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



