The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the appointment of the following members to its BBA Advisory Board and 2022-23 BBA Executive Committee.

New BBA Advisory Board Members:

Jeff Blazek, BBA, MPA ’97
Partner – Head of Health Care Practice, Cambridge Associates, LLC
Croton-on-Hudson, NY

Monica Huber, BBA ’90
President, Huber Advisory Services, PC
Flower Mound, TX

David Michels, BBA ’01
Vice President and CFO, Kinder Morgan
Houston, TX

Kolten Morris, BBA ’17, MPA ’18, JD ’21
Associate, Vinson and Elkins
Dallas, TX

John Nash, BBA ’82
President and Partner, The Hanover Company
Houston, TX

Emily Nguyen, BBA ’22
Rising Star Leadership Award Recipient
Credit Trading Analyst, Goldman Sachs
New York, NY

Maria Rivera, BBA ’15
Product Marketing Manager, Meta (formerly Facebook)
Austin, TX

The 2022-23 BBA Executive Committee:

Chair: Ashley Smith, BBA ’06, Managing Director, Accenture, Houston, TX

Vice Chair: Luis Rhi, BBA ’98, Director, Equity Portfolio Manager and Senior Analyst | Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC, New York, NY

Values Chair: Neal Golden, BA ’86, Vice Chairman, Newmark, Austin, TX

Past Chair: Terese Everson, BBA ’96, Director, Focus Strategies Investment Banking, Austin, TX

The McCombs School would like to thank our new members and leaders for their service! We would like to especially recognize outgoing Chair Terese Everson, BBA ’96, for her leadership, and our Past Chair Cameron Chandler, BBA ’83, for serving on the executive committee.

Additionally, the following members have been appointed for a second active term:

  • Mark Lange, BBA ’85
  • Hans Malzar, BBA ’11
  • Luis Rhi, BBA ’98
  • Robert Slovak, BBA ’96, JD ’99
  • Lucy Mei Wu, BBA ’12
  • Emilio Zamora, BBA ’11
  • Danny Zoller, BBA ’90, JD ’93

Henry Howard, BBA ’21, has been appointed for his first three-year term having served the previous year as the Rising Star representative.

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Lastly, we would like to thank our board members who are rolling off the board this year. Thank you for your time and service to the McCombs School!

  • Brendan Chan, BBA ’11
  • Andrei Coso, BBA ’11
  • Lucas Cutler, BBA ’97
  • David Druley, BBA ’88, MBA ’03
  • Kasey Dunn, BBA, MPA ’99
  • Kovid Gupta, BS ’10
  • Mandy Price, BBA ’11, JD ’06
  • Sandeep Shah, BBA ’11, BS ’12
  • Sai Yeluru, BBA ’18

About the board:
The McCombs School of Business BBA Advisory Board was formed in 2008 to 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. This diverse group of individuals ensures the integrity of the BBA Advisory Board mission by supporting the strategy planning, curricula, external affairs, alumni engagement, fundraising efforts, and student placement. The Executive Committee receives rolling applications throughout the year with consideration for membership in the spring. The new members of the BBA Advisory Board begin their three-year terms the following September.