Meeting/Event Information

Hug-A-Bear Campaign

The Community Relations Committee is sponsoring the annual Hug-a-Bear Campaign to collect teddy bears to present to the Houston Police Department at the March 10th Luncheon Program.

Collected bears will be distributed to the Houston Police and Fire Departments so that officers and firefighters can carry them in their patrol units, fire trucks and ambulances. The bears are used to comfort children who have suffered a traumatic experience or crisis situation. Some of the bears will be given to the Juvenile Sex Crimes Unit Investigators so that they can bring comfort to the young victims. Please bring your new, 12”-14” bear to the March 10th Luncheon Program.

IFMA's GOAL: Collect 500 Bears!

Challenge: Groups or individuals who donate 30+ bears are eligible for door prizes!

Start your company wide campaign now!

For more information please contact Kathy Edwards | [email protected]

SPEAKER: Thomas Lambert
President & CEO of the Harris County METRO 

Thomas C. (Tom) Lambert became President & Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) on March 1, 2014, where he oversees the management and operations of transit services for the nation’s fourth largest city. He had served in this position as an interim since January 2013 and has served the agency for 36 years. Mr. Lambert was previously the agency’s Executive Vice President. He had also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, where he was responsible for numerous departments including: METRO Police, Performance Improvement, Safety, Real Estate & Property Management, Information Technology, Facilities Maintenance, Safety, Human Resources, Marketing & Corporate Communications, Office of Small Business, Procurement & Materials, and Compliance, EEO, ER, & Organizational Development. He served much of his career at METRO as Senior Vice President & Chief of Police of the Department of Public Safety and was responsible for directing and managing police operations, traffic management activities, High Occupancy Vehicle lane operations and management, emergency preparedness and operations, intelligent transportation systems projects and system safety. Before joining METRO in 1979, Mr. Lambert served as a Senior Police Officer with the Austin
Police Department in Austin, Texas. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Southwest Texas State University and a Master of Arts degree in public administration from the University of Houston.
He is currently a board member for the American Public Transportation Association and is METRO’s alternate member on the Transportation Policy Council (the region’s metropolitan planning organization) of the Houston-Galveston Area Council. He also serves as a lecturer/instructor at the Law Enforcement Management Institute Command College at Sam Houston State University.

Members $40
Guests $50, $65, $80