Our Values Our Work
Dear Friends
Whether it’s leading the development of major parks and trails, coordinating conservation activities, or offering public programs and events, Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s (BBP) values guide our work and provide strategic direction.
Equity has been at the heart of all we do for decades and, in recent years, has taken on greater importance so that all Houston residents enjoy and have their voices reflected in BBP’s projects and initiatives.
This past year, a historic catalyst gift from the Kinder Foundation leveraged City of Houston and Harris County support for our Buffalo Bayou East Master Plan, ensuring that bayou parks and trails can be experienced by people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.
BBP recognizes that our city’s most significant natural waterway needs to be protected. That is why we are stewarding substantial funds for the maintenance of the bayou’s landscape and cleanup of the waterway. We also believe Buffalo Bayou’s parks and green spaces should be activated with recreational offerings, unique relevant programming, and inspiring public art.
Our accomplishments have transformed Buffalo Bayou into a valuable natural resource and community asset. Predicated on a set of principles, the organization’s award-winning plans and projects and extraordinary support from the community have been key to our success and make us a local and national leader in enhancing the public realm.
As we look to the future, we are committed more than ever to expanding our revitalization efforts to new and exciting destinations and culturally rich and diverse neighborhoods. Our mission and values that guide us ensure we leave no one behind. Please join us as we move forward with this important and vital work.
Sincerely,
Shawn W. Cloonan
Anne Olson 2022 Board Chair President
We believe public spaces are essential to the vitality and resiliency of
cities.
For more than three decades, Buffalo Bayou Partnership has been committed to creating bold and visionary projects that benefit all Houstonians and bolster our city’s quality of life. This past year, BBP’s ongoing planning efforts and a historic level of funding ensure that our organization’s transformative work will continue for generations.
In September, we announced that the Buffalo Bayou East Master Plan would become a reality thanks to a public-private partnership anchored by a $100 million grant from the Kinder Foundation, which leveraged significant support from Harris County and the City of Houston, including Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone funds. By 2032, BBP and its partners will bring parks, trails, bayou-crossing bridges, affordable housing, cultural destinations, and infrastructure improvements to the Greater East End and Fifth Ward. The $310 million project is one of Houston’s most ambitious park initiatives ever.
To move the Buffalo Bayou East project forward, BBP spent the past year acquiring land, completing schematic design and construction documents, hiring new staff as part of our organizational capacity plan, and continuing to raise the additional funds required.
The September 26 announcement of the Buffalo Bayou East publicprivate partnership. Left to right: Council Member Robert Gallegos; Commissioner Adrian Garcia; Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia; Nancy and Rich Kinder; Mayor Sylvester Turner; BBP President Anne Olson; Commissioner Rodney Ellis; Council Member Tarsha Jackson; Council Member Karla Cisneros; BBP Board Chair Shawn Cloonan; Director of Houston Parks and Recreation Department Kenneth Allen.
AN UP-CLOSE LOOK AT BUFFALO BAYOU EAST ENHANCEMENTS
Tony Marron Park will be expanded to 40 acres providing neighborhood residents with a new children’s nature play area, barbeque plaza, spaces for community events, and improved soccer fields. The park also will be home to a facility housing maintenance operations and BBP’s waterway cleanup program.
Turkey Bend, a former barge terminal, will be repurposed into a recreational and cultural hub. This dramatic East End site includes a large warehouse on Navigation Boulevard, a wharf, and ample opportunities for community gatherings, public art, and retail.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Responding to the desires of neighborhood residents and the often unintended consequences of developing new park space, BBP incorporated affordable housing into its Buffalo Bayou East plans. In 2022, a major milestone was achieved with the groundbreaking of BBP’s 13-acre, mixed-income housing project, Lockwood on Buffalo Bayou. The project’s first phase consists of 80 multi-family apartment units. Once fully developed, the site will have additional affordable and market rate housing, more than 10 acres of green space, trails, a children’s play area, and dog park. Lockwood on Buffalo Bayou is a collaboration between BBP and Brinshore, a Chicago-based affordable housing developer.
Japhet Creek, a tributary stretching deep into the Fifth Ward, will become a neighborhood pocket park with trails and footpaths, wildflower and native grass plantings, entry plaza, and interpretive signage. A future elevated trail that follows the creek’s banks will provide a direct pedestrian connection to the bayou.
We believe Buffalo Bayou and its surrounding landscapes, which are ecologically important and vulnerable, should be protected and maintained.
Providing exceptional, long-term care of the spaces developed by our organization is one of BBP’s most important responsibilities. BBP works diligently to maintain the 160-acre Buffalo Bayou Park, as well as the parks and trails in downtown.
In addition to regular activities like mowing, pruning plants, trimming trees, maintaining special features, removing trash, and keeping the trails clear, our conservation goals are focused on stabilizing the bayou’s banks, promoting native plant species,
and enhancing natural habitats. In 2022, BBP and Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) initiated a major riparian vegetation project along 11 acres of the bayou’s edge in Buffalo Bayou Park. To be completed in 2023, the project includes planting live willow stakes and a mix of hardwood trees and grasses. To better understand the wildlife in Buffalo Bayou Park, BBP worked with Houston Wilderness to install a game camera that captures footage of birds, coyotes, beavers, raccoons, and opossums that is regularly shared on our social media.
Our organization also protects and maintains the waterway itself through our Clean & Green program. Since the program’s inception in 2002, BBP has become a leader in waterway cleanup, removing approximately 2,000 cubic yards of trash and debris from the bayou each year.
In 2022, we made a significant improvement to our collection by launching the Bayou-Vac. This custom boat that vacuums trash from the water’s surface was designed by our Field Operations
VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT
Volunteers have always played a key role in our revitalization efforts, and we continue to rely on the hard work of community members to assist our staff with the ongoing care of Buffalo Bayou Park. In 2022, BBP welcomed 2,700 volunteers who contributed 7,500 hours of service helping to remove invasive vegetation, pick up trash, spread mulch, and plant native trees and plants.
Generously sponsored by Enbridge, our volunteer program enables BBP to engage Houstonians in our beautification and conservation work while fostering environmental stewardship.
Manager Robby Robinson and BBP Chair Emeritus Mike Garver. Made possible by the generous support of Sis and Hasty Johnson and the Kinder Foundation, the Bayou-Vac enables our staff to remove substantially more trash with greater efficiency.
The Clean & Green program also received major media attention last year, with front-page articles in The New York Times and Houston Chronicle and features on Good Morning America and The Kelly Clarkson Show.
We believe all people should have equitable access to vibrant, safe, and inclusive spaces.
Throughout 2022, we continued working together with the communities we serve. BBP’s Community Engagement Manager participated in numerous civic association and Super Neighborhood meetings and organized focus groups that discussed small business development and health and wellness. To hear from families about their needs and desires for an expanded and enhanced play area at Tony Marron Park, we collaborated with PTOs from area schools to host a community-wide event. We also assembled and engaged a Greater East End and Fifth Ward Ambassadors group as well as a neighborhood group of residents who live near the future Lockwood on Buffalo Bayou housing site.
BBP’s leadership and staff also spent extensive time considering what it means to be a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible (DEIA) organization. This work was led by a DEIA board committee, and it prompted a revisiting of our mission and vision statements to focus on the people who use the parks, trails, and reimagined infrastructure for which BBP is known. Board and staff are continuing this vital work and are in the process of writing a DEIA plan to guide BBP’s future.
CONNECTIONS
BBP continued to make progress on building physical connections in 2022. Buffalo Bayou trails are critical to linking neighborhoods, and BBP is committed to ensuring that Houstonians have greater access to the bayou by way of wellmaintained, safe, and interconnected trails and bikeways.
After more than a decade of planning and acquiring property, one of BBP’s most unique trail segments opened last year. Located just east of downtown, the new trail incorporates existing infrastructure as it winds its way through the basements of two Harris County buildings on Commerce Street. A collaboration with Houston Parks Board, the project also includes a plaza and green space at Austin Street. This important trail link was generously supported by Barbara and the late Gerald Hines, Wendy and Jeff Hines, Sis and Hasty Johnson, the Kinder Foundation through the Bayou Greenways Program, and the Downtown Redevelopment Authority.
BBP will continue extending the trail network through Buffalo Bayou East, with new links and existing segments receiving upgrades and bank stabilization in the coming years. Two new pedestrian bridges will also be constructed in the area, further connecting the Greater East End and Fifth Ward and providing first-time access from these neighborhoods to the bayou.
We believe people’s lives are enriched when they have individual and shared experiences outdoors.
While there are numerous opportunities for people to experience the bayou’s natural beauty for relaxation and respite, the waterway’s parks and trails offer an array of active recreational, educational, and cultural activities where people from all walks of life come together. In 2022, as BBP’s horizons broadened, the desire to engage new audiences drove the creation of exciting events, including Night Light, Underground Sounds, and Cistern Illuminated. Throughout the year, ongoing Wellness and Nature Walks, Sound Healing Meditation classes, and pontoon boat tours punctuated the monthly calendar. BBP also began offering many programs in Spanish including boat and Cistern tours. And as in years past, thousands of children and families celebrated nature and wildlife at BBP’s annual events, Kids Day and Summer Species.
The recent completion of a Public Art Plan formalized BBP’s process for selecting art projects, both temporary and permanent. This plan also creates multiple roles for community input on public art along the bayou, which is critical to the success of the program. These roles include Nominators, knowledgeable professional curators with an interest in BBP’s public art program;
and the Buffalo Bayou East Arts and Culture Stakeholder group comprised of artists and cultural workers connected to the Fifth Ward and Greater East End. The plan calls for ongoing installations in the Cistern, new permanent art in Buffalo Bayou East, and an annual residency with a local Houston artist. Many of these programs and activities launched in 2022.
New Monuments for New Cities by various artists (2019) Rain by Magdalena Fernández (2016)
Inaugural BBP Artist-in-Residence Henry Sanchez led bilingual community, nature-focused workshops in a modified shipping container at Yolanda Black Navarro Buffalo Bend Nature Park.
UNDERGROUND SOUNDS
Underground Sounds was a series of performances by local music organizations that highlighted the remarkable natural acoustics of the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern. Groups featured were Nameless Sound, ROCO, Loop38, and Two Star Symphony.
NIGHT LIGHT
With an attendance of more than 3,000, Night Light was a free evening of multi-media artworks projected onto infrastructure along the Buffalo Bayou East trails, presented in collaboration with Aurora Picture Show.
Piano in the Park was a fun and participatory series featuring multi-talented pianist and singer, Ben Chavez, who recently returned to Houston after performing in several national tours of Broadway productions.
PIANO IN THE PARK
BBP’s 15th annual KBR Kids Day was held at Tony Marron Park in the East End and included performances, a birds of prey show, reptile and bee exhibits, and much more.
BOAT TOURS SUMMER SPECIES
Boat tours are an especially exciting way to experience Buffalo Bayou. In 2022, BBP introduced recurring programs with Spanish speaking guides to the schedule, including boat tours, Cistern tours, and storytime for children.
Walks, talks, children’s crafts, films, and more focused on BBP’s 2022 Summer Species, bees, and their importance to the ecosystems along Buffalo Bayou.
CISTERN ILLUMINATED
Cistern Illuminated was a temporary lighting installation by Kelly O’Brien/Fenris that enhanced the Cistern’s architectural elements. Ethereal choral performances by the Schola Cantorum of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart also took place in the installation.
GENERAL OPERATIONS
$100,000–189,500
Estate of Lynne B. Johnson and Wayne D. Johnson
The Powell Foundation
$10,000-40,000
Ralph B. Abendshein
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Ann Blankinship
The Brown Foundation, Inc.
The Gordon A. Cain Foundation
Crestwood
ExxonMobil Foundation
Ray C. Fish Foundation in memory of Ms. Eleanor
Hastings
George and Mary Josephine
Hamman Foundation
Albert and Ethel Herzstein
Charitable Foundation
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Propel Water
Allison Sarofim
Anne Whitlock and Michael Skelly
Herman L. Stude
Union Pacific Foundation
Susan Vaughan Foundation
$1,000-9,999
BRH Garver Construction in honor of Mike Garver
Sandy and Mike Ballases
BlackRock
Nicole and Brian Cates
Clark Condon Associates, Inc.
Janet F. Clark in honor of Sis Johnson
The Crain Foundation in honor of Helen Gardner
Crain and Peter Lacy Crain
The Crain Foundation
Andrew Delaney Foundation
Sarah and Michael Elliott
Ann and Tom Estus
Marie Fay and Steve Evnochides
Shari and Tom Fish
Heimbinder Family Foundation
Gena and Dave Helm
Hobby Family Foundation
Houck Family Foundation
Houston Endowment Inc.
Lee Huber
George W. Johnston
Karen Marie Jones and Kenneth A. Jones Jr.
Katz Coffee
Emily Keeton
Jan-Claire Phillips and Jerry Kendall
Frances Nguyen and Luke Lewis
Shelli and Steve Lindley in honor of the Abendshein
Family
Edward Main
Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty
Sarah G. Candler and Ted McKenna
Microsoft
Neste US, Inc.
Kim Nettles
Kelly Apple and Jason Orsak
Cindy and B. Kelley Parker III
Pamela and James Pool
Robertson-Finley Foundation
Gillian Stude Sarofim
Scurlock Foundation
Shell Oil Company Foundation
Matching Gifts Program
Ellen C.L. Simmons
Carrie and Michael St. Croix
Charitable Fund
Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation
Strake Foundation
The Tapeats Fund
Nancy P. Thompson
Kelley and David Tobin
TotalEnergies
Laurie and Ralph Tullier, Jr.
Meg and Richard Weekley
Williams Companies
Teresa and Jimmy Wong
Family Foundation
Ellen A. Yarrell
Sarah and Peter Zuckerman
$100-999
Emily Abeln
Amazonsmile
BRPS Title
Melanie Starman Bash
Belinda and Christopher Beale
Elin B. Berg
Dries Berghman
Jay Blackman
Janet and Robert G. Bonagurio
Paula Bottecelli
Aaron Braden
Emily and Eric Branton
Carol and Gary Bucek
Amanda Carrico
Libby and Mitch Cheney
Chevron Matching Employee Funds
Rachel Chiu
Sallie Morian and Michael Clark
Harvey Clemons Jr.
Coastal Prairie Conservancy
Cathy Colburn
Sheila Condon
Laura Conely
Kenneth D. Council
Sharon R. Cunningham
DGD Group, Inc.
Kathryn Hite de Sousa and Leo de Sousa
Diane Donovan
Kelly and Ben Dotson
Linda Shead and Tom Douglas
Helen and Gary Dowling
Helen and Josh Dubach
Mindy Dunne
EOG Resources, Inc.
Fareed Elhaj
Amin Esmaily
Gayle and Robert M. Eury
Exelon Foundation
Karen Farber
John S. Filla
Rachel and Edward Folse
Joshua P. Galvan
Michael Garofalo
Jacqueline Gates
Derrick A. Geitner
Getty Images
Giant Texas Distillery
Baiba Kurins Gillard and Charles Francis Gillard
Rick Gilpin
Jan and Bill Glazner
Alicia and Garrett Gordy
Ross Scott Griffey
Rita and Mike Grogan
Diana Gross
Marc Anthony Guerrero
Maarit and William Harp
Kimberly Harrison
Peterson Hawkins
Amanda and Scott Helminiak
Julia Herzog
Kate and Joe Hood
Lonnie Hoogeboom
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Insperity
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Cristy and Mike Jadick
Edwin Jennings
Jeremy Jenson
Ann Johnson
William Johnson
Carolyn Karr
Christian Kelleher
Rodney Kellems
Scott Kelley
Cindee and Curtis Klement
Kroger
Dr. Julia Lamb
Molly and Duncan Lamme
Stephanie and Richard Langenstein
Elizabeth and Kris Larson
Colin Latham
Harriet and Truett Latimer
Lazard
Jardine M. LeBrun
Euisun Lee
Virginia Lew
Meredith and William Lewis
Olivia Djibo and Olivier Lhommet
Lauren J. Lombardo
Karl Long
Elaine Luttrull in honor of Rita Grogan’s 70th Birthday
Elizabeth Anne Lynn
Madewell Highland Village
Garrick Malone
Ryan McCabe
Ellen and Rob McConnell
Kelsey and Colin McCulley
Tiffany McMillan in memory of Georgie
McNeill Charitable Foundation
Anne Mendelsohn
Dawna and Tom Menges
Mid-Main Properties, LP
Patricia Hunt and Joseph Milton Gerardo (Gerry) S. Montalvo
Julia Morgan
Mark Andrew Morris
Darryl Morrison
NRG
Alisha N. Nathoo
Robyn and Mike Newburn
Karen and Mark Newell
Virginia G. Hodge and Bruce F. Nichols
Ryan Nick
Paul Norris
Northern Trust
Anne and Tom Olson
Kevin O’Neil
Kate Pagel
Mary Majors Payne and Leslie Payne
Matthew Peacock
Elena Penso
Randall Petrick
Lisa and Greg Pettigrew
Phillips 66
Linda Piserelle
Linda Powers
Jill Jahns and Andrew Probasco
Rhythm Energy
Susan E. Rudolph
Veronica Sauceda
Marc B. Schindler
Christine Schlenker
The Sam Schubert Foundation in honor of Zane and Brady Carruth and Cle and Deb Dade
Ashley Seippel
Veronica Sesana
Erin Mincberg Spiegel and
2022 marked the 50th annual BBP Regatta, with more than 700 paddlers taking part in this milestone year. The warm spring day was perfect for the 15-mile canoe and kayak race down Buffalo Bayou, followed by a festive finish line celebration at Allen’s Landing. For the ninth consecutive year, Gillman Subaru served as the generous presenting sponsor of this unique fundraising event.
BUFFALO BAYOU PARTNERSHIP REGATTA
Scott Spiegel
Jake Spisak
Janet and HJ Springer
Sami Stevens
Nicholas Stillman
Bill Bob Tallent
Aitu and Jason Taube
Tellepsen in honor of Anne Olson and Ian M. Rosenberg
Emily L. Todd
Kelley Katherine Trier
Jovienne Trotta in honor of Frances Nguyen and Luke Lewis
Mary Anne Piacentini and Drexel Turner
Prem K. Vuthandam
Sherri and Hulse Wagner in honor of Carol Gibson Wagner
Julie and Chris Wallace
Dancie Perugini Ware
Jo Ann Williams
Beth Wolff
Dr. Geri Wood
Jane L. Wood
Joseph Yusz
Daniel E. Zamora
Gloria Zenteno
In-Kind
Aztec Events & Tents
Bain & Company
Bergner & Johnson Design
Cheeky Hard Seltzer
Cheers
Dessert Gallery Bakery & Cafe
Double Trouble Cocktails and Caffeine
GRAZE htx
Greenway Coffee
The Hobbit Cafe
Houston Photo Co. + FotoPop
Hughie’s
Phoenicia Specialty Foods
Rebecca Creek Distillery
Saint Arnold Brewing Company
Topo Chico
Urban Eats
BUFFALO BAYOU
PARTNERSHIP REGATTA
MARCH 5, 2022
$15,000
Gillman Subaru
Subaru of America, Inc.
Share the Love Campaign
$1,250-5,000
BKO Services
Wendy and Shawn W. Cloonan
Costello Engineering and Surveying Inc.
The Fay School
Freese and Nichols
Mike Garver
Houston Public Works
Marie Louise and David Kinder
Millis Development & Construction
The Morgan Group
PEA Group
SWCA Environmental Consultants
Sawyer Yards US Global Fuels, Ltd.
$100-500
Sandra Anna-John in memory of Bob Heimann
Kimberly and Bradley Dennison
Huitt-Zollars
Kintech Phone & Computer Repair
Teresa McCanlies
Lisa and Richard McGonigle
Anne and Tom Olson
Page
Katherine Osborne Valdez and Olivia Valdez
Elizabeth D. Williams
Andrew P. Ziccardi
In-Kind
106.9 and 107.5 Houston’s Eagle
Café Natalie
ESPN Houston
Harris County Flood Control District
Lee Glassman/The Harris County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
The Heights Catering
Mark Janzer
Northwest Amateur Radio Society
Raising Cane’s Rambler
Saint Arnold Brewing Company
Matt Woodruff/Texar US Army Corps of Engineers
Whole Foods Market
KBR KIDS DAY OCTOBER 22, 2022
$10,000-38,000
H-E-B
KBR
$1,000-5,000
Barrio Dogs
Conely Foundation
Legacy Community Health
Rhythm Energy
In-Kind
365 Things to Do in Houston
Houston Family Magazine
Houston Parks & Recreation Department
BUFFALO BAYOU
PARTNERSHIP GALA
BREAKING GROUND ALONG
THE BAYOU
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
$10,000-25,000
Chinhui and Eddie Allen
Laura and John Arnold
Bonner and George Ball
CenterPoint Energy
Wendy Montoya Cloonan and Shawn W. Cloonan
Mike Garver
H-E-B
Hines
Sis and Hasty Johnson
Kinder Foundation
John P. McGovern Foundation
Midway
Port Houston
Barbara and Corbin J.
Robertson, Jr. in honor of Sonny Messiah-Jiles and Jodie L. Jiles
Anat Kelman Shaw and Chad A. Shaw PhD
South Atlantic & Gulf Coast
District ILA
$2,500-6,000
Susan and Ron Blankenship
Polly and Murry Bowden
Camden
Gayl and Chuck Carlberg
Concept Neighborhood
Downtown Redevelopment Authority
Jenny Elkins in honor of Sonny Messiah-Jiles and Jodie L. Jiles
Shari and Tom Fish
Cece and Mack Fowler
Esther Friedman Family Foundation in honor of Wendy Montoya Cloonan, Shawn W. Cloonan, Sonny Messiah-Jiles, and Jodie L. Jiles
BUFFALO BAYOU PARTNERSHIP GALA
More than 400 guests, many following the suggested attire of sneakers and cocktail attire, supported our annual gala held in Buffalo Bayou Park and raised their glasses to BBP. Co-chairs Wendy
Montoya Cloonan and Shawn W. Cloonan with Sonny MessiahJiles and Jodie L. Jiles were joined by Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis in paying tribute to BBP’s announcement of the historic public-private partnership with the City of Houston and Harris County, anchored by a $100 million gift from the Kinder Foundation, to realize the Buffalo Bayou East Master Plan.
Guy Hagstette
Ann Lents and David Heaney
Houston First
International Longshoremen’s Association
Ismaili Council for the Southwestern USA
Locke Lord LLP/The Kayser Foundation
Emily Keeton
Carolyn and Matt Khourie
Marie Louise and David Kinder
Michele and Paul Marvin
Gretchen and Andrew R. McFarland
Memorial Hermann
Alisha N. Nathoo
John L. Nau, III
Judy and Scott Nyquist
Harvey Clemons and Kathy Payton
Macey and Harry Reasoner
Winifred and Carleton Riser
Beth Robertson
Leslie and Shannon Sasser
Anne Whitlock and Michael Skelly
Lainie Gordon and David Mincberg/ Erin Mincberg Spiegel and Scotty Spiegel
Structure Tone
Tellepsen
Texas Children’s Hospital
Transwestern
UTHealth Houston
Lisa and Barron Wallace
Weingarten Art Group
Geraldina Interiano Wise and Scott W. Wise
Lizzie and Andrew Ziccardi
$1,000-2,499
Emily Abeln
Barbara J. Amelio
Asakura Robinson
Ann and Tom Bastian in honor of Michele Marvin
Nancy Glass and John Belmont
Ann Blankinship
Sara Bongard
Cathy Chapman
Clark Condon
Earl Cummings
Richard P. Dawson
Defender
Rachel and Bruce Deskin
Gaynell Floyd Drexler
Kathryn and Gary Dudley
Forney Construction
Harriet Foster
Frost Bank
Gensler
Sophie and Louie Girard
HR&A Advisors, Inc.
Caroline and Larry P. Heard in honor of Sonny MessiahJiles and Jodie L. Jiles
Janet and Paul Hobby in honor of Sonny MessiahJiles and Jodie L. Jiles
Michael Hohertz
JP Morgan Chase
Cliff Helmcamp and Jerry Jeanmard
Kellie Jenks
Johnny Steele Design, Inc.
Elizabeth and Drew Kanaly in honor of Richard P. Dawson
Carey Kirkpatrick
LESCO Lighting Technology
LJA Engineering
Karen and Jack Linville
Danielle and Darrell Maudlin
Scott McCready
Michael Hsu Office of Architecture
Karen Milligan
Audrey and Robb Moses
Cullen and Robert Muse
Roxann and Tim Neumann
New Hope Housing
Marion and Achim Noack
Anne and Tom Olson
Tennessee and David Ott, Jr.
Marsha and Charlie Parker
Chris Bryan and Trey Peacock
Susan and Renato Pereira
Alison and Chris Porter
Lillie Robertson
Edwin Rumsey
Barbara and Tom Solis
Anne Symonds
Judy and Charles Tate in honor of Sonny MessiahJiles and Jodie L. Jiles
Christine and David M.
Underwood, Jr.
University of HoustonDowntown
Pamela and William Wallace
Walter P Moore
Lisa Marshall and Don Welsh
Sallie and Bob Wright
Lorraine Wulfe in honor of Anne Olson
$100-999
Sallie and George Alcorn
Nory Angel
Jo May and Doug Beagle
Minnette and Peter Boesel
Paula Bottecelli
Claire Caudill
Laura Conely
Susie and Sanford Criner
Marsha Dodson
Zion Escobar
Bolivar “Bo” M. Fraga
Deborah Francis
Sam Hinojosa
Cristy and Mike Jadick
Kristin and Michael Landry
Harriet and Whitney Leavell in honor of Carolyn and Matt Khourie
Anne and Jack Moriniere
NRG
Matt Nielson
Erin and Adrian Patterson
Michael Robinson, SWA Group
Carolyn and Jake Sabat in honor of Karen Farber
José Solis
Telios
Omar Toro-Vaca
Ileana and Michael Treviño
Joanne G. Wilson
In-Kind
A Fare Extraordinaire
Bergner & Johnson Design
City of Houston
Giant Texas Distillery
Houston First
Houston Parks & Recreation Department
LD Systems
Total Tent Solutions
Total Wine & More
Watertight Cocktails
MEMBERSHIP
Founding Patrons
$2,500-5,000
Fady Armanious and Bill Baldwin
Zane and Brady Carruth
Isabel and Danny David
Jenny Elkins
Clayton and Shel Erikson
Krista Farrell
Kymn and Don Harrison
Julie Peak and David Hightower
Janet and Paul Hobby
Veronika and Nick Jackson
Sis and Hasty Johnson
Laura and Steve Jones
Emily Keeton
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Kathleen and Randall Lake
Michele and Paul Marvin
Judy and Scott Nyquist
Susan and Renato Pereira
Isla and T.R. Reckling III
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Founding Patrons
$1,000
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$100-500
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Diana Liga
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Lenee and Jeff McDonald
Adam Mielke
Throughout 2022, BBP Members enjoyed happy hours, sunset yoga, bike rides, and unique perks from our community partners. As the year ended, The Currents young professionals group presented Up on the Rooftop—a holiday-themed gathering at the Sunset Coffee Building.
Catherine and Matt Matthews
April and Wells McGee
Ginni and Richard Mithoff
Audrey and Robb Moses in honor of Mike Garver
Kim and Chris Reichert
Buffi and Bruce Robinson
Kelly and David Rose
Jennifer Segal
Maria Ines Sicardi
Gerardo (Gerry) S. Montalvo
Blaine Morris
Chandler Morris
Bridgette and Neel Naik
Danny Phu Nguyen
COCKTAILS IN BLOOM
In May, close to 200 guests gathered in colorful attire at FLORA, the restaurant nestled in Buffalo Bayou Park overlooking Lost Lake, to celebrate spring and support BBP. The lovely evening also served as the launch for the Buffalo Bayou Partnership Patrons, a new giving group co-chaired by Isabel David, Judy Nyquist, and Leigh Smith.
Ryan Nick
Jordan Elizabeth Rueter and Garen Ohanian
Bruce Palmer
Brian Peterson
Jeffery Pickens
Carlo Pippolo
Esther and Gary Polland
Lara and Jim Powers
William Prindiville
Jill Jahns and Andrew Probasco
Kori and Darren Randle
Margaret Rochs
Ginger Clarkson and Mark Ryan
Grant Schiro
Beth B. Schneider
Rebecca Estrada and Craig Schofer
Brandon Bourque and Derrick Shore
Ed and Sylvia Sierra
Becky Roof and Gary Smith
Aerin Kaye Smith
Sharon Staley
Matthew Stepanek
MaryLou Swift
Susan Thompson
Paige and Bill Vruggink
Jennifer R. Wittman
Alec and Bridget Wolk
$55-99
JeAnna Abbott
Rodney Ray
Allison Rosen
Talia Delos Santos
Lauren Rachel Schwartz
Brette Seffens
David Senter
Sami Stevens
Jarrod Scott Thompson
Weston Twardowski
Cela Whitley
Missouri Wilkinson
Luis Miguel Zarazua
In-Kind
Saint Arnold Brewing Company
Fred Steves in memory of
Charles “Dusty” Rhodes
In-Kind
Propel Water
PUBLIC ART/PROGRAMMING
$32,500-80,000
Houston Arts Alliance
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation
$6,000-10,000
H-E-B
Jerome Schultz
Vivian L. Smith Foundation
$2,500,000
Downtown Redevelopment Authority/TIRZ #3
$25,000
Enbridge
The Wortham Foundation, Inc.
$1,000-5,000
Aspen Technology, Inc.
Jean-Paul Antoine
Claudio Bizzarri
Jay Blackman
Will Butcher
Amanda Carrico
Remi Chris-Rotimi
Jessica Ashley Correll
Amin Esmaily
Osie Evans
Max Finkelstein
Raschely Flint
Eva L. Francavilla
Adam France
Joseph B. Gallegos
Hayley K. Girard
Ross Scott Griffey
Jennifer Hernandez
Julia Herzog
Morgan Hill
Kayleigh Hogan
Rachel Elizabeth Iwicki
Margaret Kelly
Laura Jean Kenyon
Abhinav Kumar
Grace Lipetska
Angelique Maldonado
Alejandra Morreo
Mary Lou Nadeau
Dominique Ngo
Paul Norris
Lauren Nowak
Thomas Palmer
Catherine Rabe
Irene and Brian Binash in memory of Charles “Dusty” Rhodes
Joseph Caylor, III
Chevron Matching Employee Funds
Crossmark Global Investments
Deloitte Services LP
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
The Garden Club of Houston
Plains All American Pipeline LP
Proman USA, Inc.
Reliant
Shiseido Americas Corp
$100-999
Stephen F. Abney in memory of Charles “Dusty” Rhodes
Ascend Performance Materials
Episcopal High School
FIGS, Inc.
Brenda Hilton in memory of Charles “Dusty” Rhodes
Paule Anne and Richard Lewis in memory of Charles “Dusty” Rhodes
Erin and John E. “Jack” McFarlane, Jr.
Brian Reichard in memory of Charles “Dusty” Rhodes
Suzy and David Seeley in memory of Charles “Dusty” Rhodes
Traci Williams
HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS
$100-1,000
American AllWaste
Charlie Buchanan and Jonathan Denning
Hon. Vanessa Gilmore
Houston Spirits Run
Austin Jadloski
Dr. Brendan and Maria Lee
Laura Devitt and Steve Massad
Jane Rider
Shirley and Greg Rosin
Amber and George Sturrock
Nancy and John Youens
In-Kind
The Buzz Magazines
CLEAN & GREEN
$378,000
Harris County Flood Control District
$10,000-30,000
Cheniere
Harris County D.A. Supplemental
Environmental Project Enforcement
Port Houston
SM Energy
TPC Group
TotalEnergies
$1,000-5,000
Alliance to End Plastic Waste
David Ellis
Fred G. Marshall in memory of my loving wife Linda
Katie Oxford
Redwood Capital Management
Shiseido Americas Corp
Waterford Yacht Club, Inc.
$100-250
Anonymous in honor of David Rivers and Trey Dennis
Barbara Cooney
Linda and Jose M. Esqueda
Kevin Forsyth
Christopher Foyt
Barbara Futter
Lisa Lee
Lenee and Jeff McDonald
Laurel J. Mancini and Frank E. Smith
Mike Wheeler
BUFFALO BAYOU
EAST MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
$100,000,000
Kinder Foundation
$1,680,000-5,000,000
Harris County Flood Control District
The Wortham Foundation, Inc.
$1,000
Sara and Bill Morgan in honor of Nancy Kinder
In-Kind
Amandes PLLC
Apache Corporation
Boyar Miller
Mike Garver
Kinder Foundation
Judy and Scott Nyquist
Pinto East End LLC
Tellepsen
Donors listed include gifts and pledges of $100 or more made during the fiscal year January 1 to December 31, 2022. Commitments are recognized in full at the time of the pledge. Every effort was made to ensure that the information published is accurate and reflects the requests of individual donors. Should you wish to report a concern regarding information listed, please email giving@buffalobayou.org.
BUFFALO BAYOU PARK
Statement of Financial Position
as of December 31, 2022
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
Prepaid expenses and other receivables
Contributions receivable
Endowment investments
Property, net
Note receivable
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Deferred revenue
Advanced contributions
Deferred land lease
Note payable
TOTAL LIABILITIES NET ASSETS
Without donor restrictions
With donor restrictions
TOTAL NET ASSETS
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
2022 $ 22,852,584 336,599 5,693,712 11,011,638 33,146,421 2,250,000 $ 75,290,954
2022 $ 818,535 337,650 61,460 1,476,923 2,402,476 5,097,044 36,138,863 34,055,047 70,193,910 $ 75,290,954
Statement of Activities
REVENUE
Fees and program revenues:
Contract service fees
Park rentals and fees
Contributions:
Nonfinancial assets
Government grants
Other
Special events
Cost of direct donor benefits
Investment income
Other income
TOTAL REVENUE
Net assets released from donor restrictions
TOTAL EXPENSES
Buffalo Bayou development, maintenance and park programming
Management and general Fundraising
TOTAL EXPENSES
CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
Net assets, beginning of year
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR
WITHOUT DONOR RESTRICTIONS $ 3,614,652 1,022,033 10,167 968,199 585,966 -211,857 118,403 231,270 6,338,833 17,156,983 $ 23,495,816 9,848,335 697,450 423,286 10,969,071 12,526,745 23,612,118 $ 36,138,863 WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS 4,525,611 2,198,540 27,478,688 11,638 34,214,477 -17,156,983 $ 17,057,494 17,057,494 16,997,553 $ 34,055,047 TOTAL $ 3,614,652 1,022,033 4,535,778 2,198,540 28,446,887 585,966 -211,857 130,041 231,270 40,553,310 $ 40,553,310 9,848,335 697,450 423,286 10,969,071 29,584,239 40,609,671 $ 70,193,910 for the year ended December 31, 2022
2022 Board of Directors
Shawn W. Cloonan
President
Gaynell Floyd Drexler
Vice Chair
Andrew P. Ziccardi
Treasurer
Bolivar M. Fraga
Secretary
Ralph Abendshein
Andrea Alexander
Veronica Avila
Andy Canales
Harvey Clemons, Jr.
Jerry Davis
Richard P. Dawson
Zion Escobar
Guy Hagstette
Lisa Helfman
Janet Hobby
Kellie R. Jenks
Marie Louise Kinder
Lisa Marshall
Erin Mincberg
Alisha N. Nathoo
Judy Nyquist
David Ott, Jr.
Erin Patterson
Winifred Riser
Shannon B. Sasser
Christof Spieler
Geraldina Interiano Wise
Gloria Zenteno
CHAIRS EMERITUS
Toni Beauchamp*
Chuck Carlberg
Brady F. Carruth
Collin J. Cox
Thomas Fish
Mike Garver
Dennis Greer
Artie Lee Hinds*
Sis Johnson
Susan Keeton
Dr. Manuel Pacheco
Bob Phillips
F. Max Schuette*
Raymond Snokhous*
Georgia Wilson
*deceased
EX-OFFICIO
Mayor Sylvester Turner City of Houston
Judge Lina Hidalgo
Harris County
Kenneth Allen
Houston Parks & Recreation Department
Loren J. Blanchard, Ph.D.
University of Houston
Downtown
Commissioner Rodney Ellis Harris County Precinct One
Erik Eriksson
Port Houston
Commissioner Adrian Garcia Harris County Precinct Two
Kris Larson
Central Houston Inc.
Roksan Okan-Vick, FAIA
Houston First
Jennifer Ostlind City of Houston Planning and Development Department
Tina Petersen, Ph.D, P.E. Harris County Flood Control District
Commissioner Tom S. Ramsey, P.E. Harris County Precinct Three
ADMINISTRATION
Anne Olson
President
Karen Farber
Vice President of External Affairs
Baldemar Gonzalez
Senior Project Manager
Gjabrielle Guterrez Development and Membership Manager
Rebecca Leija Database and Office Coordinator
Michele Nezi Marvin
Vice President of Finance and Administration
Leigh McBurnett
Chief Development Officer
Jessica McFall
Marketing Manager
Laura Mills
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Ian M. Rosenberg
Senior Vice President of Projects and Planning
Trudi Smith
Director of Programming
Juan Antonio Sorto
Community Engagement Manager
Amy Vargas
Bookkeeper
CLEAN & GREEN
Robby Robinson
Field Operations Manager
Trey Dennis
Field Operations Technician
Brett Farley
Field Operations Mechanic
Ned McQuarn
Field Operations Technician
David Rivers
Field Operations Foreman
Robert Ruiz
Field Operations Technician
BUFFALO BAYOU PARK
Joe Rodriguez
Park Director
Jose Armas
Weekend Operations Supervisor
Toni Estrada
Office Manager
Donna Irwin
Horticulturist
Steve Parker
Volunteer Coordinator
Jeff Parkinson
Zone Supervisor
Alvaro Rangel
Zone Supervisor
Florensio Tijerina
Zone Supervisor
CONSERVATION
Gabriela Sosa
Conservation Manager
Montana Dillard
Chase Gravatt
Conservation Technicians
LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE
Daniel Campa
Charles Chatman
Isaias Guerrero-Ramirez
Matthew Guerrero
Juan Hernandez
Silvestre Lopez
Martin Manzo
David Mayberry
Patricia Medrano
Frank Moreno
Genaro Salcedo
Alberto Sanchez
Ezequiel Sandoval
Lester Thomas
VENUE AND VISITOR SERVICES
Alison Duran Venue and Visitor Services Supervisor
Rosemarie Croll
Cistern Coordinator
Luis Flores Alejandre
Misael Calderon
Irmgard Willcockson Cistern Attendants
Riane Harris
Venue Coordinator
Austin Warren
Visitor Services Coordinator
PROJECT MANAGER
José Solís as of December 31, 2022
IMAGE CREDITS
Katya Horner
Lawrence Elizabeth Knox
Geoff Lyon
Jim Olive
Daniel Ortiz
Anthony Rathbun
Henry G. Sanchez
Buffalo Bayou Partnership creates and stewards welcoming parks, trails, and unique spaces, connecting Houstonians with our city’s most significant natural waterway.
We envision Buffalo Bayou as a unifying and transformative force for Houston.
CARING FOR THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
REIMAGINING HISTORIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PRESENTING DYNAMIC PUBLIC ART