Advisory Council Member Biographies

John L. Adams is vice chairman of Trinity Industries, Inc., a Dallas-based manufacturing company. Before joining Trinity in 1998, Adams was with Texas Commerce Bank for 25 years, where his last responsibility was as chairman, president and CEO. He currently serves on the board of American Express Bank and is non-executive chairman of Group 1 Automotive.

Adams is Chairman of Children's Medical Center of Dallas and is past chair of several organizations including the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Central Dallas Association, and Methodist Hospital, and is presently a national trustee of the Boys & Girls Club and chairman of the Human Resources Committee of the Children's Medical Center.

He has a BBA and a J.D. from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

J. Robert Alpert is CEO of The Alpert Companies in Dallas. He has managed his own portfolio of companies since 1961, with investments in banking, finance, real estate and entertainment. During the past 15 years, his focus has been on investments worldwide that promote innovative technology and employment.

Alpert is a Lead Director of TXI, Inc. of Dallas; Chairman for Argo Funding Company in Dallas and Advisory Director for Trio Consulting (UK) Ltd. in Stockholm, Sweden. He has also served as Advisory Director for Soda Stream, Inc. of Stockholm and as a Director of CNF, Inc. of Palo Alto.

Alpert retired as the Honorary Consul of Sweden-Dallas in 2003 after fifteen years of service. He was Knighted and received a medal of honor from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden. Alpert is also trustee emeritus of Colby College in Maine and former chairman of the Dallas Foundation for Health, Education and Research.
 

Travis Bain is chairman of Texas Custom Pools Inc. He purchased Sandler Pools, Inc. of Plano, Texas in 1993. A subsequent merger in 1999 created the largest independently owned swimming pool company in Texas. Previously, Bain built a small institutional food company into a five-state operation with revenues of over $120 million and has helped turn around sales and earnings of publicly- and privately-held companies.

He serves on the boards of several public companies and institutions.

Bain holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Harvard Business School. 
 

Steve Ballantyne 
Bio and photo are currently unavailable.
 

Sam Barshop is founder and retired chairman, president and CEO of La Quinta Inns, Inc. He is currently chairman of Barshop and Oles Company.

Barshop serves on the Board of Trustees of the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research and is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Incarnate Word, and is a former board member of Southwest Airlines, the Austin/San Antonio Corridor Council and the Texas Turnpike Authority. He is very active in local, state and nationwide affairs, has served as a University of Texas System regent, and served on The University of Texas at Austin's Commission of 125. A member of the McCombs School Hall of Fame, Barshop is also a member of the Advisory Board of Southwest Texas State University College of Business Administration and holds the Roy F. and Joanne Cole Mitte Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship at Southwest Texas.

Barshop received a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.


Lewis E. Brazelton III
Bio and photo are currently unavailable.
 

Jon Brumley is chairman of Encore Acquisition Company, a company he co-founded in 1998. Today, Encore Acquisition Company has a market capitalization of $1.5 billion. He began his career in the oil and gas industry as a risk analyst with Southland Royalty Company in 1967. He co-founded XTO Energy in 1986 and was chairman of Pioneer Natural Resources in 1997.

Appointed by Governor Mark White to the Texas State Board of Education in 1984, Brumley has been active in educational causes and oversight since 1980, and was appointed chairman of the TCU School of Education's Millennium Task Force in 1999. He has also been chairman of the Fort Worth Children's Hospital.

Brumley received a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He was inducted into the McCombs School of Business Hall of Fame in 1998.
 

Preston Butcher is chairman and CEO of Legacy Partners in Foster City, California and a manager and developer of property in the western United States. In 2002, Legacy Partners was honored as Builder of the Year by Multifamily Executive Magazine and the National Association of Home Builders. Butcher co-founded the National Multi Housing Council and California Housing Council and continues to serve as director for each.

Butcher is a member of the Policy Advisory Council of the Center for Real Estate at UC-Berkeley and was a founding board member of BRIDGE, a non-profit housing corporation created to provide low to moderate income housing.

Butcher received a B.S. in electrical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. 
 

Karl T. Butz Jr.
Bio and photo are currently unavailable.
 

John Carpenter is CEO, president and chairman of the board of Lachlan Alliance, a real estate development firm. Prior to Lachlan, he held leadership positions with Southland Financial Corporation from 1977 to 1989. Carpenter was president of Las Colinas, Inc. from 1989 to 1992, and was chairman and CEO of JPI Companies from 1992 to1997.

Carpenter is also active in the Dallas community, serving on the boards of the Trinity River Improvement Association, The Texas Horse Park, Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation, State Fair of Texas and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. He served on the Highland Park Independent School District Board from 1998 to 2004 and is on the board of the West Dallas Initiative. John and his parents, Ben and Betty Carpenter, recently donated funds to create the Carpenter Family MBA Leadership Center in the McCombs School to provide MBA students and organizations a space to gather and conduct business.

Carpenter holds a BBA from Texas Tech and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Shelby Carter is a distinguished adjunct professor at the McCombs School of Business.

In addition to working at The University of Texas at Austin, Carter co-founded the pioneering computer networking company, SynOptics Communications in 1985, which went public and became a Fortune 500 company in less than ten years from its founding. In 1996, Carter co-founded the Silicon Valley start-up, VitalSigns Software.
 
From 1970 to 1985, Carter worked in senior management with Xerox Corporation. With Xerox, he rose to the position of corporate vice president and general sales manager of the company's worldwide operations. Prior to that, he spent 14 years in marketing and line management positions with IBM.

Carter has been recognized for his teaching from various student organizations and, in 1997, was inducted into the McCombs School of Business Hall of Fame. He was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the business school in 1986 and a Distinguished Alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin in 1998.

Carter is a member of the Chancellor's Council of The University of Texas System, the Entrepreneur's Council of the Children's Museum of Austin and the board of Input/Output (I/O NYSE). He serves as vice-chairman of Vital Signs Software, and as director of TechWorks, Inc. and Pervasive Software, Inc. (PVSW NASDAQ).

He received a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and attended law school at The University of Texas and the University of Maryland.

 

Robert A. Chereck is executive vice president and division manager for Commercial Banking in Texas/Oklahoma, and he is also the energy group manager for Wells Fargo & Company (formerly First Interstate). He is responsible for all commercial banking functions in Texas/Oklahoma and energy lending company-wide. Chereck manages nine regional commercial banking offices and three energy offices. He joined the company in 1991.

Prior to Wells Fargo, Chereck was president of Norwich Financial Associates, managing director of Mason Best Company and executive VP of Interfirst Bank Dallas. At Interfirst, he was manager of the Energy Lending Group, Eastern Corporate Group and Southwest Group, and group manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, operating through the bank's London office.

Chereck is a board member of the Dallas Citizens Council, City of Dallas Housing Finance Corporation and Children's Medical Center in Dallas. He is also a chairman-elect of the Greater Dallas Chamber. He sits on executive committees for the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce and the Youth Services Council.

Chereck earned a B.A. in government and an MBA in finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Eugenio Clariond Reyes-Retana is chairman of Empresas Verzatec. S de R.L. and serves as director for Grupo Industrial Saltillo S.A., Johnson Controls Inc., Chaparral Steel Inc., Navistar Corp., Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A., The Mexico Fund and Mexichem, S.A. He formerly served as chairman of Grupo IMSA, S.A.

As a volunteer, he serves as chairman of the Mexican Fund for Nature Conservancy, president of the USA-Mexico Business Council (MEXUS) under the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade (COMCE) and vice president of the Latin American Business Council (Mexican Chapter). He also serves as a director of Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superior de Monterrey (ITESM), a trustee of Bats Conservation International (an Austin NGO) and a member of the Advisory Board of Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies.

He has a BBA and an MBA in business from ITESM.  

 

J. Coley Clark is chairman of the board and CEO of BancTec, Inc., a Dallas-based company providing a wide range of solutions for automating business processes for financial services, manufacturing, government and the service and utilities industries. Clark retired from EDS in 2004 as senior vice president and head of the Financial and Transportation Industry Groups.

Clark previously served on the boards of Carreker Corporation and FundsXpress, Inc. and is past chairman of the Financial Services and Insurance Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce. Active in his community, he is a current member of the Dallas Citizens Council and Salesmanship Club of Dallas. He has served on the boards of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas and as president of the Dallas Theater Center. He is a member of the Longhorn Foundation Advisory Council for Athletics, the President's Associates and the Chancellors Council at The University of Texas at Austin.

Clark has a B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin. He served three years in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of captain and served as a company commander in Europe and Southeast Asia.
 

Aubrey L. Cole
Bio and photo are currently unavailable.
 

Peter Coneway was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 2006 as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Switzerland, and to concurrently serve as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Coneway spent 37 years in various capacities at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He joined the firm in 1969 after graduating with an MBA from Stanford University. He founded the Houston office for Goldman, Sachs in 1975, was named a general partner in 1978, established the firm's securities sales, trading and research division in Tokyo in 1987 to 1988 and returned to manage the Houston office.

He served as chairman of the Board of Visitors for The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, as trustee of the Texas Heart Institute and as chairman of the Investment Committee and an Executive Committee member at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Coneway has served on the National Board of the Smithsonian Institution and as chairman of the Stanford Business School Trust, director of the Greater Houston Partnership and chairman of the Houston/Harris County Sports Facility Public Advisory Committee.

Coneway earned his BBA from The University of Texas at Austin. He received the Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award in 1983, was appointed to the UT System Board of Regents in 1993, was named a Distinguished Alumnus in 2003 and was inducted into the McCombs School Hall of Fame in 2004.
 

Catherine Crain is a vice president of Fayez Sarofim & Co. She serves as a portfolio manager and is also responsible for overseeing the firm's Dreyfus mutual funds relationship. Crain joined Fayez Sarofim & Co. in 1993 as a research associate. Over the years, her areas of research responsibility have included transportation, media and entertainment, and consumer products. Before returning to graduate school, she worked for Merrill Lynch & Co. as a financial analyst in their investment banking division in New York and Houston.

She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the CFA Institute. Crain served as an investment counselor to the McCombs School's MBA Investment Fund from 1994 to 2003.

Crain received a B.A. in Plan II and an MBA in finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Gary T. Crum is president of the CFP Foundation, and a founder and former director of AIM Management Group, Inc. He served as president, CEO and director of investments for AIM Capital Management, the investment advisory subsidiary of AIM Management Group and director of parent company AMVESCAP PLC, after AIM Management Group's merger with INVESCO in 1997. Prior to founding AIM Management Group, Crum gained valuable industry experience as portfolio manager and head of fixed-income investments for American General Capital Management.

Crum is on the Board of Directors for the McCombs School of Business MBA Investment Fund, L.L.C. at The University of Texas at Austin. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University (SMU) and on the Executive Board of the Cox School of Business at SMU, and is a trustee of the AIM Foundation. He was formerly a member of the Boards of Trustees at Episcopal High School and the Memorial Endowment Fund for St. John the Divine Church in Houston. Crum was inducted into the McCombs School Hall of Fame in 2004 and is chair of the McCombs School Advisory Council.

Crum received a BBA from SMU and an MBA in finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Ken DeAngelis is a founder of Austin Ventures and has served as general partner since 1981. He focuses on services investing. Previously DeAngelis was with the Merchant Banking division of the Bank of Boston.

He has been active in the Austin community for many years and is a member of the University's Development Board. He was also past chairman of the McCombs School Advisory Council. DeAngelis was actively involved, for many years, with the local PBS affiliate, KLRU-TV, and is a past board chairman. Currently he serves on the Board of Governors for Hyde Schools, headquartered in Bath, Maine.

DeAngelis received his B.A. from Harvard University and his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
 

Robert M. Duffey Jr.
Bio and photo are currently unavailable.
 

Robert Duncan is chairman of Transwestern Interests, L.L.C., which comprises a group of affiliated real estate investment and operating companies. He began his career with the Trammell Crow Company in Dallas and became the partner responsible for commercial operations in San Antonio. Duncan left to form Transwestern in 1978 and has directed its expansion from a small investment building company to a major national diversified real estate organization.

Duncan is an active member of the Real Estate Roundtable, the Urban Land Institute and the World President's Organization. He is a founding member of the Advisory Council for the McCombs School's Real Estate Finance and Investment Center. He serves on the boards of the Greater Houston Community Foundation and the Greater Houston YMCA. He resides in Houston with his wife, Marcy, and their six sons.

Duncan received a Business Honors Program BBA, an MBA in Finance, and an L.L.B. from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

James R. Elliott III is global head of the Mergers & Acquisitions with JP Morgan.

Elliott joined JPMorgan in 1997 as a senior member of the M&A Department. He began his career at the First Boston Corporation in 1976 and spent ten years in the Mergers and Acquisitions department specializing in energy sector takeovers. He was appointed head of Risk Arbitrage Department in 1986 and managed a $500 million portfolio until his departure in 1989. In 1990, he started and managed a hedge fund, which invested in M&A Risk Arbitrage and Special Situations.

Elliott received a BBA and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.

Mike Espinosa
Bio and photo are currently unavailable.
 

Dick Evans is chairman of the board and CEO of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. and Frost National Bank in San Antonio, Texas.

Before joining Frost Bank's training program in 1971, he served as an assistant national bank examiner with the Comptroller of the Currency. In 1977, he was named executive vice president of Frost's banking group and was elected president of Frost Bank in 1985. In 1993, Evans was elected chairman of the board of Frost Bank and chief banking officer of Cullen/Frost Bankers. He was named chairman of the board and COO of Cullen/Frost in 1995, and in 1997, CEO.

Evans is a member of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and recently completed a three-year term as a member of the Federal Advisory Council to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C.

In the civic and professional arena, Evans serves on the board of directors of United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, an organization he served as general campaign chairman from 2003 to 2004 and chairman from 2004 to 2005. He is also a member of the board of directors and past chairman of the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation and the San Antonio Medical Foundation. He is a past chairman of the United Negro College Fund. Evans is a director and life member of the San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Inc. and is a member of the Financial Services Roundtable and the World Presidents' Organization.

A native of Uvalde, Texas, Evans earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Anthony D. "Tony" Forcum is national managing director-performance excellence of Deloitte Consulting, LLP. In that role he has primary responsibility for the financial operations of Deloitte Consulting in the U.S. He is also a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of Deloitte Consulting LLP. In addition to his practice management responsibilities, Tony also serves as lead consulting principal or advisory principal to clients in a variety of industries. Tony was managing director of Deloitte Consulting's offices in Dallas, Houston and Austin from 1997 to 2001 and managing director of the Dallas office in 1996. He has also served as the national recruiting partner for Deloitte Consulting at UT-Austin and is currently a member of the UT MBA recruiting team for Deloitte Consulting.

Forcum joined a predecessor of Deloitte & Touche in 1974 after graduating from Emporia State University and became a partner in 1984.
 

Jack D. Furst
Bio and photo are currently unavailable.
 

Robert Gauntt is partner and co-founder of Avalon Advisors, L.P., a Houston based investment management company. From 1996 to 2001, Gauntt was a partner at Morgan Stanley, and from 1990 to 1996, a vice president for Goldman Sachs. He is also founder and former general partner of Convergent Investors, an Austin-based venture capital firm that focuses on early stage technology and telecom companies.

Previously, Gauntt was the director/president of H.O.P.E. Worldwide in Houston, president of the Board for his local congregations and a member of the Development Committee at River Oaks Baptist School (ROBS). He currently serves on the Board of West University Little League, is a member of the Endowment Committee at ROBS and serves as a Deacon for his local congregation.

Gauntt received his BBA from The University of Texas at Austin, where he played varsity baseball from 1982 to 1984 including the 1983 NCAA Division I National Championship team. He has an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

John C. Goff is vice chairman and CEO of Crescent Real Estate Equities Company, one of the largest publicly traded real estate investment trusts in the U.S. Goff co-founded Crescent and served as CEO through its initial public offering in May 1994 until early 1997, when he became vice chairman of the Board of Trust Managers. He returned as CEO in June 1999.

Goff joined Rainwater, Inc. in 1987, shortly after Richard E. Rainwater began the company as a private investor. From 1987 to 1994, he was vice president of Rainwater, Inc., serving as senior investment advisor and principal. Goff was responsible for Rainwater's foray into real estate, designing the strategy and acquiring the assets that led to the initial public offering of Crescent.

Goff is also the managing principal of Goff Moore Strategic Partners, L.P. (GMSP), a private investment partnership focusing on investments outside the scope of Crescent. In addition to Crescent, Goff serves on numerous boards, both corporate and non-profit, as well as on board of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.

Goff earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Pablo González-Sada is president and CEO of Uniexcel Chemical Solutions S.A. and president of Aero Servicios Regiomontanos S.A. González-Sada began his career in banking in 1976 with Banpaís S.A. and in 1986 he was appointed president of the insurance company Seguros del País S.A. Three years later, he was named president of Vitro, S.A. holding company and in 1990, he became president of Vitro Chemical Fibers and Mining Division. In 1996, he was appointed as president of Vitro Flat Glass Division.

He serves on the boards of Grupo Cydsa, Regio Empresas, Aeropuerto del Norte, and Cruz Roja Mexicana (Mexican Red Cross). He is also Honorary Consul of Greece for the Northern States of Mexico.

Gonzalez-Sada earned a BBA from the University of Monterrey and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin. He also attended the Global Leadership Program at the University of Michigan.
 

James B. Goodson is founder of Goodson & Company, specializing in commercial real estate. Previously, he retired as president, chairman and CEO of Southland Life Insurance and subsequently joined Texas Commerce Bancshares as vice chairman of the holding company and chairman of Texas Commerce Bank Dallas. He began his career at Rauscher Pierce and Company, an investment banking firm.

Goodson has been active in life insurance affairs, serving as president of the Texas Life Convention and chairman of the American Council of Life Insurance, the preeminent association of the life insurance industry. He is also a member of the McCombs School Hall of Fame.

He received a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin. 
 

C. Kim Goodwin is managing director and head of equities for Credit Suisse in London, England. Prior to this position, she was independent director at Akamai Technologies and at Checkfree Corporation. Before that, Goodwin was CIO of State Street Research & Management Company, where she oversaw the firm's equity investments and led a team of portfolio managers, analysts and traders. Prior to State Street, she worked for American Century Investments as chief investment officer for the company's domestic growth equity discipline.

Goodwin is a life member of the Texas Exes, as well as a member of the UT System's Chancellor's Council, the UT Development Board and the MBA Investment Fund Advisory Board. She appears frequently in the financial press and was a regular panelist on "Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street" from 1999 to 2004.

Goodwin holds an M.A. from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA in finance from the The University of Texas at Austin. 
 

Sue E. Gove is a management consultant with Prentice Capital, a private equity firm specializing in retail. Until March 2006, she served as executive vice president and COO of Zale Corporation. She began her career with Zale in 1980 in accounting.

Gove serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Autozone. 

Gove earned a BBA in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Robert H. Graham is chairman of AIM Management Group Inc., a Houston-based investment management company he co- founded in 1976. Graham is president of The AIM Family of Funds and vice chairman of AMVESCAP PLC.

Graham serves on the boards of Southwest University, St. John's School, the Houston Zoo, Inc. and the University of St. Thomas, and also served on The University of Texas at Austin's Commission of 125. Graham was inducted into the McCombs School Hall of Fame in 2004.

A Houston native, Graham received a B.S. in electrical engineering and an MBA in finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Joseph M. "Jody" Grant is chairman emeritus of Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. He is also a senior advisor and director of BankCap Partners and a founding member of the Investment Committee for BankCap Equity Fund LLC.

He was formerly chairman and CEO of Texas Capital Bancshares. Previously with EDS, he was CFO and executive VP and co-led the successful spin-off of EDS from General Motors. He has also held leadership positions with Texas American Bancshares, Inc. and Texas Commerce Bank Houston. Grant is the author of two books on the history of banking in Texas and was recognized as Ernst & Young's Southwest Area Entrepreneur of the Year for 2002.

Grant serves on the Board of Visitors for M.D. Anderson and is on the boards of directors of the Communities Foundation of Texas, the Dallas Citizens Council, and the Dallas County Community College Foundation. He currently chairs the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation and is a member of the McCombs School Hall of Fame.

Grant holds a BBA from Southern Methodist University. He also earned an MBA in finance and a Ph.D. in finance and economics from The University of Texas at Austin.

 

Robert G. Greer is vice chairman for Bank of Texas. Previously he was chairman for Bank of Tanglewood, the first CEO and later senior chairman of the Cullen Center Bank and Trust, and vice chairman, Frost Bank, in addition to holding numerous other banking leadership positions since he began his career in 1955, including president of the Texas Bankers Association.

Greer is former director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He is a Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Business Administration at The University of Texas at Austin, member of the Longhorn Foundation Advisory Council and member of the Development Board of The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He also serves as a Life Member of both the UT Health Science Development Board of Houston and the Texas Medical Center Board.

Greer received his BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Bill Gurley joined Benchmark Capital in 1999 after spending two years as a partner with Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. He currently serves on the boards of Business.com, Linden Lab/SecondLife, LiveOps, Nanosolar, OpenTable, Red 5 Studios, Tropos Networks and Zillow.com

Previous investments include Avamar Technologies (acquired by EMC), Crossgain (acquired by BEA Systems, Employease (acquired by ADP), JAMDAT (IPO: JMDT;acquired by Electronic Arts), Nordstrom.com (acquired by Nordstrom), Shopping.com (IPO: SHOP; acquired by eBay) and The Knot (IPO: KNOT).

Before entering the venture capital business, Gurley spent four years as a research analyst for Wall Street, including three years at CS First Boston, where he was the lead analyst on the Amazon IPO. In 1995 and 1996, he was a member of the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team.

Prior to his investment career, Gurley was a design engineer for Compaq Computer and also served in the technical marketing group of Advanced Micro Devices' embedded processor division.

Gurley holds a B.S. in computer science from the University of Florida and earned an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Barbara Sublett Guthery is chairman of the board of managers and CEO of HydroProcessing, LLC. She is also general partner of Sublett Partners, Ltd. After 30 years in the New York metropolitan area, where she was a vice president with Prudential Securities Inc., she returned to Texas in 1991. At Prudential, she managed assets and securities for individuals, corporations and pension funds. Prior to the formation of UTIMCO, she served as one of the five investment advisors to the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, which then managed over $8 billion in assets.

Guthery was a member of the first Longhorn Foundation Advisory Council and currently serves on the Advisory Council of the UT College of Pharmacy. Active with the Texas Exes, she currently serves on the Public Affairs Committee, the Scholarship Committee and the Investment Committee. Guthery has donated a Presidential Scholarship in Entrepreneurship Education to the McCombs School of Business and a basketball scholarship to the Longhorn Foundation. She is also Chairman of the Neighborhood Longhorns Board and on the Caritas Community Advisory Board.
 

Richard A. Haberman
Bio is currently unavailable.
 

 

John P. Harbin retired in 1983 as chairman and CEO of Halliburton Company. Before his 35 years with the petroleum services firm, he worked for Carter Oil (Exxon) in Venezuela and served as a Lieutenant in the US Navy Reserve during WWII. In 1989 he joined Lone Star Technologies, Inc. as chairman and CEO. Though he retired in 1998, he served as consultant through 2003.

Harbin has served on numerous financial and petroleum industry associations and presently serves as an honorary director of the American Petroleum Institute and director of the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association. A member of the National Petroleum Council from 1974 to 1999, he has served on the boards of Citicorp/Citibank, Burlington Industries, Louisiana Land & Exploration, Petrolite, Circle K and Penrod Drilling. He is active in many civic affairs in Dallas and, a Distinquished Eagle Scout himself, was president of the Boy Scout Circle of Ten Foundation from 1967 to 1996. Harbin's generosity resulted in the Harbin Chair and Harbin Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

A 1994 inductee into the Texas Business Hall of Fame, Harbin was also awarded The University of Texas at Austin's Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1981 and is a member of the McCombs School Hall of Fame. He is a donor of the John P. Harbin Chair in Business and served as president of UT's Ex-Students Association (Texas Exes) from 1989 to 1990.

Harbin earned a BBA with honors from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Katherine J. Harless is the former president and CEO for Idearc Inc. (NYSE: IAR).

Idearc is a media company that connects buyers with sellers when buyers are ready to buy. Idearc's multi-platform of products includes Verizon® Yellow Pages and smaller-sized portable Verizon® Yellow Pages Companion Directories, Superpages.com® (www.superpages.com), Superpages Mobile™ and the Solutions family of direct mail products.

From 2000 to 2006, Harless served as president of Verizon Information Services (VIS), which was spun off from Verizon in 2006 to form Idearc. At VIS she led Verizon’s print, Internet and mobile directory businesses. Before that, she was president of GTE Airfone, where she directed overall operations, including the expansion of air-to-ground public telecommunications services in the United States and other countries.

Harless worked for GTE from 1973 to 2000, starting in her hometown of San Angelo, Texas, and carrying out assignments of increasing responsibility in finance, sales, marketing and operations before being named regional president for GTE Telephone Operations in Texas and New Mexico in 1994.

Harless serves on the board of directors for the Toro Company and is a member of the McCombs School of Business Hall of Fame. She also serves as secretary treasurer on the Yellow Pages Association board. Harless is a member of the Committee of 200 and Leadership America. She was featured in the November/December 2005 issue of Profiles in Diversity Journal as one of 77 "Women Worth Watching in 2006."

Harless earned a BBA in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin.

Van Harlow is president and chief investment officer of Fidelity Asset Management Services, a unit of Fidelity Investments, the largest mutual fund company in the United States.

Dr. Harlow joined Fidelity in 1991 as a portfolio manager and has held the positions of director of Investment Risk Management, director of Quantitative Research, vice president of Investment Research and Analysis for Fidelity Management & Research Co. He was appointed president and chief investment officer of Fidelity's Strategic Advisers, Inc., in November 1997 and assumed responsibility for Fidelity Asset Management Services in July 2001. Prior to joining Fidelity, Dr. Harlow was a vice president at Salomon Brothers Inc., in New York City, from 1989 to 1991 and assistant professor of finance at the University of Arizona from 1986 to 1989.

Harlow received a B.A. in physics and mathematical science from Rice University and an MBA and Ph.D. in financial economics from The University of Texas at Austin. He holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Frederick B. Hegi Jr. is the founding partner of Wingate Partners and chairman of United Stationers, Inc. Previously, he was chairman of Loomis, Fargo & Co. and Kevco. He also serves on the boards of Hallmark Cards, Texas Capital Bancshares, Lone Star Technologies, Drew Industries and Austin Industries, among others. Prior to forming Wingate, Hegi was president of Valley View Capital Corporation.

Hegi has co-chaired Southern Methodist University's (SMU) annual fund campaign and Harvard Business School's major gifts campaign, and is active in several Dallas-area philanthropic organizations. He is a member of SMU's board of trustees, a trustee of UT Southwestern Medical Foundation, a member of the Board of Visitors of UT Southwestern University Hospitals, former Chairman of UT Southwestern's Presidents Research Council, a trustee for the Dallas Center for Performing Arts, a member of the Chancellor's Council Executive Committee of The University of Texas System and a trustee of The Communities Foundation of Texas. At The University of Texas at Austin, he is a member and former chair of the McCombs School of Business Foundation, is a member of The University of Texas at Austin's Development Board and served on the Commission of 125. Hegi is a former chairman of the McCombs School Advisory Council.

Hegi has a BBA from Southern Methodist University, an MBA from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from the The University of Texas at Austin
 

Jeff Heller returned to Electronic Data Systems as president and COO in March 2003. He had retired as vice chairman of EDS in 2002, after a 34-year career with the company. He joined EDS as a trainee and moved through various technical management and executive positions before becoming senior vice president in 1987. He was named president and COO in 1996, and vice chairman in 2000. During his career, EDS grew from a small start-up company to a Fortune 100 corporation with revenues of $21.5 billion and 140,000 employees.

Heller's university career was highlighted by his achievements as an NCAA All-American swimmer for the Longhorns from 1957 to 1961. In 1995, he was honored with the Frank Erwin Award in swimming and, in 2000, he was inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor. In 2002, he was inducted into the McCombs School Hall of Fame. Heller is a 2003 recipient of the University's Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Heller serves on the board of directors of several public, private and charitable companies and institutions and was appointed to the University's 125. Heller earned a BBA in finance from The University of Texas of Austin.
 

William C. Helms is executive vice president and head of the Wealth Management Group at Compass Bank. Prior to joining Compass he spent 17 years with Bank of America. Helms' last executive position at Bank of America was as co-president of the Private Bank. His early career was spent with Texas Commerce Bank in Houston and New York.

Helms serves on the Compass Bank Board of Directors and the Executive Management Committee. He also serves on the boards of the John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science, the Houston Grand Opera Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He previously served on the boards of the Atlanta and Houston YMCAs, the UT Health Science Center, Emory University Board of Trustees and the Atlanta Ballet.

Helms received a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Gilbert A. Herrera founded Herrera Partners, LP in 1992, a private investment banking firm that provides merger & acquisition advisory, SEC compliance, expert testimony, valuations, bankruptcy-related restructuring and related services. He formerly served as director of Coopers & Lybrand's Southwest region corporate finance group. Previously, he was the senior investment banker for Underwood, Neuhaus & Co.

In 1995, Gilbert received the Outstanding Young Texas-Ex award from the Texas Exes. In 2001, he was appointed by Governor Rick Perry to serve as chair of the General Services Commission and by appointment from the Supreme Court of Texas he served as a member of the Commission for Lawyer Discipline from 1993 until 1999.

At The University of Texas at Austin, Herrera serves on the Longhorn Foundation for Intercollegiate Athletics, the MBA Investment Fund, L.L.C. and the Executive Committee of Chancellor's Council of The University of Texas System. He is also a member of the Littlefield Society and previously served on the University's Commission of 125.

Gilbert earned a BBA in finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Thomas O. Hicks is chairman and CEO of Hicks Holdings LLC, a Dallas-based private investment firm that owns and manages sports and real estate assets and makes corporate acquisitions. Hicks Holdings' ownership holdings include the Texas Rangers Baseball Club, the Dallas Stars Hockey Club, a 50 percent interest in the American Airlines Center, and a 50 percent interest in Liverpool FC, an English Premiership Club known as "Britain's Most Successful Football Club." The company is also involved with several land development projects throughout the greater Dallas area. Previously, Hicks co-founded and was chairman from 1989 through 2004 of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, a nationally prominent private equity firm that specialized in leveraged acquisitions.

Hicks is the chairman of the board and owner of the Texas Rangers and serves as the team's representative on the MLB Board of Governors. He is also on the board of directors for Major League Baseball Advanced Media. He is chairman of the board for the Dallas Stars and serves as vice chairman for the NHL Board of Governors. He also serves on the NHL Executive Committee and the NHL Audit and Finance Committee.

Hicks also serves on the boards of directors for the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association, Crow Family Holdings, as well as The Center for Strategic and International Studies Board of Trustees, St. Mark's School of Texas Board of Trustees, the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business Dean's Board of Advisors, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Foundation Board of Trustees, The University of Texas Chancellor's Council, as well as various charities. A former member of The University of Texas System Board of Regents, Hicks has served as Chairman of The University of Texas Investment Management Company, (UTIMCO) which manages the $20 billion Permanent University Fund and Long Term Funds. Additionally, Hicks was honored as the recipient of the 2000 Henry Cohn Humanitarian Award from the Anti-Defamation League.

Hicks has a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of Southern California.
 

Richard S. Hill is partner with Hill Partners, Inc., a firm he co-founded in 1992.

After a two-year stint at Ernst & Young as a senior accountant, Hill joined Trammell Crow Company in 1980 and was named a partner in the Austin Industrial Division in 1983. In 1988, he took over the Austin Office Division and was named a partner in the firm. In 1992 he left Trammell Crow to co-found Hill Partners, Inc., one of Central Texas' most successful commercial real estate firms.

As a past president and current member of the Real Estate Council of Austin, a past member of the Chamber of Commerce board, and former president of the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, Hill has a history of community involvement.

Hill has a BBA in finance and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Mr. Charles M. Holley, Jr. is executive vice president finance and treasurer for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. He is responsible for corporate development, strategy and planning, tax, investor relations and treasury operations. Previously, Charles held the title of senior vice president of finance with responsibility for the company’s accounting and tax areas, its financial reporting as well as investor relations. In addition, he oversaw the financial support of the company’s corporate areas including real estate, benefits and risk management, Information Systems Division and the People Division. Charles joined Wal-Mart in 1994 and has served as the company’s senior vice president and corporate controller as well as the senior vice president and CFO for Wal-Mart’s International Division. While involved with Wal-Mart International, he helped pioneer the company’s international expansion efforts.

Before joining Wal-Mart, Charles was with Tandy Corporation as managing director for Tandy’s European Memorex Consumer Product Division (Memtek International). Charles previously spent 10 ½ years with Ernst & Young.

Holley has a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Texas in Austin and earned his MBA in Finance at the University of Houston.

Peter M. Holt is the great-grandson of Benjamin Holt, who developed the first practical track-type tractor in 1904 and named it the Caterpillar. As CEO of HOLT CAT, headquartered in San Antonio, Holt currently owns the largest Caterpillar dealership in the United States. He is also chairman and principal owner of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association.

Holt is a community leader who believes in corporate responsibility to support local projects. He serves on the boards of JPMorgan Chase Bank, the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation, Inc., Free Trade Alliance San Antonio, The Trust Co., the Texas State Aquarium, Trinity University, and the Development Board of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. In August 2003, Holt was appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission. He is very active in the San Antonio United Way (2001-2002 chairman of the board) and his companies match employee contributions, earning United Way's "Gold Award" for many years.

Holt served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, where he earned a Silver Star, three Bronze Stars for Valor, a Purple Heart and many other awards.

Holt attended The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Ralph T. Hull's professional career involved investing in and supervising small, Houston-area banks, and he is presently a full-time investor.

Hull has served on numerous Houston civic organizations and is currently a member of the UT Austin Development Board  and the UT Health Science Center Advisory Council. He is a life member of the UT College of Natural Sciences Advisory Council and is also a member of the Longhorn Foundation Advisory Council.

He earned a BBA and a J.D. from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Ronald Hulme is a Houston-based director at McKinsey & Company, the international management consulting firm.

Hulme has led or co-led several of McKinsey's functional and industry practices including the Global Strategy Practice, the Global Corporate Finance Practice, the Americas Petroleum Practice and the Americas Chemical Practice. Currently, he leads McKinsey's Special Initiative on Corporate Risk. He has also been active in McKinsey's internal governance, having served as a member of the Shareholders Council (the firm's Board of Directors) and as a member of McKinsey's eight-person Office of the Managing Director, where he had oversight responsibility for the firm's global knowledge efforts and functional practices. 

Hulme earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
 

Alfred Jackson has been a principal with Davis Hamilton Jackson and Associates, an asset-management firm in Houston, Texas, for the past 15 years. His career history includes successful experience working in the areas of marketing, sales and management in the investment banking, investment advisory and money management fields.

In 1986, after several years in the investment business, Jackson joined American Asset Management Company out of New York. In a joint venture with the company, he created his own firm, Alfred Jackson & Associates. Two years later, Jackson joined efforts with Mr. Robert Davis and Mr. Jack Hamilton to form Davis Hamilton Jackson & Associates in Houston, Texas, which now manages more than $4.7 billion and is the second largest independent money management firm in Houston. In 2004, Jackson founded a private equity firm, Capital Point Partners, which specializes in mezzanine investments with a diverse group of companies from across the United States.

Jackson presently serves on several boards including: The Houston Municipal Pension System Board of Trustees, The National Association of Security Professionals, The University of Texas Exes Investment Committee and The University of Texas Chancellor's Council. Past board participation includes The University of Texas Longhorn Foundation and the Texas Guaranty School Loan Corporation. Jackson was also appointed to Governor Rick Perry's Economic Council for the State of Texas.

He received a B.A. in history from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Stephan A. James retired from Accenture and his International Chairman role in August 2006. From 2000 to 2004, he was COO of Accenture, with primary responsibility for Accenture's global operations and functions including marketing, finance operations and human resources. He was also responsible for the development of expert capabilities in Technology, Business Consulting and Outsourcing. In 1999 to 2000, he was chief executive of Accenture's Resources operating group focused on energy, chemicals and utilities industries. For the six prior years, he was the chief executive for their global Financial Services operating group focused on banking, insurance and health care. He joined the company in 1968 and became a partner in 1979.

James was vice chairman of Accenture's Board of Directors and the firm's Management Committee, as well as a member of its Executive Committee and Global Leadership Council. In November 2004, James was elected to the Board of Directors for CDW Corporation, where he serves on the Board's Compensation and Stock Option Committee. He is also a member of the Board of The Staubach Company.

James has a BBA with a specialization in industrial management and labor relations from The University of Texas at Austin.

Thomas W. Jasper is the CEO of Primus Guaranty, Ltd. and affiliates. Primus Guaranty is listed on the NYSE under the symbol "PRS." Prior to joining Primus, Jasper served for 17 years as a key executive of Salomon Brothers Inc. and its successor companies. While at Salomon, Jasper founded ISDA, served as its first co-chairman, and worked to establish ISDA as the world's preeminent swap association. As COO of Salomon's non-Japan Asian business, he established the Asia Pacific region as the firm's fourth operating center.

Jasper was appointed global treasurer of Salomon Inc. in 1996, where he managed the firm's long-term liquidity and working capital. Also responsible for in-house corporate development, he spun off the oil gathering assets of Basis Petroleum, arranged a merger forming Genesis Energy, and was subsequently elected chairman of Genesis.

Recently, Jasper was named to Risk magazine's Hall of Fame as one group of the most influential risk managers in the 20-year history of the derivatives markets. He serves on the Boards of Phoenix House Foundation and the Wellspring Foundation. Additionally, he is on the Executive Board of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University (SMU).

Jasper graduated with a BBA from SMU and received his MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.

Kenneth M. Jastrow II
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William R. Johnson  is chairman, president and CEO of the H. J. Heinz Company, one of the world's leading food companies with more than $9 billion in annual sales.

Johnson joined Heinz in 1982 as general manager of Heinz USA. He has served as vice president-marketing and president and CEO of Heinz Pet Products and Star-Kist Foods, Inc. In 1993, he was named senior vice president of Heinz and joined the company's Board of Directors.

In June 1996, Johnson became president and chief operating officer, and later president and CEO in April 1998. He assumed his current responsibilities as chairman, president and CEO in September of 2000.

Johnson is a member of the board of directors of the Grocery Manufacturers of America.

Johnson earned an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Rob L. Jones is a managing director and the head of Merrill Lynch's Investment Banking Global Energy and Power Group and principal of Merrill Lynch Commodity Partners, a private equity investing arm of Merrill Lynch for the energy and power sector. 

Jones works extensively with a variety of energy and power clients, with a particular focus on the natural gas sector. He has been involved in over $80 billion of advisory transactions in the natural gas industry. Jones joined Merrill Lynch in 1993 from The First Boston Corporation. Prior to graduate school, Jones was a financial specialist with Sun Exploration and Production Company. 

Jones, a resident of Houston, Texas, is a member of the President's Associates at The University of Texas at Austin and on the Board of Advisors of the Children's Fund of Houston.

Jones received his BBA in finance and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Don D. Jordan is the retired chairman and CEO of Reliant Energy (formerly Houston Industries, Inc.) based in Houston, Texas.

Joining the company in 1957, Jordan served in several management positions at Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL&P), Houston Industries and Reliant Energy. He was appointed vice president and assistant to the president in 1971; group president in 1973; and president in 1974, when he was also elected to the board of directors. Jordan served as chairman of the board and was elected president and CEO of Houston Industries Inc. in 1977. The company changed its name to Reliant Energy in February 1999.

Jordan currently serves as director of AEGIS Services, Inc., BJ Services Company and the Texas Medical Center. He is chairman of the board of South Texas College of Law and an executive committee member of the South Texas College of Law, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo and Greater Houston Partnership.

He previously served as president and chairman of the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo and chairman of the board of the Greater Houston Partnership, Edison Electric Institute, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the Association of Electric Companies of Texas and the Texas Chamber of Commerce. He served as president of the World Energy Council headquartered in London, England and as chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 17th Congress of the World Energy Council.

A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Jordan received a B.A. in industrial management from The University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. from the South Texas College of Law. He is married and has three daughters.


William J. Kaplan
Bio and photo are currently unavailable.
 

Herbert D. Kelleher is co-founder and executive chairman of Southwest Airlines. Under his leadership, Southwest became the most consistently profitable, productive and cost-efficient carrier in the country. 

His revolutionary vision, famously sketched out on a cocktail napkin in 1966, became an industry-leading business strategy delivering high value for shareholders, a stimulating corporate culture that encourages new thinking, and an enjoyable low-cost option for business and leisure travelers. It is no coincidence that Fortune rates Southwest as one of the world's most admired companies, as well as one of the best to work for.

He has been named CEO of the Year by Chief Executive magazine and CEO of the Century by Texas Monthly. His gift to the McCombs School established the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship, ensuring that his legacy of innovation will spur future economic growth in Texas and beyond. He is also a member of the McCombs School of Business Hall of Fame.

Kelleher is a graduate of Wesleyan University and has a law degree from New York University. 
 

Gary C. Kelly serves as the CEO and vice chairman of the Board of Southwest Airlines. A 21-year Southwest veteran who became CFO in 1989, Gary has worked closely with Southwest's legendary chairman Herb Kelleher and president Colleen Barrett to build the nation's sixth-largest airline—and the undisputed low-fare leader. 

Kelly began his career at Southwest Airlines as controller, moving up to CFO and vice president of finance, then executive vice president and CFO, before being promoted to CEO and vice chairman in July 2004. Prior to joining Southwest Airlines in 1986, Kelly was a CPA for Arthur Young & Company in Dallas and controller for Systems Center, Inc.

Southwest Airlines is celebrating 34 years of consecutive profitability and was recently named No. 1 in Customer Satisfaction by the Department of Transportation for year 2006. For the tenth year in a row, Fortune Magazine listed Southwest Airlines No. 3 among America's Top Ten most admired corporations. In January 2007, Institutional Investor Magazine named Kelly one of the best CEOs in America. The Dallas Morning News "business editors" named Kelly as a finalist for Texan of the Year 2005. He was also named one of Business Travel News 25 Most Influential Executives 2004.

He is a member of Financial Executives Institute and Texas Society for CPAs, and he serves on the McCombs School Accounting Advisory Board. He also serves on the board of the Dallas Citizens' Council.

Kelly received a BBA in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin and is a Certified Public Accountant. 
 

Ellen L. Keszler is the former president, Corporate Solutions, Sabre Holdings.

A true travel insider, Ellen Keszler has been named one of the 100 most powerful women in travel for four years by Travel Agent magazine. Keszler oversees Sabre Holdings' businesses that serve the corporate marketplace, including GetThere, an online booking solution for corporations, and Travelocity Business, a full service corporate travel agency. She is also currently senior vice president of Sabre Holdings. Previously, Keszler served as president of Travelocity Business, senior vice president of the North American division of Sabre Travel Network, senior vice president of finance for Sabre Airline Solutions and senior vice president of finance for Sabre Travel Network.

Before joining American Airlines in 1990 as an associate in corporate finance, Keszler spent two years as a financing analyst at JCPenney. At American, she was manager of financial planning for two years and an associate of corporate finance for three years.

She is on the board of directors of KERA (North Dallas Public Television/Radio) and the board of the Institute of Business Travel Management.

Keszler holds a B.S. in civil engineering from Texas A&M University and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.


Paul Kinscherff is Vice President of Boeing International and President of Boeing Middle East where he is responsible for strengthening the company’s presence across the region and supporting Boeing growth and productivity opportunities. He joined Boeing in 1999 and has worked as assistant treasurer, Vie President of Investor Relations, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer for the company before assuming his current position in May 2008.

Prior to Boeing, Kinscherff worked at Lockheed Martin, holding increasingly responsible finance and treasury positions. Before Lockheed Martin, he was with ARCO in various domestic and international finance assignments.

Board memberships include Boeing Capital Corporation, the company’s finance subsidiary, as well as the board of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

Kinscherff has a B.S. in Public Administration from the University of Southern California and an MBA and Masters in public affairs from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Gary Kusin is a partner at TPG, a private equity firm with offices around the world. Prior to joining TPG in 2006, Kusin was president and CEO of FedEx Kinko's Office and Print Services from February 2004 when FedEx Corp. acquired Kinko's until January 2006. He originally joined Kinko's in August 2001. Kusin was responsible for Kinko's strategic direction, product and service vision, as well as growth and development in all areas of the company. He also served on the Senior Management Committee for FedEx Corporation.

Prior to joining Kinko's, Kusin was CEO of HQ Global Workplaces. He co-founded Laura Mercier Cosmetics in 1995 and was president and co-founder of Babbage's Inc., now operating as Game Stop. Earlier in his career, he was vice president and general merchandise manager for the Sanger-Harris division of Federated Department Stores.

An Inc. magazine "Entrepreneur of Year" award winner, Kusin serves on the board of directors of Electronic Arts, Inc. He also serves on the board of directors of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Dallas Citizen's Council.

He earned a B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Thomas L. Kuzio is senior vice president of sales for PepsiCo International. Prior to this role, Tom was senior vice president of Sales for PepsiCo United Kingdom & Ireland; senior vice President, National Sales for Frito-Lay North America (FLNA); president of Frito-Lay-West; Director of Sales for Frito-Lay-Australia; and vice president, Sales Development for FLNA. He joined PepsiCo in 1978 and before that worked for Procter & Gamble. He is actively involved on the Dean's Advisory Board of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and The University of Texas at Austin. Kuzio and his wife, Janet, have recently moved from London to NYC. They have four sons: Geoff, Alex, Steven and Scott.

Kuzio holds a B.S. from Miami University, an MBA from Golden Gate University and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. 
 

Michael R. Lynch is a senior managing director of GSC Group, a registered investment advisory firm, managing assets in excess of $25 billion. The firm specializes in control distressed debt, corporate credit, European mezzanine lending and structured finance. GSC Group has offices in New York, New Jersey, London and Los Angeles.

Lynch retired from Goldman, Sachs & Co. in early 2005 after spending 29 years at the firm. He was a managing director and was made a partner of the firm in 1986. Lynch was a member of the firm's Investment Banking Division and spent most of his career at the firm working with a diverse range of clients principally within the U.S. From 1991 to 1995, he had responsibility for the firm's investment banking business in Latin America.

Lynch is a member of the Board of Directors of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Trustees of Rice University and The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Good Shepherd Services, a New York-based social services agency that provides a broad range of services to disadvantaged persons throughout the New York metropolitan area, as well as a trustee of the Glyndebourne Arts Trust, a summer opera festival located in East Sussex, England.

Lynch received a B.A. from Rice University with a double major in chemical engineering and behavioral science, as well as an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

S. Todd Maclin is executive vice president of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and leads the National Middle Market Banking Group, serving over 12,000 companies located across the United States. Maclin also serves as chairman and CEO of the Texas Region for JPMorgan Chase. He is a managing director of JPMorgan Securities, Inc. and a member of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation Board. He joined JPMorgan Chase in 1980 and, during the past 23 years, has held a variety of management positions in Texas and New York.

Maclin has served on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Greater Dallas Chamber, as an advisory director of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and advisory member of the National Petroleum Council. He is a regional trustee for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, an advisory director of the Better Business Bureau and a member of the Young Presidents Organization.

He graduated with a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and holds an MBA from the University of Houston.
 

James K. Malernee Jr. is a co-founder, President and CEO of Cornerstone Research, an economics consulting firm that has six offices in the U.S. He is based in the NYC office. Over the last thirty years, Dr. Malernee has directed research and consulting engagements on complex business issues related to a wide variety of matters. He has served as a consultant to major corporations where he worked on engagements involving corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, governance and finance topics. 

In recent years Dr. Malernee has specialized in securities and governance matters, supervising hundreds of engagements dealing with material disclosure, insider trading, mergers and acquisitions, targeted repurchases, minority buyouts, stock trading behavior and valuation. He has taught finance at The University of Texas and business strategy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 

Dr. Malernee received a B.S. in engineering and a Ph.D. in finance from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. 

Frank Maresh is currently a self-employed CPA. He retired from KPMG Peat Marwick in 1993 and has since served as a private investor and consultant to businesses. He serves on two public company boards (Argenaut Insurance Company and Eagle Materials) as the Sarbanes Oxley "Audit Committee Financial Expert."

Maresh was the youngest audit partner to enter the firm when he came to KPMG in 1968. During his years at KMPG, Maresh was vice chairman of KPMG's Board of Directors, a member of the firm-wide Management Committee and partner in charge of the Southwest Region. When he retired in 1993 to enter venture capital business, he was appointed to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy by Governor Ann Richards, and served as chairman.

As an involved member of the community, Maresh has been chairman of the Board of Directors for the Central Houston Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Business Committee for the Arts. He has been a president and member of the Board of Directors for the Easter Seal Society of Harris County, Travelers Aid Society of Houston and the Lakeside Country Club of Houston. 

Maresh recently received the first "McCombs Accounting Program Texas Star Award" at the May 2005 commencement ceremonies as the outstanding UT accounting alumnus.

He earned a BBA and an MPA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

John H. Massey has been senior investment advisor with Lehman Private Equity Fund Advisers since 1996. In September 2004 he became chairman of the Investment Committee of the Lehman Private Equity Fund Advisors, which manages and administers approximately $7.5 billion of private equity limited partnership interests. Previously, he was chairman and CEO of Life Partners, a New York Stock Exchange listed company, from 1994 to 1996; and chairman and CEO of FSW Investments from 1992 to 1994. He has served in numerous executive leadership positions with publicly held corporations including Gulf Broadcast Company, Anderson Clayton & Co. and Gulf United Corporation. He began his career with Republic National Bank of Dallas as an investment analyst in 1966. Massey has served on the board of directors of more than 40 corporations including six companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Massey currently serves on the boards of several financial institutions, including Brazos Funds, Inc. (AIG Corporation), Occidental Life of North America, Central Texas Bankshare Holdings, Inc. and Hill Bankshares Holdings, Inc., among others.

Massey received the Most Distinguished Alumnus award from Southern Methodist University's (SMU) Cox School of Business in 1993. He serves on the advisory board of The University of Texas at Austin's School of Law, served eight years on the Johnson School of Management's board at Cornell and also served 16 years on the board at the SMU's Cox School of Business. He is also active in agricultural and wildlife conservation activities in Colorado County and Matagorda County, Texas.

Massey received a BBA from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from the Johnson School of Management at Cornell. He also earned an L.L.B. from The University of Texas at Austin. He has been a member of the State Bar of Texas since 1966 and a chartered financial analyst since 1971.

Joseph N. Matlock
Bio and photo are currently unavailable.
 

W. Baker McAdams
Bio and photo are currently unavailable.

 

Scott McClelland is the president of H-E-B Houston Division. H-E-B operates 75 supermarkets in the greater Houston area and East Texas with annual sales of $1.9 billion.

McClelland joined H-E-B in 1990 as VP of operations and has held the positions of VP, general merchandise marketing and group VP, drugstore. In December 1995, he was promoted to senior vice president, marketing and was named chief marketing officer in 2000. He worked for PepsiCo's Frito-Lay Division for 10 years prior to joining H-E-B.

McClelland serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Houston Partnership and the Advance Team for M.D. Anderson Hospital.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, McClelland graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.S. in business administration. He also graduated from Harvard's Advanced Management Program.

Red McCombs began his career as a salesman in the automobile business in Corpus Christi in 1950. In 1958, he relocated to San Antonio where he is owner of McCombs Enterprises. He is also co-founder of Clear Channel Communications and McCombs Energy Corporation and is active in a variety of other enterprises.

McCombs has had numerous leadership roles in national, state and local civic organizations, including the United Way, the Chamber of Commerce and San Antonio's World's Fair. He has served as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Southwestern University and chairman of the Board of Visitors of Houston's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and remains active in the local and statewide charitable communities. He is a member of the National Auto Dealers Hall of Fame, National College Football Hall of Fame, Texas Business Hall of Fame, Texas Sports Hall of Fame and San Antonio Business Hall of Fame.

McCombs is the former owner of the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL and the NBA's Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs.

McCombs has been recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of Southwestern University and The University of Texas at Austin. He has been honored with the Presidential Citation from The University of Texas at Austin and received an Honorary Ph.D. Letter from Southwestern University.
 

Hugh E. "Skip" McGee is global head of the Investment Banking Division at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. He is a member of the firm's Executive Committee and Management Committee. He is chairman of the company's Global Investment Banking Executive Committee.

McGee joined Lehman Brothers in 1993 and previously served as head of the company's Global Natural Resources and Global Power Investment Banking Groups and as a member of the Operating Committee of Investment Banking. For the past 18 years, he has focused on energy investment banking, providing both strategic advisory and financing services to clients across all sectors of the energy and power industries.

McGee has a B.S. in systems engineering from Princeton University and a J.D. from The University of Texas at Austin.

 

Richard T. McMillan is president of multiple private enterprises in the oilfield and industrial supply industries, international oilfield brokerage activities, real estate and ranching. He is also director of Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Oklahoma City.

McMillan began practicing law in Midland in 1971 and was one of the six founding members of Cotton, Bledsoe, Tight & Dawson P.C. He is Of Counsel of the firm. He is also a founding member of the North American Securities Administrators Oil & Gas Interests Committee. He is president of the Midland College Foundation, Inc. and serves as vice president on the Board of Governors for Midland Memorial Foundation.

McMillan received his BBA and J.D. from The University of Texas at Austin. 
 

John D. McStay is managing partner of John McStay and Associates, a private investment company with investments in a wide range of financial assets, real estate, ranching and operating companies. McStay was previously senior vice president and trust investment officer for Mercantile National Bank at Dallas and president and CEO of Mercantile Securities Corporation. In 1983, he founded John McStay Investment Counsel, which grew to $6 billion under management and was purchased in 1999 by American International Group (AIG).

A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), McStay has served as national director for the CFA Institute and as a director in both the Dallas and Austin-San Antonio Societies. He is a past director of The University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO), which oversees the management of The University of Texas System's portfolios. He is a reserve elder of Highland Park Presbyterian Church, a member of the Governor's Business Council, a trustee of Southwestern Medical Foundation and a director of the Baylor Oral Health Foundation.

McStay holds both a BBA and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Mr. Ardon E. Moore is president and CEO of Ft. Worth based Lee M. Bass, Inc. where he has been employed since 1988. In addition, Moore serves as general partner and/or director of numerous other Bass entities. Moore participates, both as a principal and as a representative for Bass, in a broad array of asset classes and industries including public and private equities, debt, real estate, energy, agriculture, hedge funds and venture capital.

Moore serves on the Board of Directors of The University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) where he serves on both the Compensation and Policy Committees. In addition, he serves on The University of Texas Development Board and The McCombs School of Business Advisory Council. Moore currently serves as president of the Fort Worth Zoological Association and on the Board of Trustees of Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth.

Moore received a B.B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Stanford Business School.
 

Preston Moore Jr. began his career with Wilson Business Products, Systems & Services, Inc., and rose to chairman and CEO. Subsequently he was president of Wilson Industries, a major oil field services company, and was appointed by President George H. W. Bush as CFO and Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Moore returned to Houston in 1993 and is active in a variety of business, political, civic and community service endeavors. He served as the first president of Volcano Corporation, a California-based medical device company.  He serves as a member of the Longhorn Foundation Advisory Council, the James A. Baker School of Public Policy Leadership Committee at Rice University and on The University of Texas-Houston Medical School Development Committee. Also, Moore currently serves as a board member of the Memorial Park Conservancy, and he was appointed to the Houston-Harris County Regional Homeland Security Advisory Council. He is a former regent of Texas Southern University and served on the Board of the Jesse Jones School of Business at Rice. He was captain of the Amateur Team in the Texas Cup Golf Match between leading professionals and leading amateurs in 2002.

Moore received his B.A. in economics and business from The University of Texas at Austin and is a graduate of the OPM course at Harvard's Graduate School of Business.
 

David A. Morris is a partner in the Houston office of Heidrick & Struggles and a partner with the firm's Global Financial Services Practice. Morris specializes in recruiting senior executives in a broad range of industries, as well as members of boards of directors.

Previously he was managing director and branch manager for Russell Reynolds Associates. Before entering the executive search industry, Morris had a distinguished career in financial services, including positions with Merrill Lynch, subsidiary Lionel D. Edie & Company and United States Trust Company of New York.

Morris received a BBA and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
 

James J. Mulva is chairman and CEO of ConocoPhillips.

In 1973, Jim Mulva began his career with Phillips Petroleum Company. He served in a variety of domestic and international positions and was named treasurer in 1986 and CFO in 1990. He was named senior vice president and joined the company's management committee in 1993. Mulva served as executive VP beginning in January 1994 and president and COO in May 1994. In 1999, he was elected chairman and CEO, a position he held until the ConocoPhillips merger was completed in August 2002. In recognition of his success in guiding the merger of energy giants, Mulva, then CEO of ConocoPhillips, was named by his peers as Petroleum Executive of the year for 2002, and on October 1, 2004, he assumed the chairmanship of the combined company, ConocoPhillips.

Mulva is a member of the Board of Visitors of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and the Board of Trustees of the Boys and Girls Club of America, as well as The University of Texas Development Board. Mulva was inducted into the McCombs School Hall of Fame in 2004.

Mulva grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin and attended The University of Texas at Austin where he graduated with a BBA and an MBA. After graduation he served four years as an officer in the United States Navy.

 

Marc Myers founded Myers & Crow Company, Ltd., a company specializing in developing industrial properties and office buildings. Since 1994, the company has realized projects totaling over six million square feet in 12 Texas cities. Before establishing Myers & Crow, Myers spent over 20 years in management and development with Trammell Crow Company as head of the Dallas Industrial Division.

Myers serves on the Boards for Special Camps for Special Kids and the Children's Medical Center and served on the University's Commission of 125.

Myers holds a BBA and an MBA in finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Mike A. Myers has been chairman and owner of Myers Financial Corporation since 1969, and is president of Myers Development Corporation, a residential development company in Texas and Missouri. He has also been chairman of nine Texas banks, as well as serving on the boards of directors of several major national firms, and has extensive experience owning and operating country clubs across the state.

Myers has held volunteer positions at organizations including the Dallas Assembly, Dallas Citizens Council, Young Presidents Organization, Longhorn Education Foundation, Dallas Community College Foundation, Parkland Hospital Foundation and the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association. He is a member of the McCombs School Hall of Fame.

 

Toni A. Neal served as director of public money programs for the State of Texas Treasury, and helped achieve $1 billion in additional interest income through innovative cash management strategies. She also serves on boards of several start-up high technology companies in Austin and Montana, the Montana State University Business School Board, and is Treasurer and Board Member for the Boys & Girls Club, among other community activities.

Neal studied computer science and industrial engineering at the University of Oklahoma and earned her MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Robert G. Phillips is the president and CEO of Crestwood Midstream Partners, a private midstream company based in Houston with total equity commitments of $150 million to pursue the acquisition and development of North American midstream assets. He also is a senior advisor to Kayne Anderson.

Phillips is the former president and CEO and a director of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD), the largest publicly traded master limited partnership. He previously served as chairman of the Board and CEO of GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P. from 1999 to 2004 and president of El Paso Field Services from 1996 to 2004. Prior to that he was chairman, president and CEO of Eastex Energy, Inc. from 1981 to 1995.

Phillips is active in Houston civic affairs and currently serving on the Board of Directors of Boys & Girls Country of Houston and Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas, Inc.

Phillips earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin as well as a law degree from South Texas College of Law. 

Pat Priest is CFO for The Kor Group in Los Angeles. Previously she was managing director and CFO of The Beck Group, an affiliation of companies headquartered in Dallas involved in the real estate, architectural and construction industries which provides a variety of services to real estate owners, users and investors. Priest is responsible for the overall financial management of the firm. She is also involved in development of strategic opportunities for the company. The Beck Group was ranked No. 17 in Fortune's Best 100 Companies to Work for in America for 2001.

Prior to joining The Beck Group in 1999, Priest held the position of president of Intershop Real Estate Services, a Swiss-based investment company. She was also former CFO of Rosewood Property Company, and was chief investment officer of Patriot American Hospitality/Wyndham International.

Priest serves on the Boards of Directors for Dave and Busters, The Real Estate Council, Town North YMCA, The Dallas Opera and the Dallas Chapter of the International Women's Foundation. She is currently chairman of the Executive Women's Roundtable and sits on the Finance Committee of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce.

A native of North Texas, Priest is a graduate of the University of North Texas, and earned an MBA from The University of Texas at Dallas.
 

Joe N. Prothro
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David C. Rader is executive vice president and CFO for Frito-Lay North America. A member of Frito-Lay's Executive Committee, he is responsible for business transformation, supply chain, finance, strategic sourcing, productivity, strategy and control. Previously he was senior vice president for finance and purchasing for PepsiCo Food Systems Worldwide.

Rader joined PepsiCo as analyst for Frito-Lay in 1975. He moved to Taco Bell in 1978 as director of business planning and marketing, and subsequently held the position of vice president and controller. Prior to PepsiCo, Rader was with Chrysler Corporation.

Rader holds a B.S. in electrical engineering and an MBA in marketing, both from Ohio State University.
 

Elysia Ragusa serves as president and chief operating officer of The Staubach Company and chairs The Staubach Company's Operating and Executive Committees. She oversees The Staubach Company's North America operations and provides strategic direction for all offices and divisions. While serving as president, the company has averaged 17 percent year over year growth.

Under Elysia's leadership, The Staubach Company has been established as one of the most prominent real estate service providers in the United States. Her focus on client service, knowledge of transaction management and strategic negotiation skills have been key to the development of a national Staubach program to assist, develop and support professional growth throughout the company. Elysia's focus on business development has produced one of the highest broker production rates in the industry and the addition of almost 500 professionals to The Staubach Company since she became president. Elysia has successfully managed projects for ARGO Data Resources, Gardere Wynne, Sewell LLP, Kimberly-Clark, Ernst & Young, First Tennessee National Bank, Southwest Securities Group, Sterling Commerce, Sterling Software and Texas Instruments.

Prior to serving as president and COO, Elysia was president of Staubach Southwest Corporate Services. She provided leadership with complete profit and loss responsibility for the Southwest Region.

A graduate of Leadership Dallas, Elysia is a former board member of the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, a former member of the United Way Executive Committee, former chair of the United Way Central Budget Committee, and recipient of United Ways 1996 Above and Beyond Award. She is an associate member of the Dallas Citizens Council, a member of the International Women's Forum, and the Dallas Breakfast Group. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Palm Harbor Homes, the Visiting Nurse Association and the Dallas County Community College Foundation.
 

B.M. "Mack" Rankin Jr. is vice chairman of Freeport Copper & Gold Co. and McMoRan Exploration Co. He began an independent career in the oil & gas industry in 1967 when he co-founded McMoRan Oil, Inc. He also serves as a private investments consultant for Falcon Energy, Inc.

He was named a Distinguished Alumnus in 1981 and is a member of the University's Littlefield Society, Chancellor's Council, Longhorn Foundation Advisory Council for Men's Athletics (past chairman) and the 200 Horns Club. Rankin endowed the B.M. "Mack" Rankin, Jr. Scholarship in Athletics and the B.M. "Mack" Rankin, Jr. Professorship in Petroleum Land Management, among other gifts. The Longhorn Athletics Dining Hall is named in his honor as the B. M. (Mack) Rankin, Jr. Dining Hall. Additionally, he was inducted into the McCombs School of Business Hall of Fame in 2006.

Rankin received a BBA in from The University of Texas at Austin.

 

Rod Reed is vice chairman of JPMorgan's Financial Sponsor Group, which is responsible for the firm's investment banking activities with the private equity community worldwide. He joined JPMorgan in 1980, working as a member of the firm's Energy Group in New York City, Houston and Dallas. In 1987, Reed joined the Financial Sponsor Group in New York, serving as co-head and co-chairman of the group before assuming his current responsibilities. JPMorgan's Financial Sponsor Group is the top mergers and acquisitions advisor, bookrunner of IPOs and provider of leveraged finance for private equity and buyout firms. He is a member of JPMorgan's Americas Investment Banking Management Committee.

Reed received a B.A. from Tulane University and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.

 

Benjamin E. Rodriguez is president of Management and Business Advisors (MBA), a strategic planning consulting firm based in San Antonio. MBA has an international client base of mid-sized companies that have shown dramatic growth.

Rodriguez has been recognized by a San Antonio daily newspaper as one of the 10 most significant business leaders in the decade of the 80's and one of the most promising leaders in the 90's. He is a familiar face on San Antonio and statewide civic and nonprofit boards, serving numerous chambers, arts, scouting and educational organizations. In 1987, he was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of the McCombs School of Business.

He has a B.A. and an BBA from The University of Texas at Austin, and was selected as a Cactus Outstanding Student. He also holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
 

Stephen J. Rohleder is chief operating officer of Accenture, joining the company in 1981 and becoming a partner in 1992.

Prior to his appointment as chief operating officer, Rohleder served as group chief executive of Accenture's $1.6 billion global Government operating group, as managing partner of Accenture's Government operating group in the United States, and as managing partner of Accenture's U.S. Federal operating unit. He currently serves on Accenture's Executive Leadership Team, Global Leadership Council, Operations Council and Senior Executive Income Committee.

Rohleder was honored as Industry Executive of the Year in 2006 by the PostNewsweek editorial staff of Government Computer News, a division of the Washington Post that focuses on government IT. He was also named one of the top 25 Most Influential Consultants for 2004 by Consulting Magazine and received the 2004 Executive of the Year Award in the 2nd Annual Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards on behalf of the Northern Virginia Government Contractors Council, the Professional Services Council and Washington Technology. He is a trustee of St. Michael's Catholic Academy in Austin, Texas.

Rohleder has a BBA in finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

William E. Rosenthal grew up working in his father's meat business, Standard Meat Company. After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin in 1972, he joined the family's business, which was ultimately sold to Sara Lee Corporation in 1983. He remained at Sara Lee as president of Standard Meat until 1989.

In 1990, Rosenthal established Rosani Foods, and Pizza Hut soon agreed to purchase his first product, pepperoni. He later merged Rosani Foods with Kettle Cooked foods, a young emerging food company, forming KPR in 1992. KPR was acquired by Foodbrands America in 1995, which was in turn purchased by IBP, Inc. in 1997.

Rosenthal retired in 1998 from KPR Holdings, LP to pursue other business interests and focus his attention on the "new" Standard Meat Company and Penrose Group, LLC, a company that oversees all of his investments. In July, 2003 he became chairman of CTI, LLC, a food manufacturer for the foodservice industry.

Rosenthal also serves on several boards in the Fort Worth area including Shady Oaks Country Club, Cook Children's Medical Center and the Fort Worth Zoo. He also serves as a trustee of Texas Christian University and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors. 

Billy is married to Rozanne and they are the parents of three children, Ashli, Ben and Maddie. He earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Thomas L. Ryan is president and CEO of Service Corporation International (SCI). Since 1996, he has worked with the company in a variety of financial management roles and as CEO of European Operations. Before joining SCI, Ryan was a certified public accountant with Coopers and Lybrand LLP for eight years. He serves on the Board of Directors for Pompes Funebres Generales, Europe's largest funeral operator, based in Paris, France. Ryan is also a member of the Young Presidents' Organization and serves on the Board of Trustees and on the Finance and Audit Committee for the Texas Gulf Coast United Way. He is also a member of the JPMorgan Chase Houston Regional Advisory Board.

Ryan has a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.

 

J. Michael Sanders is a managing director of Goldman Sachs & Company. He currently heads the Hudson Street Services business, which is the independent research business of Goldman Sachs.

Sanders joined Goldman Sachs in 1985 as part of the Institutional Equities team responsible for what is today's Prime Brokerage business, and has since worked in Goldman Sachs' Houston, Chicago, Boston and New York offices. He was named a partner of Goldman Sachs in 2000. He recently moved from being co-head of the Institutional Equities salesforce to being responsible for the development of Goldman Sachs' Independent Research business. He is a board member of Wall Street on Demand (Boulder), Connotate (New Jersey) and serves as an advisory board member of Asset4 (Switzerland).

A native of Azle, Texas, Sanders graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in 1981. He resides with his wife and four children in Weston, Massachusetts.
 

Milton L. Scott
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Rex A. Sebastian currently serves on the boards of various private companies. He retired in 1985 as senior vice president-operations, office of the chairman, Dresser Industries, having served in this capacity since 1975. Prior to joining Dresser in 1966, Sebastian was with Cummins Engine Company, Inc. as vice president-international headquartered in London. 

Sebastian is a member of the Dean's Advisory Council of Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and is a member and past chair of the Advisory Council of the School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas. He is also a past chair of the McCombs School Advisory Council.

Sebastian received a B.S. from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University.

Stacy J. Smith is vice president, Intel Corporation and assistant CFO of finance and enterprise services. He joined Intel in 1988 and has served as CIO where he was responsible for the company's IT group, and as general manager for Intel Europe, Middle East and Africa where he was responsible for product sales and marketing in those regions. In 2002 he became vice president of sales and marketing. Over the years, he has held finance positions in various divisions of Intel, including: components manufacturing, systems manufacturing, and sales and marketing. He has been located in the U.S., Asia, Europe and Latin America.
 
 Smith received a BBA and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Joel V. Staff has served as chairman and CEO of Reliant Energy, Inc. since April 2003 and has been a member of the Reliant Energy board of directors since October 2002.

Previously, he worked for nine years for National-Oilwell, Inc., as the executive chairman (2001 to 2002) as well as chairman, president and chief executive officer (1993 to 2001). Additionally, he was employed at Baker Hughes, Inc., a supplier of reservoir-centered products, services and systems to the oil and gas industry, for 17 years, holding various financial and general management positions at Baker Hughes, including senior vice president and president of the drilling and production groups.

Staff’s community involvement includes serving as a director of ENSCO International, Incorporated. He is also a trustee of Texas Children’s Hospital, a member of the Development Board of The University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston and an advisory director of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Houston.

Staff earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Texas A&M University - Kingsville.
 

Ron Steinhart, active in the Dallas financial community for more than 37 years, retired as chairman and CEO of the Bank One Commercial Banking Group in 2000. 

Steinhart serves on numerous boards, including Animal Health International, Inc., Penson Worldwide, Inc., Texas Industries, Inc., United Auto Group, Inc. and MFS/Sun Life Series Trust. In May 2002, President Bush appointed Steinhart to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, overseeing the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. He has received the Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Texas Exes. He was also a member of the University's Commission of 125.

Steinhart holds a BBA in accounting and an MBA in finance, both from The University of Texas at Austin. 
 

Bryan D. Stolle is a general partner with MDV, a leading Silicon Valley early-stage venture capital firm with over $2B under management. Prior to MDV, Stolle founded Agile Software (NASDAQ: AGIL), a leading provider of product lifecycle management solutions, in March 1995. He served as Agile’s CEO through April 2006, and continued to serve as Chairman through the recent acquisition of Agile by Oracle Corporation. He also serves on the boards of several private pre-IPO companies..

Prior to founding Agile, Stolle served in executive marketing and product management roles at several high-tech start-up firms in Silicon Valley and Texas. He started his career at EDS.

Stolle also serves on the Santa Clara University Leavy Business School Advisory Board, and frequently speaks to undergraduate and graduate classes at both Santa Clara and Stanford universities.

He is also active on non-profit boards, serving as a board member and treasurer for The San Jose Children’s Discovery Museum, board member and past president of the Board of Trustees for Montalvo Arts Center, as well as the Longhorn Foundation Advisory Council.

Stolle received a BBA and an MBA in from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Donald J. Stone retired in 1988 as vice chairman of Federated Department Stores. Previously, he was CEO of Federated's Dallas division, Sanger Harris, and before that was at the Houston division, Foley's. He spent 39 years with Federated in these three capacities. 

He was inducted into the McCombs School Hall of Fame in 1992, and was chairman of the McCombs School Advisory Council from 1990 to 1992. He has been involved with many nonprofit organizations, including serving as president of the Dallas Symphony and Cincinnati Symphony, and the Dallas High School for the Performing Arts. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, since 1989.

Stone holds a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

John Stuart is managing partner of Little Elm Investment Co. LP. Stuart retired as vice chairman of Guaranty Bank on August 31, 2003. He joined Guaranty in 1990 as chief lending officer. Stuart began his banking career with Republic National Bank as management trainee and later became president of RepublicBank-Dallas and its successor firm First RepublicBank Dallas.

Stuart is past president of Circle 10 Council, serves on the executive board of the Boy Scouts of America, and is the chair-elect of The University of Texas System Chancellor's Council. He also serves on the boards of Guaranty Bank and the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association. He is a member of the McCombs School Hall of Fame, a Distinguished Alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin and served on the University's Commission of 125.

Stuart holds a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and attended Southern Methodist University's Southwestern Graduate School of Banking and Harvard University's Advanced Management Program.
 

Jeffrey L. Swope is founder and managing partner of Champion Partners, Ltd., a real estate investment company based in Dallas, Texas.

Swope's civic and professional affiliations include serving as founding chairman of The Real Estate Council and as a member of the Real Estate Roundtable. He is a trustee of the Urban Land Institute, past chairman of The University of Texas at Austin's Development Board and founding chairman of the McCombs School's Real Estate Finance and Investment Center. He was also a member of the University's Commission of 125.

Swope is earned a BBA and an MBA The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Charles S. Teeple IV is president of Teeple Partners, Inc., a real estate development firm focusing on Austin and the Hill Country. Previously he was chairman and CEO of Windsor Financial Corporation, vice president and director of KMS Ventures, Inc. and senior VP of United National Bank.

He serves as a member of the IC² Advisory Board, and the McDonald Observatory and Astronomy Board of Visitors. He served on the University's Commission of 125 and is a director and past president of the Capitol Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Teeple received BBA and MBA degrees in finance and real estate from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Ralph B. Thomas is senior VP, portfolio manager and member of the Investment Committee at Fayez Sarofim & Co.

A Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Investment Counselor, Thomas is a member of the Houston Society of Financial Analysts and was appointed to the Texas World Trade Council. He is a member of The University of Texas System Chancellor's Council, serves on the Board of Visitors for the McDonald Observatory, and is past chair of the McCombs School's Advisory Council. Additional service with the University includes acting as past chairman of the The University of Texas Health Science Center's Development Board, past president of the College of Business Century Club, past president of the Graduate Business School Club of Houston and member of the Texas Longhorn Education Foundation.

Thomas received a BBA and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.

Jere Thompson joined The Southland Corporation, initially based in Miami, in 1956, following active duty in the U.S. Navy. He returned to Dallas in 1962 as vice president with responsibility for retail business, primarily 7-Eleven stores. In 1983, he became president and CEO, retired in 1991, and served on the board of directors until 1996.

His past service to The University of Texas at Austin includes membership and chairmanship of the University's Development Board and The University of Texas System Chancellor's Council. Thompson is past chair of the McCombs School Advisory Council and he is a member of the Longhorn Foundation.

Thompson received a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

McHenry T. Tichenor Jr. serves as executive director of the WWWW Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation focusing on cancer research and education. He is pursuing a master's degree in biotechnology at The University of Texas at Dallas. Tichenor retired as president of Univision Radio and executive vice president of Univision Communications in December 2004, after a 25-year career in broadcasting. 

Tichenor is a director of HFF, Inc. and 8e6 Technologies. He is a member of the Dallas chapter of the World President's Organization, and he and his family are active in the Highland Park United Methodist Church.

Tichenor earned a Plan II B.A. and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Gifford O. Touchstone
Bio is currently unavailable.

 

Peyton Townsend is a vice president with RBC Dain Rauscher (formerly Rauscher, Pierce, Refsnes) in Dallas. He has served as branch manager and as a member of the Director's Circle and the Broker's Advisory Council. He began his career with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company prior to joining Rauscher Pierce.

Townsend is a member of the UT System's Chancellor's Council and Development Board as well as the Texas Leadership Society and Dallas Leadership Council. He is a life member of the Longhorn Foundation Advisory Council and has served on the Texas Exes' Executive Council and Board of Director and as chairman of the Texas Exes Investment Committee.

Townsend received a B.A. in government from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Lynn Utter is chief strategy officer for Coors Brewing Company. She joined Coors in 1997 and previously served as group vice president for Strategic & Technical Excellence, group vice president for Operations, vice president of Container Operations, and vice president of Logistics. Before Coors, she spent six years with Frito-Lay and four years with Strategic Planning Associates in Washington, D.C.

Utter serves as a director for WESCO International and is a Henry Crown Fellow. She is the past chair of the McCombs School Advisory Council and is a past president of the Stanford Business School Alumni Association. In 2004, she was recognized as an Outstanding Young Texas Ex. She was also the chairperson for the 2004 Mile High United Way community campaign.

Utter received a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Stanford University.
 

Peter S. Wareing is chairman of the Board of Gulf Coast Pre-Stress Company, Inc., a director of I-C Manufacturing and a general partner of Union Ice Company and Texas Cold Storage. He serves on the Board of CenterPoint Energy, as an advisory director of Texas Commerce Bank, Houston and as chairman of the Houston Parks Board. In 1982, he helped structure and negotiate the sale of Scurlock Oil Company, a privately held company in the oil transportation business with annual revenues in excess of $1 billion. In 1984, he negotiated the sale of B.G. Hooker Transport Company, which he co-founded and managed, to Koch Industries. In 1985, he negotiated the corporate restructuring of a family-owned company in the gasoline and tire distribution business.

An involved participant in his community, Wareing is currently a trustee of Texas Children's Hospital and Episcopal High School. He has served as the chairman of the Board of the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation and on the Board of Trustees of St. John's School, Covenant House, Texas and The Children's Fund, Inc.

Peter received a BBA in finance from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
 

George S. Watson
Bio and photo are currently unavailable.
 

G.M. "Gary" Weed is vice president of downstream business services and downstream controller for Exxon Mobil Corporation, located in Fairfax, Virginia. He has held this position since 2003 and has direct global responsibility for the activities of the company's Downstream Controller's organization, which has locations in more than 90 countries. He also coordinates Treasurer's, Tax and IT activities.

In his early career, Weed held various positions with Exxon in the Upstream and Downstream organizations followed by positions in the company's Treasurer's and Controller's organizations at the corporate headquarters. After serving as corporate assistant controller, Weed spent three years in Italy as vice president and business services manager.

He has a B.S. from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.

 

C. John Wilder Jr. is chairman of JSW Interests. He is the former chairman, president and CEO of TXU Corp. Prior to that, he served as executive vice president and CFO of Entergy Corporation, positions he held since joining the company in 1998. He also served as a director or officer for 65 Entergy-related companies.

Prior to Entergy, Wilder spent almost two decades with the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, most recently as CEO of Shell Capital in London. He served as a director or officer for more than 75 Shell-related companies.

A native of Missouri, Wilder graduated magna cum laude from Southeast Missouri State University with a B.S. in business administration, and he earned an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin. Active in community service work throughout his career, he is a member of the World Economic Forum, the Edison Electric Institute and the United Methodist Church. He is also on the advisory bodies of The Global Entergy Management Institute at the University of Houston and the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.
 

Rayford Wilkins is group president for SBC Communications, Inc.'s International, Directory and Sterling Commerce operations.

Previously he served as group president & CEO-Enterprise Business Services, and from 2000 to 2002, he was president and CEO of SBC Pacific Bell. He became president of Pacific Bell's Business Communications Services in 1997 and was named president and CEO of Southwestern Bell Telephone in 1999.

He began his career as a commercial assistant with Southwestern Bell Telephone in Houston in 1974. He held a variety of customer services, marketing and comptroller assignments in Texas and St. Louis before being named regional president for the company's Kansas/Western Missouri market area.

Wilkins serves on the boards of H&R Block, Cingular Wireless, Telmex, America Movil and the SBC Foundation. In 2005, he was named one of the 75 Most Powerful African Americans in Corporate America by Black Enterprise magazine. Also in 2005, as well as in 2002, he was named one of the 50 most important African Americans in technology by eAccess Corp., an online publisher. Black Enterprise magazine named him one of the "Top 50 African Americans" in 1999. And in 1997, he received the Eagle Award from the National Eagles Leadership Institute and was named "CEO of the Year" by the Minority Supplier Council.

Wilkins earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin. He attended the University of Pittsburgh's Management Program for Executives.
 

Thomas D. "Del" Williams is vice president, secretary and general counsel for Perot Systems Corporation. Prior to Perot Systems, he served as special counsel to Hillwood, the real estate company founded by Ross Perot Jr. Williams has been involved for a number of years in the development of Alliance,Texas, and was actively involved in the development of the American Airlines Center, the home of the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars.

Williams is a recipient of a 2002 Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award. He was president of The University of Texas at Austin Law Alumni Association. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Law School Foundation and the Texas Exes Scholarship Committee.

He is past chairman of the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation, past chairman of the Dallas Assembly and former vice chair of the Texas National Research Laboratory Commission. He served on the University's Commission of 125 and serves as chairman of the board of the McCombs School of Business Foundation.

Williams received a BBA in accounting with honors and a J.D. with honors, both from The University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and a Certified Public Accountant.
 

Christopher Wrather
Bio and photo are currently unavailable.
 

Elizabeth Henke Yant is a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Houston. With 25 years of experience in international and domestic taxation of multinational companies and managing several tax consulting practices, she is the lead engagement tax partner for several of the firm's largest energy industry clients. From 1994 to 1996, she managed the Tax and Legal Practices for the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania. Yant was a tax partner in the Houston office from 1989 to 1993 developing a middle market practice in technology in the Houston area and was a member of the team that opened the Price Waterhouse office in Austin in 1984. She began her career in San Francisco in 1979 with Deloitte Haskins and Sells.

Yant is an active member of the McCombs School of Business Department of Accounting Advisory Council. She is a member of The Greater Houston Partnership Women's Executive Forum and is on the Board of Crisis Intervention of Houston. Yant was recognized by the YWCA of New York on their 1999 list of Women Achievers.

Yant holds a BBA in accounting and an MPA in taxation from The University of Texas at Austin.
 

Peter Zandan is managing director at Public Strategies, Inc. and chairman and co-founder of Zilliant, a venture-backed enterprise software company. Previously, Zandan was CEO and chairman of IntelliQuest Information Group, a leading provider of marketing information to the technology industry. He co-founded the 360 Summit, an organization that connects Austin's technology CEOs to community interests, and is a founding board member of the Austin Idea Network.

Zandan serves on the board of public television station KLRU. He has received Austin's "Soul of the City" business award, the Austin Chronicle's "Best Visionary" award, and the Austin American-Statesman's "Hero of Democracy" award.

Zandan received his MBA and Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin.