Wendy Montoya Cloonan

Key Qualifications and Skills Leading to Board Nomination

• Government, Legal, and Regulatory - As a public law attorney and a Commissioner of the Port of Houston, Ms. Cloonan brings beneficial experience addressing the relationship among national, state, and local governments and businesses and individuals in our service territory. This experience helps the Board oversee and support the relationship between the Company and its various regulators as the Company continues to execute on its ten-year plan.
• Community Involvement - As someone who has deep ties to the Houston community, Ms. Cloonan provides valuable insights regarding how the Company’s policies, and short- and long-term plans, impact our communities.
• Risk Management - As a Commissioner of the Port Authority of Houston, the largest port in tonnage and busiest waterway in the nation, Ms. Cloonan sets policies and guides in a constantly evolving environment balancing leading-edge technologies, including billion-dollar improvements in productivity, reliability, and resiliency, with sustainability, environmental stewardship and community initiatives. In addition, Ms. Cloonan’s experience advising clients on capital projects within legal, compliance and regulatory frameworks brings a critical perspective to the Board’s enterprise risk management oversight role.

Experience

• Houston Managing Partner (Jan. 2023 - Present) at Cantu Harden Montoya LLP, a public law and public finance firm
• Founder and Sole Shareholder (Aug. 2019 - Dec. 2022) of The Law Office of Wendy Montoya Cloonan, PLLC, a public law and public finance firm based in Houston, Texas
• Senior Program Officer in Education, Assistant General Counsel and Director of Legal (Feb. 2015 - July 2019) at the Houston Endowment, Inc., a private foundation that partners with other organizations in the non-profit, public, and private sectors to improve quality of life for the residents of greater Houston
• Public law and finance attorney at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (formerly Andrews Kurth LLP) (2013 - 2015), Schwartz, Page & Harding, L.L.P. (2011 - 2013) and Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (2006 - 2011)

Other Boards (For Profit and Non-Profit Entities)

• Commissioner-Port of Houston Authority and Chair Business Equity/Procurement Committee, Community Relations Committee, Governance Committee, Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Dredge Task Force Committee (2019 - Present)
• Board Member-Harris County Hospital District Foundation (2021 - Present)
• Executive Board Member-ALMAAHH-Advocates of a Latino Museum of Art & Architecture Houston/Harris County (2021 - Present)
• National Association of Corporate Directors Tri-Cities Chapter (2021 - Present)
• Morgan Stanley Women Energy Directors Network (2021 - Present)
• Latino Corporate Directors Association (2021 - Present)
• Chair (2024 - Present) and Board Member (2023 - Present), Harris County Commissioner Precinct One Community Foundation
• Executive Board Member and Secretary Officer-Houston Downtown Management District (2016 - 2021)

Education and Credentials

• B.A., Yale University
  
• M.P.P., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• J.D., with Honors, The University of Texas School of Law
• NACD Directorship Certified®
• Harvard Business School Corporate Director Certificate (Governance, Audit, Compensation)
• Harvard Business School, Certificate in Financial Accounting
• CERT Certificate: Cybersecurity Oversight, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering
• Digital Directors Network, Certificate in Systemic Cyber Risk Governance for U.S. Public Company Corporate Directors
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