Houston’s Most Admired CEOs
Houston celebrated its most inspiring leaders at the 2025 Most Admired CEO Awards, hosted by the Houston Business Journal. The event honored CEOs for their vision, performance, and community impact. A special congratulations to our client, Jon Silberman of Partners Real Estate, on this well-deserved recognition. PRISM salutes these remarkable leaders!
Here are the 2025 honorees, in alphabetical order:
Esi Akinosho, Ernst & Young
Marcela Andres, designEDengagement
Shawn Bailey, Amoco Federal Credit Union
Marc Barnhill, Smith
Sterling Carter, Sterling Physical Therapy & Wellness
Chris Conrad, Republic Boot Co.
Greg Den Herder, Amber Green Corp.
Nick Dhanani, Dhanani Private Equity Group
Kenzel Fallen, Three Keys Coffee
Jim Fish, Jr., Waste Management
Ann Fox, Nine Energy Services
Gilbert Garcia, Garcia Hamilton & Associates LP
Lauren Goodwin, Mission Ops LLC
Tammy Hetmaniak, Be A Resource (BEAR)
Richard Hunton Jr., Hunton Group
Itiel Kaplan, Maple Development
Asher Kazmann, Locke Solutions LLC
Darryl King, PPG Global LLC
Kris Larson, Downtown Houston+
Karen Levingston-Franklin, World Youth Foundation Inc.
Derek Maetzold, Castle Biosciences Inc.
Kerry McCracken, The Children's Assessment Center
Yasmene McDaniel, HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast
D. Cal McNair, Houston Texans
Ruthanne Mefford, Child Advocates of Fort Bend
William Merrick, Empower Community Development Corp.
Shannon Nelson, H-Town Dream Center
Deborah Nixon, Nixon Home Care Inc.
John Poindexter, J.B. Poindexter & Co Inc.
John Schmitz, Select Water Solutions
Heather Shirk Patrick, Prevent Blindness Texas
Jon Silberman, Partners Real Estate
Debra Sukin, Texas Children’s Hospital
Tommy Sutherland, Sutherland Holdings International, LLC
Kengo Takishima, Baylor Genetics
James Thibodeaux, JB Thibodeaux Homes & Properties
Gene Thompson, InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC
Tandy Tipps, Winniedel Oncology
Reed Vestal, Junction
Tom Vo, Nutex Health
Beth Williams, TechTrans International, Inc.
Wayne Wilson, SynergenX Health
Yang Wu, Microvast, Inc.
