Come celebrate a Pre-Super Bowl Party with your industry peers while repping your favorite team! A chance for thriving communities to come together to build relationships, further opportunities, and celebrate the new year.
Event Price: Members $25 / Non Members $50
Event Attire: Business Casual or Jesey / Shirt to rep your favorite NFL Team!
Event Speakers:
Brian Ashby
CBRE
Brian Ashby is primarily focused on leveraging the CBRE Platform to fuel multi-market expansion plans for both national clients and emerging concepts. He utilizes CBRE proprietary technology fueled by market leading data to deliver optimal outcomes for clients. Brian manages a team of local market brokers across multiple markets to deliver value, efficiency and top-quality real estate options. He maintains a vast network of relationships with national landlords and an in-depth knowledge of the national retail market. He is a creative deal maker with a true love for the commercial real estate arena. Brian places fiduciary responsibility and ethical business practices above all else. Brian Ashby is responsible for leasing, selling and acquiring more than 8,500,00 square feet of space for retail clients with a total consideration of over $700,000,000.
Patrick Stites
Howard Hughes
Patrick is the Vice President of Investments for Howard Hughes. He provides oversite in the Houston Region on asset management activities for office, retail and commercial land. Patrick holds a BS in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati and an MS in Land Development and Real Estate from Texas A&M University.
JJ Hollie
The Woodlands Chamber
JJ Hollie was born in Dallas, Texas and was raised by a military family. He had the unique privilege of attending grade school in Holland and Japan where his father was stationed. He graduated from high school in Alaska and earned a Political Science degree in 1991 from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.
After an internship in Washington D.C., JJ served as staff assistant to Congressman Charlie Wilson in the District Office in Lufkin, Texas from 1991 to 1996 working on various issues including Department of Education, Forest Service, Social Security, and Immigration.
In 1994, JJ joined the Military National Guard and went to Basic Training and Airborne School in Fort Benning, Georgia. He served until 2000 as a Paratrooper and was in the Artillery Field.
While living in Lufkin, JJ was actively involved in the Angelina County Chamber of Commerce and was part of the Leadership Lufkin class of 1999.
In 1998, JJ began his career with Consolidated Communications in Business Sales and then became the National Consumer Data Manager. While at Consolidated, JJ completed the Project Management Professional certification in 1999.
Mr. Hollie moved to Montgomery County in 2007 where he became active in The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce. He graduated from Leadership Montgomery County in 2009, served on the Legislative Team and as Board Member and Vice President of Financial Viability for events such as Taste of the Town, Golf Tournament and the Chamber Chairman’s Ball. He currently serves on a number of boards including: The Memorial Hermann Advisory Board, The Woodlands Economic Development Partnership Board, as well as Leadership Montgomery County. He is also very active in quite a few organizations such as The Rotary Club and volunteers with Education for Tomorrow Alliance.
In September of 2015, Mr. Hollie became President and CEO of The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce in The Woodlands, TX and has been in his role for the past eight years.
