The After Hours Network was founded by Jon King in March 1989 and has been functioning each week for over Twenty Five Years (Over 1100 programs, & 50,000 people) is one of the oldest and most effective networking forums in the nation helping many of Houston’s finest business and professional people. The After Hours Network has been successful in providing attendees with valuable business and social contacts to enhance their business and professional success in the Greater Houston Area.

 The After Hours Network has helped hundreds of professionals find business opportunities, jobs and useful contacts for lifetime friendships as well as business and creative ventures.

Our Speakers are the Leaders from all walks of life.
They are the life and imagination of some of
most creative ideas on the planet.
Here is a partial list of our past Speakers:

• Dr. Richard Smalley- Nobel Chemist- Carbon Nano Tubes
• Dr. Denton Cooley, World Renown Cardiologist and Heart Surgeon
• Superconductivity’s Dr. Chu
• Continental Airlines’ Chairmen, Gordon Bethune and Larry Kellner
• Cosmonaut: Valerie Tokirev
• Kwik Kopy’s Founder, Bud Hatfield
• Visible Changes Founder, John McCormack
• Dr. John Mendelsohn, President of MD Anderson Hospital
• Nobel Scientist Dr. Richard Smalley and Dr. Wade Adams, Director of the Richard Smalley Nanoscience Center at Rice University
• Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and Motivational Speaker, Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale
• Dr.  James Willerson, President Texas Heart Institute and former President, UT Health Science Center
• Welcome Wilson Sr., Legendary Entrepreneur, Chairman of U. H. System Board of Regents, and Chairman of the GSL Group who was successful in leading U. H. to Coveted Tier One Status
• Entrepreneur and Astros Owner, Drayton McLane, Jr.
• Dr. Red Duke, Renown Surgeon & ER and Life Flight Champion
• Dr. Bud Frazier, Renown Cardiologist and Heart Surgeon
• Dr. Charles Brunicardi, Chief Surgeon Baylor College of Medicine
• Dr. Mauro Ferrari, President of the Methodist Research Institute and one of the World's Leading Scientist in Nano-Cancer Research who was Knighted by Italy for his achievements
• Mayors: Annise Parker, Bob Lanier and Kathy Whitmire
• Harris County Judges Ed Emmett and Robert Echols
• Houston Chronicle's Publisher, Richard J. V. Johnson & Award Winning Columnist Loren Steffy
• Former TX Scty of States, Jack Raines and George Strake, Jr.
• Astronauts: Charles Bolden, Bill McArthur, Jeff Williams, John Blaha, Sam Gemar, & Woody Spring
• Noted lawyers: Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, John O’Quinn, Tom Arnold, Dan Krohn, and Michael Fjetland, and Wendy Buskop;
• Nasa’s Aaron Cohen
• Dr. Steven Hotze Leading Health and Wellness Expert
• American Medical Association President, Dr. Joseph Painter
• Dr. Ronald Hatchett, Director of the Center for International Studies
• Paul Frison, Noted Entrepreneuir and President of the Houston Technology Center
• Judges: Denise Collins, Eric Andell, Don Wittig, Tad Halback, Harvey Brown, Pat Mizell, Carolyn Garcia, and Jack Cagle
• Justice Frank Evans
• District Attorney Pat Lycos
• Dr. Arthur Porter, Dr. David Norton, & Todd Mitchell from The Houston Advanced Research Center
• Dr. John Margraves from Rice University
• Dr. Wade Adams, Director Richard E. Smalley Institute of NanoScale Science and Technology, Rice University
• Applied Voice Recognition Founders’ Jan & Tim Connolly
• Entrepreneur & Visionary Bob Gow, Founder of Yucatan Bamboo and Author of You Can't Direct the Wind, You Can Only Reset the Sails
• Nutritionist & Health Guru Keith Klein
• Leading Litigator and Intellectual Property Attorney, Charles Frost
• Stem Cell Expert & Leader Regenetech's Dr. Donnie Rudd
• Success Magazine’s Publisher, Scott DeGarmo
• Real Estate Guru, Steve Davis
• Leading Nutritionist & Prof of Nutrition, Dr. Ron Grabowski
• BizRadio Leaders Al Kaleta and Dan Frishberg
• Entrepreneur and Restaurateur, Ghulam Bombaywala “Bombay”
• Perennial Prognosticator & Psychotherapist, Nan Hall Linke
• Leading Motivational Speakers & Authors: Dr. John Demartini, Dayna Steele, Curt Tueffert, Lynn Marks, Garrison Wynn (The Truth About Success), Suzanne Mikulin, Kim Sawyer, Dave Davis, Dr. George Hampton, Marilyn Manning, Christine Donovan, Kay Haugen, Dr. James Rankin, Constance Malone, Dr. Jim Will, Linda Starr, Sandy Bell; Susanne Rothschild, Daniel Prosser, Attorney and Credit Expert Robert Hinsley,
• Leading Entrepreneurs: Jay Steinfeld (Blinds.com), Suzanne Jackson (The Creative Connection), Chris Block (Block Trading), Tom Gillis (Super Star Selling), Elorian Landers (Fyrglas), Bob Orkand (Internet Newspapers), Harold Hook (Chairman, American General Ins Co.), Ramesh Gidwani (Texas Instruments), Phil Morabito (Pierpont Communications), and Armand Shapiro (Garden Ridge Pottery).