River oaks
Business women´s
Exchange club

GET ENGAGED. BE INSPIRED. GROW YOUR BUSINESS.

Women’s Business
Connection

Contact us to learn more about our organization and how it can positively impact your career.

WE ARE REBELS
AND WE ARE POWERFUL

In 1976, refused admittance into business organizations by male leadership, five women met for breakfast and conversation at the Travel Lodge on Waugh Drive. From that catalyst grew the River Oaks Business Women’s Exchange Club (RClub), an organization for women, run by women. Our members share their business acumen, resources, insights, and more, to help one another succeed. We are our own heroines.

We are a networking club comprising seasoned professionals and new professionals – and those in-between – in diverse occupations and fields. We work to ensure that women have the information, tools, and support they need to realize their professional goals.

WE ARE SOCIAL
AND WE MEAN BUSINESS

Continuing the practice of our pioneering founders, we gather monthly for breakfast meetings to nurture our relationships and learn from speakers who are leaders in their fields. The club also sponsors social functions, entertaining activities, dining opportunities and unexpected experiences throughout the year.

In addition, RClub has several “roundtables”, made up of about 15 women, which focus on business topics or the serious business of getting to know each another. Member interest drives these groups, sharing best practices, relaxing and connecting.
We have fun. We get to know each other, our businesses, and then we share that knowledge with people who can hire us. It’s that simple.

MEETING DETAILS:

When:

RClub meets on the first Friday of every month.

Where:

River Oaks Country Club | 1600 River
Oaks Blvd. | Houston, TX 77019

AGENDA:

MEETING DETAILS:

When:

RClub meets on the first Friday of every month.

Where:

River Oaks Country Club | 1600 River
Oaks Blvd. | Houston, TX 77019

AGENDA:

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 3
May Breakfast Meeting
7:00 am
River Oaks Country Club
June 7
June Breakfast Meeting
7:00 am
River Oaks Country Club
July 12
July Breakfast Meeting
7:00 am
River Oaks Country Club

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 3
May Breakfast Meeting
7:00 am
River Oaks Country Club
June 7
June Breakfast Meeting
7:00 am
River Oaks Country Club
July 12
July Breakfast Meeting
7:00 am
River Oaks Country Club

RClub Board of Directors

Holly Smith

Board President 2024

Carol Gradziel

Secretary

Ellen Efsic

Treasurer

Chaundra Frank

Membership Director

Liz Lara Carreño

Programming Director

Clare Legg

Communications Director

Nancy Martch

Reservations Director

Angelina Lopez

Socials Director

Maureen Sanders

President Elect

Speakers

*Registration Required*

Testimonials

Contact

May 3, 2024

Eileen J. Morris

Artistic Director of The Ensemble Theatre

As Artistic Director of The Ensemble Theatre, Eileen has produced over 87 productions which include 8 world premieres and over 70 regional premieres. Eileen was named 2023 Best Artistic Director by Houston Press. She was also named the 2021 Director of the Decade for Fences by Broadway World Houston and awarded the 2020 USITT Thomas DeGaetani Award for her contributions to the performing arts community in Texas. Her most recent Ensemble Theatre directing credits include Chicken & Biscuits, Brother Toad, Love & Southern Discomfort, Single Black Female, The Lawsons: A Civil Rights Love Story, I, Too, Am America, More Than Christmas, School Girls; Or the African Mean Girls Play and Freeda Peoples to name a few. A proud member of SDC (Stage Directors and Choreographers), Eileen holds the distinction of being the ONLY woman in the world to direct eight of the August Wilson Ten Play Cycle and is excited to add The Piano Lesson to her repertoire this spring at The Ensemble Theatre!