Buffalo Bayou Partnership

Leigh McBurnett has over 25 years of fundraising and non-profit management experience and currently serves as Vice President of Development for Buffalo Bayou Partnership.  Prior to joining BBP ten years ago, she was the Executive Director of a Houston-based contemporary ballet company.  Leigh began her career at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston where she held numerous fundraising positions over a ten-year stint, including Assistant Development Director from 2000-2005.  Leigh grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas and is a graduate of Tulane University with a B.A. in Art History.

About the Buffalo Bayou Partnership:  Traveling east along Buffalo Bayou’s hike and bike trails, visitors enter one of Houston’s most historic and culturally rich areas. In 1914, the Houston Ship Channel opened to deep-water navigation. The channel, in combination with the railroads, transformed the area into the industrial heart of Houston. Today, Buffalo Bayou Partnership is working to bring new parks and trails, vibrant cultural destinations, affordable housing, and infrastructure improvements to the Greater East End and Fifth Ward neighborhoods in Buffalo Bayou East.

Invited by Lisa Bunse