Texas A&M University

Leadership & Staff

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James Griffin

• Professor & Bob Bullock Chair in Public Policy and Finance

M Katherine Banks Vice Chancellor of Engineering - Texas A&M University

• Vice Chancellor of Engineering

Walter B Ayers Visiting Professor of Engineering, Texas A&M University

• Visiting professor

Valerie Jochen Professor, Texas A&M Engineering; formerly with Schlumberger Limited

• Professor of Practice, reservoir engineering

Stephen Holditch Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M

• Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering

Andrew S Natsios Professor, Texas A&M; USAID

• Director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs and Executive Professor

Yoonsuck Choe Transhumanist researcher at Texas A&M

• Position

Steven R Bohlen California Department of Conservation

• interim Director, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program ('08→'10)

Robert Gates Secretary of Defense under George W Bush and Barack Obama

• President (Aug 1 '02→'06)

Robert K Goodwin Former CEO, 1,000 Points of Light

• Former Public Relations ('85→'89)*

Board Members

Cliff Thomas Owner & CEO of Thomas Petroleum LLC

• Regent, Vice Chairman of Board ('11→?)

Jim Schwertner

• Regent

Morris E Foster Chairman of the Texas A&M University Board of Regents

• Chairman

Ida Clement Steen

• Regent

Gene Stallings

• Regent

Bill Jones

• Regent

Lupe Fraga Chairman and CEO, Tejas Office Products, Inc.

• Regent

Richard A Box

• Regent

Phil Adams Owner & Pres. Phil Adams Company; Regent, Texas A & M

• Regent

James P Wilson

• Vice Chairman

Donors

ExxonMobil Foundation ExxonMobil's charity giving foundation

• Donation · 1,031,585 USD ('11)

George P Mitchell wildcatter who pioneered "fracking" in Texas

• Donation (past)*

Donations

Justice Center of the Council of State Governments Advancing Reforms Around Incarceration

• Funder

Child Organizations

The Bush School of Government and Public Service A graduate college of Texas A&M University founded in 1997

• graduate college ('97→?)

Texas A&M University-Commerce Former known as East Texas Normal College

• Child Org

Texas A&M Department of Computer Science & Engineering

• Child Org

Parents

Texas A&M University System

• Parent Org

Memberships

The American Shale & Manufacturing Partnership a diverse group of organizations and industries united in a singular goal of fostering an American manufacturing renaissance

• steering group member

Services & Transactions

Wells Fargo & Company Large San Francisco-based bank holding company

• student ID debit cards

Students

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Don H Davis Jr Retired Chairman of the Board of Rockwell Automation, Inc

• BSE, Mechanical Engineering (?→'63)

Aaron Reitz Senator Ted Cruz chief of staff

• Student

Brooke Rollins USDA Secretary. former Assistant to President Trump and Acting Director of the Domestic Policy Council; former President & CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation

• Student

Will Hurd US Representative from Texas (2015-2021)

• Student

Daniel Frazee COO of Próspera

• BS, Computer Science

Sammy Kayali JPL Chief Financial Officer

• Student, Electrical Engineering

Clinton Gerst president of Bank of Bozeman

• BS, petroleum engineering

Chase Koch Charles G. Koch's son; seen as likely heir to lead Koch Industries; president, Koch Disruptive Technologies

• Bachelor's Degree, Business Marketing

Adam Loveless Houston financial advisor

• Bachelor's Degree, civil engineering

JOSEPH SWINBANK

• BS, Agricultural Economics (?→'74)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Presidential Leadership Scholars Leadership Catalyst Modeled on George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson.

• Project ('14→?)*