Advisory Council

2024-2025

The College of Liberal Arts Advisory Council is a dedicated group of volunteers who all share a passion for the liberal arts. Members are made up of both alumni and friends of the college. Together with the dean, the Advisory Council works to further the college’s initiatives, both academic and philanthropic.

Leadership

Kim Monday, Chair

 

Rob Addy
Denver, CO
BA, Plan II Honors, 2000

Fields Alexander
Houston, TX
BA, English, 1987
JD 1992

Gordon Appleman
Fort Worth, TX
BA, Economics, 1959
JD, Harvard, 1962

Michael G. Appleman
Fort Worth, TX
BA, Plan II, 1990
JD 1993

Margaret Arrington
Dallas, TX
BA, Mathematics, 1961

Morton W. Baird, II
San Antonio, TX
BA, Plan II, 1971
JD 1975

Stephen P. Ballantyne
San Antonio, TX
BA, Economics, 1972
MBA, Finance, 1974
JD 1977

Steve Baron
Dallas, TX
BBA, 1986
JD 1988

Hailey Bechtol
Houston, TX
BA, History 1992

Peggy A. Beckham
Abilene, TX
BA, Plan II, 1956

Katy Burk-Cheema
Houston, TX
BA, History, 2011

Stephen R. Butter, Jr.
Austin, TX
BA, Plan II, 1993
BBA, Accounting, 1993
JD 2003

Cindy M. Carter
Dallas, TX
BBA 1973

Coby C. Chase
Austin, TX
BA, Government, 1986

Jim Cook
Austin, TX
BA, Economics, 1982

Christi L. Craddick
Austin, TX
BA, Plan II, 1991
JD 1995

Christina Melton Crain
Dallas, TX
BA, Government, 1988
JD 1991

Scott Crutchfield
Beaumont, TX
BA, Economics, 1989
JD, St. Mary's, 1991

Hilda and Greg Curran
Houston, TX
BA, Economics, 1990

Barry Dauber
New York, NY
BA, Economics, 2005

William C. Davidson, Jr.
Austin, TX
BA, Plan II, 1960
JD 1963

Clarice M. Davis
Dallas, TX
BA, Government, 1962
MA, Government, 1964
JD 1968

Sallie Carroll Davis
Houston, TX
BA, Plan II, 1965

Maureen H. Decherd
Dallas, TX
BA, English, 1973

Carolyn Denham
Pasadena, CA
BA, Plan II, 1966

Adrienne S. Draper
Houston, TX
BA, Plan II, 1988

Robert B. Dupree
Fort Worth, TX
BA, Government, 1986

Mary Jane Edwards
Fort Worth, TX

Robert B. Egan
Sugar Land, TX
BA, Economics, 1963

Craig Fisher
Austin, TX
BA History 1992

Becky Baskin Ferguson
Midland, TX
BS, Radio-TV-Film, 1976

Richard Frankel
Bellaire, TX
BA, Law, 1980
JD 1983

Mary Ann Frishman
Austin, TX
BA, Government, 1988

David Garza
Gonzalez, TX
BS, Pharmacy, 1970

Lawrence L. Germer
Austin, TX
BA, Plan II, 1963
JD 1966

Michael Gilbert
New York, NY
BA, Government 1996

Julius Glickman
Houston, TX
BA, Plan II, 1962
JD 1966

Bianna Golodryga
New York, NY
BA, Post-Soviet and East European Studies, 2000

Jerry R. Grammer, Ph.D.
Austin, TX
BA, Sociology, 1969
MA, SMU, Psychology, 1972
PhD, UT Southwestern Medical School Dallas, Psychology, 1982

Erika Griffith
Odenton, MD
BA, Linguistics, 1992

Michael and Courtney Grigsby
Austin, TX
BA, Government, 1992
Bachelor of Journalism, 1993

Katy Hackerman
Austin, TX
BA, English, 1980

Choquette Hamilton
Round Rock, TX
BA, Ethnic Studies, 2003

Mary Dell Harrington
Larchmont, NY
BA, Plan II, 1978
MBA, Harvard Business School, 1982

Judye G. Hartman
Houston, TX
BA, Math, 1964

Jeff Hayes
Port Arthur, TX
BBA 1962

Lisa C. Henken Ramirez
Austin, TX
BA, Psychology, 1998

Barbara Nelson Hinds
Houston, TX
BA, Plan II, 1962

Stephen Houston
Old Greenwich, CT
BA, Economics, 1989
MBA, Columbia University, 1992

Nomi Husain
Houston, TX
BA, Government, 1994
JD, South Texas College of Law, 1997

Sylvia Jabour
Austin, TX
BA, Plan II, 1990
JD/MBA, University of Houston, 1993

Melinda Nelson Jackson
Houston, TX
BA, Plan II, 1989
MBA 1993

William J. Jackson
Houston, TX
BA, Government, 1989
JD 1992

Vaishali Jadhav
Austin, TX
BA, Sociology, 1999

William E. Joor, III
Houston, TX
BA, Plan II, 1961
LLB, Harvard Law School, 1966

Lenoir M. Josey, II
Houston, TX
BA, Plan II, 1964
LLB/JD, 1966
MBA, Harvard, 1968

Patricia Kelso
San Francisco, CA

Suzon S. Kemp
Austin, TX
BA, Psychology, 2000

John C. Kerr
San Antonio, TX
JD, 1972

James Key
Houston, TX
BA, History, 1966

Shirley F. Kline
San Antonio, TX
BA, History, 1951

Sue Ellen Knolle, M.D.
Austin, TX
BA, Plan II, 1961
MD, UTMB Galveston, 1969

Richard Krumholz
Dallas, TX
BA, Psychology, 1989

Adam Lampert
Dallas, TX
BA, Plan II Honors, 1988

Ryan Latham
Midland, TX
BA, Plan II, 2005
JD, Baylor Law School, 2009

Sergio Leal
Bellaire, TX
BA Economics 2003

James Lehmann
San Antonio, TX
BA, Plan II, 1997
MD, UT Health San Antonio, 2001

Gregory O. Lipscomb
Austin, TX
BA, Liberal Arts, 1964
LLB/JD 1966
MPA, Harvard, Public Administration, 1978
MA, Johns Hopkins, Creative Writing, 2000

Patrick S. Lutts
San Antonio, TX
BA, Economics, 1962

Paul Martin
San Antonio, TX
Plan II, 1971-73
BA, St. John's College, 1980

Dan Matheson
Austin, TX
BA, American Civilization, 1971

Charles Matthews
Dallas, TX
BA, Government, 1967
JD, University of Houston, 1970

Tara G. McCown
Dallas, TX
BA, Liberal Arts, 1971

Kent McGaughy
Dallas, TX
BA, Plan II, 1994
MBA, Harvard, 1998

Brian T. McLaughlin
Midland, TX
BA, Plan II, 1983
JD 1986

Richard T. McMillan II
Fort Worth, TX
BA, History, 2003
JD 2006

Christopher Martin Meekins
Austin, TX
BA, Plan II, 1993
MBA 1997
JD 1997

Max K. Miller, Ph.D.
Austin, TX
BS, Physics, 1957
MA, Mathematics, 1963
PhD, Mathematics, 1966

Mildred (Mimi) Rose Miran, Ph.D.
Aldie, VA
BA, History and International Studies, 1959
MA, Linguistics and Japanese, 1970
PhD, Lingusitics, 1975

Kim Monday, M.D.
Houston, TX
BA, Plan II, 1988
MD, Baylor College of Medicine, 1992

Damon Munchus
New York, NY
BA, Plan II Honors, 1992

Luke Musselman
Midland, TX
BA, History, 1983

Fulton Murray
Fort Worth, TX
BA, Stanford University, Economics, 1988
MBA 1993

Al Nance
Houston,TX
BA, English, 1987

Brad Nes
Washington, D.C.
BA, Government, 2001
MSt, Oxford University, 2002
JD 2005

Milam Newby
Austin, TX
BA, Government, 2000
JD 2003

Dudley Oldham
Houston, TX
BA, Chemistry, 1964
LLB/JD 1966

Susan Palombo
Austin, TX
BA, Plan II, 1980
MBA, Minnesota, 2001

Robert L. Patton, Jr.
Fort Worth, TX
BBA, Finance, 1985
JD, St. Mary's University, 1988
LLM, SMU, 1989

Jeane H. Pendery
Dallas, TX
BA, German, 1967

Carrie J. Phaneuf
Dallas, TX
BA, Spanish, 1995

Marshall Phaneuf
Dallas, TX
BA, Economics, 1995

Mr. Robert E. Phaneuf
Tulsa, OK
BA, Psychology, 1968
MBA, Finance, 1972

Russell Post
Houston, TX
BA, Plan II, 1991
MA, History, Stanford University, 1992
JD, University of Virginia, 1996

Bethel Quander
Bellaire, TX
BA, History, 1993

Vasu Raja
Dallas, TX
BA, Humanities, 1998

Bill Reynolds
San Antonio, TX
BA, Architecture, 1972
MBA, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 1983

Matthew R. Ridewood
San Antonio, TX
BA, Government, 2007
MA, UTSA, Political Science, 2015 

Nancy Beth Roberts
Dallas, TX
BA, Plan II & History, 1961

Whit Roberts
Dallas, TX
BA, Plan II, 1988
MBA, University of Kent, 1989
JD 1992 

Brett Robertson
Dallas, TX
BBA, Finance, 1987
MBA 1989

Amy Robinson
San Antonio, TX
BA, Plan II, 1989
MBA 1996
CIMA, Wharton, 2004

Melanie Rubin
Dallas, TX
BA, Plan II, 1989
MPA, LBJ, 1991

Tolly Salz
Dallas, TX
BA, Plan II, 1992
MLA, SMU, 2006

Lawrence Sampleton
Austin, TX
BA, St. Edward's University, 1991

Laura Sands
Dallas, TX

Lisa Sarvadi
Houston, TX
BBA, Engineering, 1989

Stefanie Scott
Austin, TX
Bachelor of Journalism, 1987

Leslie Shaunty
Houston, TX
BA, Government, 1990

Aaron Simpson
New York, NY
BA, Government, 1997
JD, UVA, 2002

Sandra E. Snyder
Dallas, TX
BA, Plan II, 1961 

Will Snyder
Dallas, TX
BA, Plan II, 1989
JD 1992

Stuart Stedman
Houston, TX
BA, Plan II, 1979
MBA/JD 1985

Steven H. Stodghill
Dallas, TX
BA, Government, 1983
JD 1987 

John Tatum
Dallas, TX
BA, Economics, 1989

Louann A. Temple
Austin, TX
BA, English, 1956
MA, American Civilization, 1990

Linda Ryan Thomas
Longview, TX
BA, English, 1958

John P. Thompson, Jr.
Dallas, TX
BA, SMU, Economics & Political Science, 1983 

Peyton L. Townsend
Dallas, TX
BA, Government & History, 1962

Carl Tricoli
Houston, TX
BA, Psychology, 1977

Linda Van Bavel
Austin, TX
BA, Plan II Honors, 1990

Richard Vigness, M.D.
Fort Worth, TX
BA, History, 1977

Allison E. Wagner
Fort Worth, TX
BA, English, 1983

Tom Ward
Washington, DC
BA, Government, 1954

Marilyn M. White
Plano, TX
BA, Mathematics, 1959

Patrick Williams
Fort Worth, TX
BA, Psychology, 1997

Don Wukasch
Austin, TX
M.D. Baylor College of Medicine, 1962
MFA, Poetry, Vermont College of Fine Arts, 1999
Ph.D. (Honorary) United States Sports Academy, 2013
BA, History (Plan II, 1955-1958) 2017

James C. Wynne III
Tyler, TX
BA, English, 1993

Traci and John Young
Houston, TX
Traci - BA Spanish 1993
John - Plan II 1991

Karin Zaner
Dallas, TX
BA, Plan II, 1991
JD 1994