRI and why she believes Houston is a great city.

Ann Tanabe, Board Administrator

  1. What’s your favorite vacation spot?
    Hawaii
  2. What’s your favorite desert or type of food?
    I love anything chocolate!
  3. Would you rather be known as a famous leader or a famous inventor?
    An inventor
  4. Would you rather talk like Yoda or breathe like Darth Vader?
    Talk like Yoda
  5. What’s your favorite thing about Houston?
    The diversity of the city…it is truly a melting pot.
  6. How long have you been a NIRI member?
    For more than 10 years
  7. How long have you served on the NIRI board?
    As the Chapter Administrator I am not technically a BOD Member but rather BOD Support.  I’ve been in this role for 10 years.
  8. What’s the biggest benefit that NIRI gives you?
    A great network of IR professionals who have become wonderful friends!
  9. What came first: the chicken or the egg?
    The egg.

 

Ann’s Logistics and Contact Information:

NIRI BOARD POSITION: Administrator
COMPANY NAME: BioHouston
COMPANY TITLE: Chief Operations Officer
ann.tanabe@biohouston.org
713-979-9105

 

 

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]]> http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year-2-ann-tanabe/feed/ 0 Get to know your new NIRI-Houston board members for 2012-2013 year! http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year/ http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:37:35 +0000 emicheli http://niri-houston.org/?p=1435 In the next few weeks, we will be profiling your new NIRI-Houston board members. Find out why they joined the board, where they like to vacation and why they think Houston is a great city.

This week, we feature your trusted President, Bethany Haley.

  1. What’s your favorite vacation spot?
    Mexico
  2. What’s your favorite dessert or type of food?
    1 scoop mint chocolate chip and 1 scoop peanut butter ice cream from Baskin Robbins
  3. What inspires you?
    My mother
  4. Describe yourself in a single sentence?
    I’m a people person
  5. Would you rather be known as a famous leader or a famous inventor?
    Inventor
  6. Would you rather talk like Yoda or breathe like Darth Vader?
    Yoda
  7. What’s your favorite thing about Houston?
    No one outside of Houston knows how great it is!
  8. How long have you been a NIRI member?
    10 years
  9. How long have you served on the NIRI board?
    8 years
  10. Why did you decide to join the NIRI board?
    I like to help and be a part of something.
  11. What’s the biggest benefit that  NIRI gives you?
    Meaningful relationships.
  12. What came first: the chicken or the egg?
    Egg
]]> http://niri-houston.org/get-to-know-your-new-niri-houston-board-members-for-2012-2013-year/feed/ 0 Good News for the NIRI-Houston Chapter! http://niri-houston.org/good-news-for-the-niri-houston-chapter/ http://niri-houston.org/good-news-for-the-niri-houston-chapter/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:51:54 +0000 emicheli http://niri-houston.org/?p=1379 Congratulations to the NIRI-Houston Chapter on winning the 2011-2012 NIRI National Chairman Award at the 2012 NIRI Annual Conference in Seattle. Conference attendees included board members Bethany Haley, President at Savage Brands; Scott Winters, VP Corporate Planning and Research at Plains Exploration & Production Company; Autumn Hugo, Director Corporate Client Group at NASDAQ OMX; Darcey Matthews, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Endeavour International Corporation; Kimberly Matthews, Manager, Investor Relations at CenterPoint Energy and Sue Nutt-McMullan, Investor Relations & Communications at Ensco plc.

See the awards listing here: NIRI Announces 2011-2012 Annual Chapter Achievement and Individual Leadership Award Winners

]]> http://niri-houston.org/good-news-for-the-niri-houston-chapter/feed/ 0 Bethany Haley writes Article for the Houston Business Journal http://niri-houston.org/bethany-haley-writes-article-for-the-houston-business-journal/ http://niri-houston.org/bethany-haley-writes-article-for-the-houston-business-journal/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:23:52 +0000 emicheli http://niri-houston.org/?p=1370 Here’s a shout-out to NIRI-Houston’s Bethany Haley who recently wrote an article for the Houston Business Journal called “Strengthen Employee Engagement by Implementing Internal Branding.” Read an excerpt of the article here: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2012/05/18/strengthen-employee-engagement-by.html

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Bethany Haley, Vice President, Membership

The Jones Alumni Newsletter featured spotlight alumni is on NIRI-Houston’s very own, Bethany Haley. Read the newsletter.

]]> http://niri-houston.org/february-spotlight-on-bethany-haley/feed/ 0 This Holiday Season: Towel Drive for Star of Hope http://niri-houston.org/this-holiday-season-towel-drive-for-star-of-hope/ http://niri-houston.org/this-holiday-season-towel-drive-for-star-of-hope/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:08:19 +0000 emicheli http://niri-houston.org/?p=1262 This holiday season NIRI-Houston is sponsoring a towel drive with the Star of Hope shelter and we are encouraging all attendees of the December luncheon to bring towels.

Many thanks!

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