Greetings,
Welcome to the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. Here, our students are fond of saying that this is a place “Where Awesome Happens.” If you spend time with us, either on our website or in person, I believe you will agree.
In our 2017 Dean’s Report, you’ll find updates on each of our programs, along with information on our strides in academic research and thought leadership, donor support, and community impact.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
OUR FACULTY LIVE AND BREATHE INNOVATION — IN PEDAGOGY, RESEARCH AND TEACHING.
LEARNING
AT BAUER, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IS EMBEDDED INTO EVERY ASPECT OF OUR CURRICULUM.
CAREERS
WE PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL CAREER PATH.
Careers
Rockwell Career Center
COMMUNITY
WE BELIEVE THAT BUSINESS IS ABOUT GIVING BACK AND IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
Bauer College Board | UH College of Business Foundation Board | Accounting Advisory Board | Bauer College Alumni Association Board | Bauer Department Chairs | Bauer Leadership Team | Commerical Banking Program Advisory Board | Cougar Investment Fund Board of Managers | Cougar Venture Fund | Gutierrez Energy Management Institute (GEMI) Advisory Board | Real Estate Advisory Board | Rockwell Career Center Employer Advisory Board | SURE™ Board | Working Families Advisory Board
BAUER COLLEGE BOARD
Latha Ramchand, Dean, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Paul Peacock (BBA ’81), Retired Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Bala Balachandran, Visiting Professor, Accounting and Information 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., Retired CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Wang Dongjin, President & Deputy General Manager, China National Petroleum Corporation
Elaine Finger, Real Estate Consultant, The Finger Companies
Milton Frankfort, Co-Chairman, Frankfort Lipp Capital Advisors, LLC
Kenneth Guidry, President, PKF Texas
Joe Gutierrez, CEO, Novi Ventures
Greg Harper, President & CEO, Blue Mountain Midstream, LLC
Natara Holloway, VP, Strategic Planning & Business Development, Y&HS Football, National Football League
Karen Katz, Retired CEO and President, Neiman Marcus
Fran Keeth, Retired CEO, Shell Chemicals, Inc.
Paal Kibsgaard, Chairman & CEO, Schlumberger Limited
Elizabeth Killinger, President, NRG Energy, NRG Retail and Reliant
John King, Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Duy-Loan Le, Retired Senior Fellow, Texas Instruments, Inc., Board of Directors: National Instruments, eSilicon, Axcelis, Medigram
Robert Lewey, President, IES Holdings, Inc.,
Aylwin Lewis, Former President & CEO, Potbelly Sandwich Works
Scott McClelland, President H-E-B Houston, H-E-B
David Mendez, Vice Chairman, JP Morgan Chase
Mark J. Mize, EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Halcón Resources
Jack Moore, Former CEO, Current Chairman, Cameron International Corporation
Mark Papa, Chairman & CEO, Centennial Resource Development, Inc.
Richard Rawson, Retired President & Board of Directors Member, 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 Health Plan
Sam Schreiber, President, Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
Zin Smati, Chairman & CEO; Senior Advisor, LifeEnergy; LS Power
Steve Stagner, Executive Chairman & CEO, Mattress Firm
Steve Stephens, President, Amegy Bank
Dave Warren, President, Energy Alloys
Trey Wilkinson, President & CEO, Trinity Legacy Partners, LLC
Bruce Williamson, Chairman, President & CEO, Southcross Energy Holdings
Floyd Wilson, Chairman, President & CEO, Halcón Resources
Darren Wolfman, Sr. Manager, Tax, EEP
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.
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
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, President, Houston Financial Forensics, LLC
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
Bauer College Alumni Association Board
Executive Committee
Jeremy Sturgill (BBA ’06), President
Michelle Avalos (BBA ’13), Vice President
Kelly McClurkin Granado (BBA ’03, MBA ’06), Secretary
Katherine Rodriguez (BBA ’13), Treasurer
Patrick Gonzales (MBA ’06), Past President
Board Members
Gary Ballard (BBA ’68), Chair, Sponsorship Committee
Amanda Beabout (BBA ’09, MSACCY ’10), Chair, Budget & Financial Reporting Committee
Joshua Ferguson (BBA’ 16), Co-Chair, Engagement Committee
Irene Hernandez (BBA ’13), Chair, Marketing Committee
Justin Phan (BBA’ 11), Co-Chair, Events Committee
Faith Ruiz (BBA ’11), Chair, Events Committee
Namrata “Nammy” Sirur (MBA ’12), Chair, Engagement Committee
Advisory Members
Anne Ness, Director of Alumni Relations, Bauer College
Mike Pede, Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations, University of Houston Alumni Association
Joseph Rera, Program Director, Alumni Relations, University of Houston Alumni Association
Rockwell Career Center – Alumni Representative
Helen Godfrey, Senior Career Development Specialist
BAUER DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
Kaye Newberry, Ph.D., Accountancy & Taxation
Norm Johnson, Ph.D., Decision & Information Sciences
Praveen Kumar, Ph.D., Finance
Steve Werner, Ph.D., Management
Edward Blair, Ph.D., Marketing & Entrepreneurship
BAUER LEADERSHIP TEAM
Latha Ramchand, Ph.D., Dean
Richard Scamell, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Student Affairs
Thomas George, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs
Frank Kelley, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Business Programs
Jamie Belinne, SPHR, Assistant Dean, Career Services
Steven Koch, Assistant Dean, Graduate and Professional Programs
Commercial Banking Program Advisory Board
Patrick Blossom, Independent Bank
Bill Bobbora, Cadence Bank
Daryl Bohls, Allegiance Bank of Texas
Jorge Borrego, Plains Captial Bank
Downey Bridgwater, Comerica Bank
Al Coleman, FDIC, DVP
Christian Corts, BB&T
Bobby Davenport, Texas Department of Banking
Bob Dowdell, Prosperity Bank
Jeff Dunn, Bank of Texas
Eric Ensmann, BBVA Compass
Geoff Greenwade, Green Bank
Ryan Hightower, Amegy Bank
Terry Hill, JPMorgan-Chase
Hank Holmes, Cadence Bank
Jonathan Homeyer, Wells Fargo Bank
Clay Hoster, Independent Bank
Paula Jachimiec, Community Bank of Texas
Rich Jochetz, Texas Gulf Bank
Kathy Kim, Post Oak Bank
Alexander Lara, Commercial Banking Course - Lecturer
Cynthia Lara, Commercial Banking Course - Lecturer
David Lepori, Frost Bank
Patrick Mikkelsen, Capital One
Keith Morton, Capital One
Mack Neff, Integrity Bank
Tim Phillips, Patriot Bank
Latha Ramchand, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Hayley Scott, Office of the Comptroller of Currency
Jim Sturgeon, Community Bank of Texas
Dan Summerford, BB&T
Mike Turner, Mutual of Omaha Bank
Alan Villanueva, Hancock Whitney Bank
Paul Wheeler, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Roland Williams, Post Oak Bank
Bill Wilson, Texas Capital Bank of Houston
Cougar Investment Fund Board of Managers
Michael Cemo, President, Michael J. Cemo Interests
Jim Coppedge, General Counsel, Crossmark Global Investments
Mike Davis, Managing Director, Tudor, Pickoring, Holt & C0.
Bob Gray, Mayer Brown LLP
Dawn Hawley, USAA Mutual Funds
Praveen Kumar, Professor and Chair of Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Chris Matlock, Director-Portfolio Management, Goodman Financial Corporation
Latha Ramchand, Dean and Professor, Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Trey Wilkinson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Trinity Legacy Partners
Cougar Venture Fund
Keith Kreuer, Principal, RedHouse Associates, LLC
Christy Luquire, Managing Director, Texas Halo Fund
Ben Mayberry, Owner, Winston Sage Partners
Nicole Moss, Advisor, M&A Strategy, Next Gen Capital Holdings, Inc.
John Reale, Jr., Co-Founder & CEO, Station Houston
Jeff Sheldon, Founder, Ugmonk
Gutierrez Energy Management Institute (GEMI) Advisory Board
Starlet Agrella, Corporate Financial Services Planning & Development Manager, Controller’s Knowledge Manager, Exxon Mobil Corporation
M.B. Ahmed, CEO, Ter Energy Inc. Chris Angelides, General Manager External Relations- Integrated Gas, Shell Oil Company
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
Greg Bean, Executive Director Gutierrez Energy Management Institute, C. T. Bauer College of Business
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
Mark J. Hopmann, Vice President of Completions, Weatherford International, Ltd.
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.
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, Halcon Sources
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, Northstar Offshore Group, LLC.
Christopher Ross, Executive Professor, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Tony Schnur, Managing Partner, Coronado Petroleum
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
Drew Alexander, President & CEO, Weingarten Realty
Dan Bellow, President – Houston, Jones Lang LaSalle
Tammy Betancourt, EVP & CEO, BOMA
Jonathan Brinsden, CEO, Midway
Michelle Pawelek, Senior Director of Real Estate, Greystar
Jim Casey, Senior Managing Director, Trammell Crow Company
Mike Dishberger, President/CEO, Sandcastle Homes
Ray Driver, III, Principal, Q10 KDH
Randy Elkins, Managing Director/Counsel, Texas Operations, AM Trust Title
John Fenoglio, EVP, CBRE, Debt & Structured Finance
Edwin Friedrichs, Senior Principal, Walter P. Moore
Ashley Grigsby, Managing Director, Finance, Transwestern
John Hammond, President & CEO, Riverway Title
Shawn Harvey, Senior Property Manager, Griffin Partners
Will Holder, President, Trendmaker Homes
Chuck Jacobus, Attorney-at-Law
Alex Jessett, CFO, Camden
Praveen Kumar, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Mary Lawler, Executive Director, Avenue CDC
Paul Layne, EVP, Howard Hughes Corporation
Glenn Lee, President, Texas Funding
Drew Lewis, Chairman, Lee & Associates | Houston
Marty McAdams, Owner/Broker, McAdams Associates
Brandi McDonald, President, Limestone Commercial
Edna Meyer-Nelson, Founder, President & CEO, The Richland Companies
John Mooz, Senior Managing Director, Hines
Bill Odle, Strategic Planning Director, TBG Partners
Trey Odom, President & CEO, AVERA Companies
Bob Parker, Global Commercial Manager, ExxonMobil Environmental Services Company
Stephen Peacock, President, The HouReal Corporation
Latha Ramchand, Ph.D., CFA, Dean, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Scott Rando, Senior Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
Kevin Roberts, President, Transwestern
Blake Royal, Shareholder, BoyarMiller
Mike Rozell, Owner/Broker, Rozell Realty
Andy Sowell, Broker, Boyd Commercial
Dean Strombom, Principal, Gensler
Howard Tellepsen, Jr., Chairman & CEO, Tellepsen
Aaron Thielhorn, Managing Director, Trammell Crow Company
Jason Tramonte, Principal, Tramonte + Johnson
Tim Waikem, Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase Bank
Patrick Walsh, Director of Planning & Development, City of Houston
Evelyn Ward, Vice President, Transwestern
Welcome Wilson, Sr., Chairman, Welcome Group
Mark Woodroof, Managing Partner, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene
Dave Yelovich, Compliance Officer, Tilson Home Corporation
Rockwell Career Center Employer Advisory Board
Academy
Bechtel
BP
CenterPoint Energy
Chevron
ChevronPhillips
ConocoPhillips
Enterprise Products
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
ExxonMobil
GEICO
HPI/HPE
LyondellBasell
Mass Mutual
Phillips66
RSM
Shell Oil
Susser
Target Stores
TDECU
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, SURETM 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, SURETM Program, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Terri King, Accountant, Clayton Foundation
Ramanan Krishnamoorty, Chief Energy Officer, University of Houston
Brian Lopera, Finance & 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 & 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, Smith Services
Peter K. Taaffe, Member, UH System Board of Regents; Attorney, The Buzbee Law Firm
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
Working Families Advisory Board
Sandra Aultman, Managing Director Energy Group- Upstream Oil & Gas, The PNC Financial Services Group
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
C. T. Bauer College of Business
LeRoy and Lucile Melcher Hall
4250 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Room 334
Houston, Texas 77204-6021
www.bauer.uh.edu