Our People Are Our Strongest - Neeley School of Business

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Spring 2014
MAGAZINE OF THE NEELEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT TCU
Our People Are Our Strongest
For the Neeley School of Business at
TCU, our strongest assets are our lifelong,
worldwide supporters.
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Contents
SPRING 2014 • VOLUME 16, ISSUE 1
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Neeley & Associates MBAs Ben Westcott, Andrew
Brisbin, Scott Casey and Spencer Albright work on a
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Dean
O. Homer Erekson
John V. Roach Dean
Associate Deans
William L. Cron
Sr. Associate Dean, Graduate
Programs and Research
J. Vaughn and Evelyne H. Wilson
Professor in Business
George Low
Associate Dean, Undergraduate
and International Programs
Publisher
Jeff Waite
Editor/Sr. Writer
Elaine Cole
Art Director
Erin Smutz
Photography
Elaine Cole
B.J. Lacasse
Christina Mihov
Sterling Wells
Leo Wesson
On the Cover
Erik Yohe BBA ’09 gives
finance student Corbett
Ekonomou tips to help him
ace his interviews with top
financial institutions.
Neeley School of Business at TCU
TCU Box 298530
Fort Worth, TX 76129
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www.neeley.tcu.edu
© 2014 Neeley School of Business at TCU
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Dean's Message
3
Neeley by the Numbers
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News at Neeley
12 Faculty News
14 Research
16 Alumni News
18 Our People Are Our Strongest
Building Blocks
26 For the Neeley School of Business, our strongest
assets are our lifelong, worldwide supporters.
Our Thanks for Supporting Neeley
Students Today…and Tomorrow
We highlight some of our supporters who have
provided opportunities for students, faculty and
programs.
28 Building a Bold Future
32 Class Notes
36
On the Scene
New buildings, major renovations and expansions
are essential for Neeley to compete with the best
business schools in the nation and world.
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DEAN'S MESSAGE
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We Are Cultivating
the Leaders of
Tomorrow
In the 1950s, William H. Whyte penned a provocative book,
The Organization Man, in which he expressed concern that the
American public was convinced that companies and other organized
groups made better decisions than individuals. “They are the ones
of our middle class who have left home, spiritually as well as
physically, to take the vows of organization life, and it is they who
are the mind and soul of our self-perpetuating institutions,” he
wrote. In rebuttal, he cited numerous examples where individual
creativity was the building block for innovation and business
success.
In many ways, this thesis is relevant today. Creativity and
innovation fuel the success of business, whether focusing on
entrepreneurial startups, small business development or innovation
within large corporations.
In the Neeley School, we make a promise of being committed
to unleashing human potential with leadership at the core and
innovation in our spirit.
How do we fulfill this promise? It starts with high-quality
faculty and staff dedicated to providing premium educational and
professional development experiences both inside and outside the
classroom. However, for students to achieve their full potential,
they need access to leaders in the business world. Fortunately, at the
Neeley School we have strong and deep relationships with alumni,
parents and other partners who support the success of our students
in many ways.
I invite you to read about many of the special ways that our
students benefit from internships and career placement networks,
employers and professionals who visit campus and who welcome
students to their place of business, class assignments working on
real-world business problems, and generous financial support from
donors who believe in and support the Neeley promise.
Yes, our strongest assets are our lifelong, worldwide supporters.
If you are one of those already, thank you so very much. Together,
we are cultivating the leaders of tomorrow. If you would like to
become a part of the Neeley success story, we have a place for you
and welcome your ideas and support.
O. Homer Erekson
John V. Roach Dean
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Get Involved
at Neeley!
We want to hear from you. Visit
www.neeley.tcu.edu/getinvolved
and take our survey.
NEELEY BY THE NUMBERS
UNDERGRADUATE
GRADUATE (MBA)
94%
91%
$55,300
$82,568
Average
Starting Salary
Average
Starting Salary
#27
#35 #21
Employed or enrolled in
graduate school within
90 days of graduation
Best Business
School
Bloomberg
Businessweek
Employed
within 90 days
of graduation
2013 Full-time
MBA in
the Nation
The Economist
2013 Executive
MBA in
the World
The Economist
*Salary reports and employment rates provided by the Alcon Career Center and Neeley Graduate Career Center.
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NEWS AT NEELEY
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Ray Pfeiffer is New
Associate Dean for
Undergraduate Programs
Accounting Professor Ray Pfeiffer joined the Neeley School in
2009 as chair of the accounting department, following 15 years
at the University of Massachusetts, where he was a professor of
accounting and director of the Isenberg PhD programs from 2007 to
2009. He also served one year as a Research Fellow at the Financial
Accounting Standards Board in Norwalk, Connecticut.
As chair of Neeley’s accounting department, Pfeiffer has been
a proponent of effective and creative teaching and research, has
significantly improved the function of the Accounting Advisory
Board, and led the development of a strong strategic plan for the
department.
Pfeiffer steps up to replace George Low, who has been named
Dean of the College of Business and Economics at Radford
University in Virginia. The new positions will be effective July 1.
“I look forward to working with our excellent faculty, staff and
students to explore ways to hone the already impressive breadth and
depth of the Neeley School’s significant programs, academics and
experiential learning initiatives,” Pfeiffer said.
Pfeiffer has been published in the top three accounting journals
and has presented at professional meetings, conference and academic
institutions around the world. He holds a PhD from the University of
North Carolina and BA in accounting from Moravian College.
In-Mu Haw Named
Neeley Alumni Professor
of the Year
Accounting Professor In-Mu Haw joined the Neeley School
in 1990 and is the J. Vaughn & Evelyne H. Wilson Professor of
Business. Haw considers teaching a lifelong journey and his students
as lifelong friends.
“Each day I am filled with passion, enthusiasm and love for my
profession,” Haw said. “I enjoy my scholarly work and interactions
with students with hope that they discover their hidden talents and
strengths and gain confidence. Most of all, I want them to recognize
I care for each of them individually. They are my lifelong friends and
the future business leaders of our society, through whom I enrich my
life as a teacher and scholar.”
Former student Kathy Novak Johnson, EMBA ’12, director of IP
marketing for BNSF Railway, said: “Dr. Haw’s humorous, easyto-understand approach allowed non-finance types to quickly find
practicality in the details and confidently apply it in day-to-day work
activities.”
Haw holds a PhD and an MBA in finance and accounting from the
University of Alabama. He holds a BBA from Cheong-Ju University
in South Korea.
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NEWS AT NEELEY
The AMA consortium included workshops and panels designed to challenge and motivate scholars.
Neeley Hosts Conferences for Sales and Entrepreneurship
The Neeley School hosted the 2013
AMA Faculty Consortium in Selling and
Sales Management, which welcomed 19
international faculty members and 23
doctoral candidates. The Neeley School
also hosted the U.S. Association for Small
Business and Entrepreneurship annual
conference, attended by more than 500
entrepreneurship educators from around the
world.
“Our vision for the AMA sales consortium
was to create an environment conducive to
rich interactions in both formal and informal
settings, to give everyone a chance to forge
valuable research-focused relationships,”
said event co-chair Bill Moncrief, the
Charles F. and Alann P. Bedford Professor of
International Business at Neeley.
For the U.S. Association for Small
Business and Entrepreneurship, this was the
first time a university has hosted the annual
conference.
“I’ve been involved with USASBE
since 1997, and I don’t remember a
conference that was as well managed,
well organized and meaningful for our
members. To a great extent that was a
result of TCU’s involvement,” Pat Dickson,
USASBE president and associate dean of
undergraduate programs at Wake Forest,
said.
Both events featured workshops, panel
discussions and Texas entertainment at
Billy Bob’s Texas, the world’s largest honky
tonk, located in the Fort Worth Historic
Stockyards.
Brad Hancock, director of the Neeley Entrepreneurship Center, welcomes attendees to the USASBE Conference.
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NEWS AT NEELEY
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Students met 70 children and the one woman
who takes care of them, Mama Beauty, and
donated $4,100 they had collected to help the
day care center she runs.
TCU MBAs Make a Big
Difference in South Africa
Seventy children will be warmer, dryer,
better fed and more educable than before
because of the TCU MBA South Africa Study
Abroad program.
“Businesses expanding into developing
countries should understand that many of their
potential customers are living in poverty,”
Garry Bruton, professor of management and
Fehmi Zeko Faculty Fellow, said.
To understand how firms must adapt to serve
the one billion people of the world who are
in the bottom of the income pyramid, Bruton
leads the annual TCU MBA South Africa
Study Abroad program to meet with businesses
and the people they serve.
The students delivered $4,100 in funds
they had collected for a day care center, to
supply nutritionally sound food for the next 12
months. They also helped level the ground for
concrete to replace the muddy ground around
the center. TCU provided a Service Learning
Grant of $700 to help pay for the concrete.
“It was definitely one of the most
worthwhile classes I've ever taken,” David
Klein, TCU PMBA student, said. “You simply
cannot get that combination of academic
learning and cultural understanding without
being there and experiencing it for yourself.”
MBA students Peter Mansfield and Alex Austin
volunteered with their classmates at a day care
center in South Africa.
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If you would like to contribute to
the MBA students’ efforts in South
Africa, please visit www.tinyurl.com/
TCUMBASouthAfrica.
TCU MBA students hike the terrain in Cape Town,
South Africa.
“
You simply cannot
get that combination of
academic learning and
cultural understanding
without being there
and experiencing it for
yourself.”
- David Klein, TCU PMBA student
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NEWS AT NEELEY
Entrepreneurial TCU
Students Win Business Plan
Competitions
Call it Shark Tank for college students. Two students put their
business plans to the test and walked away with top honors and cash
prizes.
Gabrielle McBay won first place and $5,000 in the Alley
Scholars Shark Tank Challenge, beating out 25 teams of students
from universities throughout Texas and Arkansas. Competitors
were required to create a 30-page business report and then present
their plan for a new business venture before a distinguished panel
of judges. McBay, a pastry chef, won for her business plan for
Ellements Gourmet Sweet Mix.
“All of the hard work, stress and emotional moments, it's starting
to pay off,” McBay said.
For the National Elevator Pitch Competition presented by the
Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Tanner Agar only had 90
seconds to convince judges that his business, Chef Shelf, was viable.
Agar won Third Place and $1,500 out of 60 competitors.
Chef Shelf is an online gourmet food retailer for leading chefs and
restaurants.
“I’ve been a chef and I wanted to start a company that combined
my passion for restaurants with business, and give chefs a chance to
break into the specialty food market,” Agar said.
Tanner Agar's company, The Chef Shelf (thechefshelf.com) is an online gourmet
food retailer for chefs and restaurants.
Gabrielle McBay accepts the first place award for her business plan for Ellements Gourmet Sweet Mix, from founders of the Alley Scholars.
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NEWS AT NEELEY
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TCU Collegiate
Entrepreneurs’ Organization
Named Best Student
Chapter in the Nation
A 100+ active membership and dozens of networking and skillbuilding opportunities won the TCU chapter the honor of best in the
nation out of 230 chapters across the U.S.
TCU Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (TCU CEO) officers
Courtney Schmit, Cole Petrie, Daniel Pino and Jacquie Hunt traveled
to Chicago to the CEO national conference to pitch why their
chapter is the best in the U.S. based on leadership, membership and
accomplishments. Each of the 230 chapters submitted a two-page
overview of the past year. Three finalists were selected to present
in front of a panel of judges: TCU, Texas State University and
University of Nebraska at Omaha.
“Neeley prepares us to give professional, polished presentations,
and that enabled us to share the many aspects of TCU CEO that make
it the best in the nation,” Schmit said.
The team focused on TCU CEO’s 100-person-strong membership,
networking opportunities, speaker series, boot camps, road trips and
competitions.
One unique aspect of TCU CEO is that membership is not
restricted to Neeley students.
“We went to every college on campus and recruited members, so
we now have representation from disciplines across TCU,” Pino said.
TCU CEO officers Courtney Schmit, Cole Petrie, Daniel Pino and Jacquie Hunt
traveled to the CEO national conference to pitch why their chapter is the best
in the U.S.
TCU CEO members celebrate their national win with Brad Hancock and Robin Shelander of the Neeley Entrepreneurship Center.
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NEWS AT NEELEY
BNSF Executive Chairman Matt Rose Honored with
Bob Bolen Civic Leadership Award
The Neeley School created the award,
named for former Fort Worth mayor and
longtime civic leader Bob Bolen, to honor a
civic or corporate leader of national stature
for his or her contributions to the building
and stewardship of our communities and
nation.
Rose joined Burlington Northern in 1993
and was named executive chairman in 2014.
He previously served 13 years as chief
executive officer and 11 years as chairman.
Under Rose’s leadership, BNSF has more
than doubled its revenue to more than
$20 billion annually in recent years, while
increasing freight volumes by 24 percent
from 2000 to 2013.
Rose is a member of The Business
Council, Business Roundtable, Texas
Governor’s Business Council and Boy
Scouts of America National Executive
Board. He serves on the boards of the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National
Association of Manufacturers, Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas, AT&T, Center for
Energy and Economic Development and
Boys & Girls Clubs of America. In 2011, he
was appointed to President Obama’s Council
on Jobs and Competitiveness, a committee
of national business and civic leaders that
delivered recommendations to encourage
job growth and strengthen the American
economy.
Neeley’s BNSF Next Generation
Leadership Program was developed under
Rose’s leadership.
The father of two TCU alumni, Rose
received the Honorary Alumnus Award from
the TCU Alumni Association in 2012. He
has served on the TCU board of trustees
since 2002 and served as campaign chair,
leadership gift committee chair and member
of the campaign scholarship initiative
committee for The Campaign for TCU
(2005-2012).
Dean Erekson and Matt Rose at the Tandy Executive
Speaker Series.
Calloway’s Nursery Inc. Honored as Neeley Alumni
Business of the Year
Jim Estill of Calloway's Nursery also serves on Neeley's International Board of Visitors.
Founded in 1986 with Jim Estill BBA ’69
MBA ’77 as president and CEO, Calloway’s
Nursery is an independent Texas-based garden
center with 16 stores in the Dallas/Fort Worth
market and two in the Houston market, offering
advice to gardeners of all levels.
Calloway’s sells plants that are perfect for
Texas and supports those plants with more
on-site Texas Certified and Master Certified
Nursery Professionals than any other garden
center in Texas. Calloway’s also supports the
community through the Good Neighbor Program,
Community Sponsorship Program and support
for Fort Worth-based Lena Pope Home.
The Neeley Alumni Business of the Year
Award honors a business, either alumni-owned
or having TCU alumni in executive leadership
roles, with shared values and a commitment to
supporting TCU through employment, investment
and volunteer participation.
“TCU is a great school that makes Calloway’s
even better,” said Estill, who serves on Neeley’s
International Board of Visitors. “We have
supported several members of our management
team to go through TCU’s Executive MBA
program, and the knowledge and personal and
professional worth they bring back from TCU is a
big boost to Calloway’s.”
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IN MEMORIAM
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Bob Bolen:
Leaving the
world better
than he found it
By Elaine Cole
Fort Worth’s longest-serving mayor was
known for welcoming everyone with a warm
smile and dispensing down-to-earth advice,
whether as the owner of a bike or card shop,
the leader of the city, or as senior advisor
to the TCU Chancellor. Bob Bolen died in
January of 2014.
“My favorite way to describe Mayor
Bob was his role as a consensus builder
and transformational leader,” said Bolen’s
long-time TCU administrative assistant Leah
Keyes. “He made productive contributions
through his toy, bicycle and card stores,
his neighborly activities to help whenever
and wherever he had the opportunity, his
volunteer work in his children’s sports
programs and his congenial personality.”
Just as he was for his beloved city of Fort
Worth, former Mayor Bob Bolen was TCU’s
best ambassador.
“No matter who came to his office in the
Neeley School, whether it was a student who
had never been to Fort Worth before, or a
member of a prominent Fort Worth family,
Bob treated everyone exactly the same,”
said Brad Hancock, director of the Neeley
Entrepreneurship Center, who officed near
Bolen for several years on the third floor of
Bob Bolen speaks to a TCU
class.
Bob and Fran Bolen attended many
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TCU events.
Smith Hall.
Fort Worth’s longestserving mayor, Bolen
continued his lifelong
devotion to education and
providing opportunities for
young people when he joined
TCU as senior advisor to
the Chancellor in 1991, and
served as visiting lecturer
and advisor to the Dean of
the Neeley School. He also
oversaw several scholarships
in his name.
The R.E. “Bob” Bolen
Scholarship was established
in 1991 by the generosity
of community leaders and
friends. Bolen was involved
Bob Bolen and Leah Keyes at a TCU event.
in selecting recipients each
year, and 19 undergraduate
“He was a very special person in my
and graduate business students have
life. Certainly my greatest mentor,” Minor
received the scholarship to date. Bolen
said. “He touched so many lives because he
was honored again when a scholarship was
mentored so many people, opening doors
endowed in his name in 2010, made possible
and connecting people. That was the big
by a gift from The Sarah & Ross Perot Jr.
lesson I learned from him. Lots of students
Foundation. The scholarship is awarded
came to me for advice. I knew I didn’t know
based on the leadership and community
everything there is to know about starting
service that Mayor Bolen embodied
a business, but I could connect them with
throughout his life. There have been 76
somebody in private equity or real estate or
Bolen Leadership Scholars to date.
whatever.”
Martha Granger was one of them.
Bolen made thousands of connections
“When I decided to get an MBA degree
in business and the community over 60
at TCU, Bob became my personal mentor,”
years, since first entering the business world
Granger said. “One of the most important
in 1952, owning successful bicycle and
lessons I learned from him was how he
Hallmark shops in Fort Worth, Dallas and
balanced his civic and business leadership
San Antonio. He was elected to the Fort
with his gratitude toward his family. He
Worth City Council in 1978 and elected
made a point to always say that his family
mayor in a special election in 1982. He
was the most important thing to him. That
served as mayor of Fort Worth from 1982has helped me keep perspective in my
1991, joined TCU in 1991, and was awarded
own business and life.”
the Royal Purple Award in 1992 for his
Bolen also mentored David Minor,
exemplary service to TCU and Fort Worth.
founding director of the Neeley
Keyes said it was a privilege for her to
Entrepreneurship Center and owner of a
work with “Mayor Bob” from 1991 to 2014.
successful landscaping business, when
“What is the likelihood that two people,
Minor was a high school student just
both born in Illinois and both former
beginning his entrepreneurial journey.
residents of Shreveport, Louisiana, who had
“He was one of the few entrepreneurs
a strong affinity for Hallmark stores, would
who related to what I was trying to do,”
meet and collaborate together for over 8,000
Minor said. As a college student, Minor
days of their working lives?” she asked.
took Bolen’s course on starting and
“People often said to me: ‘He acts so
operating a small business. From that
genuine!’” Keyes added. “I would respond:
point on they stayed in touch. “He
‘He is the real deal.’ It was not an act. He
was a person I could really look up to
really loved people.”
and look to for advice,” he said. As
Minor’s business took off and articles
ran in the local newspaper, Bolen
would send him one of his “famous
To watch a memorial tribute
notes.” When the opportunity arose at
video featuring former Mayor
TCU to lead a new entrepreneurship
Bob Bolen, produced by Red
center, Minor believes Bolen had a lot
Productions, visit the Neeley YouTube
to do in suggesting him for the job.
site at www.tinyurl.com/Bob-Bolen.
They shared an office suite for 10 years.
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NEWS AT NEELEY
Congratulations to New TCU Trustees
Two Neeley alumni have been tapped to serve as the newest members of the TCU Board of Trustees.
Katie M. Farmer BBA ’92 MBA ’95
Group Vice President, Consumer Products,
BNSF Railway
“
I am flattered and
humbled to be asked to join
such an amazing group of
people. I’m also thankful for
the opportunity to give back
to the University and people
who made such a significant
impact on my life.”
Katie Farmer graduated from TCU with
a BBA in marketing in 1992 and received
her MBA with an emphasis in finance from
TCU in 1995. She currently serves on the
executive committee of the TCU National
Alumni Association.
Farmer began her career in the railroad
industry in 1992 as a BNSF Railway
management trainee in Fort Worth. She has
held positions in sales, marketing, finance,
customer solutions and network operations.
In 1998, after a field sales position in
Houston, Farmer returned to Fort Worth
as director of plastics marketing. In 2001,
she began a series of promotions with the
company, from general director in chemical
products sales, to assistant vice president for
carload equipment, to vice president of sales
for industrial products, and in June 2010
was appointed vice president of domestic
Intermodal, responsible for BNSF’s sales
and marketing activities. She was promoted
to group vice president of consumer
products in January 2013, responsible for the
commercial activities of BNSF’s intermodal
and automotive business.
In addition to her successful professional
career, Farmer serves the community as
a member of the board of directors of
Presbyterian Night Shelter and Fort Worth
Symphony Orchestra executive committee.
She is a member of Jewel Charity Ball,
National Charity League, Junior League of
Fort Worth and Christ Chapel Bible Church.
Katie and her husband, Jeff, live in Fort
Worth with their son, Patrick, and daughter,
Caroline.
Eddie Clark BBA ’82
President and CEO, Professional Turf Products
“
A Philadelphia native, Eddie Clark
attended TCU on an athletic scholarship
with the Horned Frog football team.
Clark is owner and president/CEO
of Professional Turf Products, the
distributorship for the Toro Company that
serves Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and the
western regions of Arkansas, Louisiana and
Missouri. Professional Turf Products has
locations in Houston, San Antonio, Tulsa
and Kansas City, with the main office in
Euless, Texas.
Clark was named president and CEO
in 1997 after spending four years with the
Toro Company, where he held progressively
higher leadership positions beginning with
general manager of corporate accounts, then
director of sales for the consumer division
and then national accounts manager. Prior
to starting with the Toro Company in 1993,
Clark was with Goldthwaite’s since 1982.
Goldthwaite’s is the former distributer for
Toro in Texas.
I’m hopeful that I can make a meaningful contribution to the TCU Board of Trustees.
Collectively, each and every board member has passion and pride for our University that will
inevitably lead to sound decisions which will continue to propel our institution to the highest ranks.
I am very excited and honored to have a hand in shaping the future of Texas Christian University. ”
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FACULTY NEWS
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Gathering the Best Minds in Business
Meet the newest members of the faculty of the Neeley School of Business at TCU. We are gathering the best minds in business to
cultivate an environment of innovation and leadership that produces brilliant young minds. Like our already impressive faculty and
staff, these new leaders are personal, connected and real, with fresh perspectives to invigorate our curriculum.
VIPIN AGRAWAL
Visiting Assistant Professor, Finance
Agrawal joins TCU from California State
University at Fullerton, where he was
assistant professor of finance. He holds
a PhD in Finance from the University of
Texas at Austin, and an MS in Finance
from Texas A&M University. His research
has been published in Production and
Operations Management, Quarterly Review
of Economics and Finance, Review of
Business Information Systems and Journal
of Business Case Studies.
Director, Professional Program
in Accounting
GEORGE DRYMIOTES
Assistant Professor, Accounting
Beaver is a CPA with experience in audit,
tax, not-for-profit accounting, financial
accounting and campus recruiting. She
previously was senior financial accountant
for TCU, an adjunct faculty member at
Texas Woman’s University, and a tax
services associate for Ernst & Young. She
received her MS and BBA in Accounting
from Texas Tech University.
Drymiotes holds a PhD in Accounting from
the University of Florida. He comes to
TCU from the University of Cyprus, where
he was Assistant Professor of Accounting.
He also held that title at the University of
Houston. His research focuses on corporate
governance, managerial compensation
and incentives, and has appeared in The
Journal of Accounting Research, Journal
of Accounting and Economics, and
Contemporary Accounting Research.
DAVID GRAS
ZACHARY HALL
PAUL IRVINE
Gras is co-editor of Social Entrepreneurship
Volumes 1 and 2. He holds a PhD in
Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises
from Syracuse University and an MS in
Marketing from Clemson University. His
research has been published in Journal
of Business Venturing, Journal of Social
Entrepreneurship, Small Business Economics,
Journal of Business Strategy, Academy of
Management Learning & Education and
Encyclopedia of New Venture Management.
Hall brings 10 years of professional
experience in sales, financial analysis,
pricing analysis, consulting and marketing
to TCU. He holds a PhD in Marketing
from the University of Houston, and an
MS in Finance and MBA from Texas Tech
University. His research, “Salesperson
Intuition: Its Critical Role and Possible
Antecedents,” won the 2013 AMA Sales
SIG Dissertation Proposal Competition and
the University Sales Education Foundation
Research Grant.
Assistant Professor,
Entrepreneurship
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EMILY BEAVER
Assistant Professor, Marketing
C.R. Williams Professor of Financial
Services
Previously the BB&T Scholar in Finance
at University of Georgia, Irvine holds a
PhD in Finance and an MS in Applied
Economics from the University of
Rochester. His research on capital markets,
investments, investment banking and market
microstructure is published in Journal of
Finance, Journal of Financial Economics,
Review of Financial Studies, Journal of
Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal
of Accounting and Economics and The
Accounting Review. He is the associate editor
for Financial Management and Journal of
Financial Markets.
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SWAMINATHAN
KALPATHY
FACULTY NEWS
RYAN KRAUSE
PAUL PECHERSKY
Kalpathy joins TCU from SMU. He
holds a PhD in Finance from Arizona
State University. His research interests
are in corporate finance and executive
compensation, and he has been published
in Review of Financial Studies, Journal of
Financial and Quantitative Analysis and
Journal of Accounting and Economics.
Krause’s research covers board leadership
structure, executive and director succession,
organization theory, board capital and
stakeholder management. He previously was
a Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership
Excellence Doctoral Fellow at Indiana
University. He holds a PhD in Strategic
Management and Organization Theory with
a minor in Entrepreneurship and a BS in
Finance and Public Policy Analysis from
Indiana University.
A founding member of the DFW Society for
Information Management, Pechersky comes
to the classroom after a 30-year career as an
IT leader for Computer Science Corporation,
IT Advisory Services, Gartner and more. He
holds an MS in Management Information
Systems from American University. He has
been named Who’s Who in Finance and
Industry and was honored as a nominee for
the Computerworld Smithsonian Award.
HETTIE RICHARDSON
JEFF STRATMAN
Chair, Department of Management,
Entrepreneurship and Leadership
Chair, Department of Information
Systems and Supply Chain
Management
Assistant Professor, Finance
Associate Professor, Management
Previously the William W. and Catherine
M. Rucks Professor at Louisiana State
University, Richardson’s research covers
employee involvement, empowerment
and voice, and strategic human resource
management. She has been published
in Academy of Management Review,
Organizational Research Methods, Journal
of Management, and Human Resource
Management. She holds a PhD in Business
Administration and an MA in Sociology
from the University of Georgia.
Assistant Professor of Strategy
Professor, Supply Chain Management
Stratman is a senior editor for the
Production and Operations Management
Journal and an associate editor of Decision
Sciences. He has published articles in
Journal of Operations Management and
Production and Operations Management,
including one of JOM’s top 10 most cited
papers. Previously with the University of
Utah and Georgia Tech, he holds a PhD in
Operations Management from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BSE
in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
from Princeton.
Lecturer, Business Information
Systems
SRIRAM THIRUMALAI
Assistant Professor, Supply Chain
Management
Thirumalai’s research covers supply chain
operations, health care operations, service
operations and technology management.
He has been published in Journal of
Operations Management, Decision Sciences,
Management Science and Information
Systems Research. He previously taught at
the University of Utah. He holds a PhD in
Operations Management and an MS from
the University of Minnesota.
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RESEARCH
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Managers of Public and
Private Companies Think
Differently About Estimates
on Financial Statements
Shana M. Clor-Proell, Assistant Professor
of Accounting
As managers prepare financial
statements for public or private
corporations, how does the placement
of information on the face of financial
statements (recognition) as opposed to
in the footnotes (disclosure) impact the
amount reported? Research involving
chief financial officers and corporate
controllers looked at how placement
affected the decision-making process for
a contingent liability estimate. The results
indicate that public-company managers
Shana M. Clor-Proell
expend more effort and demonstrate less
strategic bias when information is recognized rather than disclosed.
Private-company managers, in contrast, use a similar approach for
establishing estimates regardless of whether the contingent liability
is recognized or disclosed. The research sheds light on the relative
reliability of financial statement information, and provides insights
into how public- and private-company managers think differently
about estimates that appear in the financial statements. Presumably
these differences stem from the increased scrutiny that publiccompany managers face from auditors and regulators as a result of
their participation in the capital markets. The results of this research
have implications for financial statement users who must make
inferences about the reliability of financial statement estimates when
making investing and lending decisions.
“The Impact of Recognition versus Disclosure on Financial
Information: A Preparer’s Perspective” S. Clor-Proell, L.A. Maines.
Journal of Accounting Research, 2014.
Executives Pinpoint a Variety of Attributes That Impact
Sales Force Performance
Bill Cron, Associate Dean - Graduate Programs & Research,
J. Vaughn & Evelyne H. Wilson Professor
The role of the sales force in driving
revenue has garnered attention in both
practitioner and academic publications,
but most often the focus has been on the
role of the individual salesperson. This
study examines the mental models of
senior executives as it relates to sales
force performance; that
is, the representation
of how the sales force
succeeds in the real
world. Executives
Bill Cron
pinpointed 37
organizational, functional, and sales force attributes
that directly or indirectly impact sales force
performance. The answers encompassed everything
from sales force knowledge and customer trust
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building, to topics that are not typically associated with sales, such
as ownership structure and geographic scope. Executives within the
study acknowledged the influence of organizational factors in sales
performance, as well as how the interaction between these factors
impacts performance outcomes. The results of the study suggest that
companies and researchers should look at the sales force and what
influences sales performance from a larger perspective, to include
both sales and non-sales force related constructs.
This larger perspective could lead to a better
understanding of what promotes organizational
performance, what fosters better coordination
between functional areas, and how the study of direct
competitors can improve strategic understanding.
“The Strategic Role of the Sales Force:
Perceptions of Senior Sales Executives.” W.L. Cron,
A. Baldauf, T.W. Leigh, S. Grossenbacher. Journal of
the Academy of Marketing Sciences, 2014
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When Do
Shareholders Care
About CEO Pay?
Ryan Krause, Assistant
Professor of Strategy
High CEO
compensation may
be a hot topic of
conversation in the
media, but when
shareholders have a
voice in “approving”
or “rejecting”
pay, what are the
determining factors
in the decision?
Nearly four years
Ryan Krause
after the Dodd-Frank
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act required that publicly-traded companies
allow for non-binding advisory votes from
shareholders on executive compensation, there
has been little examination on what factors
influence these say-on-pay votes.
Two experiments simulating say-on-pay
votes revealed that, regardless of whether CEO
compensation was high or low, shareholders
were more likely to approve the pay if firm
performance was above average. A recent
Georgeson Report on failed say-on-pay votes
reflected the same message: underperforming
companies have a much higher rate of negative
votes.
While it would seem that shareholders are
tying compensation to performance, the results
indicate that shareholders only responded
negatively to high CEO pay at poor-performing
firms, while they exhibited no difference in
their approval of high or low CEO pay at highperforming firms.
Whether a say-on-pay vote passes or
fails, top management compensation and
the outcome of shareholder votes can have
lasting implications on an organization. Open
communication from the organization about
the basis for top management team pay, as
well as clear information on the requirements
for performance-based compensation, would
provide opportunities for companies to ensure
shareholder support.
“Power to the Principals! An Experimental
Look at Shareholder Say-on-pay Voting.”
R. Krause, K.A. Whitler and M. Semadeni,
Academy of Management Journal, 2014
RESEARCH
FACULTY ACCOLADES
William Moncrief, the Charles F. and Alann P.
Bedford Professor of International Business, was
awarded the Selling and Sales Management Lifetime
Achievement Award by the sales special interest group
of the American Marketing Association. The award is
given to an outstanding scholar who has made meaningful
contributions to the field of academic sales by consistently
publishing sales research in top journals, being recognized
for teaching excellence, encouraging sales as a career
choice, fostering the professional development of others
and adding appreciably to the understanding of a sales
topic through scholarship.
Chuck Lamb, professor of marketing, has been
honored with the Harold W. Berkman Service Award
for distinguished long-term service to the Academy of
Marketing Science. He joins a small, prestigious group
of previous winners. Lamb has been very active with the
Academy of Marketing Sciences throughout his career and
has served in several leadership roles, including president
and board member.
Paul Irvine, the C.R. Williams Professor of Financial
Services, received the Talk of the Town Paper Award at
the Finance Down Under Conference, sponsored by the
department of finance in the Faculty of Business and
Economics at the University of Melbourne. Irvine was
honored for his research paper, “The Convergence and
Divergence of Investors’ Opinions around Earnings News:
Evidence from a Social Network,” with co-authors Robert
Charles Giannini, Blue Crest Capital Management, and
Tao Shu, University of Georgia.
Abbie Shipp, assistant professor of management,
edited a two-column book published February 2014. Time
and Work: How Time Impacts Individuals (Vol. 1) and How
Time Impacts Groups, Organizations, and Methodological
Choices (Vol. 2) are featured in the current issues in work
and organizational psychology series of Psychology Press.
Chad Proell, associate professor of professional
practice in accounting, received the Excellence in Ethics
Best Paper Award at the Excellence in Ethics Research
Conference at Notre Dame University. Proell was honored
for his research paper, “The Effects of Cost Goals
and Decision Responsibility on Managerial Reporting
Honesty.”
William Moncrief
Chuck Lamb
Paul Irvine
Abbie Shipp
Chad Proell
Tyson Browning, associate professor of operations
management, recently was appointed a department editor
for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
Tyson Browning
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ALUMNI PROFILE
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“
Getting out of your
comfort zone is a good way
to further one’s learning.”
Ana Galindo
BBA ’98
Brand Strategy and Insights
Manager, UPS Global Brand
and Sponsorships
Ana Galindo’s education has taken her family around the country,
from Texas to California, New York, Kentucky, Arkansas and now
Georgia. She began her career with a small research company that
focused on multicultural customers, and is now leading research and
insights to guide brand strategy at a global level at UPS in Atlanta.
“With a lifelong desire for an international career, and seeking
to expand my knowledge beyond consumer research, I accepted
a position in 2013 in the Global Brand and Sponsorships group at
UPS,” Galindo said. She leads brand health tracking for the U.S. and
is in the process of expanding the program to other countries where
UPS operates, 220 in total. She also is heavily involved in strategic
projects on brand communications and sponsorships as UPS seeks to
focus growth outside the U.S.
That global reach is a long way from her first job. After receiving
her BBA with an international marketing emphasis from TCU and
then fast-tracking through the University of Texas at Arlington to
receive a Master of Science in Marketing Research, Galindo moved
to California with her family to take a position as project director for
a small research firm specializing in Hispanic marketing.
“California can be fun, but also expensive and quite chaotic,” she
said.
Galindo decided to switch to a big corporation, so she moved to
Rochester, New York, to work for Eastman Kodak as a senior analyst.
She then moved to Louisville, Kentucky, to work for Brown Forman
managing research for Herradura tequila.
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“Getting out of your comfort zone is a good way to further one’s
learning, so I made a move to work in retail when Walmart Stores
Inc., in Bentonville, Arkansas, offered me a position as research
manager for Private Brands,” Galindo said. “I truly enjoyed the
fast-paced environment at Walmart, and I would have stayed if it
hadn’t been for the hard-to-resist offer I received from Home Depot
in Atlanta, Georgia, to become the multicultural insights senior
manager. Home improvement consumer research certainly rounded
my experience, as one day it is all about paint and blue-collar
workers, of whom 40 percent are Hispanic, and the next day could
be all about new homeowners, since 40 percent of the growth in new
homeowners will come from Hispanics.”
Galindo credits her moves around the country and up the ranks of
large multi-national companies to her education at TCU.
“I have fond memories of my teachers at TCU. Some names
that are top of mind are: John Thompson, he made class a lot of
fun and used real life examples; Susan Kleiser, awesome professor;
Arnold Barkman, great professor and funny, too; Charles R. Greer,
truly interested in his students; William Moncrief, incredibly
knowledgeable; Gregory Stephens, awesome human being; and
Stanley Block, a wealth of knowledge and so funny.
“I am also very thankful for the staff at the Center of Productive
Communications [now the Professional Development Center],” she
added. “Their coaching has served me well, and I take it with me
everywhere I go.”
In spite of her nation-spanning career, Galindo makes it back
to TCU as often as she can since her younger daughter, Elizabeth
Ashley Gaskie, also attended TCU. (Liz graduated in May 2013 with
a BS in Nursing and is now an RN at JPS Health Network in Fort
Worth.) In Galindo's new hometown of Atlanta, she remains involved
with TCU through the local alumni chapter.
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ALUMNI NEWS
Honored for Dynamic Duty to TCU
Congratulations to these Neeley School supporters and alumni who were honored by TCU
for their Horned Frog service.
Nancy Tartaglino Richards
TCU Honorary Alumni Award
With her vision
and generosity,
TCU Trustee
Nancy Tartaglino
Richards has
elevated both
the University
and the Neeley
Entrepreneurship
Center, while
helping engender
a new generation
Nancy Tartaglino Richards
of undergraduate
social entrepreneurs. The annual Richards
Barrentine Values and Ventures® Business
Plan Competition, established in 2010 by
Richards and her business partner Lisa
Barrentine, brings national and international
undergraduate teams to TCU to pitch
plans for enterprises that impact society in
meaningful ways. The 2014 competition
awarded more than $70,000 in prizes.
Both an entrepreneurial spirit and
concern for society are themes that run
through Richards’ biography. A respected
entrepreneur in the fields of real estate and
technology-related products, she is founder
and chairman of the First Preston HT family
of companies. Founded in 1988, First Preston
HT has serviced a total residential portfolio
valued at $44 billion.
Ernst & Young recognized Richards in 2004
as Southwest Entrepreneur of the Year for real
estate, and in 2005 as National Entrepreneur
of the Year. Women’s Enterprise named her a
Texas Woman of Excellence, while the Dallas
Women’s Foundation honored her as the 2006
Philanthropist of the Year.
Richards is a founder of the Addison &
Randolph Clark Society, a patron of The
TCU Frog Club and a member of the DanielMeyer Coliseum Renovation Committee.
She previously served on the Chancellor’s
Advisory Board and Chancellor’s Council.
Richards is the parent of two TCU
graduates: Stewart ’08 RM ’09 and David
’12. Though she graduated from Baylor
University with honors, her service to and
support of TCU demonstrate that she is a
deserving honorary Horned Frog.
Carl “Carlo” Capua, Jr. BBA ’00
TCU Outstanding Young Professional Award
Carlo Capua
is a social
entrepreneur.
His mission
is to create
worthwhile,
sustainable
programs and
opportunities to
empower people
locally and
worldwide. Less
Carl “Carlo” Capua
than a decade
after graduating
with his BBA in marketing and minor in
Japanese, he is fulfilling that mission.
Capua is co-owner and general manager
of Z’s Café in Fort Worth, which has created
jobs for 81 low-income individuals from
Samaritan House, a nonprofit supporting
people challenged with homelessness, HIV
and other special needs. With his mother,
Janet, Carlo has created a workplace that
helps raise the self-esteem of staff workers
and reinforce their commitment to recovery.
He also is co-owner of Bella Café, Old
World Sausage Company and Food 4 Life,
a catering company focused on healthier
nutrition and menus for private schools.
Through Z’s Café, Capua created a 10-week
workforce development program for lowincome men and women, donated food to
more than 250 local nonprofits and pioneered
Fort Worth’s first culinary incubator.
As an adjunct faculty member in the
Department of Nutritional Sciences and a
participant on the department’s Research
Review Board, Capua maintains his
connections with TCU. He serves on the
National Alumni Board and recently became
an Alumni Association vice president and
member of the National Alumni Board
executive board.
Fluent in Japanese and Spanish, Capua
has directed a bicultural program at the
Monterrey Institute of Technology in Toluca,
Mexico, and taught English as a Second
Language with the JET Program in Nagaoka,
Japan, in conjunction with Fort Worth Sister
Cities International.
William C.
Shaddock BBA ’73
TCU Valuable Alumni Award
Bill
Shaddock
is a devoted
Horned Frog,
though he also
holds graduate
degrees from
two other
universities.
He earned
his BBA in
finance at
William C. Shaddock
TCU in 1973,
MBA at SMU
in 1974, and JD from Baylor University
School of Law in 1977. The U.S. Supreme
Court has admitted him to practice.
Over a period of nearly three decades,
Shaddock has served TCU on the
National Alumni Board, Frog Club Board
and Neeley Entrepreneurship Center
Advisory Board. He currently chairs the
Dallas Business Network and has served
as president of the Dallas Alumni Chapter
Board.
Shaddock has assisted TCU in
substantive ways. He helped establish
a new athletic tradition as one of three
donors who funded the Horned Frog
statue at Amon G. Carter Stadium. A
centurion of the Addison & Randolph
Clark Society, he created the Bill
Shaddock Venture Capital Fund at the
Neeley School of Business. He has served
on the Chancellor’s Council and twice
has underwritten the student/alumni
networking night in Dallas.
Shaddock is president and partner of
the Shaddock Development Company,
one of the largest residential real estate
developers in the Dallas/Fort Worth
area. He is CEO and owner of Willow
Bend Mortgage Company and Capital
Title Company, the largest independent
title company in Texas, and owner
and chairman of First National Title
Company, one of the top 20 title insurance
underwriters in the U.S. He has served
on numerous civic and charitable boards,
including the Salvation Army of Plano,
Arts Center of North Texas and National
Respiratory Medical and Research Center.
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OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR STRONGEST
What makes a business school strong? Bricks?
Mortar? Rankings? Accolades? For the Neeley School
of Business, our strongest assets are our lifelong,
worldwide supporters.
By Elaine Cole
N
eeley alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents, partners and friends are dedicated to the Horned Frog cause. In
countless ways, they strengthen the reputation and awareness of a Neeley School degree. They open doors,
roll up their sleeves, share advice, leverage resources and help identify new platforms for success.
This level of loyalty, collaboration and contribution, bolstered by a true desire to see everyone succeed, epitomizes the
excellence that makes for a world-class, values-centered business school.
Neeley people show their Horned Frog pride in many ways. They help students land internships and jobs.
They mentor and coach. They host students in their workplaces. And they give freely of their resources to support
scholarships, faculty and programs.
It all comes down to – or perhaps it all begins with – the caliber of the people.
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Feature Story
Robert Strong BBA ’10 (far left) and Jodi Settle BBA ’10
(far right), talk with finance students Campbell Robinson
(seated) and Robert Conner, about their experience
landing top jobs with financial institutions.
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Members of the Transaction and Investment
Professionals Board meet on campus to
brainstorm ways to help top TCU finance students
land internships and full-time positions in New
York and other major cities.
Jessica Cates, associate director of the Alcon
Career Center, counsels undergraduate students.
Wall Street is about more than
bulls and bears. It’s also about
who you know.
Take it from Neeley alumni who have
become successful in top finance careers:
Even the smartest, most hard-working, most
competitive students can’t get a job on Wall
Street if they can’t get their résumés in front
of the right person.
So they joined together to help.
Last spring, LKCM analyst Brett
Scarbrough, with the support of the Alcon
Career Center and the backing of J. Luther
King Jr. BBA ’62 MBA ’66, began calling
young Neeley finance alumni to help top
TCU finance students land positions in toptier firms.
“It is nearly impossible for a non-Ivy
League school candidate to land a prime
investment banking internship or full-time
position without talking to and working
with someone who has done it before,” said
Robert Strong BBA ’10, senior associate
with Captra Capital.
In fall 2013, 18 Neeley finance
alumni answered the call and formed the
Transaction and Investment Professionals
Board (TIP Board). They worked tirelessly
with students throughout the recruiting
season. They spent countless hours
reviewing and editing students’ résumés.
They devoted even more time helping
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“
After they prove to us
that they have the right
stuff, we do our best to
make sure they have the
opportunity to prove
themselves to as many top
firms as possible.”
- Erik Yohe BBA ’09
Senior Vice President, Hilltop Holdings
students prepare for interviews, offering
advice, instruction and guidance.
Campbell Robinson, junior finance major,
said that one of the most important points
in his recruiting process was driving to
Dallas to go through a mock interview with
Strong. “He took an hour-and-a-half out
of his busy schedule to grill me on every
possible question that I could be asked. I
attribute much of my success in my banking
interviews to the lessons that he taught me.”
Robinson secured an investment banking
summer analyst position at Goldman Sachs
in New York City.
“From the beginning of recruiting season
in October, members of the TIP board
were reaching out to me, asking what my
plans were, checking on my stage in the
recruitment process, and encouraging me
to stay proactive in networking,” Robinson
said. “Rob Strong, Erik Yohe, Jodi Settle,
Rick Settle, Murphey Henk and Logan
Luzzo set me up with informational
interviews, over the phone and in person,
with their colleagues at investment banks.
During these conversations I was able to
get my foot in the door with Bulge Bracket
Investment Banks in New York.”
To date, 21 TCU students have landed
plumb internships in New York City,
Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas, with
Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Citi, RBC
Capital, Deutsche Bank and Grosvenor
Capital Management.
“These are good, very talented kids going
up against hundreds of top students from
all the Ivy League schools. We help them
through tons of interview prep and résumé
prep, as much as they want and need. After
they prove to us that they have the right
stuff, we do our best to make sure they have
the opportunity to prove themselves to as
many top firms as possible,” Erik Yohe
BBA ’09, senior vice president with Hilltop
Holdings, said.
Yohe and Strong are founding members
of the TIP Board, along with Jodi Settle
BBA ’10, analyst with Surveyor Capital;
Ryan McCrory BBA ’10, associate with
Brazos Private Equity Partners; Trey
Schorgl BBA ’09, analyst at Balyasny Asset
Management; and Will Bonano BBA ’10,
MBAs present their case for Frito-Lay to a roomful
of employers during START Workshop.
MBAs mingle with DFW employers after the START
Workshop Case Competition.
analyst at Prudential Capital. They and
other members of the board to use their
experiences and connections to add to what
the Neeley School is doing successfully, thus
giving TCU finance students a formalized
path to internships and jobs.
Corbett Ekonomou, junior finance major,
said that landing his internship at RBC in
New York City was a direct result of his
interaction with the TIP Board. Ekonomou
went to New York in December and, through
Yohe and Strong, set up 10 meetings over
three days.
“I would have zero stock without their
guidance and resources,” Ekonomou said.
“I was able to talk to a lot of people I never
would have known without them. And no
matter how qualified I was on paper, I was
not prepared enough to really do well in
those interviews without their help.”
Jodi Settle knows that TCU has highly
qualified students who are competitive for
elite finance positions. “They just need some
guidance and the right network to assist
them in getting their foot in the door.”
It’s all about hard work on everyone’s part
– students, board members and the staff of
the Alcon Career Center – plus a willingness
to give back.
“I wouldn’t be where I am today without
the help of Dr. Block, Dr. Lockwood, TCU
alumni in finance and accounting who
looked over my résumé and gave me mock
interviews, and my internship with Luther
King,” Strong said. “That helped me get a
job in New York, and now I’m back in DFW,
so it’s my turn to do the same.”
The TIP Board’s next step is to work with
students who have landed internships, to
help them better position themselves for a
full-time offer.
“Not only are the placement numbers
strong and continuing to grow, but the
mentorship that alumni on the board have
provided is outstanding,” Jessica Cates,
associate director of the Alcon Career
Center, said. “This has been a wonderful
partnership and has extended our office and
the Neeley School’s reach in a critical area.”
Yohe, Strong and Settle all spoke about
their excitement over the results the TIP
Board is having with students.
“I believe the success of the TIP Board is
directly attributable to the support we have
received from TCU and LKCM, the time
committed by the TIP Board members, and
the engagement and hard work of the TCU
students,” Settle said.
All this support for hard-working Horned
Frogs expands the TCU brand among top
financial firms and creates a pipeline that
will continue to filter the best TCU students
to peak opportunities, year after year.
“I want to make TCU a prominent name
on Wall Street,” Strong said.
Don't underestimate the power of
a parent
Alumni aren’t the only ones who can help
students with career opportunities. Parents
support Neeley by making introductions
to their companies and checking for job
openings.
Susan Sledge, internship development
coordinator for the Alcon Career Center, met
with the Parent Council in spring 2013 to
discuss career services for students and how
parents can help. She met with them again
in the fall, and word spread through TCU’s
National Networking Night in January.
This spring, 24 parents yielded their
service for student development, mentoring
and job opportunities.
“We did a call for internships among the
Parent Council and received almost a dozen
jobs,” Sledge said. She added that parents
also volunteered spare bedrooms in their
homes in San Francisco, New York City,
Chicago and more, to give students a place
to stay while job hunting.
Sledge is working with Kay Higgins,
associate dean of student development and
director of parent and family programs, to
formalize the process to help direct parents
on the different ways they can help TCU
students.
It can be as easy as supporting their own
children. Never underestimate the power
of a phone call or text from Mom or Dad.
Sledge said that she and her colleagues in
career services have seen an increase in the
number of students attending career events
on campus.
“Parents did a good job encouraging their
students to go to events because they were
more informed about the opportunities,” she
said.
Synergy: What happens when
leaders coach leadership students
The world-class business leaders who
graduate from the Executive MBA program
know the value of mentoring high-potential
people. So when students in the BNSF
Next Generation Leadership Program need
coaches, they know where to look.
Scott Fitzgerald EMBA ’06, founder of
S&S Fitzgerald Group, began coaching Next
Gen students a few years ago after he spoke
to the junior class about key components
that define leadership. He drew on his 30
years as a senior leader in the aviation and
aerospace industry as well as his time as a
combat veteran and commissioned officer in
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the military.
“As luck would have it, my first assigned
student for business coaching was an ROTC
cadet who had his sights on becoming a fulltime officer in the U.S. Army,” Fitzgerald
said. “I remember our first meeting and how
moved I was by his authenticity and drive to
become a better candidate for commission.
We spent time looking at his true north,
which included values, mission and vision.
He hadn’t considered that he needed to
know this about himself before he could
lead soldiers.”
The cadet called Fitzgerald often to tell
him how his hard work and self-leadership
were getting recognized among his ROTC
cadre.
“It was clear that, while I was giving back
the University, I was also being rewarded
by his grace, drive and transformation,”
Fitzgerald said. “It was partly because
of this opportunity that I founded my
own executive coaching and leadership
development company.”
Mike Carter EMBA ’02, Aledo branch
manager for First Financial Bank, said that
his coaching experience has given him a
fresh perspective.
“The young leaders of tomorrow that I
have mentored, guided and counseled give
me hope that the future of our country is
in good hands,” Carter said. “These young
professionals are being trained and taught
by the best educators in the business field,
which results in wonderfully enlightening
discussions and interactions as we get to
know each other.”
Carter said the interactive experience has
been a “life changing” event for him as a
Tony Medlin and Neil Patrick Dougherty interview Sophie Lake, marketing major, during Neeley’s Interview Day in 2013.
business professional. “I hope to continue
being a part of this project as long as this
program will have me,” he said.
Michele Gagne EMBA ’03 has
volunteered as a business coach for
the BNSF Next Generation Leadership
Program since it began eight years ago.
Gagne, project management office for
Manufacturing TechOps & Quality at Alcon,
said coaching provides a safe environment
for students to ask questions and learn about
the business world.
“Amanda and I met regularly and she
always came prepared with talking points,
but she also knew she could call on me
at any time for advice, which she did,”
Gagne said. “We also planned social
events together where we didn’t talk
about business, but simply got to know
one another better and enjoy what we had
in common and the differences we each
brought to the relationship.”
Introducing students into the
b-school. There is no room for the
ordinary.
As important as interview preparation
is for Neeley students about to graduate,
equally important is the interview process to
be admitted to the Neeley School in the first
place. After all, attracting the most desirable
students is the cornerstone of a business
school’s success.
Each spring and fall, hundreds of business
professionals and city leaders give up their
Saturday morning to interview TCU students
applying to the Neeley School. (Interview
Day is a required part of the Neeley
admission process, including a minimum
3.0 GPA, completion of Neeley Premium
Credentials™ and certification in Microsoft
Office.)
Make no mistake: these are real
interviews with real consequences. But the
thoughtful feedback they provide – whether
encouraging or noting areas of weakness –
begins to shape the confidence and poise that
will enable these students to be successful.
And not every business school does it.
The Neeley School’s Interview Day has
been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek
and lauded as a best practice by AACSB
International, the premier accreditation
organization for business schools.
“I thought it was cool that Neeley got
business professionals from the community,”
Michael Daniels, entrepreneurial
management major, said of his interview
experience. “It gives us a chance to practice
“
The young leaders
of tomorrow that I have
mentored, guided and
counseled give me hope
that the future of our
country is in good hands.”
- Mike Carter EMBA ’02
Aledo Branch Manager, First Financial Bank
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at TCU
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tour Bloomberg
on their
annual visit to New York City.
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Sol Kanthack (L) tallies up his scores and offers his comments as a judge for the 2013 Richards Barrentine Values
and Ventures® Business Plan Competition.
the skills they have been teaching us and
that we’ve been working on with the
Professional Development Center, and get
feedback from actual business people.”
Maru Iabichela BBA ’03 has been an
interviewer for several years.
“I keep coming back. Why not?” she said.
“I’ve seen the growth and improvement of
students’ preparation over time. I’m blown
away by how sharp they are, how direct
their answers are, how substantial.”
Iabichela worked for BNSF Railway for
nine years before starting her own coaching
business last year.
“I like to give students feedback right
away,” she said. “I want to make sure it is
a turning point for them, whether boosting
their confidence or bringing down their ego
just a little.”
Interviewers ask students about work
and academic experiences, why they want
a business degree, and how they think their
studies will prepare them for a career.
“Interview Day gives us the chance to
meet people in the business community
and network,” Daniels said. “A person you
interview with may be at a company you
want to be at eventually, so you’re making a
valuable connection.”
VIP seating for the best business
show in town
Drop by any Neeley classroom at any
time and the odds are good you will to see
students dressed in their business best,
making presentations to judges, employers,
classmates and professors. Students hone
their teamwork and presentation skills on
team projects and competitions throughout
the year that put them in front of potential
employers and investors.
During START Workshop orientation
sessions, full-time MBA students work on
a case from a major employer to showcase
their critical thinking and delivery styles.
Aviall, a Boeing Company, presented a
case two years in a row and reaped the
advantages of the win-win situation.
“Aviall gets valuable insights into things
we could change, and the students get a reallife case from a successful organization,”
Jeff Goforth, database marketing analyst
with Aviall, said. “We witnessed a lot of
ideating. The presentations were fantastic.
Everything was well thought out.”
The companies that present the cases
aren’t the only ones who benefit. Dozens of
professionals from throughout DFW attend
the presentations. They network with the
students and each other, and enjoy a friendly
competition for recruiting.
Last fall, employers from 26 Dallas-Fort
Worth companies filled two classrooms,
and several national employers logged in to
watch the presentations virtually.
“We are fortunate we have such great
interest from employers to attend our
START Workshop case competition,”
Bethany Kilgore, assistant director of
recruitment operations for the Graduate
Career Service Center, said. “It shows the
strong interest in TCU MBA recruitment.”
Neeley supporters with insight into
startups answer the call each year to
volunteer as judges and mentors for the
Richards Barrentine Values and Ventures®
Business Plan Competition. This year, more
than 50 business leaders served as judges
and mentors, including business owners,
CEOs, financiers, bankers and attorneys.
When Sol Kanthack BBA ’94 judges
the Values and Ventures® competition, he
appreciates how meticulously the students
work on their plans and how nervous
they are when presenting to the judges.
After all, he was doing the same thing in
1999: presenting a plan for a company,
www.brightroom.com, that takes photos
at corporate, school and sporting events
and sells them quickly and easily online.
Kanthack’s plan won seed money that
set him on his entrepreneurial journey
as president, CEO and chairman of
Brightroom.
It’s inspiring to see
these undergraduate
students, at their age,
with great plans that they
are passionate about. Their
tremendous energy and
enthusiasm is contagious.”
- Sol Kanthack BBA ’94
President, CEO and Chairman of Brightroom
Buoyed by the success of his endeavor, he
called on his alma mater to see how he could
help other aspiring TCU entrepreneurs. He
now serves on the Neeley Entrepreneurship
Center’s advisory board and the Neeley
Alumni Executive Board, and he judges the
Values and Ventures® competition.
“It’s inspiring to see these undergraduate
students, at their age, with great plans that
they are passionate about,” he said. “Their
tremendous energy and enthusiasm is
contagious.”
Jan Norton BBA ’76, who judged the
competition in 2013 and was a mentor for
the winning team in 2014, agrees.
“It was gratifying to be the mentor for the
winning team for Values and Ventures® this
year,” she said. “What impressed me most
about the University of Arkansas team was
that they did not just have an idea; they had
built a prototype and had clinical studies
and sales channels already lined up. I love
to see that kind of entrepreneurial spirit in
students.”
Norton, a global financial executive,
angel investor and coach with 30 years of
corporate experience, believes it is important
for students to interact beyond the walls of
academia.
“The academic experience can be
somewhat isolated, so it is vital that students
connect with the outside world during
their educational experience, especially
entrepreneurial-minded students,” she said.
In addition to judging and mentoring,
Norton is on a review team for Neeley &
Associates MBA consultants and serves
on the Neeley Entrepreneurship Center’s
advisory board.
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It’s a big world, and we welcome
you to it
Educating students for careers that are
successful and significant means opening
doors to new experiences. Neeley alumni do
just that. Across the U.S. and around the
world, Neeley alumni welcome students to
their place of business to give them firsthand insight into a company’s and country’s
culture.
In New York City, students get a taste
of life on Wall Street from alumni such
as Bob McCann MBA ’82, CEO of UBS
Wealth Management Americas, and Jim
Spencer BBA ’89, now managing director
and head of Credit Suisse Group’s Financial
Institutions Group in the Americas. Spencer
also hosted TCU’s National Networking
Night in New York in January.
In Kansas City, Neeley students
attended corporate site visits and met with
TCU alumni, parents and other business
professionals.
Ashley Wilson BBA ’08, client executive
at Cerner Corporation in Kansas City,
participated on a peer panel at Cerner and
was impressed with students’ questions.
“TCU business school students are
looking for jobs that will allow them to
create opportunities and break boundaries,
and that’s not something you see in every
business school grad,” Wilson said. “It is
“
TCU business school
students are looking for jobs
that will allow them to create
opportunities and break
boundaries, and that’s not
something you see in every
business school grad.”
inspiring to see students who are willing to
take a chance to move to a new city.”
In all, students met with 28 business
professionals in Kansas City, from firstyear employees to senior executives at
Deloitte, Cerner, VML, American Century
Investments, Perceptive Software, JE Dunn
Construction and Google Fiber.
“We were able to meet people that I
never believed I would have the opportunity
to meet, much less have a chance to ask
questions and learn from their experiences,”
Daniel Castaneda, pre-business major, said.
“The Kansas City TCU network was a
tremendous asset to the Alcon Career Center
and the Neeley Professional Development
Center in planning this trip,” Meg Lehman,
national employment recruiter for the Alcon
Career Center, said. “The variety of people
who spoke to the students made it a robust
learning experience for them to learn about
opportunities in different industries.”
Closer to home, Ray Carpenter MBA ’04,
assistant vice president of marketing, pricing
and strategy at AT&T, endorsed his alma
mater to AT&T’s just-hired MBA university
relations manager in 2011 to come to TCU to
recruit. He also coordinated with other TCU
MBA alumni working at AT&T to come to
campus to conduct information sessions.
“Ray’s efforts have yielded eight summer
internships (five this summer) and three
full-time hires, and AT&T has asked to be
our case competition for START Workshop
this year,” LaTanya Johns, director of the
Graduate Career Services Center, said.
Carpenter also serves on the MBA Advisory
Board.
Across the Atlantic, Laurent Attias
MBA ’91, head of Global Commercial
Strategy at Alcon, organized a half-day set
of presentations and cases with his country
managers for the MBA trip to Italy.
Omar Mata, MBA ’02, director and
finance transformation practice leader with
Deloitte in Santiago, Chile, hosts Neeley
MBAs and Neeley Fellows each year.
“I enjoy the opportunity to share with
students. I talk to them about my time at
Neeley, my journey since, and what it is
like to live and work in another country,”
Mata said. “Hopefully, I give them another
perspective and open their minds to the
possibility of a global career.”
Dan Grable, parent of TCU students Ryan
and Blake, organized a tour of the Port of
Hong Kong for a TCU study abroad session.
He and his wife, Lisa, have met numerous
people at TCU through their involvement
with the Parents Council. Penny Bishop,
director of parent giving, introduced Grable
to Dean Erekson, who introduced him to
faculty and staff in the Supply and Value
Chain Center.
“I met Dr. Meade during one of my
visits to TCU because Ryan was interested
in going on the business school trip to
China that she is overseeing,” Grable said.
“My company, Goodman Birtcher, owns
industrial properties in Hong Kong and
mainland China, so I thought it would be
of interest for TCU students to tour our
facilities in the Port of Hong Kong, given
that the focus of their trip is on supply
chain management. I put Laura in contact
with the head of our operations in China,
who organized a day at the port so the TCU
group can learn about the port’s operations,
including a tour of the largest warehouse in
the world, ATL Logistics Centre.”
Grable said he and Lisa love TCU and are
always glad to help however they can.
“Many people at TCU will gladly
connect parents and families who want to
get involved,” he said. “The bottom line is,
maintaining relationships is essential and
often presents new opportunities, and that is
important for students to see and learn.”
- Ashley Wilson BBA ’08
Client Executive, Cerner Corporation, Kansas City
Omar Mata MBA ’02, center, welcomes Neeley students to Deloitte in Santiago, Chile.
Molly Johnson BBA ’13, William Cocke TCU ’13, and Ashley Wilson BBA ’08, participated in a panel
for TCU students visiting Cerner in Kansas City.
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CONNECTING HORNED FROGS
Purple pride runs deep.
Across Fort Worth, Dallas, Texas, the United States and the globe,
Neeley alumni network and maintain their connections with their
alma mater. Volunteer leaders serve an especially important role at
Neeley through the Neeley Alumni Executive Board.
“I’m excited with how engaged the Neeley Alumni Executive
Board is in creating a strong network of alumni and associates to
support the Neeley School of Business,” Mike Pavell, BBA ’93 MBA
’99, president of the board, said.
Both undergraduate and graduate Neeley alumni serve on the
board, as well as current student representatives. Board members
assist the Neeley School in recruiting students, placing students in
internships and full-time positions, supporting student programs,
raising funds, and developing and coordinating events such as
Neeley’s 75th anniversary gala.
The board works closely with Neeley’s director of alumni and
constituent relations, Dallisa Hocking, who joined the Neeley School
in fall 2013 to develop programs and activities for Neeley alumni,
parents and other key partners.
“For many years I’ve been a community connector, creating and
sustaining meaningful relationships, so I look forward to further
engaging with Neeley alumni and constituents, building on the
success that Neeley and TCU have already established,” Hocking
said. “It’s an exhilarating time to be here, and I look forward to the
journey ahead.”
Hocking previously created events and initiatives for The
Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, overseeing sustainability efforts and
aligning the company with partnerships and volunteer programming.
She also held a management role with Caesars Entertainment,
overseeing internal communications, engagement and event
programming, and directing volunteer outreach programs for nine
properties and 30,000 employees. She was a board member of
Las Vegas Business Academy and a member of UNLV Corporate
Academic Council. She holds a BA in corporate communications
from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Pavell, Hocking and the board are reaching out to alumni around
the world who are interested in serving and spreading the message
about the Neeley School’s many accolades and initiatives.
“When I look at my career,” Pavell said, “a lot of my success and
the relationships I have formed have come about as a result of my
time at Neeley as both an undergrad and a graduate student. Serving
on the alumni board is a great opportunity to express my thanks, stay
engaged, further develop relationships and give back.”
Pavell also helps connect Neeley students with internships and
job openings at Bank of America, where he is the Tarrant County
president.
“It is very rewarding to make that connection between my career
and current Neeley students,” he said. “I encourage all Neeley alumni
to do the same in their own businesses and business networks. If you
are looking for a way to support Neeley but don’t know where to
start, hiring Neeley students or helping them find a career path is a
worthwhile first step.”
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Our Thanks
for Supporting Neeley Students
Today…and Tomorrow
Providing resources to support higher education is a noble goal that affects countless lives well into the future.
We highlight some of our supporters who have provided opportunities for students, faculty and programs.
Some were students themselves. Some are parents and grandparents of students. Others hire Neeley students
for internships and careers. All of them – and many more – provide vital resources that assure a rewarding and
enriching experience for Neeley School students today, and students of the future.
Ashlee and Chris Kleinert
Endowed MBA Scholarship
Tom Stallings EMBA ’08 and Shannon Flethcher EMBA ’14 presented Nancy Nix with a declaration from the
office of Commissioner Roy Brooks recognizing her achievements and her retirement.
Nancy Nix Endowed EMBA Scholarship
The EMBA class of 2013 decided that the best way to support TCU and exemplify the
leadership characteristics they had honed in the program was to raise funds for a scholarship
for future EMBA students. The class raised $63,836.91 in pledges to date. Michael Stanley
EMBA ’08 made a significant pledge on behalf of the One Thing Better Foundation in
honor of Dr. Nancy Nix. John Merrifield EMBA ’02 and Brenda DeVore EMBA ’10 also
are contributing to the scholarship fund. All EMBA alumni are welcome and encouraged to
contribute.
The scholarship is named in honor of Nix, who served as executive director of the TCU
EMBA program from 2009 till her retirement in December 2013, taught EMBA classes in
supply chain management and IT since 2005, and led EMBA study abroad trips to China,
Hong Kong, Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
Robert and Edith Schumacher
Executive Faculty Fellow in Innovation and Technology
Executive Faculty Fellow in Entrepreneurship
As a successful oil and gas entrepreneur, Bob Schumacher BBA ’50 understood the
transformative role of technology on industry. When he and Edith
were presented with this opportunity by Dean Erekson, they
were quick to see the potential and offer their support of
$500,000 in honor of their grandchildren, Corey Kyle
TCU ’08 MAc ’09 and Ryan Millett TCU ’09.
Dr. Raymond Smilor, the Schumacher Executive
Faculty Fellow in Innovation and Technology, is an
expert in national and international entrepreneurship
who has authored 15 books.
Dr. Keith Hmieleski, the Shumacher Executive
Faculty Fellow in Entrepreneurship, has been named
one of the top 10 entrepreneurship educators in the
nation by the Acton Foundation.
Ashlee and Chris Kleinert MBA ’92 are
pleased with the TCU MBA program’s
rise up the rankings, so they made a
strategic $300,000 investment to keep that
direction going by attracting high-quality
MBA candidates and raising Neeley’s
national recruiting profile.
Kleinert is chairman of Hunt
Investment Corporation and director
of Hunt Realty Investments Inc., both
subsidiaries of Hunt Consolidated Inc.,
which has business interests in oil and gas
exploration and production, petroleum
refining, electric power generation and
transmission, ranching and agriculture.
Dawn and Brian Hoesterey
Student Excellence Fund in
Honors Business
As a financial advisor, Brian Hoesterey
BBA ’89 has lived and worked in New
York and Hong Kong. He also serves on
the board of international companies, so
he knows the value of a global business
perspective.
To make sure deserving Neeley
students get to experience careerenriching business and cultural activities
across the country and around the world,
Hoesterey and his wife Dawn pledged
a $100,000 endowment fund to support
student travel for the Neeley Fellows
honors program.
Neeley Fellows at the New York Stock Exchange.
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Davis Family Entrepreneur-in-Residence
With a generous commitment
of $1.5 million by Antoinette
and Barry Davis BBA ’84, the
Davis Family Entrepreneur-inResidence position supports the
ongoing programs of the Neeley
Entrepreneurship Center and the
TCU Energy Institute. Davis is
chairman, president and CEO of
Crosstex Energy Companies with
more than 20 years of experience
in the natural gas industry.
Antoinette (May) Davis earned a
BFA and MS in Communications
from TCU.
Brad Hancock, director of the
Neeley Entrepreneurship Center
and a successful business leader
experienced with entrepreneurship
and innovation, is the first
recipient.
Barry Davis
Marilyn and Mike Berry, Neeley Premium
Credentials™
Marilyn TCU ’86 and Mike Berry MBA ’82 believe that professional
communication skills are vital for students to enter the business world
seamlessly and eventually lead others. With a $300,000 gift that includes
a $200,000 endowment, they established Neeley Premium Credentials™
in 2009 to provide students with targeted personal development.
Provided through the Professional Development Center, Neeley Premium
Credentials™ guides students throughout their three years in the Neeley
School and facilitates a successful transition
from college to career.
Mike is president of Hillwood
Properties, where he leads
development efforts for the 17,000acre AllianceTexas development.
Marilyn is a graduate of the Harris
College of Nursing.
For more information about
Neeley Premium Credential™,
visit www.neeley.tcu.edu/pdc.
Brad Hancock
Richards Barrentine Values and Ventures®
Business Plan Competition
Jason Barrentine, Ron Barrentine, Lisa Barrentine, Nancy Tartaglino Richards
and David Richards at the 2014 Values and Ventures® Business Plan Competition.
Kleinheinz Endowed
Chair in International
Finance and Investments
This new endowed chair in finance,
provided by the generosity of John
and Marsha Kleinheinz, will support
the recruitment of a distinguished
teacher and scholar with primary
focus on international finance, with
expertise in global investments. It
will heighten the international focus
of teaching and research for Neeley
School faculty and students, as well
as strengthening the ability of the
Finance Department to offer premium
learning experiences in investment
management.
From Wisconsin, Scotland, Arkansas, Washington D.C., South
Carolina, Mexico, Texas and everywhere in between, the best
entrepreneurial-minded students from universities around the world
come to TCU each spring to compete for the best business plan that
incorporates values, ethics and/or service into a for-profit business.
The Values and Ventures® endowment is a combination of gifts
totaling $2,005,000 to date, and including gifts from TCU Trustee
and parent Nancy Tartaglino Richards, the Tartaglino Richards
Family Foundation, First Preston HT Fund of Dallas Women’s
Foundation, Lisa and Ron Barrentine, Sally and Jeff Biegert BBA
’74, and Woody Philips.
For more information, visit www.neeley.tcu.edu/vandv.
Supply and Value Chain Center
Sponsors
As a sponsor of the Supply and Value Chain Center,
companies can help shape and recruit Neeley supply chain
management students, support a network of professional
supply chain management executives, and take part in
faculty research and student projects. Students gain realworld experience working on company projects, and get to
network with company execs for guidance, mentorship and
opportunities for internship and full-time positions.
Current SVCC sponsors include BNSF Railway, DynCorp
International, Celanese and Lhoist North America as $20,000
Fellow Sponsors. Alcon, Savant Strategies, Lockheed Martin,
Alliance Texas, Corning, American Airlines, TTI and FritoLay are $10,000 World-Class Sponsors. Elbit Systems and
Allied Electronics are $5,000 Premier Sponsors, and Pier 1
Imports is a $2,500 Elite Sponsor.
For more information, visit www.neeley.tcu.edu/svcc.
YOU CAN HELP FUTURE
BUSINESS STUDENTS GET
THE ADVANTAGE OF A
TCU EDUCATION
Whether supporting student
scholarships or funding faculty
and programs, you can assure that
deserving students get the chance
to be Horned Frogs for life.
For more information on giving
opportunities for the Neeley
School, contact David Dibble,
director of development, at
817-257-5149 or [email protected].
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BUILDING A
BOLD FUTURE
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The Neeley School of
Business and TCU are
creating a bold plan
for the future — a wellthought-out vision of
collaborative and inventive
teaching, learning and
research, with a touch of
technological magic to stir
innovation and spur the
creation of new ideas.
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“
We cannot afford to think
small or be content with the
status quo. We hope alumni
and other friends of the Neeley
School will help us build the
future by investing in a space
where business, innovation and
a values-centered life come
together for the greater good.”
- O. Homer Erekson
John V. Roach Dean of the Neeley School of Business
T
he Neeley School is in the
planning and fundraising stages of
developing world-class facilities.
With renowned programs, increasing
attractiveness to distinguished faculty,
a growing pool of outstanding student
applicants and a competitive spirit, the
Neeley School is well positioned for even
greater success. However, the business
school has reached capacity for both
classrooms and office space. New buildings,
major renovations and expansions are
essential if Neeley is to compete with the
best business schools in the nation and
world.
The Neeley School dean, faculty and
staff are collaborating with architects to
develop facilities for a business school on
the move: new east and south wings, central
atrium and office complex, auditorium and
north connector. All will be integrated with
existing Neeley facilities and set off by a
landscaped business quad.
“Our goal with this ambitious building
project is to hone our competitive advantage
and solidify our position as a premier global
business school,” O. Homer Erekson, John
V. Roach Dean of the Neeley School of
Business, said.
Appropriately, the Neeley School will
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anchor TCU’s most ambitious development
yet, the Intellectual Commons. Flexible,
interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial,
the Intellectual Commons will include
Rees-Jones Hall, a new state-of-the-art
instructional building and home to the
Institute of Child Development, the TCU
Energy Institute and the IdeaFactory, an
initiative through which students develop
marketable products. The Intellectual
Commons also will include a high-tech
addition to and renovation of the Annie
Richardson Bass Building for Harris College
of Nursing & Health Sciences and the
repurposed Mary Couts Burnett Library
featuring a collaborative, technicallyadvanced, media-rich environment.
“We cannot afford to think small or be
content with the status quo,” Dean Erekson
said. “We hope alumni and other friends
of the Neeley School will help us build
the future by investing in a space where
business, innovation and a values-centered
life come together for the greater good.”
For more information on how you
can support the Neeley School
building project, contact Dean Erekson at
[email protected] or 817-257-7526.
NEW NEELEY SCHOOL
OF BUSINESS FACILITIES
Carefully thought-out architectural and interior design
will result in spaces that will enable the Neeley School
to better meet its strategic goals by:
• Anticipating the future with an environment
designed for flexibility
Renderings by CannonDesign
• Supporting innovation, collaborative research and
seamless global communication
• Integrating the latest proven technologies, while
creating spaces adaptable to technological
advances
• Serving as a business hub for North Texas — a
center for innovation and networking — and
providing an exciting venue for business and
community events
• Modeling sustainability in facility design and
function
PHASE I
• New East and South Wings
• New Central Atrium and Office Complex
• Auditorium and North Connector
PHASE II
• Tandy Hall and Smith Hall Renovations
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GRADUATE
1970s
Richard Sukup MMSc ’77 and his daughter
Kerri Sukup Menchaca are represented by
Adobe Western Art Gallery for their original
oils and giclee prints displayed at corporate and
private events. Sukup is president of Magnolia
Global Energy. He is welcoming his fourth
grandchild.
1980s
Mark S. Pierce MBA ’83 has been a wealth
advisor for Thrivent Financial for 22 years. His
son, Jonathan, is currently a freshman at TCU.
Ray Gao MBA ’96
currently resides in
Munich, Germany,
and is manager
of software as
a service for
Accenture, GmbH.
During the last few
years, he traveled
between the USA and
Europe and lectured at the University of
Burgundy, France, on enterprise architecture.
In 2010, his open source framework was
instrumental in Salesforce's $212 million
acquisition of Heroku. In 2013, he attended
Former Vice President Al Gore’s Climate
Reality Leadership training in Chicago.
Ed Koellner MBA ’89 is now vice president of
global product compliance for Western Union
in Denver, Colorado.
Richard Harrell MBA ’97 joined the real
estate services group of Wells Fargo Wealth
Management as a trust asset manager in
November 2013.
David Gregory Mosby MBA ’89 is now dean
of business at International University of
Technology Twintech in Sana'a, Yemen.
2000s
1990s
Esam Alkhalifa MBA ’93 has moved to Saudi
Aramco as a marketing manager after eight
years with OPEC in Vienna as a world oil
consumption analyst.
Brad Mrozinski MBA ’03 was recently
appointed to lead the global competitive
strategy efforts for Deere & Company’s Ag and
Turf Division. Brad resides in the Quad Cities
with his wife, Stephanie, sons Paul, 5, and
Josh, 3, and daughter Angela, 1.
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Blair Swing MBA ’06
celebrated her 25th
wedding anniversary
and her 25th year
with Linbeck. She
also won third place
at the 2013 State
Fair of Texas for her
woodworking project.
Michele Kruzel Polanski BBA ’03 MBA ’07
and Stephen Polanski BBA ’04 welcomed their
second daughter, Isabel Scott, in September
2013, who joins her big sister, Grayson.
Tim Bates BBA ’03 MBA ’08 and Tom Bates
BBA ’01, owners of Glendarroch Homes,
announce that their company is participating
in the 2014 Kaleidoscope of Homes tour in the
new Viridian neighborhood in Arlington. The
show features the latest in building technology.
2010s
Fritz Rahr BBA ’89 MBA ’93 celebrated Rahr
& Sons Brewing Co.’s nine-year anniversary
in November 2013. The Fort Worth-based
brewery has grown from 2,000 barrels a year
to 20,000 barrels a year and won more than
50 nationally recognized awards, including
Silver Medal at the 2012 Great American Beer
Festival, Bronze Medal at the 2008 World Beer
Cup for Bucking Bock, and 2009 National
Grand Champion at the U.S. Beer Tasting
Championship for Iron Thistle.
Chris Westfall MBA ’95 was featured in U.S.
News & World Report in an article on “7 Steps
to Deliver Your Best Elevator Pitch,” January
17, 2014.
Chuck Bouligny MBA ’06 was named partner
of Ascend Concepts Inc., a branding and
marketing services firm in downtown Fort
Worth.
Ryan Kettle TCU ’03
MBA ’10 and Crystal
Forester TCU ’04
MBA ’10 welcomed
their daughter Emma
Nicole Kettle on
October 7, 2013.
Gary L. Tonniges Jr. MBA ’05 won the 2013
greater Tarrant Business Ethics award for his
company, TriQuest Technologies Inc., which he
founded in 1997.
Regan McDonald
MBA ’10 and Jonathan Gilstrap MBA ’11 were
married on New Year’s Eve 2013 at Robert
Carr Chapel. Regan is assistant director of
marketing and external affairs at Texas A&M
University School of Law. Jonathan is a
principal at Pinnacle Property Group in Fort
Worth.
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Greg Saltsman MBA ’11 launched Pearl
Snaps Kolaches, selling baked goods out of
The Lunch Box, 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd.,
Fort Worth. Greg and business partner Wade
Chappell hope to open their own retail
storefront in 2014. They also deliver. www.
pskolaches.com
Jennifer Craft
(Jones) ’83 and
her husband, Bill,
celebrated the first
anniversary of the
opening of their
restaurant, Fly by
Night Cattle Co. –
Steaks & BBQ, in
Cleburne, Texas.
John P. Parker BBA ’07 MBA ’12 accepted
a position as operations manager for Uber
Technologies Inc. in the Dallas field office.
Bill Bartholomew MAc ’13 and Virginia Jones
MAc ’13 are the national 2013 Elijah Watt
Sells award winners. The award celebrates
individuals who passed all four sections of
the CPA exam and obtain the highest scores
nationally. TCU was the only school in Texas
to have two award winners this year.
UNDERGRADUATE
1960s
Marshall Neal Carter ’61 lost his 1959 Dean’s
Honor List certificate in a recent move and
called the Neeley School to replace it. He still
had the letter from Dean Harrison and the
list of honorees from the TCU registrar. The
Neeley Academic Advising Center was happy
to help Marshall with his request.
1970s
James L. Hass, Col. (ret), USAF, ’73 recently
signed a 15-month contract with HABCO
Industries LLC as a military consultant for the
firm.
1980s
Chaille Graham Ralph
’81 is the 2014 chair
of the board for the
Houston Association
of REALTORS®.
Ralph is senior vice
president of sales
for Heritage Texas
Properties’ Post Oak,
Downtown, Heights and
Galveston locations. In
addition, she holds director positions with
both the Texas and National Associations of
REALTORS® and has served on committees at
both the state and national levels.
Fred Streck ’83 is the 2014 president of the
Fort Worth Chapter of the American Board
of Trial Advocates. Streck is board certified
in Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial
Advocacy and has been practicing law in Fort
Worth since 1986.
David Nielsen ’85 is now associate director of
media relations for the American Council of
Life Insurers in Washington, D.C.
Kathy Permenter ’85 formed Younger
Partners, a commercial real estate firm in DFW
and Austin, and serves as co-managing partner.
She announces that they have three TCU
graduates on board.
CLASS NOTES
Jennifer Ellen Conrad
’99 opened of her second
Conrad Creative gift
store at 4911 Camp
Bowie Blvd., Fort
Worth. The first location
is 131 N. Main Street,
Mansfield. Conrad
Creative specializes in
corporate gifts, custom
wreaths and specialty
gift items. www.
conradcreative.com.
Liz Crossman Cook ’99 and husband Shawn
announce the arrival of son Ryan Patrick Cook
on May 16, 2013, who joins big brothers Evan,
4, and Nathan, 2. Liz is manager of talent
acquisition for First National Bank of Omaha,
and Shawn is director of student affairs for the
School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
at Creighton University. They live in Omaha,
Nebraska.
Bob Eisthen ’87 celebrated his 20th
anniversary with Bartlett & Co as a registered
investment advisor in Cincinnati, Ohio, in
March 2014.
Paul Hains ’87 celebrated his one-year
anniversary with DoubleBarrel Downhole
Technologies as the quality and documentation
manager.
1990s
Tracey Jackson
’90 was promoted
to senior marketing
manager, global
partner marketing at
VMware. Jackson has
been with the company for
more than three years and resides in Austin.
Ken Wimberly,
CCIM, ’96 recently
launched KW Net
Lease Advisors, a
national investment
sales brokerage
consortium, through
the KW Commercial
platform. He is seeking
Horned Frogs from around
the country to expand the endeavor.
John H.P. Hudson ’99 was promoted to vice
president of regulatory affairs at Premier
Nationwide Lending. He serves as NAMB’s
communications chair and was recently
named Top 25 Most Connected Mortgage
Professionals by National Mortgage
Professional
Magazine, as
well as Top 40
under 40 Most
Influential
Mortgage
Professionals.
Hudson lives
in San Antonio
with his wife,
Darinka. They
recently had
their first child.
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Chris Duty ’05 is now director of product at
Mobile Travel Technologies in London. He
previously was mobile product manager at
RetailMeNot. Chris and his wife, Andrea
Bearce Duty ’07, relocated to London from
Austin.
2000s
Carlo Capua ’00, owner of Z’s Café, was
honored in the 40 Under 40 awards by the Fort
Worth Business Press. He recently opened
a third café location in the Dallas Farmer's
Market. A food industry entrepreneur, Carlo
lives in Fort Worth with his wife, Rachael
Capua ’09.
Dr. Lane Eddleman ’00 has been inducted
as a Fellow of the Pierre
Fauchard Academy, an
international dental
honor organization that
pursues the highest
ideals of dentistry
in every country in
both ethical and moral
practice and through
service to community,
nation and profession.
Michael Del Toro Navarro ’00 was elected
president of the Dallas Police Citizens
Academy Alumni Association, appointed
events committee member of the FBI Dallas
CAAA, appointed a board
member of the Dallas
County Citizens
Elections Advisory
Committee by the
Dallas County
Commissioner
District 4, and
appointed as
elections judge for
Precinct 4065. Navarro is
running for mayor of Cockrell Hill, Texas.
Michael Anne Pritchard ’01 is now an inhouse attorney for Cook Children’s Health
Care System in Fort Worth.
Dede Williams ’01 is now director of the
Leadership Center at TCU. She oversees
university leadership programming and
development initiatives.
Litza Bayless ’03 and her husband Spencer
Bayless MBA ’08 welcomed their daughter
Sara Vivian Bayless
on February 11,
2014. They live
in Livermore,
California, where
Spencer works in
store operations
finance at Ross
Stores, and Litza
works in workers comp
claims at ABM.
Clark Rucker
’05 and his wife,
Rebecca, and
daughter, Harper,
welcomed Haley
Elaine Rucker on
January 2, 2014,
weighing 8 pounds,
10 ounces and 21 1/2
inches long.
Blair Moore (Ensign) ’06 and Keeton Moore
welcomed their first child,
Carlisle Mary Moore,
on September 19,
2013. Carlisle
was 6 pounds, 11
ounces, 18 1/2
inches long. Blair,
Keeton, Carlisle and
their dog, Maverick,
reside in Fort Worth.
Natalie King ’07 and Nathan Jones are
engaged. Nathan proposed on the football
field in Amon G. Carter Stadium during
homecoming weekend at the TCU vs. KU
game in October. They will be married in
Kansas City in October 2014.
Anthony
Allegra ’04
welcomed the
newest TCU
fan, Luciana
Rose Allegra,
on November
15, 2013.
She enjoys
spending time
with her daddy
watching TCU
games.
Aaron McLachlan ’04 is now a financial
consultant at Charles Schwab.
Dominique Dennis ’05 joined Apple Inc. in
July 2013 as NPI materials program manager
after a successful career with Stryker.
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Johnathan K. Leer ’07 has accepted a
position with Baylor Scott and White Health
as a strategic financial services analyst
II. Previously, Johnathan worked for JPS
Physician Group and Cook Children's Health
Care System. He is currently pursuing his
Masters in Healthcare Administration at the
University of Texas at Arlington.
Arthur Cameron
Quisenberry
’07 and Rachael
Jane Juergens
Quisenberry ’09
were married on
July 5, 2013, in
Santa Barbara,
California. They
currently live in Fort Worth.
Megan Cunningham Sanders ’08 married
Steve Sanders on November 2, 2013, at
Cordillera Ranch in Boerne, Texas. They live
in Fort Worth where Megan is a practicing
attorney and Steve is a chiropractor at
ChiroPlus Clinic.
Lisa Cloud ’03 and Adam Campetti were married October 5, 2013, at Robert Carr Chapel. The
couple resides in Lewisville, Texas. Lisa is a buyer for the City of Lewisville and Adam is the
videographer and media specialist for the City of Lewisville. Horned Frogs in the wedding party
included maid of honor Betsy Thomas ’03, Michelle Benham TCU ’02, and Jennifer Schmidt
McFerrran TCU ’03.
Amy O’Hoyt ’09 has undertaken hike-thrus on
the Sonora Pass, Appalachian Trail and in New
Zealand.
Jake Russell Friemel ’08 and Ashley Lauren
Van Hoef ’09 were married March 28, 2014.
They met at a TCU football game in 2011.
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1 Mark Cuban visited TCU MBA students’ class on corporate
6 For seven years in a row, billionare investor Warren Buffett
2 Kansas City treated Neeley students to an entrepreneurship panel,
7 Scottish-born TCU Provost Nowell Donovan wishes Associate
crime to give his first-person account on allegations of corporate
misconduct, for which he was found innocent.
company visits including Google Fiber, museum tour, networking
with young alumni and meetings with C-level executives.
3 Dean Homer Erekson welcomed NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan
Niederauer to campus as part of the Tandy Executive Speaker
Series. Niederauer talked about his leadership during the
transformation of NYSE Euronext into an innovative, globally
integrated organization with a high-tech, high-touch focus.
4 U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
got a dose of Texas hospitality from Neeley. More than 500
entrepreneurship educators from around the world came to
Fort Worth in January as the Neeley School hosted the annual
USASBE conference, “Cowboys, Culture and Creativity.”
5 Dr. Jagdish Sheth, professor of marketing in the Goizueta
Business School at Emory University and 2014 Neeley School
Green Chair lecturer, spoke in depth about how today's word-ofmouth marketing, also known as social media, has changed the
way marketers reach consumers and how marketing content is
created.
has invited TCU MBA students to his hometown of Omaha,
Nebraska, for some up-close-and-personal time.
Dean George Low the best of luck at Froghenge at TCU, as
Dr. Low prepares to leave Horned Frog country to be Dean of
the College of Business and Economics at Radford University in
Virginia.
8 Neeley alumni and friends from throughout Florida enjoyed a
night out at Downtown Disney in Orlando. The evening began
with a reception at Planet Hollywood followed by a theater
performance of “La Nouba.”
9 TCU MBAs Zhenya Egupova, Mykel Diggins, Drew Fay and
Vinny Arbitrage competed in the 2014 Leeds Net Impact Case
Competition at the University of Colorado. The team advanced to
the championship round.
10 TCU real estate students got a VIP tour of the Rangers Ballpark
in Arlington courtesy of Rob Matwick, executive vice president
of business operations for the Texas Rangers, and Jamie Adams,
senior vice president for Briggs Freeman Sotheby's Realty.
Neeley Real Estate Instructor Leslie Purvis set up the event.
11 Juniors in the BNSF Next Generation Leadership Program met
with TCU alumni and toured companies in Chicago over fall
break to further develop their leadership skills and prepare them
for a successful career.
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