1. PORT OF HOUSTON PARTNERS IN MARITIME EDUCATION (PHPME) Creating the Next Generation of Maritime Leaders Gilda Ramirez, PHPME President September 29, 2015

2. History of PHPME Realizing the Need Formation How We Do It What We’ve Done

3. PHOTO OR GRAPHIC Port of Houston Port of Houston Celebrating 100 Years 150 Private & Public Facilities We are #1 o Foreign Water-Borne Tonnage o Containers

4. Increase in Graduates Scholarships Bright Idea Award PHOTO OR GRAPHIC Reaching New Heights

5. PHOTO OR GRAPHIC PHPME Partners Industry Partners Aramco Services Company Bay-Houston Towing Co. Buffalo Marine Service, Inc. G & H Towing Company Gulf Stream Marine, Inc. Gulf Winds International Higman Marine Services, Inc. Houston Pilots Association Intermarine Worldwide J. Ray McDermott Kirby Corporation Rickmers-Linie America Seamar Holdings, LLC Southwest Shipyard, LP Texas Terminals, LP West Gulf Maritime Association Academic Partners School Districts Houston ISD Galena Park ISD La Porte ISD Pasadena ISD Community Colleges Houston Community College Lee College-Baytown San Jacinto College Universities Texas A&M University-Galveston Texas Southern University University of Houston Federal Partners U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. Maritime Administration U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

6. PHOTO OR GRAPHIC Workforce Development High School Maritime Education Programs Program Benefits 2014 Educator’s Guide U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee presenting Yates High School 2015 Valedictorian and Maritime Academy Graduate Jason Covarrubias with a certificate of completion from the Maritime Academy.

7. PHOTO OR GRAPHIC Workforce Development Colleges & Universities Houston Community College San Jacinto College Texas A&M Maritime Academy at Galveston Texas Southern University

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9. Questions? Gilda Ramirez, Sr. Director – Port of Houston Authority President – PHPME gramirez@poha.com 713-670-2590 Dawona Miles, Maritime Education Coordinator – Port of Houston Authority damiles@poha.com 713-670-2806

10. PHPME Board of Directors President Gilda Ramirez, Port of Houston Authority Vice President Sarah “Sallie Kay” Janes San Jacinto College Treasurer Marie McDermott Assistant Treasurer Ursurla Williams Texas Southern University Secretary Dr. Johnella Bradford Houston Community College Directors Johnella Bradford, HCC Gordie Keenan, Higman Marine Tammy Lobaugh, TAMUG JJ Plunkett, Houston Pilots Association Michael Morris, Houston Pilots Association Drew Thurman, HISD Mike Webster, HISD Victoria Villarreal, Houston East End Chamber of Commerce