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Executive Education Advisory Council

Many members of the Executive Degree and Professional Programs Advisory Council are executives who are alumni of the school's executive programs, while several other members are from companies that have participated in the school's custom-designed executive education programs. The goal of the Executive Education Advisory Council is to provide meaningful, as well as measurable, assistance to program directors and the School of Management at large.

Mission

The mission of the UT Dallas School of Management's Executive Degree and Professional Programs Advisory Council is:

  • To determine the evolving needs for executive degree and professional development programs
  • To recommend new initiatives for executive education at UT Dallas
  • To provide input into curriculum enhancements for existing programs
  • To increase public awareness of the UT Dallas School of Management's Executive Degree and Professional Programs

Executive Committee Members

  • Chairman: Bob Ressler
  • Associate Dean: David Springate
  • Committee Chairs:
    • Jim Strand
    • Roman Kikta
  • Faculty Representative: Michael Oliff

Current Members

Rich Allen
Business Coach
Action COACH BusinessCoaching

Brad Hughes
Principal
Hughes Ventures

Phil Pirkle
VP Human Resources
United Supermarkets

 

 

 

Jasper Arnold
Director
UT Dallas EMBA Program

King Hughes
Principal
Hughes Ventures

Michele Pomella
Senior Development Manager
JC Penney

 

 

 

Charlie Bahr
President
Bahr International

Varghese Jacob
Senior Associate Dean
UT Dallas
School of Management

Monica Powell
Assistant Dean
UT Dallas
School of Management

 

 

 

Britt Berrett
President/CEO
Medical City Dallas Hospital

Jim Joiner
Director
UT Dallas
Project Management Program

Bob Ressler
Cambient

 

 

 

Ed Casteel
Retired
Alcatel USA

Elizabeth Jones
Executive in Residence
UT Dallas
School of Management

Mahesh S. Shetty
CFO
North American
Technologies Group, Inc.

 

 

 

Rusty Cone
President
Alliance Systems

Bob Kaiser
Senior VP
Bank of America

Dennis Simmons
President/CEO
SWACHA

 

 

 

Terry Conner
Partner
Haynes and Boone, LLP

Sherry Kidd
Assistant VP
Federal Reserve Bank
of Dallas

Om Singla
President
Automation Image

 

 

 

Kevin Cox
VP, State and
Community Affairs
American Airlines

Roman Kitka
Managing Partner
Genesis Campus

Larry Solomon
Senior VP Human Resources
Cadbury-Schweppes

 

 

 

Deborah Dickinson
Program Manager
UT Dallas Medical Management Program

Richard Kneipper
COO/Founder
Provider HealthNet
Services, Inc.

David Springate
Associate Dean for
Executive Education
UT Dallas

 

 

 

Peter Dicksson
VP/Regional Manager
Ericsson, Inc.

Constantine Konstans Executive Director
Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance
UT Dallas
School of Management

Jim Strand
VP Financial Operations
Avnet, Inc.

 

 

 

Doug Eckel
Assistant Dean
UT Dallas
School of Management

Ray Lutz
Retired Graduate Dean
UT Dallas

Richard Sunderland
Senior VP Finance and CFO
Airborn, Inc.

 

 

 

Charles Eisemann
Investor

Lonnie Martin
Consultant

Jim Szot
Assistant Director
Project Management Programs
UT Dallas

 

 

 

Anne Ferrante
Director
UT Dallas Global Leadership
Executive MBA (GLEMBA)

Paul Mason
Exec. VP
Fujitsu Transaction
Solutions, Inc.

David Teegarden
President/Chief Medical Officer
Trinity Mother Frances
Health System

 

 

 

John Fowler
Director
UT Dallas Exec. Ed.
New Initiatives

John McCracken
Director
UT Dallas
Medical Management Program

Jim Watson
Associate VP for
Technology Development
UT Southwestern
Medical Center

 

 

 

Laura Garrison
Director, Strategic
Business Development
The Home Depot

Diane McNulty
Associate Dean
UT Dallas
School of Management

Nathan White
State District Judge

 

 

 

Suzanne Greever
Administrator
Mary Shiels Hospital

Hank Mulvihill
Principal
Mulvihill Asset Management

Christina Williams
Principal
Atiara Group

 

 

 

Christine Grubbs
Director, Stakeholder
Relations
North Texas RCIC

Jim Newstead
Executive Director
UT Dallas
Leadership,
Organizational Development,
and Corporate Programs

De'Edra Williams
Wipro Technologies

 

 

 

Chris Haire
President/CEO
Fina Lubricants USA

Rick Nietubicz
Principal
Plexent

Linus Wright
Search Executive/
Educator

 

 

 

James Harvey
Principal Consultant
JK Harvey Consulting LLC

John Oehike
Director, Business Planning
Texas Region
CocaCola North America

Vickie Yohe
Independent Consultant

 

 

 

Charles Hefner
Director, Customer Quality
Texas Instruments Incorporated

Michael Oliff
Clinical Professor
UT Dallas
Enterprise Transformation Programs

Jim Young
Chairman
Teleportec

 

 

 

Rob Hicks
Director
UT Dallas
Executive Coaching Program

Jay Phillips
President/CEO
Cerfis Group, Inc.

 

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