“Your Tomorrow Starts Today”

Team Members Brittany Price Noemi Hernandez Ashley Sargent Cindy Johnson Ernest Gonzalez Ronald Rogers

“Your Tomorrow Starts Today” Lone Star Cy Fair is hosting a career day because we want our students to have a look into the next step after graduation. We are emphasizing Business related careers today because Business is a major part of the job industry. We would like to provide information to our students to help steer them in the right path and a perfect career choice.

Business Fields Human Resources Marketing Management

Business Fields Finance Accounting

Featured Speakers for Lone Star Cy Fair Career Day 2015

Michael Harris Human Resources Director at Texas Star, and originally from Los Angeles, California. He received his B.A in Business Management with a minor in Finance. During his 10 years at Texas Star he worked closely with Hire Houston, a program dedicated to promoting education and teaches job seeking skills needed in today’s workforce. His initiative sparked great interest and his company hosts a training course once a month in the greater Houston Area. As Human Resources Director, he has appeared in numerous online publications, and on all of the major news outlets. When Michael is not working, or leading workshops, he enjoys running, swimming, and spending time with his children.

Michael Harris Apart from speaking engagements Michael Harris is a devoted father of three and loves to spend time with others who have the same passion and work ethic as he does. Due to his hands on approach in his field, he is able to come up with new ideas and concepts to make it a productive atmosphere rather than a stress minded work area. His theory is, “If you enjoy doing what you do, you shouldn’t call it work.”

Michael Harris

Mark Martinez A graduate of UH with a degree in Marketing he graduated in 2007 and begin his career with an internship at Coca Cola. Soon after completing his internship, he was hired into the company working as marketing manager assistant. Three years later he was promoted into marketing manager. Mark join the group of fellow speakers to share his story with students. He believes his story and experience can help motivate students into a business degree. At the young age of 29, he is a perfect example of success with the right commitment and motivation anything is possible. Mark is married and has two kids, a four year old girl and a two year old boy. He loves to spend time with his family and doing outdoor activities.

Mark Martinez Mark Martinez loves to travel with his family and are proud to hear him talk about success stories and how he has help many others reach their goals in the work place. Mark Martinez’s story is a rags to riches story growing up in the lower east end of Houston. His struggle was finding money to pay for school and books. He found out quickly that with many valleys in life there are just as many peaks. He found out with hard work and determination he too could attend the college of his choice. This is the experience he talks about and passes on to others.

Mark Martinez

Sara Gomez A native of Mexico City and has lived in Houston, TX since Since 2003, Sara has been District Management for a City Outreach and is responsible for the initiative to keep citizens informed and educated. Her bi-cultural background and focus on community collaboration has led to a number of volunteer opportunities and community leadership roles. Sara received her Bachelor of Science in Communication at Sam Houston State University and a Masters in Business Management. In her spare time, Sara enjoys baking, karaoke, and bike riding.

Sara Gomez Sara Gomez was taking on-line courses from a local community college in the states and was able to obtain her associates degree, which helped her obtain her bachelor of science from Sam Houston State University. She was able to take advantage of this because her husband Jose works for Nike as the South American Marketing representative. With the job came opportunities to relocate to Houston, Texas. Sara was well prepared learning English while residing in Mexico and put her new language skills to work in school and in her new job. She didn’t stop there. She loves to volunteer her time to help educate others about getting a good education and how to apply for scholarships. Because with a good education it’s the key to opening new doors.

Sara Gomez

Amanda Haynes Amanda Haynes joined the City of Houston faculty in 2004 after spending nearly ten years working as in The Department of Finances for the University of Houston. Since working for the City of Houston, Amanda has been the Lead Financial Coordinator for over six years and has written grant proposals collaboratively to fund computer-aided classrooms and laboratories. She has served in many different positions and enjoys the stability of a career in the Finance field. Her proposals have been recognized with a Houston 2013 Outstanding Award and she received the Award for Excellence in Teaching Financial Communication. An important aspect of her life is caring for her husband, 3 daughters, and puppy.

Amanda Haynes

Jessica Manor Jessica Manor came back to Houston after nearly twenty years of service in the United States Army where she served as an Executive Accountant and the Director of Plan to Plan, an organization created to keep active members and veterans on the right financial path. Before joining the Army, Jessica received her Undergraduate and Master’s degrees at Texas A&M University. She is a board member and director-sponsor, and has received numerous awards for her contributions to the profession. Amanda has applied academic and Army experience to a variety of consultancies for major corporations and political agencies throughout the world.

Jessica Manor These professional efforts have been recognized by the Society of Accountants and the Professional Accounting Society. She is active in a variety of civic and cultural organizations including Habitat for Humanity, Sierra Club, the Women's Philharmonic, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Outside of her professional interests, Amanda travels, reads, writes and loves to fish.

Jessica Manor

Hosted at Lone Star College Cy-Fair Auditorium 9191 Barker Cypress Rd. Cypress, TX 77433

May 22, 2015 Starting at 12:00 P.M. Michael Harris Lone Star Cy-Fair Auditorium Starting at 12:45 P.M. Mark Martinez Lone Star Cy-Fair Auditorium Starting at 1:30 P.M. Sara Gomez Lone Star Cy-Fair Auditorium

May 22, 2015 Starting at 2:15 P.M. Amanda Haynes Lone Star Cy-Fair Auditorium Starting at 3:00 P.M. Jessica Manor Lone Star Cy-Fair Auditorium

For More Information Contact Brittany Price Noemi Hernandez – Ashley Sargent – Cindy Johnson – Ernest Gonzalez – Ronald Rogers –

We invite you to join us on May 22, 2015, for an opportunity to kick start your career.