HOUSTON, Texas (May 7, 2004) – Dawn Ullrich, director of the George R. Brown Convention Center and the City of Houston’s Convention & Entertainment Facilities Department, has been named president of the Houston Convention Center Hotel Corporation.

The HCCHC is a non-profit corporation created in 2000 to build and operate a convention headquarters hotel. It was opened on time and within budget adjacent to the George R. Brown on December 4, 2003, as the Hilton Americas-Houston. At 1,200 rooms, the Hilton Americas is Houston’s largest hotel.

Ullrich, 48, succeeds Gerard J. Tollett in the position.

“Dawn Ullrich has proven to be a most able administrator during the course of her 25-year career with the City of Houston,” Houston Mayor Bill White said. “She knows how to manage large public facilities, including the George R. Brown Convention Center, and fully understands all the issues related to the Hilton Americas.”

Ullrich’s appointment was announced after Richard J. Campo was unanimously approved as the new chairman of the HCCHC board, succeeding former Mayor Bob Lanier.

“Ric Campo has a wide range of experience in public and private real estate projects and an uncommon understanding of the related financing,” said Mayor White, who nominated Campo. “And while nobody really replaces Mayor Lanier, Ric has the skills necessary to do an outstanding job as the Hotel Corporation’s new board chairman.”

Campo, 49, is chairman and CEO of Camden Property Trust, one of the nation’s largest multifamily real estate investment trusts with a portfolio valued in excess of $5 billion. He has served on the Harris County/Houston Sports Authority board since its inception in August 1997 and is presently secretary/treasurer and chairs the finance committee.

In other HCCHC board action, Carin Marcy Barth has been reappointed as secretary, Janiece Longoria reappointed treasurer, and Munir Ibrahim appointed to the board.