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Board of Visitors

Board of Visitors Members

The Board of Visitors is an appointive board within the organizational structure of the University, which assists the President and, upon request, the Board of Trustees in an advisory capacity.

Mr. Henry C. Joyner, Chair

Retired Senior Vice President, American Airlines; Colleyville, Texas

Mr. Rudy S. Apodaca, Sr.

Professional Mediation Services; Retired Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals; Cedar Park, Texas

Mr. H. Brent Austin

Portfolio Manager, Private Investment Partnership; and former President and COO, El Paso Corporation; Houston, Texas

Mr. Richard H. (Hank) Bachmann '74

Group Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer, EPCO Inc.; Houston, Texas

Mrs. Ellen A. Bailey

Chief Operating Officer, Cardiology of Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia

Mr. Jack S. Blanton

Board member, Scurlock Foundation; and former Chair, Houston Endowment; Houston, Texas

Senator Joan Bray '67

Missouri State Senate, 24th District; St. Louis, Missouri

Mr. Herman Cardenas

Chairman/Founder of NetStreams; Georgetown, Texas

Ms. Elizabeth A. Christian

President, Elizabeth Christian & Associates Public Relations, Inc.; Austin, Texas

Mr. Philip Coffin

Real Estate Developer and Rancher; Georgetown, Texas

Dr. John W. Cook

Director and Immediate Past President, The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., New York; Guilford, Connecticut

Ms. Lynn Costlow '95

Vice President, Customer Service, U.S. Cellular; Chicago, Illinois

Mr. James Dick

Founder and Director, The International Festival-Institute at Round Top; Round Top, Texas

Dr. Nancy W. Dickey, M.D.

President, Health Science Center and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Texas A&M System; College Station, Texas

Dr. Michael G. Douglas '67

Executive Director, Center for Biotechnology & Bioventures Development, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Center; Little Rock, Arkansas

Mr. Robert Dubill

Retired Executive Editor, USA Today; Alexandria, Virginia

Mrs. Virginia Hyde Dupuy '71

Grammy-nominated artist and Professor of Voice, Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

Mr. W. Bryan Farney '81

Attorney; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. James Firth

Education Testing Services; Retired Senior Vice President, Communications, Exelon Corporation; Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Pat Forgione, Jr.

Superintendent, Austin Independent School District; Austin, Texas

The Honorable George Garver

Mayor, City of Georgetown, Texas; Private Consulting/Retired; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. Michael L. Gillette

Executive Director, Humanities Texas; Austin, Texas

Mr. Mark L. Hazelwood

President and CEO, Northern Markets, Seton Family of Hospitals, Round Rock, Texas

Mr. Dale Illig

Attorney and President of W. D. Kelley Foundation; Georgetown, Texas

Mr Carl S. Kessler

Vice President, Worldwide Development, Enterprise Content Management, IBM Software Group; Southwestern University parent; Austin, Texas

Mr. John A. Kiltz

Partner, Stonelake Capital Partners, Austin, Texas

Mr. Lyle W. Kraft

Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, PlattForm; Olathe, Kansas

Mr. Robert M. (Bob) Lansford

Retired Senior Vice President, JP Morgan Private Client Services; Fort Worth, Texas

Mr. Tom Locke

President, The Texas Methodist Foundation; Austin, Texas

Ms. Sara Mackie

Director, Institute for the Humanities at Salado; Salado, Texas

Mr. Michael Markwardt

Managing Partner and CEO; Legare, LP; Fort Worth, Texas

Ms. Iva Wolf McLachlan

Attorney and Managing Partner, Wolf Partnership; Georgetown, Texas

Ms. Sue McMillin

CEO and President, Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation; Round Rock, Texas

Mrs. Lynn Parr Mock '83

Professional Singer, Co-Founder Lone Springs Art; Dallas, Texas

Mr. W. Walter Negley

President of three Houston-based companies: TSP, U.S. Bolt and TSP-VA; formerboard member of The Brown Foundation, Inc.; parent of SU graduate; Houston, Texas

Mr. Gary Nelon

Chair and CEO, First Texas Bank Corp. Inc., Georgetown; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. Gary L. Newman

Investments, Georgetown, Texas

Dr. G. Benjamin Oliver

Council Member, City of Georgetown; President Emeritus Hiram College; Georgetown, Texas

Ms. Patricia Paredes

PR WORKS; Executive Director, Texas Campus Compact, Austin, Texas

Mr. Sam L. Pfiester

Owner, Pfiester Oil & Gas; member of Georgetown City Council 2000-2003; Georgetown, Texas

Mrs. Aaronetta Hamilton Pierce

Civic Leader; San Antonio, Texas

Mr. Ken W. Poteete

President Emeritus, Georgetown Health Foundation, Georgetown, Texas

Mr. Joe N. Prothro

President, Perkins-Prothro Foundation; Wichita Falls, Texas

Mr. Pat Robertson

Sr. Regional Manager & Sr. VP, Wealth Management Group The Private Bank, Wells Fargo, Austin, Texas

Mr. Jeff E. Rusk

Attorney and Philanthropist; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. Christopher Sanchez

Franchise Owner, McDonald's; Fort Worth, Texas

Ms. Gwen Griffin Sherman '80

Director of Finance and Administration, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and former Alumni Board Member; Mercer Island, Washington

Mr. Thomas V. Shockley III

Retired COO, American Electric Power and currently Director, Foundation Coal Holdings; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. Kenneth M. Smith

Director, Treasury, Dell Inc.; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. Mark B. Smith '80

Chairman and CEO, NeoFirma Inc; Beaverton, Oregon

Mr. Edwin D. Snead

Chair, Georgetown Rail Equipment Company; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. Kenneth Snodgrass

Senior Vice President of Shell Energy North America and Southwestern University parent; Kingwood, Texas

Dr. Lawrence R. Stanberry

Chair of Dept. of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons; Pediatrician-in-chief, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian Hospital; New York, New York

Mr. Harald El. Stanzer

Private Investor and Entrepreneur; Southwestern University parent; Spring, Texas

Mr. Robert E. Tesch

Real estate investor/developer; Cedar Park, Texas

Mr. Charles A. Williams '84

President, Alkek Foundation; Houston, Texas

Mr. William R. Williams, III '79

Senior Vice President, Lockton Companies; Houston, Texas