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 2024-25 Executive Committee.

New BBA Advisory Board Members:

Daniela Aizenman, BBA 2024
2024 BBA Rising Star Leadership Award Recipient
Product Management Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers
New York, NY

Brad Beldon, BBA 1986
Chief Executive Officer, BELDON Roofing Company
San Antonio, TX

Jennifer Birk, BBA 1993
EVP, Operations, Oracle
Menlo Park, CA

Melissa Bolden, BBA, MPA 1992
Executive Director- CFO Digital Estate & Gen AI, KPMG
Dallas, TX

Robert Copito, BBA 1980
Vice Chairman, CBRE, Inc.
Great Falls, VA

Rakiya Cunningham, BBA 2018
MBA Candidate at Stanford Graduate School of Business
Palo Alto, CA

Jeffrey Eisenberg, BBA 1987
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Eisenberg Partners, L.L.C.
Beverly Hills, CA

Abram Finkelstein, BBA 1990
Founder and President, StaffLink Outsourcing, Inc.
Weston, FL

Samuel Garcia, BBA 2016
Partner, Amplo; Lecturer, Harvard Law School
Austin, TX

L’Sheryl Hudson, BBA 1986, MBA 1991
Chief Financial Officer, Equus Total Return
Houston, TX

Sean Juan, BBA 2005
Equity Portfolio Manager, Point72 Asset Management
New York, NY

Jorge Mendoza, BBA 2006
CEO, Banobras
Mexico City, MX

Sean Mitchell, BBA 1995
Managing Partner, Daniel Energy Partners, LLC
Houston, TX

Rob Newbold, BBA, MPA 1993
Managing Principal, Graham Partners
Devon, PA

Brett Pitts, BBA 1991
Board Director, DailyPay; Retired Head of Treasury Management, BMO
Albuquerque, NM

Mark Wenden, BBA 2014
Vice President, Vista Equity Partners
Austin, TX

Louis Zweig, BBA 1986
Senior Vice President Commercial Operations, SDM, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
Dallas, TX

The 2024-25 BBA Executive Committee:

Chair: Neal Golden, BA ’86, President, Texas Regional Manager and Vice Chairman, Newmark Knight Frank / Post Lake Capital Partners, Austin, TX

Vice Chair: Neha Patel, BBA/MPA ’03, Executive Partner, Weaver, Dallas, TX

Values Ambassador Chair: John Nash, BBA ’82, President and Partner, The Hanover Company, Houston, TX

Past Chair: Luis Rhi, BBA ’98, Director, Equity Portfolio Manager and Senior Analyst, Barrow Hanley Global Investors, Dallas, TX

The McCombs School would like to thank our new members and leaders for their service! We would like to especially recognize outgoing Chair Luis Rhi, BBA ’98, for his leadership, and our former Past Chair Ashley Smith, BBA ’06, for serving on the executive committee.

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

• Cameron Arrington, BBA 1998, MBA 2004
• Johanna Saenz Donnell, BBA 2010
• Matthew Garcia, BBA 2004
• Megan Lueders, BBA 1998
• Lisa Truppa, BBA 1997

Haley Jústiz, BBA ’23, has been appointed to her first three-year board term having served the previous year as the Rising Star representative.

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

• Angela Johnson, BBA 2003
• Barry Kobren, BBA 1984
• Fauzul Lakhani, BBA 2009
• Jessica Rancher, BBA, MPA 2002
• Lucy Wu, BBA 2012

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.