Kim Stengel

From the Humble/Kingwood area, she recently moved home from New York after enjoying a 45 year career in Stage, Film and Television.  Notably, Kim was the longest running "Carlotta" in "The Phantom of the Opera",  with over 5,500 performances on Broadway and in the US, Canada and Asia.  A veteran of many shows globally she was a resident Soprano for the Village Light Opera for two decades, Co-Host  "daytime" Television in Toronto and created the role of Bianca Castafiore in Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin.

Kim is the Publisher of "Kingwood Neighbors," part of the Best Version Media family.  An avid Toastmaster and Professional Speaker, she is reining Houston Champion of Table Topics speaking and recently earned the top level of Distinguished Toastmaster in and unprecedented 11 months.  This May she earned her BFA in Musical Theater from the New School in New York.

Committed to giving back, Kim has run homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and street ministries for the Episcopal Archdiocese of New York.  She is a longtime volunteer and event producer for Broadway Cares, Equity Fights Aids and the Phyllis Newman's Cancer Research Foundation

Kim has a long history of charitable work.  She spent many years in New York City running homeless shelters, soup kitchens for the Episcopal Archdiocese of New York City.  She has decades of volunteer work for Broadway Cares, Equity Fights Aides and the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative for breast cancer.  A long time woman's advocate, she is excited for this list to grow as she returns to her hometown with the vision and commitment to give back to the city that gave so much to her.

Kim is the Past President as well as Vice President of Marketing for ABWA: Women of Vision Express Network (WOVEN).  For Toastmasters, she is the Immediate Past President and Vice President of Education of Kingwood Toastmasters, the Vice President of Education for Dining Out Toastmasters, and a Houston Area Pathways Ambassador, and Toastmasters Leadership Training Co-Chair for District 56.  She is now Vice President of Education for Kingwood, Deerwood and Dining Out Toastmasters as well as VP PR for Pathways of Professional Speakers (POPS), a club which she founded this year. 

She has been a Public Speaker and Leadership Trainer for three decades with workshops and public speaking programs geared toward excellence and peak performance in all areas of visionary empowerment and personal growth.  She recently earned her Distinguished Toastmaster award, the highest level awarded by Toastmasters Intl.

In what spare time she has left, Kim is a Sommellier!!  She is a Professional Wine Consultant for Total Wine & More.  She enjoys teaching wine classes as well as leading charity wine tastings for a variety of events.

However, her proudest production to date is her 22 year old daughter, Kendra.