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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
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
Christian Avalos, Undergraduate Student Representative
Dan Bellow, President – Houston, Jones Lang LaSalle
Bill Bobbora, Managing Director, Regions Bank
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
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.
Kayoor Gajarawala, Vice-President of Information & Digital Engineering, Shell
Carl Garrison, CEO & Founder, Superior IS
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
Devin Hall, Tax Partner, Crowe LLP
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
William R. Hurt (MBA ’86), Senior Managing Director & Head of Investment Banking, U.S. Capital Advisors LLC
Aanchal Jaggi, Graduate Student Representative
Qiana James, Founder and CEO, Friendly Faces Senior Care
Pradeep Kumar, Senior VP & General Manager, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Ali Lakhany (BBA ’07), CEO, CSM Group
Aylwin B. Lewis (MBA ’90), Former President & CEO, Potbelly Sandwich Works
Imran Malik, Operating Partner, Arcline Investment Management
Jeanette Marx, CEO, Airswift
W. Benjamin “Ben” Moreland, Retired President and CEO, Crown Castle International Corporation
Karen Pitts, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Link Staffing
Erich Ploog, Managing Partner, Benjamin Johnston Design LLC
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
Patrick Schneidau, CEO, Truss App, Inc.
Sam Schreiber (BBA ’74), Senior Advisor, Trustar Bank
Bob Simpson, Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting, LLP
Zin Smati, President & CEO (retired), Engie NA
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 & CEO, 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
Natara Branch (BBA ’98), CEO, Houston Exponential
J. Downey Bridgwater (BBA ’84), President - Houston Market, Comerica
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
Fran Keeth (’77, MS ACCY ’80, JD ’88), Retired CEO, Shell Chemicals Inc.
Elizabeth Killinger (BBA ’91), President - NRG Retail & Reliant, NRG Energy
John L. King (BBA ’92), Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Duy-Loan T. Le (MBA ’89), Retired, Senior Fellow, Texas Instruments (TXN), Board of Directors: National Instruments, eSilicon, Axcelis, Medigram
Scott McClelland, President - H-E-B Houston (retired), H-E-B
Jack B. Moore (BBA ’77), Former CEO and Chairman, Cameron International Corporation
Sandra Oliver, Assurance Managing Partner, West Region, EY
Former Student Representatives
Louise Goldberg, MBA Candidate, Graduate Student Representative
Andre Hal, MBA Candidate, Graduate Student Representative
Veronica Herrera, BBA Student, Undergraduate Student Representative
Cesar Macedo, BBA Student, Undergraduate Student Representative
Eustina Mupa, Graduate Student Representative
Vivek Patel, Undergraduate Student Representative
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
Commercial Banking Certificate Program 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
Kilton Douglas, Wells Fargo Bank
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
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 Wealth Strategies
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
Heath Butler, Partner, Mercury Fund
Kemal Farid, Founder, Farid Ventures
Angela Holmes, COO, Mercury Data Science
Keith Kreuer, Principal, RedHouse Associates, LLC
J. Benton Mayberry, Owner, Winston Sage Partners
Nicole Moss, General Counsel, Geophysical Technology, Inc.
John Reale, Co-Founder, Station Houston
Executive Development Advisory Board
Keith Kahl, LyondellBassel (Retired), University of Houston, Chair
Starlet Agrella, Exxon Mobil
Virginia Alemanni, Accenture
Caroline Atherton, HPE Pointnext
Jeanne-Marie Bowman, LyondellBassel
Alejandro Fernandez, University of Houston
Fleurette Fernando, University of Houston
Cherish Isaac, Insperity
Chris Mann, Insperity
Michelle Perry, Walter P. Moore
Maggie Rios, Atlas Copco
Thomas Vernon, Houston Methodist
Gutierrez Energy Management Institute
Greg Bean, Executive Director, Gutierrez Energy Management Institute, C. T. Bauer College of Business
David Black, CEO, Shell Energy Solutions
Tatiana Chavanelle, Manager, Emerging Energy Program and Strategy, Phillips 66
Amy Gasca, Senior Director, S& P Global Commodity Insights
Tom Goudie, President and Co-founder, NOVAE Energy, LLC
Jay Hellums, Partner, Braemar Capital Partners
Jamie Imhoff, Director of Engineering, Baker Hughes
Angela John, Independent Director, Parkland Corporation
Burhan Koc, Senior Director of Business Development, ENGIE North America
Praveen Kumar, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs; Professor and Chair of Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business
C. Kay McCall, Executive Director, Real Houston
Paul A. Pavlou, Dean and Cullen Distinguished Chair, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Jennifer (Jen) Pipkin, TES Business Engineering Leader, Dow
David Silva, Business Development Executive, Novi Midstream
Andrew Slaughter, Adjunct Faculty, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Andy Steinhubl, Chairman, Center for Houston’s Future
Jason Sweeney, Vice President of Sales, Oberon Fuels
Shree Vikas, Manager, Commercial and Procurement, ConocoPhillips
Real Estate Advisory Board
Drew Alexander, Retired, Weingarten Realty Investors Chairman and President
Lannya Batiste, Regional Manager, CAMDEN
Andy Bruce, Chief Operating Officer/CFO, Lionstone Investments
Jim Casey, Sr Managing Director, Trammell Crow
Glenn Clements, Vice Chairman, American Bank
Douglas Dillard, Managing Director/CFO, DC Partners
Mike Dishberger, President/CEO, Sandcastle Homes
Lane Enderby, Director, Altus Group
John Fenoglio, Executive VP/Debt & Structured Finance, CBRE
Edwin Friedrichs, Senior Principal, Walter P. Moore
John Hammond, President & CEO, Riverway Title
Samantha Harris, AVP Facilities Mgmt Business Services, UT MD Anderson Cancer Ctr
Chuck Jacobus, Attorney, Jacobus Law
Alex Jessett, Exec VP & CFO, CAMDEN
George Kaleh, Principal, The Cornerbrook Companies
Mary Lawler, Executive Director, Avenue CDC
Paul Layne, Principal, Layne Property Partners
Chris Lewis, Managing Principal, Lee & Associates
Gary Longbotham, Exec VP/Co-Founder, J. Tyler
Irma Lozano, Managing Director/Credit Risk, JP Morgan Chase
Edna Meyer-Nelson, Founder, President/CEO, The Richland Companies
John Mooz, Senior Managing Director, HINES
Ed Nwokedi, CEO, RedSwan
Lisa Pape, A&D Marketing Manager, Teknion (CORENET Rep)
Kevin Roberts, President, Transwestern
Blake Royal, Shareholder, BoyarMiller
Bruce Rutherford, President, Rutherford Real Estate
Harsh Shah, Sr Tax Manager, RSM US, LLP
Tenel Tayar, Managing Partner, Fifth Corner
Margaret Wallace Brown, Director/Planning & Development, City of Houston
John Walsh, Retired
Rockwell Career Center Employer Advisory Board
Academy
BP
Chevron
ChevronPhillips
ConocoPhillips
Enbridge
Enterprise Products
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
HPE
KPMG
LyondellBasell
Motiva
Phillips66
RSM
Shell Oil
Sonepar
TBK CPA
TDECU
Wells Fargo
Williams
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 at 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 of 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 and CEO, COCKSPUR, INC. Past Chair, UH System Board of Regents
Richard Scamell, Professor of 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 at 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
Supply Chain Management Industry Advisory Board
Amit Bansal, Vice President, Global Operations, Dell Technologies
Danny Berry, VP Supply Chain, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Lynn Hodde Blue, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, Department Information Resources
Scott Campbell, Vice President Supply Chain Americas, LyondellBasell
Mike Dusak, Director of Supply Chain Management, Southwest Airlines
Telyn Joseph, Director Global Procurement, Oceaneering
Wei Lin, Director of Supply Chain Management, Foxconn
Jorge Reyes, Global Procurement Manager, ChampionX
Faraz Shahid, Director of Procurement, Cheniere
Phil Teijeira, VP Chief Supply Chain Officer, Enbridge
Shree Vikas, Manager, Market Intelligence & Business Analysis, Commercial & Procurement, ConocoPhillips