The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin announces the appointment of the following members to its BBA Advisory Board.
- Barry Kobren, BBA 1984, Senior Vice President, Sanders Partners Incorporated, El Paso, TX
- Fauzul Lakhani, BBA 2009, Vice President, Riverstone Holdings, Sugar Land, TX
- Jessica Rancher, BBA 2002, MPA 2002, Tax Operations Leader, Baker Hughes, Houston, TX
- Sai Yeluru, BBA 2018, Business Analyst, McKinsey & Company, Dallas, TX
Additionally, the board’s executive committee assumed new leadership:
• Chair: John Briscoe, BBA 1981, Consultant, Houston, TX
• Vice Chair: Maria Garate, BBA 1998, Regional Talent Recruiting Manager, The United Family of Stores, Plano, TX
• Past Chair: Brandi Kleinman, BBA 2000, Vice President, Veritas Advisory Group Inc., Dallas, TX
• Values Ambassador Chair: Terese Everson, BBA Business Honors 1996, Vice President, Cienda Partners, LP, Austin, TX
The McCombs School would like to thank our new members and leaders and also thank outgoing leaders Erin Patten, who has become an emeritus member having served as vice chair, chair, and past chair respectively during the past three years, and also Angela Morisette, who has finished her one-year term as values ambassador chair. Additionally, Cameron Chandler, Terese Everson, Maria Garate, Meagan Gates, Angela Moras, and Sean Waggoner have been reappointed for a second active term, and Bethany Rolan has been appointed for her first three-year term having served the previous year as the Rising Star representative. Sai Yeluru is serving as the Rising Star representative in 2018-19. View the full membership.
The McCombs School of Business BBA Advisory Board formed in 2008. Members assist the dean, associate dean of undergraduate programs, faculty, and staff of the McCombs School of Business in achieving and maintaining “best of class” status for the BBA programs. Members support the BBA program’s strategy planning, curricula, external affairs, alumni engagement, fundraising efforts, and student placement. Member nominations are accepted on a rolling basis. The executive committee considers nominations for membership each spring and new three-year terms begin Sept. 1.
