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2024 Speaker Line-up  
TPG Breakfast Meetings
6:45–8:30 a.m.
(Check back as we get our speakers scheduled!)
Month
Title of Program
Speaker Name/Title Speaker Info
January 9
iWrite (Literacy & Young Authors) Melissa Williams Murphy
Founder, iWrite Nonprofit and Executive Director of the Bryan Museum
February 6

Pat Mann Phillips 
  
Chairman of the Board
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo 
March 5    Jennifer Sommers 
 
Director, Houston Ballet 
April 2
Annual Networking Meeting TPG Members & Guests
May 7

Juanita Rasmus Book Author
June 4 
Buffalo Bayou-Past, Present, and Beyond Trudi Smith Director of Programming, Buffalo Bayou Partnership
July 16 Women in Transition Mary Margolis Certified Financial Professional & Wealth Manager, MBR Financial
August 6 
Dressing the Modern Professional Woman & Creating Your Brand Susan Hancock Boutique Owner, Tres Chic
September 10
  Ruth Lopez Turley, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Sociology (Kinder Institute for Urban Research), Rice University
October 1
Business mtg/ & elections for 2025 TPG Members Only  
November 5
  Shelly Millwee President & CEO, Make a Wish Texas Gulf Coast & Louisiana
December 4
  Marc Havican
Owner & Chief Storytelling Officer, Space City Films, Inc.



The purpose of The Professional Group is to provide women of diverse professions with opportunities for building relationships and networks of personal and business associations through informative monthly presentations, professional development programs, educational and social activities, and philanthropic endeavors.

For questions about The Professional Group, contact us at:
info@tpghouston.org