Advisory Council

Naveen Jindal School of Management

Hasan Pirkul
Dean
972-883-6813
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Diane McNulty
Associate Dean for External Affairs
and Corporate Development
972-883-4489
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Olia Bosovik
Director of Development
972-883-5936
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Geoff Giauque
Director of Development & Alumni Relations
972-883-2585
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Corey Troxell
Director of Development
972-883-5128
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Laura Madden
Director of Corporate Relations
972-883-5052
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Cameron Sprock
Assistant Director of Corporate Relations
972-883-5158
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Cody Meyers
Assistant Director of Alumni Relations
972-883-5148
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Holly Rio
Events Director
972-883-5030
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2018-2019 Advisory Council

Chairman

Kevin Ryan
Chief Financial Officer
Merit Energy Company

Members

Girish Bachani
Managing VP and CFO
Collin County Market President
Capital One

Charles M. Best
Alliance Financial Group Inc.

George Brody
Retired

Daniel J. Cancelmi
Chief Financial Officer
Tenet Healthcare Corporation

Terry Conner*
Retired Partner
Haynes and Boone LLP

Samantha Dwinell
Vice President, Global Talent Management
Texas Instruments Incorporated

Cecil G. Edwards Jr.
Executive Vice President
Middle Market Banking
Wells Fargo

Mark Envani
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP

Robert (Rob) L. Fitzgerald
Partner, Audit Services
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Ted Fredericks
President Emeritus
Mohr Partners Inc.

Caroline Gagliardi
Dallas Assurance Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers

M. Sam Gilliland
Dimensional Fund Advisory

Ozan Gursel
Executive Managing Director
Riveron

Paul D. Hain, MD
Texas Market President, North Texas Region
BlueCross BlueShield of Texas

Ray Hemmig
Retail & Restaurant Growth Capital, LP

Sydney Smith Hicks, PhD*
CEO
SSHicks Advisors

Calvin Hilton
Vice President, Corporate Human Resources
Alliance Data Systems, Inc.

Ted Holden
V.P., National Accounts & Commercial Markets
ACAP Health

Jo Johnston
President
Johnston Public Relations

Mamie Jones
Sr. Vice President Product Development
Intuit ProConnect Group

Rehan Kausar
CIO
Connexions

Matt Kelso
Senior Vice President of Finance
HealthSmart

Greg Lewis
Executive Vice President, Strategic Sales and Marketing
Texas Capital Bank

Curtis Ludwig
Global University Relations Program Manager
Ericsson Inc.

Vish Madhugiri
Chief Strategy Officer
SAAZ Technologies

Brad McCleary
Vice President
Capgemini

Pat McCown
Partner, State and Local Tax
Grant Thornton LLP

L. Dean McGowan
Sr. Vice President, Investments
UBS Financial Services Inc.

Ron Nash*
CEO
Pivot3

Brian Orlando
Senior Vice President – Oil & Gas Group
Global Commercial Banking
Bank of America Merill Lynch

Paul Pandian
President
Trans Global Technologies Inc.

Keith Pearson
Presiden, CEO and Vice Chairman
Pearson Partners International

Steve Penson*
Vice President-Austin Commercial
Austin Industries

Daniel W. Phipps
Vice President – Engineering
Dal-Tile Corporation

Christine Podraza
Vice President, Head of Optical Business Unit
Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.

Terry W. Price
Partner
Spencer Stuart

Rohit Rai
Vice President, Competitive Supply Chain
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Daniel M. Sessa
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Lennox International

Anurag Vardhan Sinha
Senior Vice President – Industry Head
Communication Service Provider
Media & Entertainment
Infosys Limited

Brent Smith
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Crossmark inc.

Bill Sproull
President/CEO
Tech Titans

Jim Strand
Vice President of Financial Operations
Avnet Inc.

J. Arnold Sykes
Executive Vice President, Corporate Security
Hilltop Holdings Inc.

Sherry Vidal-Brown
Executive Vice President
Human Resources
G6 Hospitality LLC

Michael W. Wheeler
Chief Procurement Officer
Fluor Corporation

Jim Young
Chairman
The Margate Group

Senior Active Members

Linda Wertheimer Hart*
Vice Chairman
The Hart Group Inc.

Gerald H. Hoag*
Associate Dean for Executive Education
The University of Texas at Dallas

Skip Moore*
Retired Partner
Deloitte

Allan Tomlinson
Consultant

*Past Chairman