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Adam Sheehan (BBA ’01) was featured in The Wall Street Journal in a question-and-answer about getting started in anime.
Wayne Watts (BBA ’76) current senior executive vice president and general counsel at AT&T, was profiled in a Steve Blow column in The Dallas Morning News.
Alan Heaton’s (MBA ’07) 25-year military service was profiled in The Express of Lock Haven, PA.
Sathasivam (Kris) Krishnan (MBA ’86) Associate Dean for Institutional Research & Planning at Hudson County Community College in New Jersey, has been selected as a Fellow for the 2009 Association for Institutional Research (AIR) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Learn more.
Cris Neely (BBA ’79) has been appointed to Chief Financial Officer at ONE Holdings, Corp., a Miami-based investment company. Learn more.
Patrick Sporl (MBA ’97) and his continued success managing bond funds at American Beacon Advisors was featured in a July 21 article in Barron’s. Learn more.
K. Michael Koch (MBA ’92) has joined MGL Consulting as Executive Vice President over the Investment Adviser and Insurance Divisions. Learn more.
Martin Schlossman (BS ’92) has been promoted to first vice president of FHLBank Topeka. Learn more.
Former vice presidential candidate Dr. Pat Choate (BA ’63) has joined the Board of Directors of American Innovators for Patent Reform. Learn more.
Kenneth Sanders, CPA (BBA ‘79), and John Stanbery, CPA (BBA ‘83), joined Fort Worth based accounting firm AuldridgeGriffin PC as the firm’s latest partners. Learn more.
Paul Hilbig (MS ’05) and his wife Sarah were featured in an Idaho Business Review article featuring the couple’s new business, Bloomin’ Art.
Sandy. J Martin (BBA ’83) has been appointed chief financial officer at Entech Solar as reported by Energy Business Review. Sandy joined Entech in March 2009 and was named chief accounting officer in April.
Sean Connelly (MBA ’09) and his annual “42 in 42” volunteer drive established in honor of Pat Tillman were featured in the May 31, 2009 Fort Worth Star Telegram weekly column Shlachter, Nishimura & Baker.
Kevin Simmons (BBA ’78), Professor of Economics at Austin College in Sherman, Texas, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant. Kevin will use his Fulbright research grant during the spring semester 2010 conducting research at the International Center for Geohazards in Oslo, Norway. Learn more.
Jorge Callado (BBA ’09), who recently earned his honors B.B.A. in finance from UT Arlington, represented the Class of 2009 at the May 15 Graduation Celebration. He was featured in Bob Ray Sander’s Column in the Fort Worth Star Telegram
Charlotte J. Wright (BBA ’76, MS ’77), professor and Lanny G. Chasteen chairman of accounting at Oklahoma State University, received the 2009 Outstanding Accounting Educator at the Oklahoma Accounting Educators Conference in Norman on May 2. Learn more.
Danielle M. Georgiou, a doctoral student at UT Dallas and two-time alumna of The University of Texas at Arlington, was presented with the first “Patricia A. Porter Fellowship in Arts Management,” given by the Leadership Arts Alumni Association of North Texas Business for Culture and the Arts (NTBCA). Read more...
Casey Schmidt (BBA ‘02) marketing manager for Benchmark Synergy Group, was featured in the Tyler Morning Telegraph on May 3, 2009.
Dr. Roland Fryer (BBA ‘98 ), professor of economics at Harvard University and CEO of Harvard’s Education Innovation Laboratory, was honored by Time Magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2009. View the 2009 Time 100.
Dana Gibson (Ph.D. ’93), has been named the first female vice president for finance and operations at Sam Houston State University. Learn more.
George Benson (BBA, ‘78), has joined the Beryl Companies, the nation's leading provider of outsourced call center services to healthcare organizations, as regional vice president of sales. Learn more.
Anthony J. Perri, M.D. (MSHCA ’08),of Corsicana was recently appointed to the position of clinical associate professor of urology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Perri practiced urology for almost 25 years in Corsicana. He is currently director of the Advanced Prostate Cancer Service and attending urologist at the Dallas VA Medical Center, where he is conducting research in the chemoprevention of prostate cancer in veterans with Agent Orange exposure. He also serves on the Institutional Review Board that oversees all VA research in North Texas.
Teresa Hanson (BBA ‘83, MBA ‘86),was recently named U.S. director of marketing and product management for Vetoquinol USA, an animal health products company. As director of marketing and product management, Hanson will lead all marketing and product management-related activities for Vétoquinol USA's veterinary and retail segments. Learn more.
Nancy Stich (BBA ’92),has been named Alexandria (LA) Market President for Capital One Bank, N.A. As the leading Capital One Bank executive in Alexandria, Stich will work to enhance Capital One Bank’s ability to meet community needs through an array of bank resources, including philanthropy, volunteerism and community banking products and services. Learn more.
Denise Ford (BBA '88),doctoral student in the College of Professional Education at Texas Women’s University, received a university scholarship at the Virginia Chandler Dykes Leadership Award Luncheon. Learn more.
Mike Leathers (BBA ‘92 ),was recently named Senior Vice President at Hanson Pressure Pipe, a leading provider of concrete steel and steel pressure pipe. Learn more.
Steve Blume (MBA ’83),an ExxonMobil refinery manager in Baton Rouge, was recently profiled in Business & Industry Connection. Learn more.
Jerome Oglesby (BS ‘01), Chief Technology Officer for Deloitte, is among Computerworld’s annual list of 100 executives shaping the IT industry. Jerome is considered an IT leader who “shatters the mold” in part because of his recognition of the need to engage Gen Y employees. Learn more.
Danielle Marie Georgiou's (BBA ‘06, MA '08) first book, The Politics of State Public Arts Funding, has been released as announced by German publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG. Danielle is an Adjunct Professor of Dance with the University of Texas at Arlington's Department of Kinesiology. She is also the Assistant Director of the UTA Dance Ensemble. As a UT Arlington undergraduate, Danielle was a scholar in the Goolsby Leadership Academy. Read more.
Kurt Jaeger (BBA ‘84) was featured in the January 19, 2009 Fort Worth Star-Telegram for being a grocery entrepreneur. Jaeger purchased several Minyard Food Stores, changing the names to City Market. The article said Jaeger paid his way through UT Arlington by working at Safeway.
Brian McDermott (BBA ‘86) joined Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) on Dec 10 as Vice President of Supplier Management. McDermott comes to AIA from Paragon Dynamics, a Denver-based company that specializes in aerospace and intelligence system development and engineering, program management and technical support needs. He previously worked for L-3 Communications and served 21 years in the U.S. Air Force. In his new position, he oversees all efforts to support and advocate for aerospace suppliers and foster good relationships with prime contractors. Founded in 1919, AIA represents the nation's leading manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military, and business aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial systems, space systems, aircraft engines, materiel, and related components, equipment services, and information technology. Read more...
Kendra Brown (BBA ‘89) has been named Oconee County assistant administrator for administration and finance. Oconee County is located in South Carolina. For the past eight and a half years, Brown has worked as an accountant in the Pickens County finance department. Prior to that, she worked as for Clemson University as an internal auditor as well as with a private accounting firm. Brown is a certified public accountant and certified government finance officer. Read more...
Jim Wilkinson (BBA ’93) has joined Brunswick Group LLC, a leading global communications consultancy, as Managing Partner for International Business and Financial Strategy. Mr. Wilkinson joins Brunswick from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he has served since 2006 as Chief of Staff to Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr. As Chief of Staff, he has served as Secretary Paulson's senior strategist and counselor, and has worked closely with the Secretary on crisis management and matters of domestic and international finance. Read more...
Roland Fryer (BBA ’98) appeared December 1 on The Colbert Report to talk about his program to pay inner-city youth to get good grades in school. Fryer earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at UT Arlington and is a professor in economics at Harvard University and founder of the American Inequality Lab. November 2008.
Brian Chase (BBA ’94) is now deputy chief of staff for U.S. Congressman Jeb Hensarling (TX-5). Before joining Hensarling’s office, Brian served in the Bush Administration as NASA’s Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs. November 2008.
Tommy Franks (BBA ’71) Tommy Franks United States Army General Featured Speaker Induction In Hall Of Fame. November 2008. Read more...
Jeffery T Fisher (MBA ‘92) Limelight Networks Appoints Jeffrey T. Fisher to Board of Directors. November 2008. Read more...
Jim Greenwalt (BBA ‘72) Rockwall resident gets long-overdue Bronze Star. October 2008. Read more...
Nathan Carlson (BBA ’02) Golf with a Shotgun Sporting Clays. October 2008.
Business Wire reported Andrew Dubinsky (BS ’97), president and CEO of Houston-based Encomia, spoke about electronic mortgage transactions at MBA Document Management and Custody Conference on Monday, Sept. 27, in Charlotte, S.C. September 11, 2008.
Mike Poskey (BBA ’96) - ‘Emotional intelligence' counts in job hires. August 20, 2008
Kimberly Montes (MS HCAD ‘08 ) was recently promoted to the combined CNO/COO role at Kindred Hospital in Mansfield. August 19, 2008
Katrina McGhee (MBA ‘95) - Sports marketing gains speed as career . August 17, 2008
Jeffrey W. Steed (MBA ‘94) – Execute, Manage Strategic Ministry Plans. August 7, 2008
Lana Vornik (MS 07) has accepted a position as Manager, Clinical Protocol Administration, Clinical Cancer Prevention, at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. July 2008
Ben Nelson (MBA 02)- Agrium Advanced Technologies recently announced the appointment of Ben Nelson as marketing manager, reacted products, in their Sylacauga, Ala., location. July 2008
Robert Goecks (BBA 73 MBA 78) - Firm Forms Bank Secrecy Act Practice, July 22, 2008
JP McDade (BBA 88) - Yums on deck: Shoe gurus are takin’ it to tha streets, July 21, 2008
Matthew T. Caldwell (MS HCA 04) - Sierra Medical names Caldwell as chief operating officer, July 21, 2008
Curvie Hawkins JR (BS 95, MCRP 00) - Challenges suit transit director to a tee, June 30, 2008