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PKF Texas Director Elected to Houston East End Chamber of Commerce Board
PKF Texas Joins Distinguished Group of Houston Firms Involved with the East End Chamber of Commerce

HOUSTON – October 11, 2006 – Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas, P.C. (PKF Texas) Director of Entrepreneurial Advisory Services (EAS), Byron Hebert, CPA, has been elected to the board of the Houston East End Chamber of Commerce.

Hebert is one of 10 recently elected board members who will serve a three year term beginning October 1, 2006.  The new members join 14 existing board members.

“I am looking forward to serving the Houston East End community in this way,” said Hebert.  “PKF Texas has been involved with the East End community for several years this gives us a great opportunity to give something back to a community who has supported us in the past.”

The board members include: Doug Bates, Henry S. Miller Commercial; Vicki Brentin, Rotary Club of Houston; Ben Carlisle, Partners Electrical Services; Chris Conrad, Dinosaur Plastics; Art Flanagan, Wm. Rigg Co.; Steve Ghiglieri, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Gordon Harris, Oak Farms Dairy; Cynthia Hawk, JSC Federal Credit Union; Larry Jensen, Amegy Bank of Texas; Clayton Lau, Houston Dynamic Service, Inc.; Taryn McFarlane, Gulfgate Center-Wulfe & Co; Sylvia Medina, Metro Transit Authority; Carlos Mendoza, Creative Expressions; Fred Newhouse, Valero—Houston Refinery; Gilda Ramirez, Port of Houston Authority; Lori Rumfield, Cossaboom Family YMCA; Jeff Shanley, IGS Capital Management; Jim Sigler, KBR; Ken Stallman, Comerica Bank; Steve Stewart, Gulf Winds International; Jon Strange, JNS Consulting Engineers; Julie Vega, International Bank of Commerce; and Roy Zermeno, AT&T.

About Houston East End Chamber of Commerce
The East End Chamber is the premier business and community support organization for promoting and sustaining business expansion, investment and economic development in the East End.  To learn more about the East End Chamber or for membership or other information, contact Diane Lipton 713-926-3305 or visit their website, www.eecoc.org.

About PKF Texas
Located in Houston’s Galleria area at 5847 San Felipe, PKF Texas is a CPA firm that focuses on solutions for every stage of your business. With leaders who are forward-thinking entrepreneurs and business advisors with Big 4 backgrounds, PKF Texas provides auditing, accounting, domestic/international tax compliance and planning, profit enhancement, litigation services, information technology and business systems consulting to emerging and middle market companies across many industries. PKF Texas is a member of PKF International and The Leading Edge Alliance. To learn more about PKF Texas, visit their website at www.pkftexas.com.

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