Harriet Pilgrim

Background

About Harriet Pilgrim

For the last twenty-one years, I have had the pleasure to serve my community through my position as Membership Director for the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership (BAHEP). BAHEP is a member-driven organization, which provides the leadership to stimulate regional economic development and employment. Utilizing a collaborative committee structure, BAHEP engages over 270 member companies, business professionals, local governments, and educational institutions in southeast Texas to bring about prosperity and a high quality of life for over people who live and work in the region. BAHEP members include business partners encompassing 16 cities, Galveston and Harris counties, the Houston Airport System, and Port Houston.BAHEP provides confidential assistance to businesses seeking to expand or relocate their operations in the region. Each project is reviewed for options on workforce, site selection, incentives and abatements. The prospect list is comprised of manufacturing, logistics, chemicals, office-related projects, and others. Through its committees, BAHEP is involved in special initiatives, which help protect and promote the region’s business interests. Such initiatives and collaborations include efforts to bring storm surge protection and drainage solutions to the Bay Area Houston region through its International Maritime Advisory Committee, and support of NASA’s Johnson Space Center through an advocacy program called the Citizen’s for Space Exploration. Since 1976, the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership has served the region as an economic development driver, advocate, facilitator, and friend to all. Its work has evolved dramatically in the ensuing years and will continue to do so as the needs of the region also evolve.