Advisory Boards

Bauer College Board

Xianjun Geng, Ph.D., Dean, C. T. Bauer College of Business

Sam Schreiber (BBA ’74), Chair, Senior Advisor, Trustar Bank

Steven R. Goodman, Vice-Chair, CPA CFP, Founder and President, Goodman Financial Corporation

Paul Peacock (BBA ’81), Past Chair, Retired Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP (PwC)

Elaine Willits Finger (BBA ’92), Past Vice-Chair, Real-Estate Consultant, The Finger Companies

Susannah Abbott, Audit Partner, EY-Houston

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

Dan Bellow, President – Houston, Jones Lang LaSalle

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

Khoa Dao, Chief Commercial Officer, ConocoPhillips

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), Principal Consultant, Workforce Rewards, 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

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), CEO, CapturePoint, LLC

Mimi Healy, CEO, Stimulus Bio

Scooter Hicks (MBA ’11), CIO, MetroNational

Ryan Hodge (MBA ’14), Treasurer, Hess Midstream

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

Jeanette 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

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

Bob Simpson (BBA '94), 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

Francisco Trujillo, Finance Junior, Undergraduate Student Representative

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

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

Patrick Schneidau, CEO, Truss App, Inc.

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), Graduate Student Representative

Vivek Patel (2022-2023, BBA '23), Undergraduate Student Representative

Legacy

Michael J. Cemo (BS ’68), President, Michael J. Cemo Interests

Milton Frankfort (BBA ’67), Co-Chairman, Frankfort Lipp Capital Advisors, LLC

Melvyn Wolff, Founder, Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Charitable Foundation

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

Honeca Ngov, Stellar Bank

Patrick Blossom, Independent Bank

Bill Bobbora, Regions Bank

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

Rich Jochetz, Texas Gulf 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

Dan Summerford, Green Bank

Alan Villanueva, Hancock Whitney Bank

Amanda Ware, C. T. Bauer College of Business

Paul Wheeler, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

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, Professor and Chair of Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business

Chris Matlock, Director-Portfolio Management, Goodman Financial Corporation

Whitney Randolph, Senior VP and Senior Portfolio Manager, UBS Financial Services

Trey Wilkinson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Trinity Legacy Partners

Cougar Venture Fund

Samia Ahsan, Managing Director, Houston Angel Network

Ed Blair, Chair, Department of Marketing & Entrepreneurship, C. T. Bauer College of Business

Heath Butler, Partner, Mercury Fund

Craig Ceccanti, COO, Softeq Development Corporation

Aleece Hobson, Venture Partner, HX Venture Fund

Keith Kreuer, Principal, RedHouse Associates, LLC

J. Benton Mayberry, Owner, Winston Sage Partners

Nicole Moss, General Counsel, Geophysical Technology, Inc.

Richard Odior, Venture Capital Investor, Zeal Capital Partners

John Reale, Co-Founder, Station Houston

Musa and Khaleda Dakri Center for Economic Inclusion Advisory Board

Paula Mendoza, Chair, Dakri Center for Economic Inclusion Advisory Board; CEO, Possible Missions; Former Chair, UH System Board of Regents

Pradeep Anand, Founder and President, Seeta Resources

Esther Bailey, Professor of Practice and Director of Research, Dakri Center for Economic Inclusion

Michele Byrd, VP, Community Development Officer, PNC Bank

Asif Dakri, Chairman and CEO, Wallis Bank

Talib Dhanji, CFO, Arthur Lawrence

Ogadi Fields, Assistant Vice President, Corporate Banking, Frost Bank

Xianjun Geng, Ph.D., Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair, C. T. Bauer College of Business

Raza Khan, Partner, EY

Basheer Khumawala, Professor of Supply Chain Management, C. T. Bauer College of Business

Saleha Khumawala, Professor and Executive Director, Dakri CEI & Founding Director, SURE℠ Program, C. T. Bauer College of Business

Ramanan Krishnamoorty, Chief Energy Officer, University of Houston

Ali Lakhany, President and CEO, CSM Group

Emad Lakhany, VP, CSM Group

Elwyn Lee, Vice President of Neighborhood and Strategic Initiatives, University of Houston

Vikram Rao, Executive Director, Research Triangle Energy Consortium

Beth Robertson, President, Cockspur, Inc. & Westview Development, Inc.; Former Chair, UH System Board of Regents

Tyler Smith, Community Relations Senior Manager, Wells Fargo Bank

Mark Winchester, District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration

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

Chris Angelides, Managing Director, EY

Greg Bean, Executive Director, Gutierrez Energy Management Institute, C. T. Bauer College of Business

David Black, CEO, Shell Energy Solutions

Tatiana Chavanelle, Program and Strategy Manager Emerging Energy, Phillips 66

Dawn Constantin, COO Gas & Power Trading America, BP

Anuj Dhruv, Executive Vice President and CFO, Weatherford

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 and Tetra Technologies

Burhan Koc, Chief Commercial Officer, NorthStar Clean Energy

Praveen Kumar, Professor and Chair of Finance, C. T. Bauer College of Business

Kay McCall, Executive Director, Real Houston

Scott Meyers, Projects, Technical, and Ventures Manager (Sustainability EPO), ExxonMobil

Santos Monroy, CEO, GASROY

Jen Pipkin, TES Business Engineering Leader, Dow

Andrew Slaughter, Adjunct Faculty, C. T. Bauer College of Business

Andy Steinhubl, Chairman, Center for Houston’s Future

Jason Sweeney, Director, Market Intelligence & Business Analysis

Shree Vikas, Manager, Commercial and Procurement, ConocoPhillips

Glenn Wilson, Head, Measurement Verification and Reporting Low Carbon Solutions, Halliburton

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

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 Advisory Board

Academy

BDO

Beacon

BP

Cheniere

Chevron

ChevronPhillips

ConocoPhillips

Eaton

Enbridge

Engie

Enterprise Mobility

HPE

KPMG

LyondellBasell

Motiva

Phillips66

RSM

Ryan

Shell

TDECU

Williams

Supply Chain Management Industry Advisory Board

Tarek Amine, Principal Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Bechtel Corporation

Ameesh Arora, Managing Director Houston Office, Accenture

Marcelo Barroso, Regional Vice President, Supply Chain – USA, Tenaris

Dustin Bedford, Director of Supply Chain, PCL Construction, Inc.

Mike Bell, Leader of Supply Chain, Energy and Chemicals, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Carsten Bernstiel, Vice President of Procurement, Kiewit

Lynn Hodde Blue, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, Department Information Resources

Reid Boutte, Component OEM Key Account Manager, Shell

Marisa Brown, Senior Principal Research Lead, Supply Chain Management, APQC

Justin Cade, Senior Manager Gas Operations, BP

Scott Campbell, Vice President Supply Chain Americas, LyondellBasell

Anna Donahue, Manager, Global SCM Training, Oxy

Mike Dusak, Director of Supply Chain Management, Southwest Airlines

Justin Everett, Director of Supply Chain, Utility Global

John Gordon, Senior Vice President, Raw Materials and Sustainable Resources, United States Steel Corporation

Heather Granzin, Senior Director of Supply, AmeriGas

Miguel Guzman, Senior Vice President Supply Chain Operations, HP

Rob Howell, Chief Supply Chain Strategy Officer, Sysco

Telyn Joseph, Director Global Procurement, Oceaneering

Keith Kasprzak, Sr. Director Server Procurement, Dell Technologies

Tony Kraft, Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, Air Liquide

Wei Lin, Director of Supply Chain Management, Foxconn

Ellie Lundberg, Vice President Global Logistics, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Thomas Lyons, Senior Director of Cloud Supply Chain, Microsoft

George McGlamery, Commercial Chief - Global Procurement, ExxonMobil Corporation

Cheryl Moultry, Senior Manager Procurement Business Improvement, Phillips 66

Alberto Palazzi, Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Baker Hughes - Oilfield Services and Equipment

Jeff Renton, Director of Strategic Sourcing, Kinder Morgan

Bill Rogde, Vice President, Data Centers and Indirect, NTT Global Sourcing

Walter E. Sanchez, General Manager Global Supply Chain, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP

Faraz Shahid, Director of Procurement, Cheniere

Micheal Sittler, Director of Procurement and Accounts Payable, Enbridge

John Tejml, Director of Procurement, Enterprise Products

Shree Vikas, Manager, Market Intelligence & Business Analysis, Commercial & Procurement, ConocoPhillips