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
Nick Allen
General Manager, Global Crude Oil and NGL
ConocoPhillips
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
Erich Ploog
BBA '93
Managing Partner
Benjamin Johnston Design LLC
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