Board Members

Bill Mearse
President of the Board of Advocates
Retired, Accenture
Houston, Texas

Tom Ayers
President
SBM Offshore
Katy, Texas

Brian Bammel
Corporate Business Services IT Manager
ExxonMobil
The Woodlands, Texas

Jay D. Battershell
Consultant
Flower Mound, Texas

Mark Biegler
Chief Engineer, Drilling and Subsurface
ExxonMobil
The Woodlands, Texas

Nicole Carpenter
President, Business Development
Weatherford International
Houston, Texas

Joseph Cestari
President
Trinity Inspiration Management, LLC
Round Rock, Texas

Lauren Dreyer
Director of Human Resources and Business Operations
SpaceX
McGregor, Texas

Kim Mackenroth
Vice President and CIO
Textron
Dallas, Texas

Ryan Malone
Projects General Manager and Chief Transformation Officer
BP Upstream
Katy, Texas

Hector Martinez
Chief Strategy and Process Officer
Pariveda Solutions
Dallas, Texas

Mark McCollum
CEO and President
Weatherford
Houston, Texas

Don McErlean
Senior Engineer
Aerospace Consulting
McGregor, Texas

Kellar Nevill
Principal - Tax and Operate
Ernst & Young
Roanoke, Texas

Todd Patterson
Founding Partner
Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
Houston, Texas

Harold Rafuse
Retired USAF Officer
President and CEO
Phantom Aerospace
Crawford, Texas

Rick Seaney
CEO
3Victors
Dallas, Texas

Shawn Sedate
Chief Information Officer
Brookshire's
Tyler, Texas

Emile Sevadjian
VP of Expandable Engineering
Coretrax
Houston, Texas

Stephen W. Smith
Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
Trinity Industries
Dallas, Texas

Andy Spencer
President
Engedi Group
Austin, Texas

Dean Swisher
Retired
Dallas, Texas

Rick Tullis
President
Capstone Mechanical
Waco, Texas

Trent Voigt
CEO
Payment Experts, LLC
Van Alstyne, Texas

Larry Weixel
AI Production/Sustainment Engineering Lead
Lockheed Martin
Aledo, Texas

Jim D. Wiethorn
Chairman of the Board, Principal Engineer
HAAG Engineering Co.
Sugar Land, Texas