About > Our Team
Meet the People Behind GEDP
Leading the way for economic growth and progress on the island.
Our Leadership
Keith Gray
Executive Director
Organizational Leadership
Project and Process Management
Customer Service Development
Versed in Supply Chain and Restoration Efforts
Cathy Palmer
Operations Manager
Finance and Membership
Special Projects
Debbie Kirby
Kirby Advertising
Marketing & Design
Special Events
Executive Committee Officers
Myles Shelton
Galveston College
Chair
Billy Coltzer
Zero/Six Consulting, LLC
Vice-Chair
Keith Bassett
Bassett Family Interests
Immediate Past Chair
William Rider
Rider & Wilson
Treasurer
John Kelso
J.W. Kelso
Secretary
Executive Committee
Bert Bagley
The Permanent Endowment Fund of Galveston
Howie Bentley
Classic Auto Group Galveston
Gale Burkett
GB Tech
Darrell Carney
Chrysalis Biotherapeutics
Leonard Hale
Gulf Copper
Harris L. “Shrub” Kempner
Kempner Capital Management
Jayson Levy
Industrial Material Corporation
Keith Palmer
Titan Technologies
Maureen Patton
The Grand 1894 Opera House
Victor Pierson
Moody National Bank
Fred Raschke
Mills Shirley, LLP
Allan Rasmussen
Hometown Bank
Marie Robb
Coastal Solutions, Inc
Jessica Sanford
CenterPoint Energy
Todd Scott
Great Scott Enterprises
Johnny Smecca
Galveston Restaurant Group
Todd Sullivan
Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies
Tim Walsh
American National Insurance Company
Leonard Woolsey
The Galveston County Daily News
Ex-Officio Members
Keith Bassett
Chair, Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce
Mayor Craig Brown
Mayor, City of Galveston
Kimberly Danesi
CEO, Park Board of Trustees
Michael Fossum
COO, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Brian Maxwell
City Manager, City of Galveston
Matthew Neighbors
Superintendent, GISD
Jochen Reiser
President, UTMB
Rodger Rees
Director, Port of Galveston
Gina Spagnola
President, Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce
V.J. Tramonte
Joe Tramonte Realty