The Woodlands Lifestyles and Homes magazine Sep 2009: Business and Real Estate

Hardeep (Debbie) Bal, D.O., joins Northwest Diagnostic Clinic from the Conroe Regional Medical Center where she trained in family practice and currently serves as a resident representative of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for the Conroe Medicine Residency Program. She grew up in the Champions area of northwest Houston and is happy to return to the community to establish her clinical practice.

Dr. Bal received her Doctor of Osteopathy from the University of North Texas Health Science Center - Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth. She is board eligible in family medicine.

She is a member of the American Medical Association, American Osteopathic Association, Texas Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, Texas Academy of Family Physicians and the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin.

Debra Hageman Staley joined the St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital as special projects manager. In her role, Staley will focus on marketing, public relations and community outreach for St. Luke ’s Lakeside Hospital, a new hospital specializing in orthopedics and cardiology located on the St. Luke’s Woodlands campus. She will also be responsible for enhancing the patient care experience and will serve as a campus-wide liaison between St. Luke ’s The Woodlands and the public.

Prior to joining St. Luke’s, Staley served as director of public affairs and community relations for The Woodlands Development Company where she was employed for 11 years. Her career background also includes experience in the hospitality and meeting planning industry.

Staley is a graduate of Texas Tech University. She is a board member of The Woodlands Association, the South County YMCA and volunteers with Interfaith of The Woodlands, The Friendship Center, Pet Therapy Pals of Texas and Rotary Club of The Woodlands.

The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center received the 2009 Inner Circle Award as chosen by readers of Association Meetings magazine, a leading trade publication for meeting and convention planners. The award is given to properties that have exemplified excellence in their levels of quality and service in the meetings and hospitality industry.

Now in its 17th year, the Inner Circle Award is given to a select group of conference centers, hotels, convention centers and visitors bureaus as selected and reviewed by meeting planners who make their selections based on high level of service, flexible function space, quality of food and beverage and good value on room rates.

“This award recognizes not only the quality of our conference facilities, but the efforts of our entire team who provide a high-level of service to each and every guest, ” says Tory Enriquez, the resort’s director of sales and marketing.

LJF Associates Advertising/Public Relations won the Award of Distinction for its advertising campaign for Shenandoah Convention and Visitors Bureau in the 2009 Communicator Awards.

As one of more than 7,000 entrants, LJF Associates Inc. won the award by submitting selected advertisements, pole banners and the visitors guide used in the Shop, Work, Taste and Stay Shenandoah campaign.

The Communicator Awards was founded by communications professionals more than a decade ago, and has become the leading awards program honoring the creative excellence of communications professionals. Entries are accepted and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body of top-tier professionals from highly acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms.

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