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Board of Visitors

Board of Visitors Members

The Board of Visitors is an appointive board within the organizational structure of the University, which assists the President and, upon request, the Board of Trustees in an advisory capacity.

Ms. Gwen Sherman ’80, Chair

Director of Financial Process Improvement, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; former Southwestern University Alumni Board member; Mercer Island, Washington

Mr. Daryl M. Allen ’93

Managing Director, Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management; Houston, Texas

The Honorable Rudy S. Apodaca, Sr.

Professional Mediation Services; Retired Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals; Cedar Park, Texas

Mr. H. Brent Austin

Portfolio Manager, Private Investment Partnership; and former President and COO, El Paso Corporation; Houston, Texas

Mr. Jack S. Blanton

Board member, Scurlock Foundation; and former Chair, Houston Endowment; Houston, Texas

Cindy Olson Bourland ’89

President, Law Firm of Cindy Olson Bourland, P.C.; Round Rock, Texas

Joan Bray ’67

Former Missouri State Senator 24th District; St. Louis, Missouri

Mr. Herman Cardenas

CEO, Medicore 360; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. Philip Coffin

Real Estate Developer and Rancher; Georgetown, Texas

Dr. John W. Cook

Director and Immediate Past President, The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., New York; Guilford, Connecticut

Ms. Lynn Costlow ’95

Vice President, Customer Service, U.S. Cellular; Chicago, Illinois

Mr. David L. Denny ’68

Executive Vice President, Molded Fiber Glass Companies; Pinehurst, North Carolina

Mr. James Dick

Founder and Director, The International Festival-Institute at Round Top; Round Top, Texas

Dr. Nancy W. Dickey, M.D.

President, Health Science Center and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Texas A&M System; College Station, Texas

Dr. Michael G. Douglas ’67, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Center for Biotechnology & Bioventures Development, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Center; Little Rock, Arkansas

Mr. Robert Dubill

Retired Executive Editor, USA Today; Alexandria, Virginia

Mrs. Virginia Hyde Dupuy ’71

Grammy-nominated artist and Professor of Voice, Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

Mr. W. Bryan Farney ’81

Attorney; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. James Firth

Retired Senior Vice President, Communications, Exelon Corporation; Chicago, Illinois

The Honorable George Garver

Mayor, City of Georgetown, Texas; Private Consulting/Retired; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. Michael L. Gillette

Executive Director, Humanities Texas; Austin, Texas

Mr. Mark L. Hazelwood

President and CEO, Seton Clinical Enterprise, Austin, Texas

Mr. Marvin D. Henderson, Jr.

Private Investor, lender, entrepreneur; former gasoline distributor for Texaco, Exon, Shell, Citgo; Austin, Texas

Mrs. Carolyn Holloway

Community Philanthropist; Georgetown, Texas

Ms. Sylvia Kerrigan ’87

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Marathon Oil Corporation; Houston, Texas

Mr. Carl S. Kessler

Vice President/Retired, Worldwide Development, Platform Software; Southwestern University parent; Austin, Texas

Mr. John A. Kiltz

Partner, Stonelake Capital Partners, Austin, Texas

Mr. Robert M. (Bob) Lansford

Retired Senior Vice President, JP Morgan Private Client Services; Fort Worth, Texas

Mr. Tom Locke

President, The Texas Methodist Foundation; Austin, Texas

Mr. Gordon Logan

CEO and Founder, Sports Clips, Georgetown, Texas

Ms. Iva Wolf McLachlan

Attorney and Managing Partner, Wolf Partnership; Georgetown, Texas

Ms. Sue McMillin

CEO and President, Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation; Round Rock, Texas

Mrs. Lynn Parr Mock ’83

Professional Singer, Co-Founder, Lone Springs Arts; Dallas, Texas

Mr. W. Walter Negley

President of three Houston-based companies: TSP, U.S. Bolt and TSP-VA; former board member of The Brown Foundation, Inc.; parent of SU graduate; Houston, Texas

Mr. Gary Nelon

Chairman and CEO, First Texas Bank, Georgetown and Former Mayor, City of Georgetown; Georgetown, Texas

Dr. G. Benjamin Oliver

Former Council Member, City of Georgetown; President Emeritus Hiram College; Georgetown, Texas

Michael P. Pearson

Partner and Co-Chair of the Energy Practice Group, Jackson Walker LLP; Houston, Texas

Mel Pendland

President & CEO, Chamber of Commerce; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. Sam L. Pfiester

Owner, Pfiester Oil & Gas; former member of Georgetown City Council; Georgetown, Texas

Mrs. Aaronetta Hamilton Pierce

Civic Leader; San Antonio, Texas 

Mr. Kenneth W. Poteete

President Emeritus, Georgetown Health Foundation, Georgetown, Texas 

Ms. Patricia Potyka

PR WORKS; Executive Director, Texas Campus Compact, Austin, Texas

Mr. Joe N. Prothro

President, Perkins-Prothro Foundation; Wichita Falls, Texas

Mr. Byron Reese

Executive Vice President/Chief Innovation Officer, Demand Media; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. Pat Robertson

Sr. Regional Manager & Sr. VP, Wealth Management Group The Private Bank, Wells Fargo, Austin, Texas

Mr. Jeff E. Rusk

Attorney and Philanthropist; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. Christopher Sanchez

Franchise Owner, McDonald’s; Fort Worth, Texas

Ms. Sara Mackie Shull

Director, Institute for the Humanities at Salado; Salado, Texas

Mr. Kenneth M. Smith

Director, Treasury, Dell Inc.; Georgetown, Texas

Mr. Mark B. Smith ’80

President and CEO, Seldon Energy and Director, NeoFirma Inc.; Dallas, Texas

Mr. Kenneth Snodgrass

Senior Vice President, North Region, Shell Trading Company; London, England

Mr. Dudley Snyder

Senior Mortgage Banker, Envoy Mortgage; Austin, Texas

Dr. Lawrence R. Stanberry ’70

Chair of Dept. of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons; Pediatrician-in-chief, Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian Hospital; New York, New York

Mr. Harald E. Stanzer

Private Investor and Entrepreneur; Spring, Texas

Mr. Perry Steger

President, Steger Bizzell Consulting Engineers, Georgetown, Texas

Dr. Daniel R. Stultz ’72

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Hospital Association, Austin, Texas

Mr. Robert E. Tesch

Real estate investor/developer; Cedar Park, Texas

Mr. Charles A. Williams ’84

President, Alkek Foundation; Houston, Texas

Mr. William R. Williams, III ’79

Senior Vice President, Lockton Companies; Houston, Texas