Our Board
2026 Board of Directors
| Patricia BarronAmerican Beacon | Dawn BlankenshipFortress Investment Group | Jake Brull Citi |
| Tom Del CoreRSM, US | Courtney DuphorneRBC | Rob GiacobbeBWCP |
| Jason Glennon Akin | Mary Martha HardinCambridge Associates | Bradford Heiss NexPoint |
| Kristi Herring Barrow Hanley Global Investors | Amy Kennelly Goldman Sachs | Lori Lindley JP Morgan |
| Adrienne MainErnst and Young | Gayla Mathis HBK | Graham McCall Sheppard |
| Burke McDavid Winstead | Vicki Odette Haynes Boone | Jesús Payán Crestline Investors, Inc |
| Steve Prifte UBS | Eliot Raffkind Akin, retired | Mahesh Ramchandani Maverick Capital |
| Austin Reynolds SGF Capital | Mark Schlueter Sagefield Capital LP | Tom Wagner, Chair Deloitte |
| Tillman Ward Morgan Stanley | Scott Woods KPMG | Troy Wuertz Ikarian Capital |
| Arthur Yeager Luther King Capital Management | Edward Yu Merewether Investment Management |
2026 Advisory Board
| Kyle Bass Hayman Capital Management, LP | John Bateman CPMG | Tyler Burke Trenton Capital Advisors |
| John Carlisle Americana Partners | Clint Carlson Carlson Capital, LP | Michelle Gass Paradigm Advisors |
| Mark Giambrone Barrow Hanley Global Investors | Lee Hobson Highside Capital Management | Luther King Luther King Capital Management |
| Mason King Luther King Capital Management | Harlan Korenvaes Harlan and Amy Korenvaes Family Foundation | Tracy LaPietra BTIG |
| Kevin McGuire Goldman Sachs | Wendy Moss Southern Glazers | Susan Nichol The Dove Agency |
| Joe O’Brien SGF Capital | Andrew Rosell Winstead PC | Reid Walker Hard 4 Holdings, LLC |
| Michael Watson New Flag Capital | Taylor Wilson Haynes and Boone | Evan Wyly Maverick Capital |
2026 CONNECT Board
| Alex Barnes SummitTX Capital | Chanell Brown Ernst and Young | Robert Bruner Haynes and Boone |
| Andrew Dadoun Canyon Partners | Sophia Ganesh Charles Schwab | Mike Hampton, Co-Chair NexPoint |
| Cassie Hansen HBK Capital Management | Clayton Manchac Fortress Investment Group | Lauren McCarthy SummitTX Capital |
| Britt Neel Jefferies | Chris Smith Akin | Hoyt Spearman William Blair |
| Zach Stone Revere Capital | Elinor Sutton Quinn Emmanuel | Laura Lindsay Tatum, Co-Chair Akin |
Executive Director
| Laura Chavoya Capital for Kids |