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LIVING UP TO OUR REPUTATION

We are serious about upholding the elite standards embedded in our founding principles and exemplified by our faculty, advisory board members, and students. We invite you to join us.

CENTER LEADERSHIP

  • Ken Wiles

    Executive Director

  • Jonathan Cohn

    Academic Director

  • James Nolen

    Associate Director

  • Xavier Sztejnberg

    Associate Director

  • Juana Hardwick

    Assistant Director 

  • Kyle Hernandez

    Senior Administrative Associate

ADVISORY BOARD

The Advisory Board consists of distinguished practitioners in the private equity markets who advise the Center director regarding curriculum in the private equity area and other activities sponsored by the Center. The current members of the Advisory Board are:

 

Founding Members:

  

Thomas O. Hicks
Chairman & CEO
Hicks Holding LLC

Charles W. Tate
Chairman
CRG

John R. Muse
Chairman & Co-Founder
Muse Family Enterprises

Jack D. Furst
Senior Advisor & Co-Founder
Oak Stream Investors II, Ltd

 

Other Members:

  

Glenn W. Askew
Partner
Riata Capital Group

Robert L. Morse
CEO
Strattam Capital, LLC

Cliff Atherton
Managing Director
GulfStar Group

Tony Neveling
CFO
eMortgage Logic LLC

Rajiv Bala
Bala Investments

Patrick Pace
Managing Director
UTIMCO

John Bass
Managing Director
J.P. Morgan Securities

Duke Punhong
Managing Partner
Graycliff Partners

William Charlton, Jr.
Partner
Altius Associates Ltd.

Neil Randall
Director, Private Equity
Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Robert K. Conklin
Senior Executive Vice President, Equity Holder
The BVA Group, LLC

Chirag H. Shah

 Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

Philip A. Davidson
Managing Director
Post Oak Energy Capital

Brien Smith
Managing Director
Neuberg Investment Management (Dallas Office)

Jason H. Downie
Co-Founder
Tailwater Capital

Robert Strauss
Senior Managing Director
Peak Rock Capital

 

Douglas Swanson
Managing Director
EnCap Investments, LP

Holly Goodrich
Partner
Apollo Capital Management

Trey Thompson
Partner
Perella Weinberg Partners, LP

Brian Hegi
Partner
Crossplane Capital

I. Edward Tonkon
President
Zebra Retail Solutions, Zebra Technologies

Rankin Hobbs
CIO
Chamber Interests

Ryan Wald
Partner
Marlin Equity Partners

J. Matthew Lyons
Partner, Head of Austin Office Shearman & Sterling LLP

Kent Wallace
Partner
Sterling Group

 

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