December 6, 2010 the Greater Houston Restaurant Association had their annual Past-President’s Council Luncheon
We had some great GHRA historical figures come out and dine with us at this year’s Past-President’s Council Luncheon like Rosemary Garbett formerly of Los Tios, GHRA past president from 1982-1983, one of the first female leaders the association has ever had as president! We also had past-presidents like Shelby Dodson, from What-a-Burger, the GHRA past-president from 1989-1990. In addition to Jeffrey Foster, past-president from 1998-1999 who was formerly with Jack-in-the Box but is now currently with the What-a-Burger family foundation. We were very glad to hear their perspectives of the growth of the association from all three of these past decades and were thrilled to have the current President, Mike Shine, of Texas Food Group and Chris O’Donnell of Brinker International, Inc., President-elect to get their views on where they see the future of the GHRA. Below is a list of all of our Past Presidents that we would formally like to honor. We thank you for you commitment to the GHRA and what you have done for restaurants as an industry!
| Year Served | Names |
| 1941-43 | C.M. Lindsey |
| 1943-45 | John Weldon |
| 1945-46 | Virginia King |
| 1946-47 | Jimmie Petka |
| 1947-48 | Allen Gibson |
| 1948-49 | John L. Lewis |
| 1949-50 | Travis Hughes |
| 1950-51 | Bill Williams |
| 1951-53; 1979-80 | Tom Katz |
| 1953-54 | Guy Frances |
| 1954-55 | Sonny Look |
| 1955-57 | Claverine Buybee |
| 1957-58 | Walter Lewis |
| 1958-59 | Joe Schnitzius |
| 1959-60 | George Dentler |
| 1960-61 | Alfred Kahn |
| 1961-62 | Jay Nickerson |
| 1962-63 | Albert Gee |
| 1963-64 | Granveille Harber |
| 1964-65 | Leonard McNeil |
| 1965-66 | Jack Bryant |
| 1966-67 | Vincent Navarro |
| 1967-68 | Sonny Allbritton |
| 1968-69 | Allen Petty |
| 1969-70 | Don Bennett |
| 1970-71 | Jay Allbritton |
| 1971-72 | Leonard LaBarba |
| 1972-73 | Deno Caloudas |
| 1973-74 | James Weeks |
| 1974-75 | Michael Shields |
| 1975-77 | Ennie Allbritton |
| 1977-78 | Hank Dentler |
| 1978-79 | Pete Cook |
| 1980-81 | John Snyder |
| 1981-82 | Claude Vargo |
| 1982-83 | Rosemary Garbett |
| 1983-84 | Carl Perry |
| 1984-86 | Bob Borochoff |
| 1986-87 | Gayle Anderson |
| 1987-88 | Jeff Pinkerton |
| 1988-89 | Pat McCarley |
| 1989-90 | Shelby Dobson |
| 1990-91 | Wesley Howard |
| 1991-92 | Larry Forehand |
| 1992-93; 2008-09 | Ricardo Molina |
| 1993-94 | Lynn Temple |
| 1994-95 | Darrin Straughan |
| 1995-96 | Kenneth James |
| 1996-97 | Ricki Oberoi |
| 1997-98 | Bill Edge |
| 1998-99 | Jeff Foster |
| 1999-00 | Clifford Moore |
| 2000-01 | Jesse Chaluh |
| 2001-02 | Carmelo Mauro |
| 2002-03 | Michael Massa |
| 2003-04 | Gary West |
| 2004-05 | Russell Ybarra |
| 2005-06 | George Christie |
| 2006-08 | Carl Walker |
| 2009-10 | Michael Shine |
