The Houston Business Journal is excited to announce the honorees for its 2026 Most Admired CEO Awards. The awards program honors outstanding chief executives — and those holding equivalent titles — in the Houston metropolitan area leading for‐profit and nonprofit companies.
The HBJ will recognize the honorees at an awards ceremony and in the Aug. 28 weekly edition.
The event will be held on Thursday , Aug. 27, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The
Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa near the Galleria area. Go here for more details andto register.The HBJ also will present Arch “Beaver” Aplin III, founder and CEO of Buc-ee’s, with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the event.
We are continuing to accept nominations for the Women Who Mean Business Awards. The deadline is Friday , June 26.
Here are the honorees for the 2026 Most Admired CEO Awards, in alphabetical order.
- Sehba Ali, KIPP Texas Public Schools
- Christina Allen, FamilyTime Crisis & Counseling Center
- Shaya Attaei, Aria Signs & Design
- Jean Austin, Austin Business Strategies
- Fatih Ay, Harmony Public Schools
- Kelly Bluhm, Aon
- Lea Bogle, Premier Wireless Business Technology Solutions
- Warren Broadnax, She’s Happy Hair
- Shaun Castillo, Preferred Technologies LLC
- Joe Bob Edwards, Flowco Inc.
- Bradley Elliott, Houston BOMA
- Elizabeth Fazio Hale, Gulf Coast Authority
- Jay Fields, The Fields Cos.
- V aughan Gilmore, Santa Maria Hostel Inc.
- Jeff Green, Winstone Wealth Partners
- Mary Elizabeth Hand, Nick Finnegan Counseling Center
- Ryan Hartsell, Oxford Partners
- Eric Hays, Hays Electrical Services
- Carl Josehart, Alexander Jewish Family Service
- Andrea Link, Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Houston Galveston
- Scott Lundy , Arrow Child and Family Ministries’
- Matt Marino, Ezee Fiber
- Marcie Mir, El Centro de Corazón
- Sheroo Mukhtiar, IM Houston
- Shaun Noorian, Empower Pharmacy
- Eddie Nuñez, University of Houston Athletics
- Jessica O’Neill, Houston Dynamo FC
- Derek Potts, Potts Law Firm
- Jochen Reiser, The University of Texas Medical Branch
- Joseph Rose, The Noble Group
- Prabhdeep Singh Sekhon, Eclipse Energy
- Sebastien Solar, Commerce Bank
- Christa Stoneham, Houston Land Bank
- TJ Tijerina, First Community Credit Union
- Stephen Trauber, Moelis & Co
- Ryan W alsh, Harris County-Houston Sports Authority
- Gary Weisserman, Holocaust Museum Houston
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