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• August 7th - Luncheon

  • When
    07 Aug 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
  • Location
    Maggiano's Post Oak (2019 Post Oak Blvd)

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  Kiwanis Club of Houston
  

  August 7th Luncheon

  This luncheon will be at Maggiano's!!
  

  Speakers: Debra Sukin

  

  Debra “Debbie” F. Sukin, MHA, PhD, FACHE

  President and Chief Executive Officer, Texas Children’s Hospital

  As President and Chief Executive Officer of Texas Children’s, one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive pediatric and women’s health care organizations, Dr. Debra F. Sukin oversees all administrative and clinical areas of the Texas Children’s system including its four hospital locations in the Texas Medical Center, Katy, The Woodlands, and North Austin. With over 30 years of health care experience, Dr. Sukin is committed to advancing health care through life-changing, high-quality treatments that will transform the trajectory for children and women across the globe.

  Prior to joining Texas Children’s, Dr. Sukin served as Executive Vice President of Houston Methodist, where she was responsible for five suburban hospitals. She also served as Chief Executive Officer of Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital.

  A Houston native, Dr. Sukin is an active community advocate and public speaker. Dr. Sukin serves on the Texas Hospital Association (THA) Board, the THA HOSPAC Board, the Greater Houston Partnership Board, and the Angelman Syndrome Foundation’s Medical Advisory Board. She is also a member of The Greater Houston Chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization.

  Dr. Sukin earned a PhD in Health Policy and Health Management from The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. She received her Master of Healthcare Administration degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. She is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

  
  

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• August 21 - Luncheon

  • When
    21 Aug 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
  • Location
    Brennan's Houston (3300 Smith Street)

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  Kiwanis Club of Houston
  August 21 Luncheon

  This luncheon will be at Brennan's!!

  Speaker: Josh Blackman
  

  

  Josh Blackman is a national thought leader on constitutional law and the United States Supreme Court. Josh’s work was quoted during two presidential impeachment trials. He has testified before Congress and advises federal and state lawmakers. Josh regularly appears on TV, including NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, and the BBC. Josh is also a frequent guest on NPR and other syndicated radio programs. He has published commentaries in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and leading national publications.

  Since 2012, Josh has served as a professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston. He holds the Centennial Chair of Constitutional Law. Josh is the Senior Editor of the Heritage Guide to the Constitution (3rd Edition.) Josh has written more than seven dozen law review articles that have been cited more than a thousand times. Josh was selected as the Jurist of the Year by the Texas Journal of Law & Public Policy, received the inaugural Meese III Originalism Award from the Heritage Foundation, and was awarded the Inaugural Joseph Story Award. Josh was selected by Forbes Magazine for the “30 Under 30” in Law and Policy. Josh is the President of the Harlan Institute, and founded FantasySCOTUS, the Internet’s Premier Supreme Court Fantasy League. He blogs at the Volokh Conspiracy and tweets @JoshMBlackman.

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• October 2 - Luncheon

  • When
    02 Oct 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
  • Location
    Maggiano's Post Oak (2019 Post Oak Blvd)

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  Kiwanis Club of Houston
  

  October 2nd Luncheon

  This luncheon will be at Maggiano's!!
  

  Speakers: Bob Stokes

  
  

  Bob Stokes is President and General Counsel of the Galveston Bay Foundation in Kemah, Texas. He has served in that role since June, 2004. The Galveston Bay Foundation’s mission is to preserve, protect, and enhance the natural resources of Galveston Bay and its tributaries. Bob had served on the board of the Foundation for five years prior to taking over as President and had served as the board’s chair for the previous two years. Prior to that, Bob practiced law for 10 years, most recently in the Environmental Division of the Harris County Attorney’s Office. Bob is a 1990 graduate of Yale University and a 1994 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law.

  Bob has served on the Board of Directors for Restore America’s Estuaries since 2004. He is a past member of the board of directors of the Texas Land Trust Council and EarthShare of Texas. He was awarded the “Environmental Professional of the Year” award in 2011 by the Texas Association of Environmental Professionals.

  
  

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