2013-2014 Advisory Boards

Corporate Advisory Board

Chair: Alan R. Crain
Baker Hughes Incorporated

Bruce E. Campbell III
Parkman Whaling

Gregory C. Crowe
Wells Fargo

Wayne A. Harms
ExxonMobil Corporation

Kay Ikawa
United Airlines

E. Daisy Liu
ConocoPhillips

Charles A. Pierce III
Accenture

Kim A. Ruth
Bank of America

Niloy Shah
BP America

Albert C. Tan
Haynes and Boone, LLP

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

General Advisory Board

Chair: Ravi S. Chidambaram
Shell Oil Company (retired)

Dr. Selina Ahmed
Texas Southern University

Thomas Poung Au
Poung Au Design

Christopher Balat
Balcor Commercial/Hospitality

Chris Brown
City of Houston

Divya Brown
Aker Solutions

Michael D. Cannon
Menil Foundation

Dr. C.S. Agnes Cheng
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Louisiana State University

Shern-Min Chow
KHOU-TV Channel 11

Geoffrey S. Connor
Former Texas Secretary of State

Gigi Do
Houston Community College

Philip J. Dingle
Oil and Gas Executive (retired)

James N. Falk
World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

Lily Chen Foster

Sonia Garza-Monarchi
Garza Protocol Associates

Dr. Marie Goradia
Pratham USA

Viet Hoang
Yellow Magazine

Dr. Laura L. Hsu
Rice University

Dr. Shih-Shan Susan Huang
Rice University

Sockalingam Sam Kannappan, P.E.
SNC Lavalin

Dr. Basheer Khumawala
University of Houston

Dr. Saleha Khumawala
University of Houston

Dr. Anne C. Klein
Rice University

Lily Kooros
Kandu Enterprises

Vatsa N. Kumar
Sri Meenakshi Temple Society

Huan Le
DiCentral Corporation

Gin Ru Lee

Teresa Ong Lee, P.C.

Dr. Ninan T. Mathew
Houston Headache & Neurological Institute

Mary Hale McLean
Martha Turner Properties

Colleen F. Morimoto
Rice University

Judy Nyquist

Timothy K. Seo

Zafar Tahir
Taji Petroleum and Tahir Consulting

Joseph Ting
West Plaza Management, Inc.

Richard B. Vaughan
Pinto Partners

Ann Wales

Penn J. Williamson
Transocean Ltd. (retired)

Dr. Yali Zou
University of Houston