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Bauer College Board
Paul A. Pavlou, Ph.D., Dean and Cullen Distinguished Chair, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Paul Peacock (BBA ’81), Chair, Retired Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP (PwC)
Elaine Willits Finger (BBA ’92), Vice-Chair, Real-Estate Consultant, The Finger Companies
Starlet Agrella (MBA ’86), Finance Executive, ExxonMobil Corporation
Chris Angelides (BS ’88, MBA ’94), Energy Transition Program General Manager, Shell
Bala V. Balachandran, J L Kellogg Distinguished Professor (Emeritus), Northwestern University
Dan Bellow, President – Houston, Jones Lang LaSalle
Bill Bobbora, Managing Director, Regions Bank
J. Downey Bridgwater (BBA ’84), President - Houston Market, Comerica
Michael J. Cemo (BS ’68), President, Michael J. Cemo Interests
Anthony R. Chase, Chairman & CEO, ChaseSource, LP
Dilip Choudhuri, President & CEO, Walter P. Moore
Susan Coulter, President & CEO, Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation
Joel Cowley, Former President & CEO, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
Mohammed Ali Dhanani, Director, Dhanani Group Inc.; President/CEO, HAZA Group.
Kenny Grace (BBA ’85), Houston Office Managing Partner, Moss Adams
Bob Gray, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
Kenneth J. Guidry, CPA (BBA ’77), Past President and Retired Director, PKF Texas
Andre Hal, MBA Candidate, Graduate Student Representative
C. Gregory (Greg) Harper (MBA ’97), President & CEO, Blue Mountain Midstream, LLC
Mimi Healy, Head of NGS Systems, Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Veronica Herrera, BBA Student, Undergraduate Student Representative
Scooter Hicks (MBA ’11), CIO, MetroNational
Natara Holloway (BBA ’98), VP, Strategic Planning & Business Development, Y&HS Football, National Football League
William R. Hurt (MBA ’86), Senior Managing Director & Head of Investment Banking, U.S. Capital Advisors LLC
Elizabeth Killinger (BBA ’91), President - NRG Retail & Reliant, NRG Energy
Pradeep Kumar, Senior VP & General Manager, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Duy-Loan T. Le (MBA ’89), Retired, Senior Fellow, Texas Instruments (TXN), Board of Directors: National Instruments, eSilicon, Axcelis, Medigram
Aylwin B. Lewis (MBA ’90), Former President & CEO, Potbelly Sandwich Works
Jeanette Marx, CEO, Airswift
Scott McClelland, President - H-E-B Houston, H-E-B
Mark Mize, Founder, Falconer Oil & Gas
Sandra Oliver, Audit Leader – U.S. West region, EY
Pamela Chambers O'Rourke (BBA ’95), Founder & CEO, ICON Information Consultants, LP
Karen Pitts, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Link Staffing
Richard G. Rawson (BBA ’72), Retired President & Board of Directors Member, Insperity, Inc.
S. Glynn Roberts (MBA ’91), President, SGR Oil and Gas Interests, LLC
M. Russ Robinson, Director, Robinson Brown Investments
Diane M. Scardino, FACHE (BBA ’92), Vice President, Texas Children's Health Plan
Patrick Schneidau, CEO, Truss App, Inc.
Sam Schreiber (BBA ’74), Senior Advisor, Trustar Bank
Zin Smati, Chairman & CEO; Senior Advisor, LifeEnergy; LS Power
Steve Stagner, Managing Partner, Fireside Holdings; Executive Chairman, Alliance Animal Health
Steve D. Stephens, President, Amegy Bank
Zafar “Zaf” Tahir, J.D. (BSSE ’84, MBA ’99, JD ’12), Ciba Geigy, Phillips Petroleum, SABIC
Trey Wilkinson (BBA ’92, MBA ’02), President & CEO, Trinity Legacy Partners, LLC
Bruce A. Williamson (MBA ’95), Chairman, President & CEO, Southcross Energy Holdings
Cyvia Wolff, Founder, Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Charitable Foundation
Darren Wolfman (BBA ’81), Sr. Manager, Tax, Easley, Endres, Parkhill & Brackendorff P.C.
Emeriti
Samuel DiPiazza Jr. (MS ACCY '73), Retired, CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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.
John L. King (BBA ’92), Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Jack B. Moore (BBA ’77), Former CEO and Chairman, Cameron International Corporation
Legacy
Melvyn Wolff, Founder, Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Charitable Foundation
Accounting Advisory Board
Starlet Agrella, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Controller’s Global Development Manager
Mark Allen, Houston CPA Society, Executive Director
Amanda Beabout, Whitley Penn, Audit Senior Manager
Michael Bennett, Grant Thornton, Former Managing Partner
Sonny Brandtner, Briggs & Veselka Co., Advisory Partner
Homer Carrillo, WeinsteinSpira, Shareholder
Hilary Clark, PwC, Partner
Norman Comstock, UHY Consulting, Inc., Managing Director
Dan Crumrine, Fayez Sarofim & Co., Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Steve Diamond, Ernst & Young LLP, Tax Partner
Lisa Diemert, IRS -- Criminal Investigation, Special Agent
Gordon Dobner, BKD, LLP, Partner
Carlos Fernandez, KPMG, LLP, Audit Partner
Milton Frankfort, Frankfort Lipp Capital Advisors, LLC, Founding Partner
Ray Gonzalez, Deloitte & Touche, Advisory Partner
Kenny Grace, Moss Adams, Managing Partner
Kenneth Guidry, PKF Texas, President
Mike Hainkel, Lionsgate, EVP & Chief Tax Officer
Kevin Horton, Pipe Distributors, Inc., CFO
Keith Kahl, LyondellBasell, General Auditor
Eric Khan, BBVA Compass Bank, Senior Vice President
Raza Khan, Ernst & Young, Partner, Assurance & Advisory Business Services
Mark Mize, Founder, Falconer Oil & Gas
Sean Muller, Weaver, Managing Partner
Carla Murphy, Enterprise Products, Accounting, Director
Greg Neely, SYSCO Corporation, VP, Internal Audit
William Newman, Formerly Uretek USA and Weaver, Formerly Vice President of Finance and Partner (respectively)
Steven Noteboom, BDO, Tax Partner
Amanda Oakley, Grant Thornton, Central Region Tax Practice Leader
RoDona Oliver, Deloitte & Touche, Tax Director
David Phelps, Briggs & Veselka Co., Shareholder -- BAS Group
Jay Qatato, Calpine, Sr. Director, Internal Audit
Dan Ramey, Houston Financial Forensics, LLC, President
Ron Rand, Rand Group, President & CEO
Clark Sackschewsky, BDO, Global Managing Partner, Oil & Gas
Sid Shaver, BV Capital Advisors, Senior Managing Director
David Shieves, Summit Valuation Advisors, Partner
Wayne Snelson, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, Managing Partner
Billy Tilotta, Moss Adams, Partner
Michael Veuleman, PKF Texas, Partner
Carol Warley, RSM, Tax Shareholder
Emeritus Members
Steve Goepfert, United Airlines, Former Staff Vice President, Internal Audit
Chelsea Hendrickson, PwC , Partner
Conrad Johnson, BDO, Partner
John L. King, Ernst & Young, EY Americas Vice Chair – Assurance
Paul Peacock, Retired Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP (PwC)
Michael Peppers, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Vice President & CAO
John Podraza, XTO Energy, Inc., Former Business Services Manager
Joe Richardson, Harper & Pearson, President & CEO
Tracy Sulivan, Invesco, Former Director Fund Tax
Johnny Veselka, Briggs & Veselka Co., Former Shareholder
Valerie Williams, Ernst & Young LLP, Former Audit Managing Partner
UH College of Business Foundation Board
Leonard Roth, Chairman & President
Lisa Airhart, Vice-President
Cyril Theccanat, Secretary/Treasurer
Judy Bozeman
Edgar Colon
John King
Chad Kuriger
Jim Coppedge
Sherry Menger
Carolyn Stone
Cyvia Wolff
Banking Certificate Advisory Board
Patrick Blossom, Independent Bank
Bill Bobbora, Regions Bank
Daryl Bohls, Allegiance Bank of Texas
Jorge Borrego, PlainsCapital 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, IberiaBank
Eric Ensmann, BBVA Compass
Vanessa Fellers, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Geoff Greenwade, Green Bank
Ryan Hightower, Amegy Bank
Terry Hill, JP Morgan-Chase
Hank Holmes, Cadence Bank
Clay Hoster, Independent Bank
Paula Jachimiec, Community Bank of Texas
Rich Jochetz, Texas Gulf Bank
Kilton Douglas, Wells Fargo Bank
Kathy Kim, Post Oak Bank
Praveen Kumar, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Landis Joel, Texas Capital Bank
Alexander Lara, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Cynthia Lara, C. T. Bauer College of Business
David Lepori, Frost Bank
Patrick Mikkelsen, Capital One
Keith Morton, Capital One
Mack Neff, Integrity Bank
Tony Ross, Wood Forest
Hayley Scott, Office of the Comptroller of Currency
Jim Sturgeon, Community Bank of Texas
Dan Summerford, Green Bank
Alan Villanueva, Hancock Whitney Bank
Amanda Ware, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Paul Wheeler, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Roland Williams, Post Oak Bank
Cougar Investment Fund Board of Managers
Margarita Barcenas, Senior Wealth Advisor, Investec
Jim Coppedge, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Crossmark Global Investments
Mike Davis, Former Managing Director, Tudor, Pickering, Holt, & Co.
Erik Gomez, Strategy & Corporate Development, RigNet
Praveen Kumar, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs; Professor and Chair of Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Chris Matlock, Director-Portfolio Management, Goodman Financial Corporation
Paul A. Pavlou, Dean and Cullen Distinguished Chair, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Whitney Randolph, Senior VP and Senior Portfolio Manager, UBS Financial Services
Trey Wilkinson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Trinity Legacy Partners
Cougar Venture Fund
Ed Blair, Chair, Department of Marketing & Entrepreneurship, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Juliana Garaizar, Launch Director - Houston, Greentown Labs
Keith Kreuer, Principal, RedHouse Associates, LLC
Christy Luquire, Managing Director, Texas Halo Fund
Ben Mayberry, Owner, Winston Sage Partners
Nicole Moss, General Counsel, Geophysical Technology, Inc.
John Reale, Jr., Co-Founder, Station Houston
Jeff Sheldon, Founder and General Partner, CitareTx Management
Gutierrez Energy Management Institute
Chris Angelides, Americas Energy Transition Program Manager, Shell Oil Company
Joe Carroll, Manager Hydrocarbon Supply Chain Applications, Citgo Petroleum Corporation
Glen Hodge, Land and Petrotech Development Manager, Marathon Oil Company
Kathy Medrano, Pipeline Asset Manager, Golden Pass LNG
Greg Pilkinton, VP US Sales, Énestas
Jen Pipkin, Global Project Controls Director - Engineering, Dow Chemical
Mark Rueff, Vice President, Origination, Sequent Energy Management
David Silva, Business Development, Novi Midstream
Jamie Imhoff, Product Lines Manager, Baker Hughes
Brett Perlman, CEO, Center for Houston's Future
Chris Ross, Assistant Clinical Professor Emeritus, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Mitchell Sosa, Manager - Financial Reporting, Enterprise Products
Jason Sweeney, Assistant Vice President Origination, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline
Shree Vikas, Director, Market Intelligence & Business Analysis, ConocoPhillips Corp.
Starlet Agrella, Corp Fin Svcs Planning & Development Manager, Exxon Mobil Corporation
Amy Gasca, Pricing Manager, North American Power, S&P Global Platts
Ben Hur, General Manager Commercial, Phillips 66
Don Johnson, Sr. Director, Commercial Hydrocarbons, Contanda Terminals LLC
LJ Jumawan, Assistant Treasurer, Murphy Oil
Nitin Kadam, Director, FIS
Glynn Roberts, President, SGR Oil and Gas Interests, LLC
Howard Selzer, CFO, Laredo Energy
Paul Vincent, Vice President- Investor Relations, Superior Energy Services
Ajay Batra, Senior Vice President, Redwood Markets, LLC.
Greg Bean, Executive Director Gutierrez Energy Management Institute, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Don Bellman, Assistant Clinical Professor Emeritus, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Trish Earles, Sr. Global Manager, T&E Corporate Card/MIS, Halliburton
Andrew Elliott, Director, Supply and Portfolio Management, Engie
Will Febres, Commercial Director, Baker Hughes
Christopher Flanagan, Manager of Marine Operations - Americas, Shell Oil Company
Praveen Kumar, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs; Professor and Chair of Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Paul Pavlou, Dean and Cullen Distinguished Chair, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Steve Taake, Director, Mid Marketing – LNG, NextEra Energy Resources
Kalim Tippitt, Director Big Data and Analytics Information Technology, NRG
Adam Valentine, Commercial Director, Freeport LNG
Inclusive Leadership Advisory Board
Karen Love, Director, Practice Growth, Pannell, Kerr, Forster of Texas
Trudy Nix, Global & Commercial Banking Executive, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Sandra Sanchez, Managing Director, The PNC Financial Services Group
Diane Scardino, FACHE, (BBA ’92), Vice President, Texas Children’s Hospital
Jennifer Stewart, Senior Vice President Treasury & Tax, Southwestern Energy
Real Estate Advisory Board
Drew Alexander, President & CEO, Weingarten Realty
Jamie Bryant, Chief Operating Officer, Midway
Jim Casey, Senior Managing Director. Trammell Crow Company
Glenn Clements, Executive Vice President, Stewart Title
Mike Dishberger, President & CEO, Sandcastle Homes
Ray Driver, III, Managing Director, NorthMarq
Lane Enderby, Director, Altus Group
John Fenoglio, Executive VP, CBRE, Debt & Structured Finance
Edwin Friedrichs, Senior Principal, Walter P. Moore
John Hammond, President & CEO, Riverway Title
Brett Hill, Attorney & Director, Texan Floor Service, Inc.
Chuck Jacobus, Attorney-at-Law
Alex Jessett, CFO, Camden
Rick Kight, Executive Vice President, Avera Companies
Praveen Kumar, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs; Professor and Chair of Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Mary Lawler, Executive Director, Avenue CDC
Paul Layne, Executive VP, Howard Hughes Corporation
Chris Lewis, Managing Principal, Lee & Associates | Houston
Gary Longbotham, Executive Vice President & CEO, J. Tyler Services
Edna Meyer-Nelson, Founder, President & CEO, The Richland Companies
John Mooz, Hines
Bob Parker, Global Commercial Manager, ExxonMobil Environmental Serv. Co.
Paul A. Pavlou, Ph.D., Dean and Cullen Distinguished Chair, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Kevin Roberts, President, Transwestern
Blake Royal, Shareholder, BoyarMiller
Bruce Rutherford, International Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
Kristy Simonette, SVP Strategic Services & CIO, Camden
Howard Tellepsen, Jr., Chairman & CEO, Tellepsen
Jason Tramonte, Principal, Tramonte + Johnson
Tim Waikem, Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase Bank
John Walsh, Board Member Emeritus
Welcome Wilson, Sr., Chairman, Welcome Group
Rockwell Career Center Employer Advisory Board
Academy
Bechtel
BP
Chevron
ChevronPhillips
ConocoPhillips
Enterprise Products
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
ExxonMobil
GEICO
HPE
Katoen Natie
LyondellBasell
Motiva
Phillips66
RSM
Shell Oil
Sherwin Williams
TBK CPA
TDECU
Travelers
Stimulating Urban Renewal Through Entrepreneurship (SURE™) Board
Pradeep Anand, Founder, President, Seeta Resources
Charles Becker, Professor of Practice and Managing Director, Sure™ Program, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Talib Dhanji, Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Ogadi Fields, Relationship Banking Officer, Frost Bank
Tia Fuentes, Community Relations, Wells Fargo Bank
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
Ramanan Krishnamoorty, Chief Energy Officer, University Of Houston
Elwyn Lee, Vice President of Neighborhood and Strategic Initiatives, University Of Houston
Paula Mendoza, President and CEO, Possible Missions
Ralph Miller, Senior Vice President, BBVA
Kaye Newberry, Chair, Department of Accountancy & Taxation, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Vanessa Patrick-Ralhan, Associate Dean of Research Initiatives, Professor of Marketing, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Vikram Rao, Executive Director, Research Triangle Energy Consortium
Beth Robertson, President & CEO, Cockspur, Inc.
Richard Scamell, Professor, Decision & Information Sciences, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Riaz Siddiqi, Chairman, Clovis Point Capital
Aamir Shah, Executive Director, JP Morgan Chase
Dennis Silva, Senior Business Engagement Officer, TDECU
Paul Watson, Managing Director, Hermes Investment Group