Bauer College Board
Our extensive board is composed of business leaders from a wide range of industries who, collectively, bring their decades of experience to the table as they advise the dean of the Bauer College on critical issues.
The Bauer College Board (BCB) works with the dean of the Bauer College to create a strong and enduring relationship between the college and the business community. The BCB provides input on a number of critical issues, including strategy, thought leadership, student engagement and curricular relevance. In addition, the BCB assists with garnering the monetary support needed to maintain and enhance the reputation of the C. T. Bauer College of Business.

Praveen Kumar
Interim Dean
Cullen Distinguished Chair
Cullen Distinguished Chair


Elaine Willits Finger
BBA '92
Real-Estate Consultant
The Finger Companies
Vice-Chair, Bauer College Board

Susannah Abbott
Audit Partner
EY - Houston

Chris Angelides
BS '88, MBA '94
Managing Director for Sustainability and Energy Transition
Ernst & Young

Mark Bakker
Executive Vice President and General Manager
HPE Operations


Bill Bobbora
Head of Corporate Banking
Third Coast Bank

Dilip Choudhuri
President & CEO
Walter P. Moore

Susan Coulter
Retired President & CEO
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation

Asif Dakri
CEO
Wallis Bank

Misael De Paz
Partner
PwC

S. David Deanda, Jr.
President
Lone Star National Bank

Mohammed Ali Dhanani
Director
Dhanani Group Inc.
President/CEO
HAZA Group

Robert Finder
MBA ‘14
Senior Consultant – Career Practice
Mercer

Kayoor Gajarawala
Chief Digital & Information Technology Officer
LyondellBasell

Carl Garrison
CEO & Founder
Superior IS


Rick Gornto
President
First Financial Benefits

Kenny Grace
BBA '85
Houston Office Managing Partner
Moss Adams


Devin Hall
Tax Partner
Crowe LLP

C. Gregory (Greg) Harper
MBA '97
President & CEO
Blue Mountain Midstream, LLC

Mimi Healy
CEO
Stimulus Bio

Scooter Hicks
MBA '11
CIO
MetroNational

Ryan Hodge
MBA '14
Director of Finance
Apache Corporation

William R. Hurt
MBA '86
Senior Managing Director & Head of Investment Banking
U.S. Capital Advisors LLC

Qiana James
BBA '03
Founder and CEO
Friendly Faces Senior Care

Pradeep Kumar
SVP Services and Customer Success
UiPath

Ali Lakhany
BBA '07
CEO
CSM Group

Aylwin B. Lewis
MBA '90
Former President & CEO
Potbelly Sandwich Works

Imran Malik
BBA '06, MS ACCY '09
Operating Partner
Arcline Investment Management

Janette Marx
CEO
Airswift

W. Benjamin “Ben” Moreland
Retired President and CEO
Crown Castle International Corporation

Sean Peed
MBA Candidate
Graduate Student Representative

Karen Pitts
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Link Staffing


S. Glynn Roberts
MBA '91
President
SGR Oil and Gas Interests, LLC

M. Russ Robinson
Director
Robinson Brown Investments

Sam Schreiber
BBA '74
Senior Advisor
Trustar Bank

Bob Simpson
BBA '94
Managing Director
Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Zin Smati
President & CEO (Ret)
Engie NA

Steve Stagner
Managing Partner
Fireside Holdings
Executive Chairman
Alliance Animal Health


Zafar “Zaf” Tahir, J.D.
BSSE '84, MBA '99, JD '12
Ciba Geigy
Phillips Petroleum
SABIC

Francisco Trujillo
Finance Junior
Undergraduate Student Representative

Trey Wilkinson
BBA '92, MBA '02
President & CEO
Trinity Legacy
Partners, LLC
Partners, LLC

Bruce A. Williamson
MBA '95
Former Chairman, President and CEO
Duke Energy International, Dynegy, and Cleco Corporation

Cyvia Wolff
Founder
Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Charitable Foundation
Emeriti

Natara Branch
BBA '98
CEO
Houston Exponential


Joel Cowley
CEO
Calgary Stampede


Milton Frankfort
BBA '67
Co-Chairman
Frankfort Lipp Capital Advisors, LLC


Joe Gutierrez
MBA '14
CEO
Novi Ventures

Fran Keeth
'77, MS ACCY '80, JD '88
Retired CEO
Shell Chemicals Inc.

Elizabeth Killinger
BBA '91
President - NRG Retail & Reliant
NRG Energy


Duy-Loan T. Le
MBA '89
Retired, Senior Fellow
Board of Directors: National Instruments, Cree, Ballard Power Systems, Atomera, eSilicon, Axcelis, Medigram



Sandra Oliver
Assurance Managing Partner, West Region
EY

Patrick Schneidau
Chief Strategy Officer
Liongard

Jason Wells
President & CEO
CenterPoint Energy
Former Student Representatives

Christian Avalos
BBA '24
Undergraduate Student Representative

Louise Goldberg
2021-2022, MBA '22
MBA Candidate
Graduate Student Representative

Andre Hal
2020-2021, MBA '21
MBA Candidate
Graduate Student Representative

Veronica Herrera
2020-2021, BBA'21
BBA Student
Undergraduate Student Representative

Aanchal Jaggi
MBA '24
Graduate Student Representative

Cesar Macedo
2021-2022, BBA '22
BBA Student
Undergraduate Student Representative

Eustina Mupa
2022-2023, MBA '23
MBA Candidate
Graduate Student Representative

Vivek Patel
2022-2023, BBA '23
BBA Student
Undergraduate Student Representative
Legacy

Melvyn Wolff
Founder
Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Charitable Foundation

Michael J. Cemo
BS '68
President
Michael J. Cemo Interests