Trailblazer Awards Gala - American Advertising Federation Houston

The American Advertising Federation – Houston
welcomes you to the 2013
Trailblazer Awards Gala
presented by
Clear Channel Radio and Outdoor
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1941 | Slopped
hogs and
chickens daily
in high school
1945 | Trap
drummer
for 17-piece
college
dance band
1946 | Hitchhiked 720 mi
round trip to
see college
sweetheart
1949 |
Performed
as a comedy
act singer
in college
1951 | First
in his class at
Naval Officers
School
1951 | Naval
officer in the
occupation
forces of Japan
after WWII
1952 | Played
ping pong daily
with champion
chess master
Oswald Jacoby
1953 | Executive
Assistant to
Texas Oilman
R.E. “Bob” Smith
1954 | Shot
craps with
Judge Roy
Hofheinz in
Las Vegas
1955 | Helped
install first
weather radar
station in Texas
1956 | Witness
to hydrogen
bomb test at
Bikini Atoll in
the Pacific
1957 | Partners
with friend,
Jack Valenti,
President of
Motion Picture
Association
1957 |
Developer of
Jamaica Beach
and Tiki Island
in Galveston
1958 | Watched
Eisenhower
hit golf balls
daily from his
office in D.C.
1963 | Friend
of the Original
Seven Mercury
Astronauts
1963 | Talked to
JFK the night
before his
assassination
in Houston
1966 | LBJ
special
ambassador
to Nicaragua
1967 | After
45 years,
still riding
the Salt Grass
Trail Ride
1970 |
Chairman
of the Board,
Homestead
Bank of
Houston
1975 | Ran up
16 floors to
evacuate
residents from
high rise fire
1982 | Shot
birds for
many years
in England,
Scotland
and Ireland
1985 | Canoed
regularly
15 miles down
Buffalo Bayou
1989 | Almost
lost at sea
while swimming 100 miles
off Texas coast
2007 | Beat
prostate
cancer after
a year of
radiation
and therapy
2007 | 3-year
Chairman
of the UH
System Board
of Regents
2011 | Ate over
100 red and
green frozen
grapes a day
2011 | Texas
Business
Hall of Fame
2011 Inductee
2013 | Received
an honorary
doctorate
degree
from UH
2013 | Married
to Joanne
for 64 years;
raised 5 kids
2013 | 4th
generation
Houstonian
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The American Advertising Federation – Houston
Sixteenth Annual
Trailblazer Awards Gala
Honoring
Welcome W. Wilson Sr.
Chairman of the Board
Welcome Group, LLC
Thursday, September 12, 2013
The Houston Museum of Natural Science
6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception and Silent/Art Auction
7:15 p.m. Presentation of the Trailblazer Award
8:00 p.m. Dinner and Entertainment
Invocation
Mr. Fred Korge
Music provided by
The Jim Conlan Trio
Master of Ceremonies
Dennis Spellman
A professional broadcast journalist for more than 25 years, Dennis
has spent the last decade on Houston radio and television stations
including 740 KTRH, KIAH CW39 and KROI News 92 FM, partnering
with CoveringKaty.com to feature local news in Katy, Texas.
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Welcome to the AAF – Houston’s Annual Trailblazer Gala.
Each year, the Trailblazer Award recognizes an individual who has made
a significant impact on the Greater Houston community through sound
marketing, effective advertising and corporate citizenship. Tonight, we honor
Welcome Wilson Sr. – an incredible talent with a servant’s heart. His vision
and energy have helped shape Houston for generations. His dedication to
education is preparing our young citizens for future challenges on a global
stage. Welcome truly exemplifies the Trailblazer spirit we respect and
acknowledge this evening.
Heartfelt appreciation is due the AAF – Houston team headed by
Anne Mrok-Smith for tonight’s celebration. Join me in thanking Anne,
her Trailblazer Committee, Welcome Wilson Sr. and all previous
recipients of the Houston Trailblazer Award for their enthusiastic
support of the critically important advertising industry in Houston
and our community in general.
Lee Wheat
Chairman, American Advertising Federation – Houston
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Welcome to the Sixteenth Annual AAF – Houston Trailblazer Gala!
What a pleasure it is to have you here this evening as we gather to honor a
true Texas legend, Welcome Wilson Sr.
The Trailblazer Award recognizes an individual who has significantly
impacted the Houston market with an ongoing commitment to outstanding
advertising and marketing, while demonstrating continued business success.
Welcome Wilson Sr.’s passion for education and everything Houston is
inspiring. His life’s story exemplifies an energetic and can-do spirit that
helps to distinguish and shape what our citizens and the world thinks of
Houston as a place to live, work and play.
Founded in 1911, the AAF – Houston is one of the city’s oldest professional
service clubs. Promotion of education and excellence in the industry is at the
core of its mission. The Trailblazer Gala is a fundraising activity that focuses
on education. Proceeds help fund professional development, scholarships,
internships, the Student Conference and educational activities for aspiring
young advertising and marketing professionals in the Houston area and
beyond. The AAF – Houston Trailblazer Scholarship Fund was established
to honor all the Houston Trailblazer recipients.
Please join me in thanking Welcome Wilson Sr., previous recipients of the
Trailblazer Award, and the many sponsors, donors, patrons and volunteers
whose commitment and support continue to make a difference.
Anne Mrok-Smith
AAF – Houston Trailblazer Chair, 2013
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Welcome!
The word itself conjures up a pleasant greeting.
Welcome, the man behind that moniker, is the epitome of that
gentlemanly greeting – Houston style.
Though unassuming and respectful, one senses Welcome is somebody
significant when he arrives and walks into a room. In fact, he even arrived
before his name did! Born at home in 1928, he remained nameless for
22 days, as his folks, E.E. “Jack” and Dora Wilson, argued over an appropriate moniker. Finally, his father said, “Let’s make him feel ‘welcome,’”
and he was christened Welcome Wade Wilson. Neither he nor the city
he came to love and embrace would ever be the same.
“My father thought Houston was going to be the center of the universe,”
commented Wilson. “There were half a million people, it was the largest
city in Texas, but his vision was that it – Houston – would become one
of the greatest cities of the world... I have no complaints about his judgment.”
Today, Welcome Wilson Sr. is chairman of Welcome Group, LLC,
a family business, which owns over 75 facilities totaling more than
3.5 million square feet of single-tenant industrial and office facilities.
Welcome Sr. has also been the Chief Executive Officer of real estate
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firms, having developed more than 1,000 apartment units, multiple
shopping centers, downtown office buildings, several hotels and more
than 8,000 subdivision lots.
However, long before he arrived in Houston, Welcome set the tone for
his trailblazing approach to life, and the world of an entrepreneur. As a
second-grader in Corpus Christi, his first job was scraping and stacking
plates in the school cafeteria. The experience became a simple life
lesson: “When people are willing to do something others are not willing
to do, they prosper,” Welcome recalls learning.
He attended Texas Southmost College, and graduated with an Associate
of Arts degree in 1946. Later that year, he enrolled at the University of
Houston. In 1949, he would graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Regarding his time in school, he likes to quip, “I was in
school so long ago that {at the time} the Dead Sea was only sick.”
Another life lesson was learned when Welcome and his brother Jack
first arrived at the University of Houston in 1946. Their father told them
to “telephone” him about whatever they needed – he’d then explain how
they could do without it! “He felt like self-reliance was the most important
thing he could teach us,” relates Welcome.
While attending UH, one of his three full-time jobs was as business
manager for the student newspaper. He got the position because he
went out and sold advertising; in fact, he sold the very first ad for
The Daily Cougar. Where most students would avoid this like the
plague, Welcome was happy to do it. “I was always anxious to do something that other people were not willing to do,” he reflects.
Welcome’s belief in advertising would remain with him to present day.
His father owned a radio station. “I’ve believed in advertising since the
earliest of times. My father’s career choice for me was to be in the advertising agency business. In my view, advertising set America ahead of the
rest of the world by 25–30 years because people can reach out and bring
in business,” he says.
For more than 65 years, Welcome has enjoyed a career that has been all
about making friends. And, brother, has he made a lot of friends! They’re
as influential as they come.
“He’s a lot like Forrest Gump,” recounts one of his mentees. “Every point
in his life has something different and it’s all amazing.”
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Welcome continued
Welcome has always tried to take advantage of opportunities presented
to him. A case in point was when he was in charge of the platform seating
arrangements during President Kennedy’s visit to Houston at Rice
Stadium. Welcome assigned himself a seat right behind the podium,
so whenever the cameras would see JFK, they’d also see Welcome.
“Shameless self-aggrandizement has always been my policy. It’s only
been in recent years that I’ve been willing to admit that,” he says with
a twinkle in his eye.
One of his friends who had a strong influence on Welcome was also
his business partner, Jack Valenti. Valenti was an alumnus of UH and,
in those early years, a partner in the Houston ad agency of Weekley &
Valenti. In time, Welcome would spearhead the naming of the communication school at UH to be the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication.
Through those six decades of building friendships, Welcome has
experienced some rather unique and amazing opportunities. Highlights
include: He served in the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations
as a five-state Director of Civil and Defense Mobilization, a division
of the Executive Office of the President.
He also had responsibility for what is now known as FEMA. Welcome
was a witness to the atom bomb tests in Nevada in 1954 and the hydrogen
bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean in 1956.
Welcome received the Arthur S. Flemming Award (established in 1948 to
honor outstanding federal employees and recognized by the U.S. President)
as one of Ten Outstanding Young Men in Federal Service in 1958.
In 1975 Welcome, with his brother Jack, Jack Valenti, and others, developed
Jamaica Beach and Tiki Island in Galveston. “The idea was to create a
second home market for Galveston vacationers. It was a learning experience and could not have been possible anywhere else in the country,”
says Wilson.
He received the University of Houston’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in
1970, as well as the University of Houston’s C. T. Bauer College of Business
Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1996. He received an honorary doctorate degree in May 2013.
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Welcome continued
The Texas Business Hall of Fame named Welcome as a Legend and
Honoree in 2011, and in May of that year, he was named “Entrepreneur
of the Year” by the Houston Technology Center. Other honors received
include the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Houston Business
Journal and the Crusader Award from Neighborhood Centers Inc.
How would one describe Welcome? Try family man, patriot, inquisitive,
interesting, quick with a quip, willing to help – take a breath – personable,
friendly, humble, smart, storyteller, singer, seller, WHEW – that’s a start,
but that’s Welcome.
Welcome has always engaged in numerous civic, professional and philanthropic endeavors throughout his lifetime. He and wife Joanne, college
sweethearts, have been married 64 years and raised five children. Their
great-grandkids are seventh generation Houstonians. So it was no surprise, when asked about his meaning of life, that Welcome responded:
“To have children and leave their world a better place.”
Inspired by this need to make people’s lives better, and determined to
enhance the educational value of UH, Welcome would accomplish his
top priority as Chairman of the University of Houston System Board of
Regents: attaining Tier One status for the university.
Welcome, who has to have Cougar red coursing through his veins,
loves the University of Houston. “I spend at least 50 percent of my time
working for UH,” he says. “Our Chancellor and President, Renu Khator,
is originally from India and was the last to be interviewed by the Board
of Regents. When she looked over and said, ‘Mr. Chairman, I have fire
in the belly,’ that did it! I hired her,” says Welcome.
“Only Columbia, Yale, Princeton and Harvard have graduated more
CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. The CEOs of Neiman Marcus, Shell Oil,
Cameron and CenterPoint are all UH grads,” he says proudly.
Welcome has no plans to retire. “At this age, it is not a burden, but a joy
to have this life and do what I love,” he says. Always quick with a quip,
Welcome says of his outlook now: “Being 85 is not all bad. Everything
I buy comes with a lifetime guarantee.”
Welcome Wilson Sr., a Houston trailblazer. He makes everyone feel,
well, welcome. ★
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Previous Trailblazer Honorees
2012 Martha F. Turner
CEO and President, Martha Turner Properties
Martha Turner founded the independent $1.2 billion residential real
estate company in 1981, with a focus on excellence and customer service.
She is a dynamic and creative entrepreneur, educator and family woman
with a unique blend of energy, optimism and humor.
2010–2011 Leroy Shafer
COO, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
The HLSR shines as a successful mix of philanthropy, entertainment,
and inclusion. For nearly 40 years Shafer has guided this internationally
known entertainment and sports extravaganza, exceeding 2.26 million
visitors annually and providing millions in scholarships.
2009 Leslie L. Alexander
Owner, Houston Rockets
Since 1993 Alexander has worked to make the Rockets a champion on
the basketball court and in the community. His dedication to winning
produced initial back-to-back championships. In 2008 Forbes named
him the NBA’s best owner.
2008 Walter E. Johnson
Chairman, Amegy Bank of Texas
Johnson started Amegy, Houston’s largest independent bank, in 1990.
“Built by Texans for Texans,” with $12 billion in assets, Amegy is rated
nationally for Excellence in Business Banking.
2007 George DeMontrond III
President, DeMontrond Automotive Group, Inc.
Businessman DeMontrond led Houston’s initiative to host the
2012 Summer Olympics. He chaired the Houston 2012 Foundation
and served on the Super Bowl XXXVIII Host Committee Board.
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Previous Honorees continued
2006 H-E-B
Represented by Scott McClelland, President, Houston Division
H-E-B, under Chairman Charles Butt and Houston Division President
Scott McClelland, was recognized for its community programs,
charitable giving, and faith in the city. H-E-B is one of the nation’s
largest independent retailers.
2005 Tilman J. Fertitta
Founder, President and CEO, Landry’s, Inc.
Fertitta founded Landry’s as a multi-brand dining, hospitality, entertainment and gaming corporation, in 1980. Award-winning projects in
downtown Houston, Kemah and Galveston spurred urban revitalization.
His foundation supports many philanthropic and civic endeavors.
2004 John L. Nau III
President and CEO, Silver Eagle Distributors LP
Nau has run the nation’s largest distributor of Anheuser-Busch products
since 1990. He has a long history of historic preservation and philanthropic,
community and civic involvement in Houston and the nation.
2003 Jim “Mack” McIngvale
Founder and President, Gallery Furniture
Entrepreneur “Mattress Mack,” is a hometown hero, honored for his
philanthropy and American spirit. Mack’s smart marketing, promising
same-day delivery and “thinking big,” built Gallery Furniture into one
of the nation’s largest stores.
2002 Robert C. McNair
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Houston Texans
A leading businessman, sportsman and philanthropist for more than
50 years, McNair returned football to Houston in 2002. McNair’s family
foundations and Houston Texans Foundation support many charity and
community events.
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2001 Richard J.V. Johnson
Publisher, Houston Chronicle (deceased)
Johnson, regarded as a visionary who understood economic trends, is
recognized for his leadership in shaping Houston in the last half of the
20th century. The Texas Medical Center named its Richard J.V. Johnson
Avenue for his many contributions to research.
2000 Don D. Jordan
Chairman, Reliant Energy (retired)
Jordan ran Reliant for 23 years, serving four million electric and natural
gas customers in the U.S. and building an international presence. He was
named Honorary Lifetime President of the World Energy Council.
1999 Drayton McLane Jr.
Owner, Chairman and CEO, Houston Astros (retired)
Serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, McLane bought the Astros
in 1993 and announced “two missions: to be a champion and to make
a positive difference in the community!” They accomplished both.
1998 R. Randall Onstead Jr.
President and CEO, Randall’s Food Markets (retired)
With over 20 years in the retail food industry, Onstead lives the family
philosophy, “Treat your customers the way you treat your family.” In 1991
Randall’s was the fastest growing company in Houston.
1997 Gordon M. Bethune
Chairman and CEO, Continental Airlines (retired)
Bethune, a legend in commercial aviation, brought worldwide acclaim
to Houston for leading one of the most dramatic corporate turnarounds
in U.S. history. He rescued the financially troubled carrier, saving the
company and thousands of Houston jobs.
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Board of Directors, 2013–2014
Board Officers
Chairman
Chairman-Elect
Vice-Chairman
Treasurer
Secretary
Immediate Past Chairman
Lee Wheat, Whole Wheat Creative
Troy Burwell, 4 Guys Interactive
Judy Foston, Foston International
Norm Pegram, Premier IMS
Dennis Vegas, Acclaim Energy Advisors
Camille Bryan, Locke Bryan Productions
Members
Brooks Boenig
Jenny Bosby George
Jennifer Carter Manuel Delgado
Nicole Fellers
Bryan Gaskill
Anna Giles
Everett Gorel
Tammy Guest
Dale Harrison
Chris Hawley
Mark Hayden
David Henry
Larry Kelley
David Loving
Garner McCulloch
Anne Mrok-Smith
Ward Pennebaker
Chris Pitre
Christine Stevens
Patricia Torres-Burd
MMI Agency
Pastorini Bosby Talent
CME Printing
Agua Hispanic Marketing Locke Bryan Productions
FKM Agency
Langrand and Company
South Coast Film and Video
KTRK-TV
enGrant Scientific
Hawley Design
Breakfast at 12
iFilm Productions
FKM Agency
Univision
Love Advertising
Anne Mrok-Smith, AICP
Pennebaker
Astadia
Only in Houston
UBC International Media Consulting
Committees
Leo De Leon Jr.
Rich Klein
Marissa Deslatte
Larry Kelley
Dale Harrison
Jay Hagins
Chair, AAF – Houston Presidents Council
Chairman, Advertising Education Foundation of Houston
President, AD 2 Houston
Liaison, University of Houston AAF Student Chapter
Chairman, Only in Houston
AAF – H Ambassador to AAF National and District 10
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Host Committee
Anne Mrok-Smith
Gala Chair
Mike Albrecht
Love Advertising
Allen Brivic Brivic Media
Troy Burwell 4 Guys Interactive
Camille Bryan Locke Bryan Productions
Jennifer Carter
CME Printing
Bill Courtney
Rice University
Leo De Leon Jr. Boone DeLeon Communications
Marissa Deslatte
FKM Agency / AD 2 Houston
Jackie Dryden Savage Brands
Judy Foston Foston International
Joe Fournet Ideas & MORE Creative Services
Cliff Gillock
AAF – Houston Presidents Council
Jay Hagins
Advertising Education Foundation
of Houston
Mark Hayden
Breakfast at 12
Doug Hebert
Savage Brands
Alex López Negrete
López Negrete Communications
Laura Manning
Skyline Displays
Susan Newquest Newquest Media Service
Norm Pegram Premier IMS
Ivan Perez
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Moses Robles
Oak Interactive
Christine Stevens
Only in Houston
Patricia Torres-Burd UBC International Media Consulting
Lee Wheat Whole Wheat Creative
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Thank You Gala Sponsors!
(Sponsors at time of printing)
Trailblazer – Title Sponsorship
Table Sponsorship
Clear Channel Radio/Total Traffic
Clear Channel Outdoor
Bud Light/Silver Eagle Distributors
Comcast Sports Net
Cox Media Group
4 Guys Interactive
Houston Business Journal
Houston Chronicle
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Houston Public Media
KTRK-ABC, Inc.
KUBE TV-57
López Negrete Communications
Martha Turner Properties
Pennebaker
Radio One
River Oaks Financial Group
Welcome Group, LLC
Welcome Realty Advisors, LLC
Wilson Wasaff Group, LLC
Welcome Wilson Sr. Family
UH Jack J. Valenti School
of Communication
Diamond – Title Sponsorship
Brivic Media, Inc.
Houston Museum of Natural Science
KPRC-TV
Locke Bryan Productions
Platinum – Presenting Sponsorship
Welcome Group, LLC
KHOU-TV
MNI/Time Inc.
Gold – Sustaining Sponsorship
CW 39 / KIAH-TV
Cumulus Broadcasting / KRBE-FM
Energy XXI
Gow Media
Houstonia Magazine
López Negrete Communications
New Leaf Publishing
Silver – Supporting Sponsorship
FKM Agency
Houston Community Newspapers
MJWJ Global Radio Network &
Foston International
MediaComp, Inc.
Oak Interactive
Southwest Precision Printers
Special Thanks To:
Bill Dryden and Wes Burd
Auction Donors and Artists
All who contributed after the printing deadline
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Special Thanks To:
(Donors at time of printing)
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Design
Bob Vance, Audio Bob
Tribute Video
Christine Stevens,
Only in Houston
Show Producer
Marshall Pengra
Tribute Video
Ron Carter Cadillac
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CME Printing
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ImageSet
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Brivic Media
Table Decorations
Southern Floral
Floral Design
Locke Bryan Productions
Video Production
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and Awards
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Writer
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iFilm Productions
Publicity
Blake Bibby,
Welcome Group
“20in20” Social Media
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Tami Guest, KTRK
“20in20” Social Media
Campaign
LD Systems, L.P.
Audio Visual
Ad 2 Houston
Silent Auction
and Volunteers
The Wash Allen Show
Event Broadcasting
UH AAF Student Chapter
Volunteers
Martin Ramirez,
Phoenix Photography
Event Photography
AMA Houston
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The Trailblazer Award was established in 1997 by the American Advertising
Federation – Houston to recognize business leaders who have built
Houston companies through effective advertising, sound marketing and
corporate citizenship. Through their marketing, these Trailblazers have
enhanced their companies’ images and the City of Houston’s reputation.
Celebrating an honoree who underscores the strong partnership between
the advertising and business communities, the Trailblazer Gala brings
together an audience of influential business, media and advertising
professionals to honor a remarkable individual who personifies the spirit
of the Trailblazer and celebrates that person’s energy, ingenuity, imagination
and vision.
Proceeds from the Gala support the work of AAF – Houston and help fund
scholarships, internships and educational activities for aspiring young
advertising and marketing professionals in Houston. Annual scholarships
are awarded to college students within the AAF’s Tenth District – Texas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
The AAF – Houston is the city’s preeminent advertising and marketing
communication organization. Founded in 1911, it is one of the oldest
professional service clubs in Houston. The promotion of education and
excellence in our industry is at the core of the AAF – Houston’s mission.
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