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Board of Directors

- Officers -

Patrick M. Murray, Chairman

Pat Murray retired in 2007 as Chairman of the Board and CEO of Dresser, Inc. and previously served as President and CEO of Dresser, Inc., President of Halliburton’s Dresser Equipment Group and Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives of Dresser Industries, Inc. Mr. Murray also served as VP, Operations for Dresser’s Drilling and Productions Operations and as President, Sperry-Sun Drilling Services.  He joined NL Industries in 1973 as a Systems Application Consultant and served as Vice President and Controller of Sperry-Sun, Group Controller, Director of Management Information Systems and Controller of NL Industries, Inc. Mr. Murray holds a B.S. degree in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration from Seton Hall University.  He served for two years in the U.S. Army as a commissioned officer and now serves on the boards of Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., Precision Drilling Corporation, the Maguire Energy Institute, Valve Manufacturers Association, Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association, the Texas Business Hall of Fame, and the Board of Regents of Seton Hall University.  He is on the Board of Governors of The Houston Forum and is a member of the American Petroleum Institute and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Vice Chair
Marjorie A. Adams
President & CEO
Adams & Associates Inc.

Vice Chair
Frank Roby
Founder and Chairman
Concero Global

Secretary
Timothy Powers
Partner, International Section
Haynes and Boone, LLP

Treasurer
Phillip Drayer

President & CEO
James N. Falk
President & CEO
World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

- Directors -

Gretchen Bataille, Ph.D.
President & CEO
University of North Texas

Mark W. Bayer
Partner
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

Shawn Bhagat
CEO
American Fuel Distributors, LP

Lucy Paige Billingsley
Partner
Billingsley Company

Sano Blocker
Senior Vice President, Energy Services
Energy Future Holdings


Talmage Boston

Shareholder
Winstead PC

Dr. Gene Buinger
Superintendent
HEB Independent School District

C. Keith Cargill
President, COO & CLO
Texas Capital Bank

Curtis G. Carlson
Partner
Hunton & Williams LLP

Allison Cerra
Chief Marketing Officer
Alcatel-Lucent, Americas Region

Thomas W. Codd
Managing Partner
Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Kathleen Cooper, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Tower Center for Political Studies
Southern Methodist University

Jack Costello
Vice President, Strategic Planning
Raytheon Company

Jordan Cowman
Partner, International Labor & Employment
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP

Kevin E. Cox
Vice President, State and Community Affairs
American Airlines

W. Allen Custard III
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
PlainsCapital Bank

Jeffrey P. Fegan
Chief Executive Officer
DFW International Airport

Stephen Gardner, Ph.D
Director, McBride Center for International Business
Baylor University

Mark Gottfredson
Founding Partner, Dallas
Bain &  Company, Inc.

Jose Gutierrez
Executive Vice President, Global Enterprise Solutions
AT&T

Abe Haddad
President
Smith Limousine

Bruce Hamilton, Ph.D.
President
Fuelco, LLC

Ann Heinz

Robert W. Hsueh

Partner
Law Offices of Robert W. Hsueh

Hunter L. Hunt
Senior Vice President
Hunt Oil Company

Robert M. Jenkins
Vice President, International
7-Eleven, Inc.

Robert W. Kantner
Partner
DLA Piper US LLP
 

Gerald P. Kenney
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
NEC Corporation of America


Linda Kao

Director, MBA International Programs
Cox School of Business
Southern Methodist University

Edward S. Koppman
General Counsel
One Network Enterprises

William M. Kramer
Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch

Dr. Charles Ku, DDS
Republic of China on Taiwan
Senior Overseas Commissioner


Gray Mayes
Director of Public Affairs
Texas Instruments

Diane Seay McNulty, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for External Affairs
University of Texas at Dallas

Robin Millman, Ed.D.
President
Turn Key Investments

Hicks B. Morgan
General Counsel
Morgan Management Corporation

Kevin W. Murphy
U.S. Government Relations Manager
ExxonMobil Corporation

Kathy L. Nealy

President
Kathy L. Nealy and Associates


Lynne Novack

Associate Dean for Programs
Southern Methodist University

Ambassador James C. Oberwetter
President
Dallas Regional Chamber

Paul Pandian
Advisor
Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc.


Brenda Pejovich
Founder
BP Associates

Eddie W. Reeves
Principal
The Reeves Group

James Riley

Randy Robason

Office Managing Partner
Grant Thornton LLP

Kristan Robinson
Trustee and Program Officer
The Hoglund Foundation

Amir Rupani
President & CEO
One World Holdings, Inc.

John P. Ryan
Chairman
Dresser, Inc.

Gail Sachson
Founder & Owner
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Joan Scott

Trem Smith

President & CEO
Hillwood International Energy


Lee C. Tashjian
Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Fluor Corporation

Catherine B. Taylor
Taylor Enterprises

Prasad Thotakura
COO
ekNazar.com

Rice M. Tilley, Jr.
Senior Attorney
Haynes and Boone LLP

Betsey Bradley Urschel

John M. Ward
Vice President, International Business Development
Lockheed Martin

James Waters
Partner
Haynes and Boone, LLP

H. Ron White
Managing Partner
Adorno Yoss White & Wiggins, L.L.P.

Donna Wilhelm

Ahmed Yanouri
President
Ad-Mar Properties

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