The Team
Christine Bryant, CEcD
Chief Executive Officer christine@visiongalveston.com
Anna Weiss, Ph.D.
Director of Green Galveston anna@visiongalveston.com
Candy Hattingh
Director of Incubate Galveston candy@visiongalveston.com
Daniel Torres
Engage Galveston Manager daniel@visiongalveston.com
Steven Creitz
Project Manager
Build Galveston
Jodi-Ann Burton
Policy and Engagement Fellow
Green Galveston
Julie Cantini
Executive Assistant to the CEO
julie@visiongalveston.com
Darryl Davis
Program Manager
Build Galveston
Melissa Cline
Measure Galveston Data Specialist melissa@visiongalveston.com
Shea Venkatramani
Policy and Engagement Fellow
Green Galveston
the Board Members
Vision Galveston (VG) is charged with stewarding the use of VG’s Strategic Framework in a collaborative model to provide the greatest impact. The organization is led by CEO Christine Bryant and governed by an independent board of directors representing the diverse interests and priorities of the people of Galveston.
Lee Jurewitz
President
Chief Administrative Officer / Ippolito Foundation
Dr. Antonietta Quigg
Vice President
Regents Professor Department of Marina Biology-TAMUG
Jayson Levy
Treasurer
President/ Industrial Material Corporation
Steven J. Baines
Co-Secretary
Founder and Chief Elevation Officer / Elevate
Anna Hyatt
Assistant Director of Corporate Relations & Foundations Engagement/ Texas A&M Foundation
Johnny Mack Chappell, Jr.
Co-Founder and COO of Lilli Health
Michael Niebuhr
Green Infrastructure Program Coordinator / Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
On Leave from Board Duties until June 2026
Raymond Lewis
Retired Academic Administrator/ Galveston College Board of Regents
Meet Janae Pulliam
Janae Pulliam
Claire Reiswerg
Mayor John Paul Listowski
Mayor / Galveston
Ex Officio
Honi Alexander
Co-Secretary
Program Director Groundswell Young Gardeners Program
Steven Pena
Past Board President
Vice President of Sales/Kleen Supply Company
Bernice Torregrossa
Vice President & Grants Officer/ Moody Foundation
Reid Nelson
RE/MAX Leading Edge
Marty Miles
Interim CEO, Galveston Park Board
Ex Officio
Elizabeth “Liz” Torres, MPH
Associate Director of the Violence and Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
the Expertise
Housing and System-Scale Resilience
Open Space and Site-Scale Resilience
Data Science & Metrics
Meet Marina Walne
Marina Walne
CEO / EduStart LLC
Brandon Rogers
Vice President and Loan Officer at HomeTown Bank,
Galveston
Charles P. Mouton, MD, MS, MBA
Vice President and Executive Dean, John Sealy School of Medicine