James D. Recer, BBA ’83, has been announced as the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer of Veritex Community Bank. His role at Veritex will be to lead the company’s efforts in all revenue initiatives and to develop scalable strategies designed to support the Bank’s organic growth.
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Kiley Baker, MBA ’13, has been announced the new Executive Director of Client Advisory for Crestone Capital, LLC. Crestone Capital delivers a suite of fully integrated investment management and wealth advisory services to families looking to protect and enhance their wealth and define their unique legacy. Into her new role, Kiley brings with her a fresh perspective and a wealth of experience from her time as an Executive Director with J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Denver and New York City.
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David Muse, MBA ’04 was announced the new CEO of Elemica in June of 2020. Elemica is the leading Digital Supply Network for global manufacturing industries. David brings to Elemica his extensive global leadership experience from his former roles as President and CEO of Enviance, and COO of P2 Energy Solutions.
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Chris Pendergrass, MBA ’08, has been appointed as the new president of Ulrich Barn Builders of Texas. Ulrich Barn Builders is a leading manufacturer of storage sheds and lifestyle structures such as cabin shells, playhouses, and finished cabins. Continued growth and success are projected at Ulrich with their new additions in leadership.
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Marissa Tarleton, MBA ’02 and former CEO of RetailMeNot, was named president of Aceable Inc. in May 2020. Marissa is Aceable’s first president and will partner with its founder and CEO Blake Garrett to propel the company into the next stage of growth.
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Michael Bogdan, MD, MBA ’16, was named vice president on the Executive Committee for the Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF). The mission of ASERF is to advance the safety and effectiveness of aesthetic medicine through independent, unbiased, directed research, and groundbreaking education.
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This past May, a committee of four MBA alumni, two MBA students, and two MBA staff representatives came together to review funding proposals for student projects set for the 2020-21 school year. The funds come from an endowment established by MBA alumni in 2005—the MBA Alumni Endowed Excellence Fund (MAEEF). This yearly awarding process is the most direct way that alumni invest in students and the legacy of the MBA program.
This year the committee awarded $25,000 to support a wide variety of projects:
The Graduate Consulting Group (GCG) will be able to unlock their most ambitious goals for GCG and the class of 2022 to broaden recruiting pipelines at all their target firms. Their plan is to unite McCombs advocates from each target firm and office to counsel with GCG leadership, Employer Relations, and Career Management. By hosting subsequent mock interviews, they hope to solidify early firm interest in first-year students and better promote cross-collaboration, as those same McCombs advocates observe their potential and preparation firsthand. In addition, the planned GCG Summit will further elevate McCombs’ profile externally and increase the caliber of our internal preparation and competitiveness of consulting recruits.
The eQual group is committed to organizing events and programming that support the McCombs School’s commitment to LGBTQ+ issues as well as diversity and inclusion at large. Funding from MAEEF will allow them to focus on providing higher quality events and programming that educate and entertain existing McCombs students, while increasing engagement efforts with prospective students.
The Crisis Challenge is a 24-hour simulation with the aim of giving MBA students an opportunity to test their leadership skills in a high-pressure environment that reflects real challenges business leaders experience. With support from the MAEEF, this challenge will not only give current students a platform to sharpen their leadership skills, but also create a unique opportunity to bring Alumni back to campus to share their wisdom.
The Graduate Business Council (GBC) will host a series of bi-weekly trivia contests with the aim of providing a greater sense of community among McCombs students. These contests will provide opportunities for the student body to coalesce, with explicit emphasis on fostering greater relations between: international and domestic students, first and second years, as well as connecting students with a range of social interests. The GBC Diversity & Inclusion Chair as well as the International Student rep will collaborate to ensure the questions and the trivia contest are structured to create a welcoming and inclusive environment.
The Health Innovation Fellows (HIF) and the Healthcare Association (HCA) will use the support from MAEEF to launch the second running of the McCombs Healthcare Case Competition. This competition brings together passionate healthcare students from across the University of Texas and continues to cement McCombs School of Business as an innovative leader in healthcare.
The Graduate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Club (The Club) will use the funding to re-build connections between current students and alumni in order to inspire students to become creative self-starts who can enact positive change in their future corporations, startups, communities, and world. Some of what The Club intends to accomplish include:
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