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Center Leadership
Ken Wiles
Ken Wiles
Executive Director
Juana Hardwick
Juana Hardwick
Assistant Director
Jonathan Cohn
Jonathan Cohn
Academic Director
Xavier Sztejnberg
Xavier Sztejnberg
Associate Director
James Nolen
James Nolen
Associate Director
Kyle Hernandez
Kyle Hernandez
Senior Administrative Associate

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board consists of distinguished practitioners in the private equity markets who advise the Center director regarding curriculum in the private equity area and other activities sponsored by the Center. The current members of the Advisory Board are:

Thomas O. Hicks
Chairman & CEO, Hicks Holding LLC

John R. Muse
Chairman & Co-Founder, Muse Family Enterprises

Charles W. Tate
Chairman, CRG

Jack D. Furst
Senior Advisor & Co-Founder, Oak Stream Investors II, Ltd.

Glenn W. Askew
Partner, Riata Capital Group

Cliff Atherton
Managing Director, GulfStar Group

Rajiv Bala
Bala Investments

John Bass
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Securities

William Charlton, Jr.
Partner, Altius Associates Ltd.

Robert L. Conklin
Senior Executive Vice President & Equity Holder, The BVA Group LLC

Philip A. Davidson
Managing Director, Post Oak Energy Capital

Holly Goodrich
Partner, Crossplane Capital

Rankin Hobbs
CIO, Chamber Interests

J. Matthew Lyons
Partner & Head of Austin Office, Shearman & Sterling LLP

Robert L. Morse
CEO, Strattam Capital LLC

Tony Neveling
CFO, eMortgage Logic LLC

Patrick Price
Managing Director, UTIMCO

Duke Punhong
Managing Director, Graycliff Partners

Neil Randall
Director of Private Equity, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Chriag H. Shah
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

Brien Smith
Managing Director, Neuberg Investment Management (Dallas Office)

Robert Strauss
Senior Managing Director, Peak Rock Capital

Douglas Swanson
Managing Director, EnCap Investments, LP

Trey Thompson
Partner, Perella Weinberg Partners, LP

I. Edward Tonkon
President, Zebra Retail Solutions, Zebra Technologies

Ryan Weld
Partner, Marlin Equity Partners

Kent Wallace
Partner, Sterling Group

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