Management Magazine Spring 2021

Management Magazine
Spring 2021

Advisory Council

Naveen Jindal School of Management

Hasan Pirkul
Dean
972-883-6813
hpirkul@utdallas.edu
Diane McNulty
Associate Dean for External Affairs
and Corporate Development
972-883-4489
dmcnulty@utdallas.edu
Doug Anderson
Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations
doug.anderson@utdallas.edu
Megan Harrison
Director of Corporate Relations
972-883-3728
megan.harrison@utdallas.edu
Caylin Blockley
Director of Alumni Relations
972-883-5879
Caylin.Blockley@utdallas.edu
Melissa Bettis
Director of Development and Alumni Relations
972-883-5936
Melissa.Bettis@utdallas.edu
Holly Rio
Events Director
Dean’s Advisory Council Liaison
972-883-5030
Holly.Rio@utdallas.edu

2021-2022 Advisory Council

Chair

Samantha Dwinell
Chief People Officer
The MENTOR Network

Members

Doretha Allen
Director, Human Resources
Geico
Charles M. Best
Alliance Financial Group Inc.
Norman Boone
Executive Vice President
Treasury and Liquidity Solutions
Texas Capital Bank
George Brody
Retired
Daniel J. Cancelmi
Chief Financial Officer
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Terry Conner*
Retired Partner
Haynes and Boone LLP
Tenneil Dutton
VP of Human Resources
Ericsson Inc.
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
Eileen Flynn
Vice President Operations
State Farm Insurance
Ted Fredericks
President Emeritus
Mohr Partners Inc.
Caroline Gagliardi
Dallas Assurance Partner
PwC
M. Sam Gilliland
CEO
Cherwell Software
Ozan Gursel
Executive Managing Director
Riveron
Maisie Heiken
Retired Senior Vice President,
Wealth Management
Merrill Lynch
Ray Hemmig*
Chairman of the Board
Retail & Restaurant Growth Capital LP
Sydney Smith Hicks, PhD*
CEO
SSHicks Advisors
Matt Kelso
Chief Financial Officer
HealthSmart
Shanon Leonard
Vice President, Compensation and Benefits
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Vish Madhugiri
Chief Strategy Officer
SAAZ Technologies
Pat McCown
Partner, State and Local Tax
Grant Thornton LLP
Mike Moore
Chief Human Resources Officer
G6 Hospitality LLC
Tim Mullins
Digital Product Sales Lead
Capital One
Ron Nash*
Managing Director
Nash Technology Group
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
President, 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
Retired
Spencer Stuart
Charlie Quinn
Vice President of Recruiting Solutions
HumCap LP
Rohit Rai
Retired
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Vidya Raj
Director, PMO and Business Operations
Intuit ProConnect Group
Kevin Ryan*
Chief Financial Officer
Merit Energy 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
Bill Sproull
President/CEO
Tech Titans
Bharath Thankavel, MD
Medical Director of Value-Based Care
BlueCross BlueShield of Texas
Scott Vehslage
Managing Director
Wealth Management
UBS
Manish Vyas
President, Communications Business
Chief Executive Network Services
Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc.
Jim Young
Chairman
The Margate Group

Senior Active Members

Linda Wertheimer Hart*
Vice Chairman
The Hart Group Inc.
Gerald H. Hoag*
Retired
Skip Moore*
Retired Partner
Deloitte
Allan Tomlinson
Consultant



*Past Chairman