Advisory Council
COBA Advisory Council
The purpose of the Sam Houston State University College of Business Administration (CoBA) Advisory Council is to enable effective partnership between the business community and the College in order to ensure that:
- Our curriculum and programming reflects the current and future needs of the business community so that our graduates become significant contributors.
- Our students are exposed in meaningful ways to businesses during their course of study in the appropriate balance of theory and practice.
- The CoBA provides appropriate mentoring, internship opportunities and job placement opportunities for students.
- Our faculty remain current in their fields and have opportunities to contribute to the body of knowledge in these fields through meaningful research projects.
- The CoBA contributes to the competitiveness, growth and overall success of the business community.
- The CoBA develops funding sources to enable investment for expansion.
The CoBA Advisory Council is comprised of individuals with significant experience and expertise in a diverse set of business and professional disciplines representative of the Houston Metro Area, with a focus on the global nature of our business environment. The Advisory Council meets formally two to three times per year. In the interim, members work with the CoBA, singly or in groups, based on their individual skills and interests, to achieve the above goals.
Advisory Council Members
Jill S. Vaughan '82
Chair of Council
Senior Vice President
Amegy Bank of Texas
Justin Burnett, '98
Vice President of Materials Management & Warehousing
BP
Royce Burnett '81
KPMG Research Fellow in Accountancy
Southern Illinois University
Ronny Carroll '65
President
Ronny Carroll Custom Homes (ret.)
Gary Dudley '69
President
Southwest Business Corporation
Walter Fitzgerald, '79
Sr. Vice President (ret.)
CenterPoint Energy
Brian Hall, '88
Manager of Corporate Supplier Diversity and Diversity & Inclusion
Shell Oil Company
Robert E. Hutson ‘65
Senior Vice President
Texas Capital Bank
Charles W. Jones, III '81
National Indirect Lending Head
SunTrust Bank
Gibson D. Lewis, '62
President
Lewis Label Products
Michael Rohrig, '97
Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Chris Sower, '96
Vice President, America & West Africa Logistics
NALCO Champion
Brian Starr '02
Partner
Whitley Penn
Mary M. Vitek ‘86
Chief Executive Officer
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
Dawn Wesneski '15
Smith-Hutson Scholarship Coordinator
Smith-Hutson Foundation
Charles E. Amato '70 (Inactive Status)
Chairman
Southwest Business Corporation
Todd A. Zuspan ‘88
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP