Meet the Advisory Board
Houston’s most influential and successful real estate professionals provide direction and leadership to the Stanford Alexander Center for Real Estate.
Roster of Membership
Officers of the Board
Welcome W. Wilson, Sr., Founding Chair
Stanford Alexander Center for Real Estate Advisory Board 2026-27
| Drew Alexander, Retired, Weingarten Realty Investors Chairman and President |
| Andy Bruce, Chief Operating Officer/CFO, Lionstone Investments |
| Jim Casey, Retired, Sr Managing Director, Trammell Crow |
| Douglas Dillard, Founder & President, Bullseye Strategies |
| Mike Dishberger, President/CEO, Sandcastle Homes |
| John Fenoglio, Executive VP/Debt & Structured Finance, CBRE |
| Xianjun Geng, Dean. C. T. Bauer College of Business |
| John Hammond, President & CEO, Riverway Title |
| Samantha Harris, AVP Facilities Mgmt Business Services, UT MD Anderson Cancer Ctr |
| Chuck Jacobus, Attorney, Jacobus Law |
| George Kaleh, Principal, The Cornerbrook Companies |
| Praveen Kumar, Finance Professor and Chair, C. T. Bauer College of Business |
| Mary Lawler, Executive Director, Avenue CDC |
| Paul Layne, Principal, Layne Property Partners |
| Chris Lewis, Managing Principal, Lee & Associates |
| Irma Lozano, Managing Director/Credit Risk, JP Morgan Chase |
| Edna Meyer-Nelson, Founder, President/CEO, The Richland Companies |
| John Mooz, Senior Managing Director, HINES |
| Ed Nwokedi, CEO, RedSwan |
| Lisa Pape, A&D Marketing Manager, Teknion |
| Kevin Roberts, President, Transwestern, Chair of the Advisory Board |
| Blake Royal, Shareholder, BoyarMiller |
| Harsh Shah, Sr Tax Manager, RSM US, LLP |
| Tenel Tayar, Managing Partner, Fifth Corner |
| Margaret Wallace Brown, Director/Planning & Development, City of Houston |