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About Us
Our Board
The Board of Directors is the BVEDC's governing body consisting of leaders from both the public and private sectors. Most terms are for three years, with a limit of two terms consecutively.
Our Category I Funding Partners -- Brazos County, the Cities of College Station and Bryan, and Texas A&M University -- each receive three seats on the Board. Each entity selects its representatives. The county judge and the two mayors automatically serve. No more than two members of each city council or the county commissioners court may serve.
Invest Brazos Valley's membership on the Board is determined by its combined committed annual funding of the BVEDC. Currently, IBV is allotted three Board members.
The Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce also has one seat on the Board.
Ex-officio members of the Board are the city managers of both cities, the superintendents of the Bryan and College Station Independent School Districts, and the executive director of the Brazos Valley Council of Governments.
The Board's Executive Committee consists of the four Board officers, Brazos County's county judge, the mayors of College Station and Bryan, and a Texas A&M University Board representative.
The BVEDC Board meets monthly. Meetings are open to the public.
Board
Seth McKinney
Past Chair
Term Expires: October 2024
Company: Stafford Barrett Commercial Brokerage (Representing Brazos County)
Katherine Kleemann
Chair
Term Expires: October 2024
Company: Spherion Staffing & Recruiting (Representing IBV)
Brandon Sears
Treasurer
Term Expires: May 2024 (1st Term)
Company: Guaranty Bank & Trust (Representing IBV)
Clint Cooper
Texas A&M Representative
Term Expires: May 2024 (2nd Term)
Company: Texas A&M University System (Representing IBV)
Mayor Bobby Gutierrez
Executive Committee Member
Term Expires: N/A
Company: City of Bryan
Greg Hartman
Executive Committee Member
Term Expires: October 2024
Company: Texas A&M University
Mayor John Nichols
Executive Commitee Member
Term Expires: N/A
Company: City of College Station
Judge Duane Peters
Executive Committee Member
Term Expires: N/A
Company: Brazos County
Julie Schultz
Term Expires: October 2024
Company: Schultz Engineering
Jason Bienski
Term Expires: October 2024
Company: BHHS Caliber Realty (Representing Bryan)
Jason Jennings
Advisory Chair
Term Expires: May 2024 (1st Term)
Company: Baylor, Scott and White
Jeremy Osborne
Term Expires: October 2024
Company: Sago Capital
Ryan Becker
General Counsel
Term Expires: October 2024
Company: Bruchez &Goss, P.C.
Spencer Clements
Chair Elect
Term Expires: October 2024
Company: William Cole Companies Inc.
For a list of the BVEDC's former Board chairs, click here.