Spring Luncheon
The PARTNERS Spring Luncheon brings together influential leaders from philanthropic, medical, and corporate communities to raise funds and spread awareness about the life-changing role nurses play in our lives.
The luncheon, which serves as the organization’s premier fundraiser of the year, will benefit student scholarships and transformational faculty research at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston.
2027 Spring Luncheon
Thursday, April 22, 2027
River Oaks Country Club
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Keynote speaker: Luci Baines Johnson, businesswoman, philanthropist, honorary fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and Texas icon
Honorees: Maria and Christopher J. Pappas and Family
Luncheon chairs: UTHealth Houston alumni John J. Cangelosi, MD, and Natahsa “Tosh” Cangelosi, FNP-C
2026 Spring Luncheon
“The Pitt” actor Ned Brower told Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston supporters that a small scholarship helped him earn his MSN from UCLA. Brower traced his path from model, to actor, to rock drummer, to emergency department nurse, and back to actor during his keynote speech at the 2026 PARTNERS Luncheon. The event raised a record $256,000+ for nursing scholarships and research.
2025 Spring Luncheon
Thank you to everyone who helped the 2025 PARTNERS Spring Luncheon break another fundraising record! Read all about it, and see all the photos.
From birth through illness to the end of life journey, the nurse is the HEART and HANDS of medicine.
For more information about PARTNERS:
Cavishia Roberson
Program Manager
Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston
713-500-2256
[email protected]
Make a Donation to PARTNERS online in the form of joining the Circle of Support, adding to the PARTNERS Scholarship Endowment Fund, supporting the UTHealth School of Nursing through a donation to the Dean's Excellence Fund, or by making a general contribution to PARTNERS.
