McCombs MBA Alumni Network
Advisory Board

Spencer Dodington, MBA 95, At-Large
Chris Johnson, MBA 95, At-Large, Past Chair
Max Locke, MBA 95, At-Large
Daisy Ortiz Cirihal, MBA 95, At-Large
John McCollum, MBA 97, At-Large*
Glenn Sprenger, MBA 97, At-Large*
Michael Bacon, MBA 98, At-Large, Past Chair*
David Gilman, MBA 98, At-Large
Jesse Zimmer, MBA 98, At-Large
Roland Galang, MBA 99, At-Large
Dave Gordon, MBA 00, At-Large

Betty Boyton, MBA 64, Class President 10+ Years Out
Eddy Trevino, MBA 86, Class President 10+ Years Out*
Beau Ross, MBA 88, Class President 10+ Years Out
Reggie Cobb, MBA 94, Class President 10+ Years Out
Tom Stephenson, MBA 95, Class President 10+ Years Out*
Jason Watkins, MBA 96, Class President 10+ Years Out
Dave Hendrix, MBA 97, Class President 10+ Years Out*
Michael Bacon, MBA 98, Class President 1998*
Tammie Valentini, MBA 98, Class President 1998
David Naismith, MBA 99, Class President 1999*
Emily Dalicandro, MBA 00, Class President 2000
Carol Goglia, MBA 01, Class President 2001
Robin Kelly, MBA 01, Class President 2001
Julia Johnson, MBA 02, Class President 2002
Chris Spahr, MBA 02, Class President 2002
Ludy Cuello Garcia, MBA 03 Class President 2003
Kim Matthews, MBA 03, Class President 2003*
Marissa Henderson Jarratt, MBA 04, Class President 2004*
Lance Loeffler, MBA 04, Class President 2004
Karen Kelly, MBA 05, Class President 2005
Ryan Smith, MBA 05, Class President 2005
Drew Bolton, MBA 06, Class President 2006
Michelle Silver, MBA 06, Class President 2006*
Kathleen Motheral, MBA 07, Class President 2007
Amanda Yates, MBA 07, Class President 2007

Mike Barry, MBA 96, Arkansas NW Chapter President
George Connell, MBA 01, Atlanta Chapter President
Greg Pins, MBA 01, Atlanta Chapter President
Suzanne Brown, MBA 04, Austin Chapter President*
Cheryl Niehaus, MBA 05, Austin Chapter President
Tim Wiley, MBA 01, Boston Chapter President
Ellen Bradford, MBA 05, Chicago Chapter President
Marissa Henderson Jarratt, MBA 04, Dallas Chapter President
Brent Hladky, MBA 90, Denver Chapter President
Steve Ast, MBA 04, Denver Chapter President
Ken Foote, MBA 78, Fort Worth Chapter President
Richard Burgess, MBA 99, Houston Chapter President
Constans Salcedo, MBA 03, Los Angeles Chapter President
Milagros "Milly" Silva, MBA 07, Miami Chapter President
Gerardo Quinones, MBA 03, Miami Chapter President
Umberto Torresan, MBA 04, Michigan Chapter President
Bartley Terrill, MBA 06, Michigan Chapter President
Jenn McClain, MBA 05, NYC Chapter President
Raj Gilda, MBA 03, NYC Chapter President
Wadie Habiby, MBA 07, Philadelphia Chapter President
David Taylor, MBA 99, Phoenix Chapter President
Melissa Evers-Hood, MBA 03, Portland Chapter President
Cliff Hurd, MBA 96, San Antonio Chapter President
Liz Gorski Fratus, MBA 03, San Diego Chapter President
Brad Wills, MBA 06, San Diego Chapter President
Pam Flank, MBA 04, San Francisco Chapter President
Scott Stout, MBA 01, Seattle Chapter President
David Reynolds, MBA 01, Tulsa Chapter President
Jay Levin, MBA 84, D.C. Chapter President
Chris Spahr, MBA 02, D.C. Chapter President

Santiago Durlach, MBA 94, Argentina Chapter President
Ines Meneses, MBA 01, Sao Paulo, Brazil Chapter President
Ann Williams, MBA 00, Sao Paulo, Brazil Chapter President
Jose Medina, MBA 00, Santiago, Chile Chapter President
AJ Warner, MBA 01, Beijing, China Chapter President
James Ding, MBA 95, Shanghai, China Chapter President
Richard Lin, MBA 98, Shanghai, China Chapter President
Andreas Wenzel, MBA 99, Germany Chapter President
Florian Hoppe, MBA 03, Germany Chapter President
Naohiko Kimura, MBA 94, Tokyo, Japan Chapter President
Darpan Sanghvi, MBA 04, India Chapter President
Jack Cartwright, MBA 07, London Chapter President
Arturo De la Rosa, MBA 07, Mexico City, Mexico Chapter President
Carlos Ortiz, MBA 02 Monterrey, Mexico Chapter President
Javier Espinosa, MBA 93, Lima, Peru Chapter President
George T.K. Quek, MBA 88, Singapore Chapter President
David Boggs, MBA 05, Singapore Chapter President

Nominate an MBA for the Alumni Advisory Board: If you would like to submit a nomination for an open board position, please email
mbaalumni@mccombs.utexas.edu to receive a nomination form.

*Executive Committee Members

 

Alumni Giving Committee

Chair:
John McCollum, MBA 97

Additional members:
Jason Downie MBA 99
Chris Johnson, MBA 95
Beau Ross, MBA 88
Ryan Smith, MBA 05
Jason Watkins, MBA 96

This committee works to promote alumni giving to the annual fund, which make flexible resources available for strategic school initiatives and bridges the funding gap not covered by tuition, fees, and state appropriations. Additionally, the committee promotes the MBA Alumni Endowed Excellence Fund (MAEEF). MAEEF provides resources to support new or existing student initiatives that have a broad and lasting positive impact for MBA students.

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Alumni Recognition Committee

Chair:
David Naismith, MBA 99

Additional members:
Roland Galang, MBA 99
Kim Matthews, MBA 03

The Alumni Recognition Committee identifies ways to recognize McCombs MBA alumni for their professional achievement and service to the school, alumni network, and community. Partnering with the Graduate Business Council, this committee launched the MBA Alumni Awards Celebration in September of 2005. The Alumni Awards Celebration is a great opportunity for alumni and students to come together to celebrate alumni contribution and success.

• At the 2nd Awards Celebration Ted Wang, MBA ’96, was honored with the Rising Star Award and the Austin Chapter received with the Outstanding Chapter Event Award.
• The 3rd Annual MBA Alumni Awards Celebration will be held on Friday, September 28. Nominations are welcomed through March 30, 2007.

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Chapter Presidents Committee

Chair:
Marissa Henderson Jarratt, MBA 04

Since the committee’s inception in 2005, the number of alumni chapters has grown from 15 to 27, with 15 domestic and 12 international chapters. The Chapter Presidents’ Committee:

• Connects chapter presidents via monthly conference calls to provide a forum for sharing best practices. The committee is also working to develop a Web-based chat board for sharing information.
• Provides support and resources to each chapter president.

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Experienced Alumni (Pre-1995 Graduates) Committee

Chair:
Eddy Trevino, MBA 86

Additional members:
Betty Boynton, MBA 64
Reggie Cobb, MBA 94

Alumni who graduated prior to 1995 did not have the opportunity to experience the cohort system and to develop the sense of community and connection established by the cohorts. The committee develops programs to reconnect with these alumni. Current opportunities include:

• 1970 Houston MBA Alumni dinners and lunches.
• Faculty Speaker Series: McCombs faculty members travel to domestic chapters to talk about current trends and topics in business.
• Chapter calling campaigns to increase pre-1995 alumni attendance at local events.

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Governance Committee
(previously Membership Committee)

Chair:
Tom Stephenson, MBA 95

Additional members:
Emily Dalicandro, MBA 00
Karen Kelly, MBA 05
Robin Kelly, MBA 01
Chris Spahr, MBA 02
Jesse Zimmer, MBA 98

This committee works to strengthen the MMA Advisory Board. Initiatives for 2006 and 2007 include:

• Targeted recruiting for board membership to McCombs’ executive and working professional MBA programs to support Dean Eric Hirst’s goal of creating stronger cohesion among the 6 MBA programs.
• Creation and distribution of an orientation package for new Advisory Board members.
• Development of a Class Presidents’ Handbook, which provides MBA Alumni Class Presidents with a resource to provide maximum benefit to their classmates and to the program.

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Mentorship Committee

Chair:
Suzanne Brown, MBA 04

Additional members:
Dave Gordon, MBA 00
Julia Johnson, MBA 02
William Leake, MBA 94

In August of 2006, the Mentorship Committee launched the MBA Mentorship Program to bring McCombs MBA alumni together with second-year MBA students. More than 150 alumni volunteered to serve in one of three mentorship roles:

• One-on-One Mentors: Alumni provide direct guidance to individual students. Mentors have the opportunity to form a truly dynamic relationship with a single MBA student.
• City/Area/Region (CAR) Mentors: Alumni serve as points of contact in various geographic areas and communicate with students via conference calls and discussion boards. Alumni in 18 U.S. cities and eight international cities have volunteered to be CAR Mentors.
• Student Group Mentors: Work with MBA student groups to assist with prioritizing group activities, outreach to alumni to assist group as speakers, interview coaching, event development and group activities.

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