Wendy Montoya Cloonan

Board Member at CenterPoint Energy

Wendy Montoya Cloonan has been a director since February 2021. Ms. Cloonan is the sole shareholder of The Law Office of Wendy Montoya Cloonan, PLLC, since August 2019, which specializes in the areas of public finance and public law. Before founding her own firm, Ms. Cloonan worked at the Houston Endowment, Inc., a private foundation that partners with other organizations in the non-profit, public and private sectors to improve quality of life for the residents of greater Houston, from February 2015 to July 2019 where she served as Senior Program Officer in Education, Assistant General Counsel and Director of Legal. Prior to joining Houston Endowment, Inc., Ms. Cloonan served as an attorney at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (formerly, Andrews Kurth LLP), Schwartz, Page & Harding, L.L.P. and Vinson & Elkins LLP. Ms. Cloonan has served as a commissioner of the Port of Houston Authority since 2019 and on the Board of directors of the Houston Downtown Management District since 2015. She also currently serves on the Boards of the Harris County Hospital District Foundation since 2021, The Young Center since 2020, and ALMAAHH since 2022. She earned a B.A. degree from Yale University, a Master in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a J.D. with Honors from The University of Texas School of Law.

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