Executive Speakers - 2009

Each semester, business executives and national and international scholars visit Mays Business School to share their insights with faculty and students. The following individuals visited the school to share their expertise in 2009:

• Adams, Charlie ’02 – Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Ahrens, Reade – Vice President of Grocery Procurement and Merchandising, H-E-B
• Albe, Michael ’89 – Controller, Catapult Systems
• Albrecht, Michael ’82 – President, Freed Advertising
• Allison, Jeff – Executive Vice President and GMM, J.C. Penney
• Ashmore, Garrett – CFO, Voice Runner
• Atkins, Robert – Store Leader, H-E-B
• Atkinson, Craig ’01 – Brand Management, The Richards Group
• Ayotte, Kenneth – Associate Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
• Baker, Dallas – Vice President and Creative Director, Freed Advertising
• Balkema, John – Product Manager, Caterpillar Inc.
• Ball, Kevin – Vice President of Marketing, Hastings Entertainment
• Barber, Brad – Professor and Director of the Center for Investor Welfare and Corporate Responsibility, University of California-Davis Graduate School of Management
• Barnhart, Peter ’93 –Vice President of Development, Caldwell Companies
• Bauch, Brad ’91 – Partner, Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Beckendorf, Michael – President, Beckendorf Investments
• Bettisworth, Kent ’75 – President and Executive Consultant, Bettisworth & Associates Inc.
• Bishop, Stewart ’83 – President, Customer Marketing Group Inc.
• Blaschke, Randy ’84 – Senior Manager, Dell
• Blouin, Jennifer – Assistant Professor, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
• Bluntzer, Daniel ’92 – Livestock Analyst, Frontier Risk Management
• Bolter, Tony – Senior Financial Manager, Shell Global Manufacturing
• Bontke, Joe - Outreach Manager, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Borgan, Jeff ’77 – Senior Vice President, Valve Systems & Controls
• Brammer, Mary ’05 – Vice President and CFO, PrimeWay
• Brooks, Ted ’83 – Managing Director, Integra Realty Resources DFW
• Brown, Eric - Senior Vice President, ProLogis
• Brown, Tim ’87 – Assistant Vice President, USAA
• Brown, William ’00 – Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Buchan, Barbara – Quality Manager, 3M Corporation
• Buchan, Kristofer ’01 – Senior Associate, Charles River Associates
• Burke, Joan – Vice President of Marketing and Advertising, OfficeMax
• Burrichter, Michael ’81 – Principle, CB Richard Ellis Investors
• Burroughs, Chris – Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Campbell, Gary – Vice President of Capital Markets, Midway Development
• Cannizzaro, Tami ’80 – Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Blockbuster
• Carter, Ted – Vice President of Hotel Development, Jackson-Shaw Company
• Chambers, Bridgette ’07 – Chairman and CEO, Voile
• Chang, Nancy – Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman, Tanox
• Chase, Tyler ’97 – Director, Protiviti
• Christiansen, Johanna ’94 – Senior Vice President, Bank of America
• Clayton, James ’87 – Financial Analyst, Shell Chemicals
• Coleman Jr., Brandon ’78 – Founder and CEO, Big Picture Thinking
• Cooper, Kyle ’89 – Director of Research, IAF Advisors
• Cox, Michael ’77 – Managing Director and Head of Corporate Advisory, Seabury Group
• Craig, Mark – Analytics Manager, RAPP
• Crawford, Lindsay ’98 – PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Cruse, Peggy – Former Manager of Business and Operations, HP Research Park
• Cruver, Brian – Principal Consultant, MarketDriver
• Cunningham, David ’79 – Director of Development/Construction, Granite Properties
• Dausy, Elaine ’07 – Marketing Specialist, FedEx
• DeHoratius, Nicole – Assistant Professor, Pamplin School of Business, University of Portland
• DePaoli, Juan – Director of Own Brand Perishables, Label Regulatory and Design, H-E-B
• Dhar, Ravi – George Rogers Clark Professor of Marketing and Director of the Yale Center for Customer Insights, School of Management, Yale University
• Dockery, Seth ’91 – Principal, Nehemiah Capital
• Donnelly, Gene – U.S. Markets Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Duncan, Sam – Chairman and CEO, OfficeMax
• Duplantis, Steve ’83 – Senior Managing Director, CB Richard Ellis
• Easton, Matthew ’99 – Consultant, KPMG
• Edwards, Tommy – President and COO, CIMA Energy
• Ege, Matthew ’02 – Director of Strategic Services, FishNet Security Inc.
• Epler, Alan ’92 – Vice President and DMM, Wal-Mart
• Etter, Wayne – Professor Emeritus of Finance, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University
• Fitzpatrick, William – Vice President of Learning and Organization Effectiveness, Shell Oil Company
• Ford III, Creed ’75 – Chairman and CEO, Fired-Up Inc.
• Foss, Eric – Chairman and CEO, Pepsi Bottling Group
• Fowler, Scott ’91 – Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
• Frederick, Dylan ’08 – Brand Management, The Richards Group
• Freels, Brad ’81 – Chairman and CEO, Midway Companies
• Fuentes, Alma – Recruiter, The Richards Group
• Gardiner, Bill ’76 – Vice President and CFO, King Ranch
• Gartner, Maggie – Director, Texas A&M University Student Counseling Service
• Gasdaska, Jane – Manager of East Coast Clean Product Supply and Distribution, ConocoPhillips
• Gibbs, Thomas – IT Professional, Chevron
• Gillespie, Sam ’81 – Senior Vice President, Behringer Harvard
• Graham, Doyle ’81 – CEO, Valencia Group
• Haddon, Jeff – Online Marketing Manager, OfficeMax
• Hale, David – Vice President of Development, David Weekley Homes
• Hall, Aaron ’02 – Financial Analyst, Total
• Hall, Rob – Regional Vice President and General Manager for Gulf Coast Region, H-E-B
• Harris, Mayerland ’07 – Vice President of Human Resources for Houston Food & Drug and Central Market, H-E-B
• Harris, Robert – President, U.S. Leadership Inc.
• Hatchett, Terry ’68
• Heizer, Tom ’02 – District Sales Manager, Gulf States Toyota
• Hickman, Will ’96 – Patent Attorney, Shell Oil
• Higdon, Shad ’95 – Principal, Deloitte & Touche
• Highley, Jeff ’00 – Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Hodges, Larry ’88 – Owner, Copy Corner
• Hopper, Travis ’00 – Brand Manager, The Richards Group
• Horton, Anne ’90 – Councilmember, City of Bryan
• Hughes, Ivan ’04 – Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Huntley, E.J. ’86 – Principal, Deloitte Financial Services
• Hutson, Ryan ’04 – Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Irvin, John – Executive Board Member, JCPenney
• Izenberg, Neil – CEO, Nemours Center for Children's Health Media
• James, Tina – Senior Vice President of Human Resources, H-E-B
• Jang, Sorim ’06 – Project Manager, OfficeMax
• Jarvis, Tom – Group Vice President for Houston Food & Drug and Central Market, H-E-B
• Jennings, Dave ’98 – Equity Trader, Bridgeway Capital Management
• Jiang, George – Associate Professor, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona
• Johnson, Andrew – Assistant Professor, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M University
• Johnson, Carla – ConocoPhillips
• Jones, Mark – Chairman and CEO, Texas Wasatch
• Kelly, Michael ’03 – Account Executive, TPN
• Kemper, Kim –Vice President of Marketing, Texas Farm Bureau Insurance
• Kenney, Skip – Men's Swimming Coach, Stanford University
• Keyes, Barry –Director of Joint Interest, Royal Dutch Shell
• Khan, Mozaffar – Assistant Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Kirkland, Melinda ’83 – Vice President, TEKMAK Development
• Kirkland, Tom ’76 – President and CEO, TEKMAK Development
• Knox, Carter – Vice President of Marketing and Communications, OfficeMax
• Koonce, Lisa – Deloitte & Touche Endowed Chair in Accounting, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
• Kruse, Paul ’77 – President and CEO, Blue Bell Creameries
• Kumar, Alok – Assistant Professor, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
• Kutzenberger, Leslie – Store Leader, H-E-B
• Lebanowski, Wayne – Senior Vice President of Operations, Macy's
• Lennox, Richard –CMO, Zale Corporation
• Leuz, Christian – Joseph Sondheimer Professor of International Economics, Finance and Accounting, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
• Lewis, Jim – Owner, Village Foods
• Lewis, Kenneth – Chairman, CEO and President, Bank of America
• Lindner, Richard – Senior Executive Vice President and CFO, AT&T
• Lockard, Mark ’72 – CEO, Lockard & White Inc.
• Loken, Ryan – Senior Manager of Talent Services, Wal-Mart Stores
• Lovering, Jeff ’02 – Director of Client Service, Customer Marketing Group Inc.
• Lynch, Bernard – Vice President of Sales, ErgoGenesis LLC
• Madsen, Drew – President and COO, Darden Restaurants
• Mahmoud, Ahmed ’87 – Senior Vice President and CIO, Advanced Micro Devices
• Mangapora, Theresa - Executive Director, Brazos Food Bank
• Martin, Matt – Consultative Marketing Strategist, RAPP
• May, Mark – Risk Manager, ConocoPhillips
• McAdams, Molly – Vice President of Own Brand, H-E-B
• McClelland, Scott – President of Houston Food & Drug and Central Market, H-E-B
• McCombs, Brent – Vice President of Talent, Waste Management
• McElroy, Cory ’06 – Senior Marketing Specialist, OfficeMax
• McGargill, Courtney – Manager, The Buckle
• McIngvale, Jim – Owner, Gallery Furniture
• McNeff, Kristin ’02 – Consultant, Accenture
• Means, Sandi – COO, Freshworks
• Mendyka, Steve – CTO, International Electric Supply Corp.
• Mookerjee, Vijay – Charles and Nancy Davidson Distinguished Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Texas at Dallas School of Management
• Moore, Steve ’79 – CMO, Texas A&M University
• Moran, Victor ’02 – Chairman and CEO, The Moran Group
• Morgan, Terrance – Senior Director of Consumer Insights, 24 Hour Fitness
• Mowen, Curt – Director of Health, Personal Care, Baby and Beauty, H-E-B
• Mulcahy, Michael ’86 – President, Bridgeway Capital Management
• Narayanan, Chalam – Assistant Professor, Dwight Look College of Engineering, Texas A&M University
• Narayanan, Sridhar – Assistant Professor, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
• Nelson, Andrew – Founder and former CEO, TomorrowNow
• Nugent, Mary ’79 – Vice President of Pre-Sales, Micro Focus
• O'Neill, Kelly – Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Redcats USA
• Olenchak, Erik – Director, COO and Psychologist, Voile
• Ottinger, Tim – Vice President of Communications and Marketing, St. Joseph Health System
• Overby, Shannon ’91 – Executive Director, Bryan-College Station Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Pace, Phil ’85 – Managing Director of Investment Banking, Credit Suisse
• Padalecki, Lynette – Vice President of Corporate Planning and Analysis, H-E-B
• Pappas, Milton – Executive Vice President of Marketing, Redcats USA
• Paradis, David – Global Business Director, Tyco Flow Control
• Parker, Kay – Vice President of Community Impact, United Way of the Brazos Valley
• Parks, John – Senior Consultant, IBM Global Business Services
• Parsons, Christopher – Assistant Professor, Kenlan-Flagler School of Business, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
• Perez, Armando – Group Vice President for Houston Food & Drug, H-E-B
• Petersen, Bruce – Executive Managing Director of Acquisitions, Dispositions and Finance, USAA
• Phillips, John – Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Powers, Vicki ’86 – USAA
• Prahalad, C.K. – Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Strategy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
• Purcell, Julie – Senior Vice President and CIO, SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services
• Purcell, Peter – Director, Deloitte Consulting
• Pyron, Dina – Global Director of Human Capital, Ernst & Young
• Ramseur, Steve ’90 – Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle of Americas
• Rego, Sonja – Associate Professor, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa
• Rich, Andrew – President, Wired Ranch Advertising
• Roark, John – Manager of Logistics, Pipelines and Terminals, ConocoPhillips
• Rodriguez, Jackie – Vice President of Human Resources, Slingshot
• Rogers, Kate – Director of Partner Communications, H-E-B
• Rohr, Catherine – Founder, Prison Entrepreneurship Program
• Rowell, Christine ’82 – Director of Advertising, Dillard's
• Russ, Andrew – Financial Analyst for Houston Food & Drug and Central Market, H-E-B
• Rusteberg, Fred ’68 – President, International Bank of Commerce
• Ryan, Stephen – Professor, Leonard H. Stern School of Business, New York University
• Salato, Steve – Director of Origination, ConocoPhillips
• Schillings, Gwynne – Special Events and Marketing Coordinator, City of Bryan
• Schwientech, Matthew – Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Sengupta, Shalini ’06 –Corporate Strategy Principle, Sabre Holdings
• Shamburger, Matthew ’91 – Technology Principal, SunGard
• Sharma, Arun – Senior Consultant, IBM Global Business Services
• Shaub, Sean – Principal, SJJ Development
• Sherwood, Don ’78 – Managing Director, Integra Realty
• Simin, Timothy – Associate Professor of Finance, Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University
• Smith, Holland ’94 – Partner, Fowler Property Acquisitions
• Sowa, Lori ’98 – Producer, NorthMarq Capital
• Spearman, Mark – President and CEO, Factory Physics
• Speck, Tim ’90 – Vice President and Regional Manager, Marcus & Millichap
• Spradley, Randall – Executive Vice President of Design and Development, Astin Partners LP and FIBERTOWN
• Srivastava, Joydeep – Professor, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
• Stallard, Joe ’91 – Vice President of Human Resources, Sewell Automotive Co.
• Stephens, Rick – Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Administration, The Boeing Company
• Stewart, Malcolm ’73 – COO, Camden Property and Trust
• Subrahmanyam, Avanidhar – Goldyne and Irwin Hearsh Professor of Finance, UCLA Anderson School of Management
• Sultenfuss, Jaimie ’03 – Supply Analyst, ConocoPhillips
• Sun, Baohong – Associate Professor of Marketing, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
• Talbert, Neera ’87 – Consulting Business Manager, SAS Institute Inc.
• Taylor, Mark ’83 – Managing Partner, Baker & McKenzie
• Thacker, Bob – Senior Vice President of Marketing and Advertising, OfficeMax
• Thomson, Carr ’92 – Senior Real Estate Manager, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
• Tiouttchev, Denis – Manager, Deloitte & Touche
• Tobaben, Jeff – Managing Partner, Gallup Consulting
• Torres, Efrain – Consultant, KPMG
• Totorice, Joe ’70 – President and CEO, Jason's Deli
• Trost, Lauren ’07 – Product Marketing Manager, Hewlett Packard
• Vanderhinder, Hallie – President and COO, Black Stone Materials
• Veal, David – Global Equity Analyst, Employees Retirement System of Texas
• Velasco, Trey – Director of Promotions and Promotion Strategy, Lopez Negrete
• Venkatachalam, Mohan – Associate Professor, Fuqua School of Business, Duke Univeristy
• Wagner, Skip – President and CEO, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
• Walker, Eric – Vice President, NewQuest Properties
• Walker, Jenny – Regional Manager of Training and Recruiting, E&J Gallo Winery
• White, Brian – College Relations Manager, Payless ShoeSource
• Whitten, Amy ’05 – Reynolds & Reynolds
• Williams, David – Market Manager, JPMorganChase Bank
• Williams, Scott ’79 – Executive Director, Texas A&M Real Estate Development
• Woods, Pete –Vice President of Marketing Services, Lowe's Companies
• Wright, Andie – Former Senior Principal, Infosys Consulting
• Wulfe, Ed ’55 – President, Wulfe & Company
• Zeal, Susi – Manager of Recruiting, Development and Training, ConocoPhillips
• Zettelmeyer, Florian – J.L. and Helen Kellogg Professor of Marketing, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Zuidwijk, Rob – Associate Professor, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University