New York City Chapter, Tony Rogers Honored at MMA Network Awards Celebration

The McCombs MBA Alumni Network and the Graduate Business Council hosted the third annual MBA Alumni Awards Celebration at the Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel Sept. 28, 2007.
 
Dean George Gau presented the Rising Star Award to Tony Rogers, BBA ’90, MBA ’97 and vice president of advertising at Wal-Mart. The award recognizes alumni who graduated from McCombs within the past 10 years and who have demonstrated distinguished professional success while working to strengthen the MMA Network.
 
Rogers previously held marketing positions at Pillsbury and Frito-Lay. At Frito-Lay, he served on the marketing recruiting team for several years and helped recruit Texas MBAs for the company. As a recent hire at Wal-Mart, Rogers is continuing his recruiting efforts at McCombs.
 
At the awards ceremony, Dean Gau thanked Rogers for his role in Wal-Mart’s decision to select McCombs as a core recruiting school for both undergraduate and graduate students.
 
In addition to recruiting, Rogers volunteers his time participating in various McCombs School activities, including judging MBA student challenge competitions and speaking in classes. Learn more about Rogers and why he is such a loyal McCombs advocate on page 40.
 
Associate Dean Eric Hirst presented the Outstanding Chapter Event Award to the New York Chapter for its Faculty Speaker Series. Holly Goodrich, MBA ’04 and chapter co-president, accepted awards for herself and Lili Fan, MBA ’05 and chapter events chair, who was not able to attend. Goodrich thanked Finance Professor Sheridan Titman, who was in attendance, and Associate Professor of Finance Andres Almazan in absentia. “We could not have done it without them and appreciate their involvement,” she said.
 
Dean Hirst also acknowledged the phenomenal growth the New York Chapter has experienced under the current leadership, through efforts such as establishing a formal board, increasing personal outreach
efforts and joining the New York Business School Club.
 
The MBA Alumni Relations Office joins the deans in congratulating the award winners and would also like to thank the following alumni and students for working to make this event a success:
 
David Hendrix, MBA ’97
Chair, MMA Network Advisory Board
 
David Naismith, MBA ’99
Alumni Recognition Committee Chair
 
Roland Galang, MBA ’99
Alumni Recognition Committee
 
Kim Matthews, MBA ’03
Alumni Recognition Committee
 
Kathleen Motheral, MBA ’07
Alumni Recognition Committee
 
Blake Holcomb, MBA ’08
President, Graduate Business Council
 
Lyndsey Thornett, MBA ’08
Alumni Affairs Chair, Graduate
Business Council