Board of Visitors
At the University of Houston, we believe in innovation, risk taking, and challenging the status quo. When we set out to achieve a goal, nothing can stop us! Sharing in our success are the influential leaders and visionaries of the Board of Visitors working in partnership to help craft our bold future.
Champions of the University’s key priorities, the Board of Visitors collaborate closely with University Leadership on making dreams a reality. A collective of private sector leaders, change makers, and advocates, board members are valued partners of the University of Houston who have the unique opportunity to foster thoughtful dialogue around our greatest ambitions. Together, this diverse group leverages their broad array of expertise, interests, and connections to provide leadership, inform strategy, and amplify our message as ambassadors to the community.
For nearly ten years the Board of Visitors has influenced the advancement of strategic priorities and witnessed the impact of their success in all areas of the University. Their work has informed our growth in key areas such as the establishment of the Fertitta Family College of Medicine, the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts, support for our climb to a Power 5 athletics conference, and several campus enhancement projects. Essential allies in achieving our mission, the Board of Visitors embody the hunger, drive and spirit that lives within every Cougar.
Aylwin Lewis (’76, M.B.A. ’90)
Chair
Board of Visitors
Former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Potbelly Corporation
Steve Stephens (’80)
Past Chair
Board of Visitors
Chief Executive Officer
Amegy Bank
Clark Beecher (’00)
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Beecher Reagan Advisors, LLC
Maury Blackman (’92)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Premise Data
Natara Holloway Branch (’98)
Chief Executive Officer
Houston Exponential
Janis Burke
Chief Executive Officer
Harris County – Houston Sports Authority
David Callender (M.B.A. ’95)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Memorial Hermann Health System
Meredith Chastang
Senior Account Director
PaperCity Magazine
Brett Cullen (’79)
Film and Television Actor/Producer
Arturo Chavez (’90)
Vice Chair
Vibrant Campus Task Force
Senior Principal
Page
Carlos de Aldecoa Bueno
President and Chief Executive Officer
Gulf Coast Distillers
Charles Dorn (’80)
Managing Director
The Dorn Group, Ltd.
Thasunda Duckett (’96)
President and Chief Executive Officer
TIAA
Lance Funston (’67)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Core Care America and Ultimark Products, LLC
Jo Furr (M. Ed. ’95)
Community Supporter
Stephen Greenlee
Chair
National Recognition and Funding
Former President
ExxonMobil Upstream Business
Development Company
Cullen Geiselman
Chair
The Cullen Trust for Healthcare
Nick Holdeman (’76, O.D. ’76)
Professor Emeritus Distinguished Alumnus
University of Houston
Manmohan Kalsi (M.S.M.E. ’70, Ph.D. ’75)
President
Kalsi Engineering, Inc.
Case Keenum (’10)
Quarterback, Houston Texans
National Football League
Robert Kneppler (’85)
Chair, Student Success Task Force
Managing Director
Marsh Wortham, a division of Marsh USA, Inc.
Nick Massad (’73)
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Liberty Hospitality, Inc.
Jason McCann (’91, M.B.A. ’96)
Chief Executive Officer
Vari
Elizabeth McIngvale (Ph.D. ’14)
Chair
Social Responsibility Task Force
Director
Mclean OCD Institute – Houston
Richard Earl Penick (’78)
Former President of Maintenance Supply Headquarters
Carroll Ray (J.D. ’02)
Vice Chair
The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts
Maria Rios (FS ’88)
Owner and President
Nation Waste Inc.
Lillie Robertson
Philanthropist
Jerad McMayon (’00)
Co-Founder and Partner
OFS Energy Fund
Marilyn Miles
President
Edro Investments
TANNER MORAN
Managing Director
Jumana Capital
Judy Nyquist
Chair, Vibrant Campus Task Force
Community Volunteer and Arts Patron
Samuel Schreiber (’74)
Senior Advisor
Trustar Bank
Dave Smalley (’79)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Spectrum Concession
Craig Spaulding (’82)
Founder
South Bay Partners, Inc.
Michele Verma, Phd (’79)
Community Supporter
Bridget Wade
Owner
Bridget Wade Designs
Lea Weingarten
Principal
Weingarten Art Group
Drue DaSilva (’93, M.S. ’99)
Immediate Past President
UH Alumni Association Foundation
Shazia Khan (’84)
Secretary
UH Alumni Association Foundation
Wayne Luckett (’74)
President
UH Alumni Association Foundation
Scott Rando (’83)
Member at Large, UH Alumni Association Foundation
Michael Sachs (’97)
Incoming President
UH Alumni Association Foundation
Richard Whiteley (’93, J.D. ’99)
Treasurer
UH Alumni Association Foundation
MR. HARI AGRAWAL
Terms of Service 2014 – 2018
MS. DINA AL-SOWAYEL (’91)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2015
MRS. ANNA M. BABIN
Terms of Service 2016 – 2018
DR. DONALD BACIGALUPI (’83)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2017
MR. ROBERT L. BARTKOWIAK, JR. (’84)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2017
MR. JEFFERY O. BEAUCHAMP (’73)
Terms of Service 2014 – Present
NELDA L. BLAIR (J.D. ’82)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2017
MR. J. DOWNEY BRIDGWATER (’84)
Terms of Service 2014 – Present
MR. JOHN R. BUTLER, JR.
Terms of Service 2014 – Present
MR. RICHARD J. CAMPO
Terms of Service 2014 – 2015
THE HONORABLE JOHN T. CATER
Terms of Service 2014 -2018
MR. JOHN A. CLARKE (’81)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2018
MR. FRED S. COUPLES (’80)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2016
MR. JAMES R. CRANE
Terms of Service 2014 – 2015
MRS. CHERYL D. CREUZOT (M.B.A ’12, J.D. ’92, ’81)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2019
THE HONORABLE DAVID H. DEWHURST (J.D ’80)
Terms of Service 2015 – 2016
DR. ANETTE T. EDENS (’94)
Terms of Service 2015 – Present
MR. STEPHEN J. FELICE (M.B.A ’84)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2015
MRS. LILY CHEN FOSTER (’92)
Terms of Service 2014 – Present
MR. WILLIAM GRANVILLE, III
Terms of Service 2014 – 2017
MR. C. GREGORY HARPER (’97)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2016
MS. CHAILLE WINSTON HAWKINS
Terms of Service 2016 – 2020
MR. ELVIN HAYES (’85)
Terms of Service 2015 – Present
MR. RICHARD “RACEHORSE” HAYNES (J.D. ’56)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2017
MR. CHRIS HELMS
Terms of Service 2014 – 2018
MR. ERIC M. HILTON (HONORARY DOCTORATE ’85)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2016
MRS. BARBARA HINES
Artist
Terms of Service 2016 – 2020
THE HONORABLE W. P. HOBBY (HONORARY DOCTORATES ’97)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2017
MR. JOHN L. KING
Terms of Service 2016 – 2021
THE REVEREND WILLIAM A. LAWSON (HONORARY DOCTORATE ’93)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2017
MR. F. CARL LEWIS (FS ’82)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2017
MR. GLENN T. LILIE (FS ’68, HONORARY DEGREE ’16)
Terms of Service 2014 – Present
MR. MICHAEL C. LINN
Terms of Service 2016 – 2019
MR. WAYNE M. LUCKETT (’74)
Terms of Service 2015 – Present
MR. FREDERICK R. LUMMIS, II
Terms of Service 2014 – 2017
MR. RANSOM C. LUMMIS
Terms of Service 2014 – 2015
MR. JUGAL K. MALANI
Terms of Service 2017 – 2017
MR. JERAD D. MCMAYON (’00)
Terms of Service 2016 – Present
MR. JOHN T. MCNABB, II
Terms of Service 2014 – 2015
MR. PERSHANT MEHTA (’95)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2015
THE HONORABLE JACK B. MOORE (’77)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2018
THE HONORABLE MICA MOSBACHER (FS ’83)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2016
DR. LAURA G. MURILLO (M.ED. ’98, ’89)
Terms of Service 2014 – Present
MR. MARVIN D. NATHAN (J.D. ’66)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2015
MR. JOHN L. NAU, III
Terms of Service 2014 – 2016
MRS. JUDY NYQUIST
Terms of Service 2021 – Present
MR. MARVIN E. ODUM, III (’95)
Terms of Service 2014 – Present
MR. CHRIS J. PAPPAS
Terms of Service 2014 – 2015
MR. JOSEPH M. POGGE (’79)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2015
MR. RICHARD G. RAWSON (’72)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2018
MS. LILLIE T. ROBERTSON (’72)
Terms of Service 2014 – Present
MS. DOMINIQUE SACHSE (’90)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2016
MR. SAMUEL A. SCHREIBER (’74)
Terms of Service 2016 – Present
MR. DARRYL A. SCHROEDER (’69)
Terms of Service 2014 – Present
MR. GREGORY WAYNE SHOEMAKER (’79)
Terms of Service 2014 – Present
Mr. Steve D. Stephens (’80)
Terms of Service 2014 – Present
MR. DHEERAJ VERMA (’00)
Terms of Service 2016 – 2019
MS. NICOLE VOGEL (’00)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2016
MR. DARYL W. WILKERSON (FS ’80)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2017
MR. BRUCE A. WILLIAMSON (’95)
Terms of Service 2016 – Present
MR. FLOYD C. WILSON (FS ’72)
Terms of Service 2014 – 2016
Robert T. Arnold
Chair, UH Foundation
Judy Bozeman
(’70)
President and Chairman, UH College of Business Foundation
Brent Chinn
(FS ’02)
President-Elect, UH Alumni Association Foundation
Drue DaSilva
(’93, M.S. ’99)
Secretary, UH Alumni Association Foundation
Aggie Foster
(’78, M.B.A. ’86)
Houston Public Media Foundation
Patty Godfrey
(’89, M.B.A. ’97)
Immediate Past President, UH Alumni Association Foundation
William J. Hickl III
(’86)
President, UH Alumni Association Foundation
Cathy Horn
(M.Ed. ’95)
President, UH Faculty Senate
Steven Nguyen
(’95, O.D. ’97)
President, University of Houston Foundation for Education and Research in Vision, Inc.
Laurie Rutherford
(’86, M.B.A. ’91, M.S. ’04)
Treasurer, UH Alumni Association Foundation
Medical School
Objectives
- Provide industry insights and expertise on the type and quality care needed in the 21st century to assist in the development of a highly innovative medical school curriculum and teaching methodology.
- Advocate for the impacts the UH Medical School will have on the population of the greater Houston area and the medical community.
- Open doors to potential donors and supporters, both regionally and nationally to help in the development of the school and its recruitment of top faculty and students.
- Foster partnerships between the UH Medical School and federally qualified health centers by initiating relationships with key players in the changing health-care environment.
- Provide advice and direction to the UH Medical School planning team and for the Case for Support throughout the approval and accreditation process.
Third Ward Schools
Objectives
- Effect progressive and holistic change to six schools in the immediate neighborhood by raising the scores of schools on Index I, Academic Performance, to above the “Met Standards” level.
- Foster a strong pipeline of volunteer leaders in the schools by solidifying a volunteer management system and liaison program between the University and the Third Ward Schools.
- Encourage the creation of partnerships between UH and the community by launching the Third Ward ACE Institute.
Power Athletics
Objectives
- Support and promote the University of Houston Department of Athletics mission: Building Champions for Life by engaging with the student-athlete experience at UH.
- Ensure that UH students, student-athletes and constituents are part of a Tier One, nationally relevant athletics program by attracting and retaining top athletic leadership.
- Allow student-athletes to develop and compete on the national level by supporting the development and maintenance of state-of-the-art athletic facilities.
- Create an enduring legacy for alumni and fans through multiple generations by continuing to build and enhance athletic traditions.
- Energize the UH fan base and the City of Houston and maximize revenues that can be re-invested ensuring sustained success by helping fill athletic venues.
Student Success
Objectives
- Partner with Career Services to review and expand external contacts for student opportunities (job placement, internships, fellowships) as well as identify industry gaps for connections — to advocate for employers to recruit first from UH students. Participate in professional volunteer training opportunities (recruiting, related topics) as determined.
- Explore opportunities to support student recruitment efforts by leveraging contacts in Houston and other markets.
- Participate in development of the Scarlet Seals of Excellence, a new program in which students demonstrate learning outside the classroom in preparation for post-graduation opportunities (i.e., career or graduate school).
Third Ward Economic Empowerment
Objectives
- Stimulate vigorous business activity in the Third Ward by incubating small-to-medium sized businesses in partnership with the SURE™ program at the C.T. Bauer College of Business.
- Illuminate the strengths of Third Ward businesses by advocating for increased business activity between the UH business community and Third Ward enterprises.
- Enhance UH community alliances by providing job and internship placement opportunities for individuals in partner programs including the Young Mothers Residential Program at Project Row Houses.