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MBA Investment Fund Advisory Committee
The Fund's Advisory Committee is chaired by the Chairman of the UT Department of Finance. The industry members on the Committee are chosen by the Board from leading finance professionals. The Advisory Committee is responsible for advising the investment counselors and the students on their investment policies. The Advisory Committee holds two formal meetings each year, one in the spring and one in the fall.
The Advisory Committee Members as of July 2007:
- Mr. James F. Arens II - Senior Vice President, The Trust Company of Oklahoma
- Mr. Brian Bares - President, Bares Capital Management
- Mr. Rhodes R. Bobbitt - Managing Director, Credit Suisse First Boston
- Mr. Stephen L. Boyd - President, Van Kampen Investment Advisory
- Dr. Keith Brown - Department of Finance, University of Texas at Austin
- Mr. Prentiss Burt - Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Securities
- Mr. Mark Connally - Manager, Lehman Brothers
- Mr. James E. Condry - Managing Director, Bear Stearns
- Mr. Gary T. Crum - President, CFP Foundation
- Mr. Arnie Douville - Vice President & Senior Portfolio Manager, American Century Investment Management Inc.
- Mr. Pat Dyer - President, Dyer Robertson & Lamme
- Mr. Ben Fischer - NFJ Investment Group
- Mr. Philip Ferguson - AIM Capital Management
- Mr. Jack D. Furst - Partner, HM Capital Partners
- Dr. George W. Gau - Dean, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
- Mr. Stuart Gleichenhaus - Chief Restructuring Officer, EaglePicher Inc.
- Mr. Robert H. Graham - Chairman, AIM Management Group Inc.
- Dr. Beverly Hadaway - Associate Chairman, Department of Finance, University of Texas at Austin
- Dr. W. Van Harlow - President and Chief Investment Officer, Fidelity Investments' Strategic Advisors
- Mr. Stephen S. Head - Managing Director, UBS
- Mr. Gilbert A. Herrera - Herrera Partners, L.P.
- Mr. Craig Hester - President & CEO, Hester Capital Management
- Mr. Jim Hille - Chief Investment Officer, Texas Christian University
- Mr. Robert Holt - Holt Capital Partners, L.P.
- Mr. Donald W. Hultgren - Chief Executive Officer, SWS Group, Inc.
- Mr. Alfred Jackson - Davis Hamilton Jackson & Associates
- Mr. J. Luther King, Jr. - Luther King Capital Management
- Mr. Robert Koort - Managing Director & CFA for Chemicals Industry & Global Investment Research, Goldman Sachs & Co.
- Mr. Sandy Leeds - Department of Finance, University of Texas at Austin
- Mr. David J. Lotz - Office of Resource Development, University of Texas at Austin
- Dr. John Markese - President, American Association of Individual Investors
- Mr. William McAdams - Department of Finance, University of Texas at Austin
- Mr. John D. McStay - Managing Partner, John McStay and Associates
- Ms. Anne Motsenbocker - Managing Director, JP Morgan Private Bank
- Mr. Ray Nixon, Jr. - Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss
- Dr. Robert Parrino - Department of Finance, University of Texas at Austin
- Dr. John W. Peavy - Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.
- Mr. Charles H. Prioleau - Executive Managing Director, Harris Nesbitt Corporation
- Ms. Kathy-Ann Reissman - Director of Investments, Employees Retirement System of Texas
- Dr. Ehud I. Ronn - Department of Finance, University of Texas at Austin
- Mr. Gil Scott - Senior Vice President, Waddell & Reed
- Dr. Laura T. Starks - Chairman, Department of Finance, University of Texas at Austin
- Mr. Ralph B. Thomas - Senior Vice President, Fayez Sarofim & Co.
- Dr. Sheridan Titman - Department of Finance, University of Texas at Austin
- Mr. Vernon D. Torgerson, Jr. - Executive Vice President, First National Bank
- Mr. Michael Turner - President & CEO, Regions Bank
- Mr. John H. Watts - Chairman, Fisher Francis Trees and Watts
- Mr. James M. Windham, Jr. - Windham Capital Advisory Services
The Fund's Directors, Advisory Committee, Investment Counselors, and Student Portfolio Managers assist the fund on an uncompensated basis. No management fee is assessed to the investors by the Fund. However, operating and administrative costs associated with the Fund are charged to the Fund's investors.