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2020–2021 Honorary Board of Directors
Durga D. Agrawal
Piping Technology & Products, Inc.
Hushang Ansary
Stewart & Stevenson LLC
James A. Baker III
Baker Botts LLP
Brad Bucher
Philanthropist
Garnet F. Coleman
Texas House of Representatives
David Dewhurst
Former Lieutenant Governor, Texas
Ryan M. Lance
ConocoPhillips
David Leebron
Rice University
William H. White
Former Mayor, City of Houston
Margaret Alkek Williams
Philanthropist and Volunteer
Henry Wu
American First National Bank
2020–2021 Board of Directors
Chair: Y. Ping Sun
Rice University and Yetter Coleman LLP
Vice Chair: Martyn E. Goossen
JP Morgan Chase Bank
Vice Chair: Moez Mangalji
Westmont Hospitality Group
Secretary: Kevin P. Lewis
Sidley Austin, LLP
Treasurer: Edward R. Allen III
Eagle Global Advisors
Nancy C. Allen
Philanthropist and Volunteer
Shazhad Bashir
Morae Global Corporation
Joe Blommaert
ExxonMobil Chemicals
Michael "Tripp" Carter
Bradshaw Carter
Albert Chao
Westlake Chemical Corporation
John P. Cogan, Jr.
Cogan & Partners LLP
James L. Cuclis
White & Case, LLP
Charles Foster
Foster LLP
Glen Gondo
The Sushi Company
Arshad Matin
Avettea, LLC
John D. McKay
BDO USA LLP
Gordon J. Quan
Quan Law Group, PLLC
Milton D. Rosenau
Author and Management Consultant (Retired)
Paul Sheng
McKinsey & Company
Randy Sim
Satsun Corporation
Kishore Sundararajan
Oceaneering
Mustafa Tameez
Outreach Strategists, LLC
Rishi Varma
Hewlett- Packard
Alistair Vickers
BP Wind Energy
Asha Virani
The Faris Foundation
2020–2021 Advisory Board
Chris Brown
City of Houston
Divya Brown
Aker Solutions
Neil Bush
Bruce E. Campbell III
Parkman Whaling
Michael D. Cannon
Menil Foundation
Rajneesh Chaudhary
Lunstroth & Chaudhary
Philip Dingle
Oil and Gas Executive (Retired)
James Falk
World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth
Lily Foster
Sonia Garza-Monarchi
Garza Protocol Associates
Lily Kooros
Kandu Enterprises
Gin Ru Lee
Teresa Ong Lee, P.C.
Judy Nyquist
Y. Vani Rao
Quanta Services
Timothy K. Seo
Leigh Smith
Harry L. Tindall
Tindall & England, P.C.
Janae Tsai
C&W Packaging, LP
Richard B. Vaughan
Alloy Merchant Finance
Ann Wales
Dr. Yali Zou
University of Houston
2019-2020 Diplomatic Advisory Board
Chair: Chase Untermeyer
Former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar
Nana Booker AM
Honorary Consul General of Australia
Edward P. Djerejian
Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria and Israel