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Bauer College Board
Paul A. Pavlou, Ph.D., Dean and Cullen Distinguished Chair Professor, 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
Dan Bellow, President – Houston, Jones Lang LaSalle
Bill Bobbora, Head of Corporate Banking, Third Coast Bank
J. Downey Bridgwater (BBA ’84), President - Houston Market, Comerica
Michael J. Cemo (BS ’68), President, Michael J. Cemo Interests
Dilip Choudhuri, President & CEO, Walter P. Moore
Susan Coulter, President & CEO, Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation
S. David Deanda, Jr., President, Lone Star National Bank
Mohammed Ali Dhanani, Director, Dhanani Group Inc.; President/CEO, HAZA Group.
Robert Fields, President and Chief Executive Office/Principal, Patrinely Group
Louise Goldberg, MBA Candidate, Graduate Student Representative
Steve Goodman, CFA, CFP, Founder and President, Goodman Financial Corporation
Kenny Grace (BBA ’85), Houston Office Managing Partner, Moss Adams
Kenneth J. Guidry, CPA (BBA ’77), Past President and Retired Director, PKF Texas
C. Gregory (Greg) Harper (MBA ’97), President & CEO, Blue Mountain Midstream, LLC
Mimi Healy, Head of NGS Systems, Agilent Technologies, Inc.
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
Qiana James, Founder and CEO, Friendly Faces Senior Care
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
Cesar Macedo, BBA Student, Undergraduate Student Representative
Rafael Martinez, Charles Schwab Financial Consultant, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Jeanette Marx, CEO, Airswift
Mark Mize, Founder, Falconer Oil & Gas
W. Benjamin “Ben” Moreland, Retired President and CEO, Crown Castle International Corporation
Sandra Oliver, Assurance Managing Partner, 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
Bob Simpson, Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting, LLP
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
Jason Wells, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, CenterPoint Energy
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
Emeriti
Joel Cowley, CEO, Calgary Stampede
Samuel DiPiazza Jr. (MS ACCY '73), Retired, CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Milton Frankfort (BBA ’67), Co-Chairman, Frankfort Lipp Capital Advisors, LLC
Bob Gray, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
Joe Gutierrez (MBA ’14), CEO, Novi Ventures
Andre Hal, MBA Candidate, Graduate Student Representative
Veronica Herrera, BBA Student, Undergraduate Student Representative
Fran Keeth (’77, MS ACCY ’80, JD ’88), Retired CEO, Shell Chemicals Inc.
John L. King (BBA ’92), Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Scott McClelland, President - H-E-B Houston, H-E-B
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
John King, Ernst & Young, EY Americas Vice Chair – Assurance
Mark Mize, Halcon Resources, Chief Financial Officer
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
Paul Peacock, PwC, Former Partner
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, Cadence 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 Professor, 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
Ajay Batra, Senior Vice President, Redwood Markets, LLC.
Greg Bean, Executive Director Gutierrez Energy Management Institute, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Joe Carroll, GM Information Technology and Security, Citgo Petroleum Corporation
Don Bellman, Assistant Clinical Professor Emeritus, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Andrew Elliott, Director, Supply and Portfolio Management, Engie
Will Febres, Commercial Director, Baker Hughes
Christopher Flanagan, Manager of Marine Operations - Americas, Shell Oil Company
Amy Gasca, Pricing Manager, North American Power, S&P Global Platts
Glen Hodge, Land and Petrotech Development Manager, Marathon Oil Company
Ben Hur, General Manager Commercial, Phillips 66
Jamie Imhoff, Product Lines Manager, Baker Hughes
Don Johnson, Senior Director, Business Development, BWC Terminals LLC
LJ Jumawan, Assistant Treasurer, Murphy Oil
Nitin Kadam, Director, FIS
Praveen Kumar, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs; Professor and Chair of Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Kay McCall, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Alliance Houston
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
Brett Perlman, CEO, Center for Houston's Future
Andrew Slaughter, Assistant Clinical Professor, C.T. Bauer College of Business
Mitchell Sosa, Manager - Financial Reporting, Enterprise Products
Jason Sweeney, VP Business Development, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline
Shree Vikas, Director, Market Intelligence & Business Analysis, ConocoPhillips Corp.
Glynn Roberts, President, SGR Oil and Gas Interests, LLC
Howard Selzer, CFO, Laredo Energy
Paul A. Pavlou, Dean and Cullen Distinguished Chair Professor, 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
Paul Vincent, Vice President of Strategic Finance & Treasury, Amyris
Real Estate Advisory Board
Drew Alexander, (retired) 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
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, Senior Managing Director, Hines
Bob Parker, Global Commercial Manager, ExxonMobil Environmental Serv. Co.
Paul A. Pavlou, Ph.D., Dean and Cullen Distinguished Chair Professor, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Kevin Roberts, President, Transwestern
Blake Royal, Shareholder, BoyarMiller
Bruce Rutherford, International Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
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
BP
Chevron
ChevronPhillips
ConocoPhillips
Enterprise Products
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
ExxonMobil
GEICO
HPE
LyondellBasell
Motiva
Phillips66
RSM
Shell Oil
Stanley Black & Decker
TBK CPA
TDECU
Wells Fargo
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
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, Chair SURE℠ Advisory Board, Past Secretary, UH System Board of Regents
Ralph Miller, Senior Vice President, PNC
Kaye Newberry, Retired Chair, Department of Accountancy & Taxation, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Vanessa Patrick-Ralhan, Associate Dean of Research, Professor of Marketing, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Vikram Rao, Executive Director, Research Triangle Energy Consortium
Beth Robertson, President & CEO, Cockspur, Inc., Past Chair, UH System Board of Regents
Richard Scamell, Professor, Management Information Systems, 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
Tyler Smith, Community Relations, Senior Manager, Wells Fargo Bank
Peter Taaffe, Partner, Buzzbee Law Firm. Past Vice Chair, UH System Board of Regents
Paul Watson, Managing Director, Hermes Investment Group