Dear Houston LGBT,

The 2023 Pride In Business Celebration & Awards and After Party were a stellar success! 

With over 450+ people in the room, it was a beautiful celebration of Pride Month, honoring eleven remarkable Pride In Business Award Honorees and hearing a powerful conversation with our Special Guest, Francisco Sánchez, Jr., Associate Administrator with the U.S. Small Business Administration and our Emcee, Cheryl Mercedes, from Media Partner, KHOU 11.  

Not to mention the huge crowd that joined us for the After Party! Read further for a wonderful recap of this signature event.

Thank you to our many elected officials and dignitaries who joined us for this special event.  

Breaking Records! 

This event marks the largest Pride In Business event to date, from number of attendees (450+) to over 50 sponsors to fundraising. We appreciate the support of so many generous sponsors who helped us make the event an overwhelming success this year.  

Thank you Gold Level Corporate Partner, HP, who was the Presenting Sponsor for the 2023 Pride In Business Celebration. We are grateful to HP's Houston Pride Business Impact Network for the support!

Thank you to our Media Partner, KHOU 11, for the amazing partnership for this event!

Check out the full list of event sponsors below. Watch the awards highlight segment on KHOU 11 news here.

Congratulations to the 2023 Pride In Business Honorees. We recognized individuals and organizations who are leaders and advocates for the Chamber and the LGBTQ+ community. Check out all of the Honorees below.

LGBTQ+ Business of the Year

Employee Resource Group of the Year

Allied Business of the Year

Community Legacy Award

JD Doyle

JD Doyle Archives

Corporate LGBTQ+ Ally of the Year

Susanne Brady-Lusk

Arca Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages

Nonprofit Member of the Year

Corporate Partner of the Year

Chamber Advocacy Award

Supplier Diversity Advocate of the Year

James Harris

H-E-B

 LGBTBE^® Certified Business of the Year 

Chamber Champion Award

Linda Toyota

The Chamber once again extends its congratulations to these amazing 2023 Pride In Business Award Honorees. Each of them is making incredible contributions to support and lift up the LGBTQ+ community.  

Thank you to our Awards Sponsor, PromoPrint, for providing the beautiful Pride In Business Awards. The company has provided the awards for the event since year one. PromoPrint is an LGBTQ+ owned business. We appreciate your support again this year! 

Much Gratitude to our

Pride In Business Sponsors!

We had over 50 sponsors support the Pride In Business Celebration! The support of our sponsors makes a difference for the work and mission of the Chamber.

Thank you to the Pride In Business Presenting Sponsor, HP, for your generous support of the Pride In Business Celebration! HP has been an amazing champion for the Chamber and the LGBTQ+ community. We appreciate HP's support!

VIP Reception Presenting Sponsor

Emerald Sponsors

A Better Path Therapy

Certarus

City of Houston Office of Business Opportunity

Greenberg Traurig

Katine Nechman McLaurin LLP

Kidsave Texas

Pasadena Councilmember Jonathan Estrada

SignatureCare Emergency Center

St. Anthony Community Choice

UPS

Whitmire & Munoz LLC

Media Sponsors

Awards Sponsor

After Party Presenting Sponsor

After Party Celebrate Sponsor

After Party Rainbow Sponsors

Kiki

Clay Melder & Alberto Gutierrez

Don Cosme Tequila

Eureka Heights Brew Co.

FridayHarbour

Stephen Miranda

Thank you again to our generous sponsors and attendees as well as Associate Administrator Sánchez and Cheryl Mercedes for helping us to make this THE best Pride In Business Celebration ever. 

We appreciate the Hyatt Regency Houston Downtown for their support and partnership on this event. Also, we express our gratitude to Constable Alan Rosen, Precinct 1, and his team for providing security for the event. Last but not least, thank you to Dalton DeHart, Password Productions, Robert Shipman Flowers & Events and Soneja Creative for helping us make this an event to remember!

As I shared in my remarks, events like this celebration don't just happen. It takes tons of support, planning and execution. I want to express my appreciation to our amazing team who made sure every aspect of the event was top notch and every attendee had a wonderful time. They worked tirelessly to make sure this event was a success. I am grateful to them for the work they do everyday on behalf of the Chamber to support our members and community.

Keep an eye out for tons more event photos coming soon!



Thank you for joining us to celebrate Pride In Business! 

We are already making plans for next year, and we look forward to seeing you again for this event in 2024!

With Gratitude & Pride,

Tammi Wallace (she/her/hers)

Co-Founder and President & CEO