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📆 Thursday, May 14, 2026
🕐 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
📍 Sesh Coworking | 2808 Caroline St., #100, Houston, TX 77004

Join us afterward for lunch at Chamber member Weights + Measures next door.

If your company is an active Chamber Impact Partner and you lead LGBTQ+ inclusion efforts at your company, join your fellow LGBTQ+ and Ally BRG, ERG, and Affinity Group leaders for this special May LGBTQ+ B/ERG Leadership Roundtable.

Roundtable Topic: 

Thinking Strategically for B/ERG Success in Challenging Economic Environments

From tariffs to conflicts to government shutdowns, there are various factors outside your control that are impacting your companies and could impact staffing and budgets in the long term. How can B/ERG leaders think strategically as individuals and as a team, about their groups’ budgets, annual plans, and company-wide inclusion efforts to ensure they are rising to meet the challenging economic environments while also preparing for any uncertainty ahead.

Part 1: “Maximizing your Leadership Potential” - In our first session, Christina Hutchinson, Associate Program Leader, executive leadership and performance coach with Chamber member Mark Kamin & Associates will lead a facilitated discussion on how B/ERG leaders can work together within their companies to rise to meet challenges, anticipate budget cuts or changing resources, and keep focus on the work of inclusion regardless of the challenges coming from every direction.

Part 2: “Maximizing your Chamber Membership” - In our second session, Ryan Wilson, Director of Corporate Relations, will outline the benefits of membership in the Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce that many companies overlook and will guide you on ways to work those resources and events into your B/ERG calendars and programming.

Part 3: “Maximizing your Network” - In our final session, we will have a forum for open discussion to ask your peers at other companies how they are navigating challenges and share best practices for LGBTQ+ inclusion efforts in the region. 

Special Guest Speaker: 

Christina Hutchinson (she/her)
Mark Kamin & Associates

Christina Hutchinson is a Transformational Program Leader and Executive Coach with Mark Kamin & Associates (MKA), an Inc. Magazine 2025 Power Partner. She builds deeply connected, high-performing teams that deliver breakthrough results—fast. Christina is known for producing immediate, measurable shifts in how leaders and teams think, communicate, and execute—unlocking performance and possibility that traditional approaches can’t reach. Her work gets to the source of how people and teams unknowingly limit and constrain their opportunity to maximize performance. The outcome: teams that operate as one—clear, aligned, committed and accountable—consistently delivering results that exceed expectations.

With a background in diverse technology & industries, international sales, and global market development, Christina brings both business acumen and transformational expertise—bridging strategy and execution to drive real, lasting impact. Fluent in Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish, and a former championship-winning professional athlete, professional referee, and elite referee coach Christina has a profound relationship to what it takes to cause leaders and teams to perform under pressure, lead and manage through extreme adversity, and win when it matters most.

Virtual access is available. In-person attendance is encouraged for those in the Greater Houston area.