The Houston Arts Alliance has a new Director of Development. John E. Bradshaw Jr. (not to be confused with the prominent Houston motivational speaker, who looks an awful lot like him), is a fifth-generation Houstonian and Lamar high School grad. Bradshaw returned to Houston in 2008 from Los Angeles where he worked his way up as a as a development consultant for for Art Center College of Design, PUENTE Learning Center and Inner-City Arts.