Dear Vision Galveston Community,
Over the past few months at Vision Galveston, we have engaged in a search for our new CEO. On behalf of the board, I am excited to share a little bit about Christine, and her professional accomplishments, with our Vision Galveston Community.
Christine joins Vision Galveston and the Galveston community as a highly qualified servant leader and expert in public relations, economic development, and community building. As a successful executive with over ten years of experience in the non-profit, public, and public/private sectors, Christine is a deeply passionate, driven, and innovative community advocate. Most recently, at the Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation, Christine served as Vice President, Existing Industry and Regional Development. In this role, she formed a multi-county collaboration of economic development organizations, governments, non-profits, and higher education institutions to spearhead assistance for businesses facing COVID-19 disruption.
Christine has worked with elected officials from local, state, and federal offices and strongly believes in building a community that residents are proud to call home. She is also an expert on opportunity zones, having established a direct dialogue with federal leadership to promote investment in her region’s opportunity zones as well as created the Coastal Bend Opportunity Zones Summit with The White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council.
Christine has a reputation for building strong business relationships and applying her forward-thinking attitude to serving her community in more resilient ways. She has leveraged her expertise and relationships to develop cross-sector collaborations, initiatives that resulted in job retention and creation, and events that recognize local business and industry contributions.
Prior to making Texas her home, Christine spearheaded significant public engagement work redeveloping Joplin, Missouri after it was devastated by an EF 5 tornado. This experience uniquely qualifies her to lead Vision Galveston through a lens of embedding resilience and promoting collaboration among diverse stakeholder groups and civic leaders.
We believe the range of Christine’s experiences and expertise position her to succeed in advancing Vision Galveston’s mission in the next phase of its organizational journey. Her passion for relationship and community building will provide direction for how the BUILD, GREEN, MEASURE, and INCUBATE initiatives continue to include and promote diverse voices, collaborative growth, and an exceptional way of life in Galveston.
“I am honored to continue the transformative efforts of Vision Galveston,” shared Christine Bryant. “Through the outstanding work of Keath Jacoby, the passion of the Vision Galveston board of directors and the voices of thousands of Galveston residents, the path forward has been set in motion. I am thrilled to call Galveston home.”
On behalf of the board of Vision Galveston, we are also thrilled to welcome Christine to the team. Stay tuned as we announce our Fall events, which will provide a chance for you to meet Christine. Most of all, let’s continue to MOBILIZE OPTIMISM as Vision Galveston starts the next phase of its journey.
Fistbumps and gratitude,
Lauren E. Scott
President of the Board
Vision Galveston Board of Directors