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

Natalie Barnard, MBA ’12
Vice President, Head of Business Development & Operations, Amherst Residential
Austin, TX

Victor Hugo Paredes Jr., MBA ’16
Executive Director of Account Planning
Lopez Negrete Communications

Joanna Wang, MBA ’08
Quantitative Risk Analyst, Lower Colorado River Authority
Austin, TX

Erin Scarborough, MBA ’10
Senior Vice President, Planning and Administration, AT&T
Dallas, TX

Omon Aburime, MBA ’12
Asset Manager – Delaware Asset, Apache Corporation
Katy, TX

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

  • Chair: Lisa Simon, MBA ’14, M&A Senior Manager, Deloitte, Dallas, TX
  • Vice Chair: Wendy Wheless, MBA ’08, Founder and Chief Movement Officer, Thru Movement, Austin, TX
  • Past Chair: Carrie Haden, MBA ’05, Head of Strategic Accounts, AWS Professional Services, Dallas TX

The McCombs School would like to thank our new members and leaders and also thank Chad Auler, MBA ’03, Stephanie Carlton, MBA ’12, Jim McMullan, MBA ’96, Susan Saurage-Altenloh, MBA ’03, and Ryan Nixon, MBA ’08, who will be rolling off of the board and our outgoing leader, Arthur Mills, MBA ’04, who has become an emeritus member having served as past chair.

Additionally, Erin Cast, MBA ’03, Danielle Crayton, MBA ’03, Carlos Dinkins, MBA ’05, Nida Kia, MBA ’10, Brian Payne, MBA ’03, have been reappointed for a second active term. View the full membership.

The McCombs School of Business MBA Advisory Board formed in 1996. 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.