Office of the Dean

Bauer College Board

The Bauer College Board (BCB) works with the dean of the Bauer College to create a strong and enduring relationship between the college and the business community. The BCB provides input on a number of critical issues, including strategy, thought leadership, student engagement and curricular relevance. In addition, the BCB assists with garnering the monetary support needed to maintain and enhance the reputation of the C. T. Bauer College of Business.

Paul A. Pavlou, Ph.D.

Dean
Cullen Distinguished Chair
C. T. Bauer College
of Business
Paul Peacock

BBA ’81
Retired Partner
Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP (PwC)

Chair, Bauer College Board
Elaine Willits Finger

BBA ’92
Real-Estate Consultant
The Finger Companies

Vice-Chair, Bauer College Board
Starlet Agrella

MBA ’86
Finance Executive
ExxonMobil Corporation
Chris Angelides

BS ’88, MBA ’94
Energy Transition Program General Manager
Shell
Bala V. Balachandran

J L Kellogg Distinguished Professor (Emeritus in service) of Accounting & Information Management
Northwestern University
Dan Bellow

President - Houston
Jones Lang LaSalle
Bill Bobbora

EVP & Managing Director
Cadence Bank, N.A.
J. Downey Bridgwater

BBA ’84
President - Houston Market
Comerica
Michael J. Cemo

BS ’68
President
Michael J. Cemo Interests
Anthony R. Chase

Chairman & CEO
ChaseSource, LP
Susan Coulter

President & CEO
Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation
Joel Cowley

President & CEO
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
Mohammed Ali Dhanani

Director
Dhanani Group Inc.

President/CEO
HAZA Group.
Kenny Grace

BBA ’85
Houston Office Managing Partner
Moss Adams
Bob Gray

Partner
Mayer Brown LLP
Kenneth J. Guidry

BBA ’77
Past President and Retired Director
PKF Texas
Andre Hal

MBA Candidate
Graduate Student Representative
C. Gregory (Greg) Harper

MBA ’97
President & CEO
Blue Mountain Midstream, LLC
Mimi Healy

Head of NGS Systems
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Veronica Herrera

BBA Student
Undergraduate Student Representative
Scooter Hicks

MBA ’11
CIO
MetroNational
Natara Holloway

BBA ’98
VP, Strategic Planning & Business Development, Y&HS Football
National Football League
William R. Hurt

MBA ’86
Senior Managing Director & Head of Investment Banking
U.S. Capital Advisors LLC
Elizabeth Killinger

BBA ’91
President - NRG Retail & Reliant
NRG Energy
Pradeep Kumar

Senior VP & General Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Duy-Loan T. Le

MBA ’89
Retired, Senior Fellow
Texas Instruments (TXN)
Board of Directors:
National Instruments, eSilicon, Axcelis, Medigram

Executive Advisory Committee
Aylwin B. Lewis

MBA ’90
Former President & CEO
Potbelly Sandwich Works
Scott McClelland

President - H-E-B Houston
H-E-B
Mark Mize

Founder
Falconer Oil & Gas
Sandra Oliver

Audit Leader – U.S. West region
EY
Pamela Chambers O'Rourke

BBA ’95
Founder & CEO
ICON Information Consultants, LP
Richard G. Rawson

BBA ’72
Retired President & Board of Directors Member
Insperity, Inc.
S. Glynn Roberts

MBA ’91
President
SGR Oil and Gas Interests, LLC
M. Russ Robinson

Director
Robinson Brown Investments
Diane M. Scardino, FACHE

BBA ’92
Vice President
Texas Children's Health Plan
Patrick Schneidau

CEO
Truss App, Inc.
Sam Schreiber

BBA ’74
Retired President
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
Zin Smati

Chairman & CEO;
Senior Advisor
LifeEnergy; LS Power
Steve Stagner

Executive Chairman
& CEO
Mattress Firm
Steve D. Stephens

President
Amegy Bank
Zafar “Zaf” Tahir, J.D.

BSSE ’84, MBA ’99, JD ’12
Ciba Geigy
Phillips Petroleum
SABIC
Trey Wilkinson

BBA ’92, MBA ’02
President & CEO
Trinity Legacy
Partners, LLC
Bruce A. Williamson

MBA ’95
Chairman, President
& CEO
Southcross Energy Holdings
Cyvia Wolff

Founder
Cyvia & Melvyn Wolff Charitable Foundation
Darren Wolfman

BBA ’81
Sr. Manager, Tax
Easley, Endres, Parkhill & Brackendorff P.C.

Emeriti

Samuel DiPiazza Jr.

MS ACCY '73
Retired, CEO
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
Milton Frankfort

BBA ’67
Co-Chairman
Frankfort Lipp Capital Advisors, LLC
Joe Gutierrez

MBA ’14
CEO
Novi Ventures
Fran Keeth

’77, MS ACCY ’80, JD ’88
Retired CEO
Shell Chemicals Inc.
John L. King

BBA ’92
Partner
Ernst & Young, LLP
Jack B. Moore

BBA ’77
Former CEO, Current Chairman
Cameron International Corporation