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Bauer College Board
Bala Balachandran, Visiting Professor, Acct. and Info. Management, Northwestern University
Dan Bellow, President (Houston), Jones Lang LaSalle
J. Downey Bridgwater, President (Houston Market), Comerica
Michael Cemo, President, Michael J. Cemo Interests
Anthony Chase, Chairmain & CEO, ChaseSource, LP
Joel Cowley, President & CEO, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
Sam Di Piazza, Jr., Chairman, The Mayo Clinic
Wang Dongjin, Group Vice President, China National Petroleum Company
Elaine Finger, Real Estate Consultant, The Finger Companies
Milton Frankfort, Co-Chairman, Frankfort Lipp Capital Advisors, LLC
Kenneth Guidry (BBA ’77), President, PKF Texas
Joe Gutierrez, CEO, Novi Ventures
Greg Harper, (MBA ’97), Retired President – Gas Pipelines & Processing, Enbridge, Inc.
Natara Holloway, VP, Jr. Athlete Development Strategic Planning, National Football League
Karen Katz, President & CEO, Neiman Marcus
Fran Keeth, Retired CEO, Shell Chemicals, Inc.
Paal Kibsgaard, CEO, Schlumberger Limited
Elizabeth Killinger, President, NRG Retail and Reliant, NRG Energy
John King, Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Duy-Loan Le, Retired Senior Fellow; Board of Directors: National Instruments, eSilicon, Axcelis, Medigram, Texas Instruments, Inc.
Robert Lewey, President, IES Holdings, Inc.
Aylwin Lewis, President & CEO, Potbelly Sandwich Works
Scott McClelland, President - H-E-B Houston, H-E-B
David Mendez, Head of Industries, JP Morgan Chase Middle Market Banking
Mark J. Mize (BBA ’95), EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Halcón Resources
Jack Moore, Former CEO, Current Chairman, Cameron International Corporation
Mark Papa, Retired Chairman & CEO, EOG Resources
Paul Peacock, Retired Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Latha Ramchand, Dean and Professor, Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Richard Rawson, President, Insperity, Inc.
S. Glynn Roberts, President, SGR Oil and Gas Interests, LLC
Russ Robinson, Director, Robinson Brown Investments
Diane Scardino, Vice President, Texas Children’s Hospital
Sam Schreiber, President, Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
David Skala, Senior Vice President, Moody National Bank
Zin Smati, Chairman & CEO; Senior Advisor, LifeEnergy; LS Power
Steve Stagner, Executive Chairman, Mattress Firm
Steve Stephens, President, Amegy Bank
Dave Warren, President & CEO, Energy Alloys
Trey Wilkinson, President & CEO, Trinity Legacy Partners, LLC
Bruce Williamson, Executive Chairman of the Board, Southcross Energy Holdings
Floyd Wilson, President & CEO, Halcón Resources
Darren Wolfman, Certified Public Accountant
Accounting Advisory Board
Starlet Agrella (BBA ’86), Corporate Financial Services Planning & Development Manager, ExxonMobil
Dennis Baldwin, Vice President, Controller & CAO Cameron
Michael Bennett, Managing Partner, Grant Thornton
Jim Calvetti, Partner, Calvetti Ferguson
Homer Carrillo, Shareholder, WeinsteinSpira
Lynn Caruso, Partner, Assurance & Advisory Business Services, Ernst & Young LLP
Norman Comstock, Managing Director, Berkeley Research Group, LLC
Dan Crumrine, Vice President & CEO, Fayez Sarofim & Co.
Steve Diamond, Partner, Tax, Ernst & Young LLP
Carlos Fernandez, Partner, KPMG, LLP
Milton Frankfort, Founding Partner, Frankfort Lipp Capital Advisors, LLC
Justin Gannon, Managing Partner, GrantThornton
Paige Gerich (BBA ‘86), CPA, Partner, BKD, LLP
Steve Goepfert, Retired, Staff Vice President, Internal Audit, United Airlines
Ray Gonzalez, Director, Deloitte & Touche
Kenny Grace (BBA ‘85), Office Managing Partner, Hein & Associates, LLP
Kenneth Guidry (BBA ‘77), President, PKF Texas
Chelsea Hendrickson (MBA ‘94), Assurance Partner, PwC
Kevin Horton, Partner, Harper & Pearson
Arnita Jackson, Special Agent, IRS — Criminal Investigation
Conrad Johnson, Partner, BDO
Keith Kahl, General Auditor, LyondellBasell
John King (BBA ‘92), Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Wayne McConnell, Managing Partner, McConnell Jones Lanier & Murphy LLP
Mark Mize (BBA ‘95), CFO, Halcón Resources Corporation
Greg Neely, Vice President, Internal Audit, SYSCO Corporation
William Newman, Vice President of Finance, Uretek USA
RoDona Oliver (BBA ‘82), Director, Deloitte & Touche
Paul Panasik, Partner, Deloitte & Touche
Paul Peacock (BBA ‘81), Retired Partner, PwC
Michael Peppers, Vice President & CAO MD Anderson Cancer Center
David Phelps, CPA, Shareholder, Briggs & Veselka Co.
John Podraza, Business Services Manager, XTO Energy, Inc.
Dan Ramey, CPA/CFF, CIA, CFE, Director, Risk Advisory Services, McGladrey LLP
Ron Rand, President & CEO, Rand Group
Clark Sackschewsky, Tax Managing Principal, BDO
Jerry Seade, Partner, BDO
Sid Shaver, Managing Director, Statesman Corporate Finance, LLC
Wayne Snelson, Partner, Carr, Riggs & Ingram
Carol Warley (BBA ‘77), Partner, McGladrey LLP
Valerie Williams (MBA ‘80), Southwest Region Assurance Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Banking Certificate Advisory Board
Patrick Blossom, Executive Vice President, Independent Bank
Bill Bobbora, Managing Director, Mainstream Energy & Petrochemicals, Cadence Bank
Daryl Bohls, Exec VP & Chief Credit Officer, Allegiance Bank of Texas
Jorge Borrego, Vice President, Commercial Lending, Plains Capital Bank
Downey Bridgwater, President, Houston Market, Comerica Bank
Al Coleman, FDIC, DVP
Christian Corts, Sr VP/Corporate Banking Manager
Bobby Davenport, Texas Department of Banking
Bob Dowdell, Exec VP, Prosperity Bank
Jeff Dunn, Exec VP, Sr. Corporate Banker, Bank of Texas
Eric Ensmann, Exec VP, BBVA Compass
Geoff Greenwade, President and CEO, Green Bank
Ryan Hightower, VP Commercial Lending, Amegy Bank
Terry Hill, Sr. VP/Division Manager, JPMorgan-Chase
Hank Holmes, President, Cadence Bank
Jonathan Homeyer, Exec. VP/ Division Manager, Wells Fargo Bank
Clay Hoster, Vice Chairman of the Board, Independent Bank
Paula Jachimiec, Vice President of Credit, Community Bank of Texas
Rich Jochetz, President, Texas Gulf Bank
Kathy Kim, Vice President, Post Oak Bank
Praveen Kumar, Professor and Chair of Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
David Lepori, Frost Bank
Patrick Mikkelsen, Capital One
Keith Morton, Sr. VP, Managing Underwriter, Capital One
Mack Neff, Integrity Bank
Tim Phillips, Patriot Bank
Kevin Rafferty, President, South TX Region Market, Iberia Bank
Latha Ramchand, Dean and Professor, Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Jim Sturgeon, Community Bank of Texas
Dan Summerford, BB&T
Mike Turner, President, Houston Market, Mutual of Omaha Bank
Alan Villanueva, Whitney Bank
Paul Wheeler, Federal Reserve Bank of Texas
Roland Williams, Chair/President/CEO, Post Oak Bank
Bill Wilson, President, Houston Region, Texas Capital Bank of Houston
Cougar Investment Fund Board
Michael Cemo, President, Michael J. Cemo Interests
Jim Coppedge
Mike Davis
Tom George, Senior Associate Dean, Professor, Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Bob Gray, Mayer Brown LLP
Dawn Hawley
Praveen Kumar, Professor and Chair of Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Chris Matlock, Director-Portfolio Management, Goodman Financial Corporation
Mike Murray, Clinical Assistant Professor, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Latha Ramchand, Dean and Professor, Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Trey Wilkinson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Trinity Legacy Partners
Gutierrez Energy Management Institute
Starlet Agrella (BBA ’86), Corporate Financial Services Planning & Development Manager, Controller's Knowledge Manager, ExxonMobil Corporation
M.B. Ahmed, CEO, Ter Energy Inc.
Chris Angelides, General Manager External Relations-Integrated Gas, Shell Oil Company
Berney Aucoin, Vice President, Structure & Strategy, Sequent Energy Management
Ajay Batra, Senior Vice President, Redwood Markets, LLC
John Bishop, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley - Investment Banking Division
Brandon Blossman, Managing Director, Research, Tudor Pickering Holt & Co.
Mark J. Bright, VP Planning & Risk Management, Apache Corporation
Stan Brownell, Director, Sapient Global Markets
Joe Carroll, Manager - IT Applications, Citgo Petroleum Corporation
Helen Currie, Sr. Economist, ConocoPhillips Corp.
Cindy Deere, Head of Audit - Finance, IT and Corporate, Shell Oil Company
Trish Earles, Sr. Global Manager, T&E Corporate Card/MIS, Halliburton
Andrew Elliot, Director, Supply and Portfolio Management, ENGIE Resources
Eric Everett, Business Development Manager, Marathon Oil Company
Will Febres, Commercial Director, Baker Hughes
Christopher Flanagan, Manager of Marine Operations – Americas, Shell Oil Company
Patrick Gibson, Vice President, SAP Enterprise Support, Spectra Energy
Ben Hur, Manager Global Petroleum Coke, Polypropylene & Solvents, Phillips 66
Jamie Imhoff, Product Lines Manager, Baker Hughes
Don Johnson, Sr. Director, Commercial Hydrocarbons, Contanda Terminals LLC
Leyster Jumawan, Assistant Treasurer, Murphy Oil Corp.
Michael Keener, President, KP Energy
Bob King, Sr. Director of Advancement, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Praveen Kumar, Professor and Chair of Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Robert Lemus, Associate, Eversheds Sutherland
Mark J. Mize, Executive VP and CFO & Treasurer, Halcón Resources
Felipe Mondragon, Cyber Security Director, Noble Drilling Services, Inc.
Colleen Mukavitz, Consultant, Marakon
Brett Perlman, CEO, Center for Houston's Future
Gregory Pilkinton, Commercial Director, LNG Limited
Jen Pipkin, Global Project Controls Director-Engineering, Dow Chemical
Latha Ramchand, Dean and Professor, Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
S. Glynn Roberts, President, SGR Oil and Gas Interests, LLC
Christopher Ross, Executive Professor, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Jason Sweeney, Director of Business Development, Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Kalim Tippitt, Director Big Data and Analytics Information Technology, NRG
Paul Vincent, Vice President- Investor Relations, Superior Energy Services
Jeremy Walker, Manager, Subsurface Computing, Hess
Real Estate Advisory Board
Andrew M. “Drew” Alexander, President and CEO, Weingarten Realty
Dan Bellow, President (Houston), Jones Lang LaSalle
Tammy Betancourt, Executive Vice President & CEO, BOMA
J. William “Bill” Boyar, Shareholder, BoyarMiller+
Jonathan H. Brinsden, CEO, Midway
Kyle Brown, Senior Regional Manager, Milestone Management
Jim Casey, Sr. Managing Director, Trammell Crow Company
Doug Childers, Vice President, Morris Architects
Brian Dinerstein, President, The Dinerstein Cos.
Mike Dishberger, CEO, Sandcastle Homes
Ray Driver, III, Principal, Kinghorn, Driver, Hough & Co.
Randy Elkins, Managing Director/Counsel-Texas, AmTrust Title
Michele Ellis-Felder, Managing Director - Leasing, Gemini Realty
John T. Fenoglio, Executive Vice President, CBRE Capital Markets, Adjunct Professor, Graduate Real Estate Program
Edwin C. Friedrichs, Senior Principal, President, Walter P. Moore Associates, Inc.
Debra Gilbreath, Partner, Dow Golub Remels & Gilbreath
Jim Gustafson, President, Gustafson Group, Inc.
John D. Hammond (BBA ’92), Marketing Director, Riverway Title Company
Shawn Harvey, Senior Property Manager, Griffin Partners, Inc.
Will Holder, President, Trendmaker Homes Houston
John Holland, Executive Managing Director, CB Richard Ellis, South Texas - Louisiana
John W. Hammond, President, Friendswood Development Company
Brandon Houston, Principal, Trammell Crow Company
Charles J. “Chuck” Jacobus, J.D., Attorney-at-Law, Adjunct Professor, C. T. Bauer College of Business, UH Law Center
Don Janssen, Principal, Planned Community Developers
Alex Jessett, CFO, Camden
Praveen Kumar, Professor and Chair of Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Mary Lawler, Executive Director, Avenue Community Development Corporation
Paul H. Layne, Executive Vice President, The Howard Hughes Corporation
Glenn Lee, Texas Funding
Edwin A. “Drew” Lewis, III, Co-Chairman, Griffin Partners, Inc.
Marty McAdams, Owner Broker, McAdams Associates
Brandi McDonald, Executive Managing Director, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
Edna Meyer-Nelson, Richland Properties
John D. Mooz, Senior Managing Director, City Leader, Hines
Bill Odle, Managing Partners, TBG Partners
Trey Odom, Founder and Chairman, AVERA Companies
Robert A. Parker, Global Commercial Manager, ExxonMobil Environmental Services Company
Stephen Peacock, President, The HouReal Corporation
Latha Ramchand, Dean and Professor, Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Scott Rando (BBA ’83), Senior Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
Kevin Roberts, President, Southwest, Transwestern
Mike Rozell, Owner/Broker, Rozell Realty
Jon Silberman (MBA ’87), Co-Managing Partner, NAI—Houston
Joseph O. Slovacek, J.D., Principal, Hoover Slovacek, LLP
Andrew Sowell, Broker/Principal, Boyd Commercial, LLC
Dean Strombom, Principal, Gensler Houston
Howard T. Tellepsen, Jr., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Tellepsen Builders
Aaron Thielhorn, Managing Director, Trammell Crow Company
Jason Tramonte, Managing Principal, STG Design
Tim Waikem, Managing Director, Commercial Real Estate Banking, Chase Bank
Patrick Walsh, Director of Planning & Development, City of Houston
Evelyn R. Ward, CCIM, Associate Vice President, Brokerage Services, Transwestern
Timothy P. Williamson, Executive Vice President, Real Estate, Cadence Bank
Welcome W. Wilson, Sr. (BBA ’49), Chairman of the Board, GSL Welcome Group
Mark Woodroof, Partner, Better Homes and Gardens, Gary Greene
Edmond D. “Ed” Wulfe, Chief Executive Officer, Wulfe & Company
Dave Yelovich, Compliance Officer, Tilson Home Corporation
Rockwell Career Center Employer Advisory Board
Jennifer Adams, ConocoPhillips
Cedric Bandoh, HP Inc.
Tricia Barrios, GEICO
Mary Briley, Shell
Jose Calderon, Chevron
Elizabeth Cocavessis, Target Stores
Sandy De La Garza, Enterprise Holdings
Robert Deborde, LyondellBasell
Melissa Gonzalez, Sunoco LP
David Hammerle, Bechtel
Renee Hebert, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Sara Herbel, RSM US LLP
Jimmy Huynh, ChevronPhillips Chemical Company
Holly Keeton, Academy Sports & Outdoors
Hamzah Khan, CenterPoint Energy
Sarah Kolafa, Enterprise Products
Rebecca Kothari, Shell
Janie McDaniel, Enterprise Products
Courtney Meadows, Phillips 66
Crystal Nguyen, MassMutual Texas Gulf Coast
Nicole Nguyen, BP Corporation
Sherri Osterlund, TDECU
Angel Rivera, Phillips 66
Mary Rogers, Phillips 66
Katya Samoilov, ExxonMobil
Kristi Sharp, RSM US LLP
Leandra Taylor, Shell
David Tollar, Target Stores
Susan Williams, Bechtel
Stimulating Urban Renewal Through Entrepreneurship (SURE) Board
Mariame Aana, Supervising Attorney, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Pradeep Anand, Founder, President, Seeta Resources
Matt Avery, President and CEO, Elisha Consulting
Charles Becker, Assistant Director, SURE™ Program, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Andrew Cobos, Associate, The Buzbee Law Firm
Ron Consolino, SCORE Houston – President, SCORE
Wesley Danson, Vice President, Finance & Operations, BMP Brand Management Professionals
Talib Dhanji, Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Timothy Jeffcoat, District Director-U.S. SBA, U.S. Small Business Administration
Frank Kelley, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Business Programs, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Basheer Khumawala, Professor, Supply Chain Management, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Saleha Khumawala, Professor of Accounting & Founding Director, SURE™ Program, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Terri King, Accountant, Clayton Foundation Ramanan Krishnamoorty, Chief Energy Officer, University of Houston
Brian Lopera, Finance and Accounting Professional, McCall Gibson Swedlund Barfoot PLLC
Janet Meade, Associate Professor of Accounting, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Paula Mendoza, President and CEO, Possible Missions
Ralph Miller, Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank
Kaye Newberry, Chair, Department of Accountancy & Taxation, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Michael Newman, Director of Accounting Programs, Clinical Professor, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Vanessa Patrick-Ralhan, Professor of Marketing, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Vikram Rao, Executive Director, Research Triangle Energy Consortium
Beth Robertson, President and CEO, Cockspur, Inc.
Kevin Rosenberg, Controller/Director of Accounting, EDP Renewables North America
Richard Scamell, Associate Dean, Student Affairs, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Aamir Shah, Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank
Riaz Siddiqui, Founder & Managing Partner, Denham Capital
Thad (Bo) Smith, Management Consultant, SmithServices
Peter K. Taaffe, Attorney, The Buzbee Law Firm; Member, UH System Board of Regents
Abeezar Tyebji, Founder & CEO, Shipcom Wireless
Turner Vaught, Assistant Vice President, Frost Bank
Paul Watson, Managing Director, Hermes Investment Group
Mark Winchester, Deputy District Director-U.S. SBA, U. S. Small Business Administration, Houston District
UH College of Business Foundation Board
Dennis J. Akromis (BBA ’74), Past President, UH College of Business Foundation
Lisa Airhart, Director, Trust Investments, Phillips 66
Judy C. Bozeman (BBA ’70), Chairman and President, Woodway Financial Advisors
Edgardo E. Colon (BBA ’80, MBA ’84), Attorney at Law, Edgardo E. Colon, PC
Roger B. Dickey (BBA ’71), Treasurer and Secretary, UH College of Business Foundation
John L. King (BBA ’92), Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Richard C. Kuriger, IV (MBA ’03), President, Advantage Insurance Holdings USA
Leonard S. Roth, Attorney at Law
Cyril M. Theccanat, Former President & CIO, Smith, Graham & Co. Investment Advisors, L.P.
Working Families Advisory Board
Sandra Aultman, Managing Director Energy Group- Upstream Oil & Gas, The PNC Financial Services Group
Leisa Holland-Nelson, Co-Founder, President/CMO, ContentActive, LLC
Elizabeth Killinger, President, NRG Retail & Reliant, NRG Energy
Karen Love, Director, Practice Growth, Pannell, Kerr, Forster of Texas
Trudy Nix, Global & Commercial Banking Executive, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Latha Ramchand, Dean and Professor, Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Latisha Rowe, Founder & CEO, ROWE Docs
Diane Scardino, Vice President, Texas Children's Hospital
Jennifer Stewart, Senior VP Treasury & Tax, Southwestern Energy
