The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin announces the appointment of the following members to its MBA Advisory Board.

  • Casey Andrews, MBA 2011, Manager, Capture Services, Amazon Web Services, Round Rock, TX
  • Frankie Arvelo, MBA 2014, Arvelo PLLC, Austin, TX
  • Marwin Brown, MBA 2003, CEO, FoodFidelity, Austin, TX
  • Varsha Dadlani, MBA 2013, Manager, Corporate Finance, Deloitte, London, England
  • Colin Kelly, MBA 2011, Senior Project Manager, Exelon Corporation, Kennet Square, PA
  • Jay Kleberg, MBA 2013, Associate Director, Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation
  • Austin, TX
  • Sarah Matt, MD, MBA 2015, VP Solutions Strategy, NextGen Healthcare, Austin, TX
  • Darren Myers, MBA 2003, Partner, Asset Management, Perella Weinberg Partners, Denver, CO
  • Naruby Schlenker, MBA 2010, Head of Business Development and Partnerships, Flowspace, Austin, TX
  • Rebekah Shipman, MBA 2016, President and CEO, Reservoir Data Systems, Houston, TX
  • Steve Spies, MBA 1980, Principal and Founder, SWS Risk Advisory LLC, Plano, TX

Additionally, the board’s executive committee assumed new leadership:

  • Chair: Arthur Mills, MBA 2004, Chief Operating Officer, New Teacher Center
  • Vice Chair:Carrie Haden, MBA 2005, Principal, Microsoft
  • Past Chair: Ken Parekh, MBA 1987, CEO, Parekh Partners LLC

The McCombs School would like to thank our new members and leaders and also thank outgoing leader, KD Weitzel, who has become an emeritus member having served as past chair.

Additionally, Kama Koudelka, MBA 1989, Mark Roberts, MBA 1994, J. Scott Rochelli, MBA 2014, Lisa Simon, MBA 2014, and Kevin Zlotnik, 2015 have been reappointed for a second active term. View the full membership.

The McCombs School of Business MBA Advisory Board formed in 2008. Members assist the dean, associate dean of graduate programs, faculty, and staff of the McCombs School of Business in achieving and maintaining “best of class” status for the MBA programs. Members support the MBA 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.