Advisory Council
The mission of the UTSA College of Business Advisory Council is to assist the Dean, faculty, and staff in raising the academic profile of UTSA's College of Business to become one of the nation's best business schools recognized for developing knowledge for a new world and for producing the new paradigm's transformational leaders. The Advisory Council will achieve its mission through a membership of diverse individuals whose stature and community leadership bring recognition to the college, and who:

• Engage in, assist, and support the college's fundraising efforts;


• Consult with and advise the Dean, faculty and staff of the college on curricula and programs, career planning and placement of students, alumni engagement, external affairs and other important issues affecting the future of the college;


• Offer insights to the Dean, faculty and staff on how the college can enhance the impact and reputation of its programs locally, regionally, nationally and internationally; and


• Provide an additional avenue of direct liaison between faculty and the business community for the purpose of promoting understanding, cooperation, and mutual gain through such activities as consulting arrangements, involving faculty members in practical business problems, arranging for guest lecturers from industry, bringing students in direct contact with business executives and their ideas, and offering students practical exposure to current business

Advisory Council Members

• Chair
  Cindy L. Jorgensen, EMBA ’00, Southwest Business Corporation

  
  

  Members
  Denise E. Bendele, ’87, Padgett, Stratemann & Co., L.L.P.
  Craig Berkowitch, Deloitte Consulting
  Ernest W. Bromley, ’78, MBA ’80, Bromley Communications
  Ann Bohl Deacon, ’84, Deacon Recruiting & Deacon Professional Services
  Walter D. Downing, MBA ’86, Southwest Research Institute
  Steve E. Edlund, Cadence Bank, N.A.
  Walter M. Embrey, Embrey Partners, Ltd.
  Jeffrey H. Farver
  Patrick B. Frost, Frost Bank
  Michael A. Garcia, ’85, Omni Hotels and Resorts
  Tracy Jackson, '93, EMBA '12, Tesoro Corporation
  James S. Kahan
  Clayton E. Killinger, ’83, Valero Energy Corporation
  Nancy Kudla, MBA '87, Kudla Foundation
  Juan A. Landa, Matterhorn Capital Management, LLC
  Daryl L. Lansdale, Jr., Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
  Susan McGee, U.S. Global Investors
  Laura G. McNutt, MPA ’88, Weaver, LLP
  Thomas L. Mitchell, Jr., Booz|Allen|Hamilton
  George S. Muller, MBA '76, C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc.
  David E. Reynolds, Security Service Federal Credit Union
  Marcelo P. Sanchez, Ahmsa International, Inc.
  Greg Souquette, H-E-B
  Charles M. Wender, Charles Martin Wender Real Estate & Investments
  Terry Witte, MBA '87, Wells Fargo Bank
  Norman L. Wright, Citibank Client Services

• Ex Officio Members
  Paul C. Castella, EMBA ’05, Incyte Venture Partners; Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship Advisory Board
  Michael A. Hogan, Hogan Real Estate Services; Real Estate Finance & Development Founders Council
  Nancy E. Ozuna, '93, MPA '95, BKD, LLP; Accounting Advisory Board
  

  * Appointed as ex officio member as Chair of advisory group in the College of Business