Longhorn Legacy Evening
LONGHORN LEGACY EVENING HONORING JUNE DEADRICK
JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF FOOD, FRIENDS, AND FUN
BENEFITING UT STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
June Deadrick currently serves as the Director of State & Federal Relations (Government Affairs) for CenterPoint Energy. Before assuming her current post, she served as Senior Specialist with Reliant Energy’s Government Affairs Division and Manager of Government Affairs for CenterPoint Energy. Prior to joining Reliant Energy, June served as the constituent services director for two members of the Houston City Council, Chris Bell and Judson Robinson, III. Before venturing into local government, June served as the Chief of Staff for Texas State Representative Fred M. Bosse (D-Houston).
A native of Palacios, Texas, she was a 1983 graduate of Palacios High School, a graduate of the University of Texas (Austin) with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and received a Master of Liberal Arts (MLA), from the University of St. Thomas (Houston). An alumna of the Texas Lyceum Association, Leadership Texas, Leadership Houston and 2018 Graduate of Leadership America, June serves as a volunteer and board member for several non-profit organizations including: Miller Outdoor Theatre Advisory Board, Theater Under The Stars (TUTS), Houston Grand Opera, Texas Exes Board of Directors, Texas Exes Public Affairs Committee, UT Chancellor’s Executive Council, Stadium Park TIRZ, Jr. League of Houston 100th Anniversary Sustainer Committee, The Bryan Museum (Galveston), Houston Harris County Sports Authority Foundation, Undies For Everyone, UT Health Development Committee, Longhorn Foundation, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Engagement, Houston Arts Alliance, Presidents Council (University of St. Thomas).
A Sustaining member of the Junior League of Houston, June is a member of the Texas Spring Cypress Chapter of Links, Inc., a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and a Life Member of the Texas Exes Association. In 2017, she was chosen from a pool of nationwide applicants to participate as a member of the Leadership America Class of 2018, the premier Leadership Development organization for corporate women throughout the United States. In January of 2018, Ms. Deadrick made history as she became the first African American female to Chair a post-season collegiate Bowl game as Chair of the Academy Sports & Outdoors Texas Bowl. Most recently, June was chosen by the Houston Harris County Sports Authority to Chair the Houston Host Committee for the 2024 College Football Championship Game which will be held in Houston in January of 2024.
