LEADERSHIP

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.

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CENTER LEADERSHIP

Ken Wiles

Executive Director

James Nolen

Associate Director

Juana Hardwick

Assistant Director 

Jonathan Cohn

Academic Director

Xavier Sztejnberg

Associate 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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