Dean's Advisory Council
Dean's Advisory Council
The Red McCombs School of Business Advisory Council was established in 1960 to assist the dean, faculty, and staff of the school in becoming one of the top business schools in the nation.
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Become a Member

Council membership consists of individuals whose stature and accomplishments in the business world bring credibility to the school, and who are called upon to:

  • Engage in and support the fundraising efforts of the school
  • Provide counsel to the dean, faculty, and staff on strategy and issues affecting the future of the school, curricula, programs and external affairs
  • Provide insights to the dean, faculty, and staff on how the school can enhance the impact of its services on various stakeholder groups
  • Provide valuable contacts for faculty to provide access to the business community for research purposes, to increase the impact of their work on the business community, to inform their research and teaching
  • Provide valuable advice to students in their career selection decisions and job-seeking activities
  • Provide input to the dean, faculty and staff for assessing the progress of the school and charting future courses

Nominations for Advisory Council membership are accepted year-round and considered each spring.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

ACTIVE MEMBERS

Neal Aronson

Chris Bake

BBA '88

Doug Hickok

BBA '78

Henning Kreke

BBA '89, MBA '90

JD Moore

BBA '93

Jeremy Smitheal

BBA '94, MBA '03

Lee Solomon

Michael Stewart

MBA '04

Robert Strauss

BBA '97

Doug Swanson Jr.

BA '94

Ted Wang

MBA '96

Corporate Members

David Kennedy

Dell

Lifetime Members

Paul Aaron
Kenneth Aboussie
George Ackert
John Adams
Les Allison

Louis Baldwin
Steve Ballantyne
John Bass
Adam Blum
Howard Berk
Tim Berry
Alan Blake
Craig Bondy
Bob Borden
Shane Brisbin
Preston Butcher
Tim Byrne

Phil Canfield
John Carpenter
Chris Cartwright
Scott Caven
Bob Chereck
Eugenio Clariond
Coley Clark
Catherine Crain
Christopher Crow
Gary Crum
Jane-Page Crump

Carolyn Hansard
John Harkey
Kathy Harless
Fred Hegi
Erin Mulligan Helgren
Bill Helms
Gilbert Herrera
Mindy Hildebrand
Richard Hill
Scott Hill
Charles Holley
Rob Holmes
Joe Holt
James Huffines
Ralph Hull
Ron Hulme

Alfred Jackson
Andy Jacobs
Steve James
Kenny Jastrow
Rob Jones
Don Jordan

Martin B. Kaplan
Gary Kelly
Ellen Keszler
Paul Kinscherff
David Kirk
Aaron Kozmetsky
Gary Kusin
Tom Kuzio

John Lancaster
Steve LeBlanc
Frank Lee
Lance Loeffler

Todd Maclin
Robert Malcolm
Chris Manning
Clement Marcus
Joe Matlock
Scott Mattei
Jim McBride
Skip McGee
Tom Melody
Milton Millman
Christopher Mize
Gloria Moncrief-Holmsten
Bill Montgomery
Ardon Moore
Ben Moreland
Shea Morenz
Dave Morris
Marc Myers
Mike Myers

Jimmy Nakfoor
Toni Neal
Jimmy Neissa
Ray Nixon
Kara Nordstrom-Wells

Will O’Hara

Daron Peschel
Norma M. Petrosewicz
Bob Phillips
Scott Plantowsky
Pat Priest

Elysia Ragusa
Don Reese
Luis Rhi
Ben Rodriguez
Steve Rohleder
Tammy Romo
Jeff Rosenbaum
Billy Rosenthal
Robert Rowling
Tom Ryan

KK Salem
Mike Sanders
Teresa B. Schaffer
J. Scott Schanen
Tony Schell
George Seay
Gretchen Seay
Brien P. Smith
G. Stacy Smith
Stacy J. Smith
Joel Staff
Ron Steinhart
Bryan Stolle
Jeff Swope
Rebecca Szelc

Marissa Tarleton
Charles Teeple
Ralph Thomas
Jere Thompson, Jr.
Mac Tichenor
Gifford Touchstone
Peyton Townsend

Lynn Utter
April Underwood

Mike Van de Ven
Andrew Vo

Peter Wareing
George Watson
Rad Weaver
Gary Weed
Shawn Wells
Marty Wender
Sarah West
Steve West
Mark Whatley
Allison Widmier-Kelly
John Wilder
Ray Wilkins
Brent Williams
Del Williams
Chris Wrather

Liz Yant

Peter Zandan
Bob Zlotnik
Marcie Zlotnik

Ex Officio Members

McCombs Leadership

Bradley R. Staats
Dean

Monique Mehta
Interim Chief Development Officer

Alumni Network Board Chairs

John Nash
Chair, BBA Advisory Board

Jay Kleberg
Chair, MBA Advisory Board