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There was a full house for our first employee benefit plan seminar of the year, “Engaging and Communicating with Your Employees,” on Thursday, February 6, 2020, featuring speaker, Monirah Bacnik, founder and CEO of brand28. Employee engagement is a universal topic companies and organizations want to address and improve, and Bacnik delivered an energetic and colorful presentation.

Bacnik focused on introducing and providing examples of effective communication strategies to engage a multi-generational workforce. She also provided an interactive workbook for attendees to follow along with her presentation, where they can fill in their personal thoughts and goals for employee engagement.

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BioHouston will be honoring women in the community at their 11th annual WISE luncheon at River Oaks Country Club on Friday, January 24, 2020.

BioHouston logo, "Bio" in grey and "Houston" in orange, with tagline "building the life science future"; image used for blog post about WISE Luncheon event

These are the women being honored at the luncheon:

  • Caroline Masiello, Ph.D., Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Chemistry, and Biosciences, Rice University
  • Cliona Rooney, Ph.D., Thomas J. Rosenbalm, M.D.

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The Greater Houston Partnership (GHP) is hosting its annual meeting for members on January 22, 2020 at the Hilton Americas.

man speaking at a podium in a conference hall full of people for GHP's annual meeting in 2019

GHP’s outgoing chair, Scott McClelland, President of H-E-B Food and Drug, will recap and reminisce on the organization’s work in 2019 before passing the torch to incoming chair, Bobby Tudor, Chairman, Tudor, Pickering, Holt &…

The new year started on a great note! Effective January 1, 2020, PKF Texas promoted Entrepreneurial Advisory Services Senior Manager, Sam Razmandi, CPA, to Director, and Tax Director Martin Euson, JD, was added to the shareholder group.

a photo of two gentlemen in grey suits; Sam Razmandi and Martin Euson of PKF Texas

Sam joined PKF Texas in 2012 and works closely with owners and CFOs to help them achieve their…

As trusted business advisors, we enjoy working with you to co-create ideas and co-develop innovative solutions for your business. To supplement this, we also want to provide valuable information, including upcoming Houston events that we support, and think may be of interest to you.

  • Greater Houston Partnership
  • Turnaround Management Association
  • National Association of Corporate Directors – M&A Panel
  • BioHouston
  • Client Exclusive – Employee Benefit Plan Seminar
  • National Association of Corporate Directors – Risk Management Panel

If you have questions about any event details or registration information, the organization-specific contacts are below. We hope to see you at any or all of these Houston events!

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As trusted business advisors, we enjoy working with you to co-create ideas and co-develop innovative solutions for your business. To supplement this, we also want to provide valuable information, including upcoming Houston events that we support, and think may be of interest to you.

  • Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce
  • Turnaround Management Association
  • National Association of Corporate Directors

If you have questions about any event details or registration information, the organization-specific contacts are below. We hope to see you at any or all of these Houston events!

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The Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Gala on December 5, 2019 at the Royal Sonesta, where they will honor the 2019 Hall of Fame inductees. PKF Texas is a proud sponsor for this event, which promotes the growth and success of women professionals.

The Gala proceeds benefit the Women’s Chamber…

We hosted our third not-for-profit seminar of 2019, “Nonprofit Governance & Risk Management,” on November 6th. It was a compelling topic to close the year! Our speaker was attorney Nicola Fuentes Toubia, whose work is dedicated to legal and tax issues facing nonprofits.

three rows of people sitting in chairs in an open room, facing towards two speakers and project screens for the seminar "nonprofit governance & risk management"

In her discussion, Toubia provided tips on better governance best practices and offered insight on various areas where organizations are susceptible to risk.

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