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Board of Visitors & Advance Team
The MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, together with MD Anderson's Advance Team, work together to collectively advance MD Anderson's mission to end cancer.
Lists updated as of December 14, 2022
Board of Visitors (BOV)
The MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, a nonfiduciary, appointed advisory board of volunteers, works with MD Anderson's Advance Team, a volunteer board of next-generation leaders, to advance the organization's mission to end cancer.
BOV Life Members
James A. Baker III, Houston, TX
Charles Butt, San Antonio, TX
Ernest H. Cockrell, Houston, TX
Wayne Gibbens, Houston, TX
Lyda Hill, Dallas, TX
Melvyn N. Klein, Executive Committee, Corpus Christi, TX
Nancy B. Loeffler, Executive Committee, San Antonio, TX
Harry J. Longwell, Dallas, TX
Red McCombs, San Antonio, TX
James J. Mulva, Austin, TX
Regina J. Rogers, Beaumont, TX
BOV Members
Linda L. Addison, Houston, TX
Richard C. Adkerson, Phoenix, AZ
Arun Agarwal, Dallas, TX
Durga D. Agrawal, Houston, TX
Peggy Brunet Ahuja, Corpus Christi, TX
Mark W. Albers, The Woodlands, TX
John D. Alexander Jr., San Antonio, TX
Kimberly M. Alfonso, Las Vegas, NV
Judy Ley Allen, Houston, TX
Nita Ambani, Nariman Point, Mumbai
Barry G. Andrews, Dallas, TX
Glynn Andrews, McAllen, TX
Matthew Anthony, Kansas City, MO
Javaid Anwar, Midland, TX
James B. Archer, Executive Committee, San Angelo, TX
Andrew M. Baker, Park City, UT
Lee D. Barberito, Covington, LA
John W. Barnhill Jr., Brenham, TX
Michael G. Bartolotta, Houston, TX
Lawrence E. Bathgate II, Lakewood, NJ
Alan R. Batkin, Executive Committee, Greenwich, CT
Paul E. Begala, Mt Jackson, VA
Clayton I. Bennett, Executive Committee, Oklahoma City, OK
Brent Alan Benoit, Houston, TX
G. Alex Bernhardt Jr., Lenoir, NC
Monika Bickert, San Jose, CA
Jeet S. Bindra, Lafayette, CA
Patricia Hamilton Blalock, Houston, TX
Kelli L. Blanton, Houston, TX
Patricia Bodin, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Randall Bone, Aspen, CO
W. E. Bosarge Jr., Houston, TX
Kathy P. Britton, Houston, TX
Joel Brochstein, Houston, TX
Kyle C. Brooks, Cincinnati, OH
J. Robert Brown, Executive Committee, Dallas, TX
I. Jon Brumley, Granbury, TX
Rick J. Calhoon, Jackson, MS
Clarence P. Cazalot Jr., Chair, Houston, TX
Albert Y. Chao, Houston, TX
Tony Chase, Houston, TX
Don Childress, Executive Committee, Atlanta, GA
Lois Chiles, New York, NY
John J. Christmann IV, Houston, TX
Carlyse Ciocca, San Francisco, CA
Paul N. Clark, Indian Wells, CA
David A. Cockrell, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Gus H. Comiskey Jr., Houston, TX
Anne P. Connally, San Antonio, TX
John B. Connally III, Houston, TX
Rufus Cormier Jr., Houston, TX
Shirley Coskey, Houston, TX
Nadine Craddick, Midland, TX
Cheryl Creuzot, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Greg Curran, Houston, TX
Christopher Damico, Executive Committee, Pacific Palisades, CA
Doug Deason, Dallas, TX
Alfred L. Deaton III, Houston, TX
Linnet F. Deily, Houston, TX
Ben A. Donnell, Corpus Christi, TX
Thomas J. Donohue, Arlington, VA
William J. Doré Sr., Lake Charles, LA
Barbara Dreeben, San Antonio, TX
Walter W. Driver Jr., Executive Committee, Atlanta, GA
Jan E. Duncan, Houston, TX
Mac Dunwoody, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Michelle Earley, Austin, TX
Roslyn S. Eckstein, River Ridge, LA
Jay S. Eisenberg, Parkland, FL
Elizabeth Gibbens Epley, Greenwich, CT
Donald L. Evans, Immediate Past Chair, Midland, TX
Christine Gaylord Everest, Oklahoma City, OK
James H. Everest, Oklahoma City, OK
Gregg H. Falgout, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
G. Steven Farris, Boerne, TX
Thomas Joseph Fatjo, Houston, TX
Stephen L. Feinberg, Santa Fe, NM
Alan D. Feld, Dallas, TX
Dillon J. Ferguson, Austin, TX
Alejandra De la Vega Foster, Executive Committee, El Paso, TX
Patsy S. Fourticq, Houston, TX
Randy A. Foutch, Tulsa, OK
Steve L. Fox, Executive Committee, El Paso, TX
James L. Gallogly, Chair Elect, Austin, TX
Lily C. Garfield, Aspen, CO
Gregory C. Garland, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Diane D. Gates, Corpus Christi, TX
Meg Gentle, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Jimmy I. Gibbs, Spartanburg, SC
Gary F. Gibson, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Terry M. Giles, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Vanessa D. Gilmore, Houston, TX
Thomas S. Glanville, Houston, TX
Douglas B. Glass, Executive Committee, Naples, FL
Cami Christ Goff, Fort Worth, TX
Vijay P. Goradia, Executive Committee, The Woodlands, TX
Steven L. Gordon, Houston, TX
Richard W. Gray III, Miami Beach, FL
David M. Grimes II, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Rosalind Redfern Grover, Midland, TX
Ben A. Guill, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Robert G. Gwin, Houston, TX
Kelly Hackett, Houston, TX
Maureen Hackett, Vice Chair, Houston, TX
Janelle Hail, Frisco, TX
Fred Hall, Oklahoma City, OK
John D. Harkey Jr., Dallas, TX
Katherine C. Hatcher, Houston, TX
Lawrence H. Hayward, Paradise Valley, AZ
Adrea D. Heebe, Gretna, LA
Becky Bradfield Heiser, Austin, TX
David T. Herr, Bellaire, TX
Winell Herron, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Gloria Hicks, Corpus Christi, TX
Mindy Hildebrand, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Jason Hiley, Fort Worth, TX
Yerger Hill III, Floresville, TX
Jeffrey C. Hines, Houston, TX
William D. Hoffman, Executive Committee, Hollywood, FL
Forrest E. Hoglund, Dallas, TX
Alter Holand, McAllen, TX
John A. Holland, Houston, TX
Woody L. Hunt, El Paso, TX
Barbara R. Hurwitz, Houston, TX
Charles E. Hurwitz, Houston, TX
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Dallas, TX
Judith Jaynes, Arlington, TX
Brenda L. Johnson, New York, NY
Luci B. Johnson, Austin, TX
Tom Johnson, Executive Committee, Atlanta, GA
Glenda R. Kane, Corpus Christi, TX
Danielle Kavanagh, Metairie, LA
T. Mark Kelly, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Nancy G. Kinder, Houston, TX
Henry A. Kissinger, South Kent, CT
Mary Helen Kliewer, Salado, TX
Wyck A. Knox Jr., Augusta, GA
Julie Kyte, Scottsdale, AZ
Gregory A. Kozmetsky, Dallas, TX
Demos T. Kyrazis, Albuquerque, NM
Thomas F. McLarty III, Washington, D.C.
Neda Ladjevardian, Houston, TX
William W. Lampton, Flora, MS
Eric S. Lane, New York, NY
Elyse Lanier, Houston, TX
Pierre F. Lapeyre Jr., New York, NY
Sally Berry Larson, Dallas, TX
Helen H. Laughery, Rocky Mount, NC
C. Berdon Lawrence, Houston, TX
Timothy A. Leach, Midland, TX
Andreae Behlen LeMaistre, San Antonio, TX
Marty V. Leonard, Fort Worth, TX
Mary V. Lester, Indian Wells, CA
Max S. Levit, Houston, TX
Michael R. Levy, Austin, TX
Michael C. Linn, Houston, TX
Ashley C. Loeffler, Houston, TX
Jeff B. Love, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Mary Ralph Lowe, Fort Worth, TX
Tom P. Lynch, Jacksonville, FL
Marlene A. Malek, McLean, VA
Jed Manocherian, New York, NY
R. Stan Marek Jr., Houston, TX
Rodney H. Margolis, Houston, TX
Kade L. Matthews, Clarendon, TX
Karen R. Matthews, Dallas, TX
David R. McAtee II, Dallas, TX
Linda Mays McCaul, Executive Committee, Austin, TX
Andrew D. McCullough Jr., Houston, TX
Stacie McDavid, Fort Worth, TX
Jeffrey John McDougall, Oklahoma City, OK
Cappy R. McGarr, Dallas, TX
Michael Ryan McGrath, Houston, TX
Michael D. McKinnon, San Diego, CA
R. Drayton McLane Jr., Temple, TX
Michael J. Medrano, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Eric Mendelsohn, Summit, NJ
Sonceria Messiah-Jiles, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Howard M. Meyers, Dallas, TX
Gloria Moncrief, Fort Worth, TX
Kit Moncrief, Fort Worth, TX
Denise D. Monteleone, Houston, TX
William C. Montgomery, Houston, TX
Walker N. Moody, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Stephen P. Mulva, Austin, TX
Laura G. Murillo, Houston, TX
Martha W. Murphy, El Dorado, AR
Henry G. Musselman, Albany, TX
John L. Nau III, Houston, TX
Jeff A. Netzer, Colleyville, TX
Joseph Neubauer, Philadelphia, PA
Robert Nichols III, Dallas, TX
Dennis E. Nixon, Laredo, TX
Joseph I. O'Neill III, Midland, TX
Marvin Odum, Houston, TX
Catherine C. Oestmann, Midland, TX
Kay M. Onstead, Houston, TX
Pamela K. Onstead, Santa Fe, NM
Paul F. Oreffice, Paradise Valley, AZ
Sharon M. Owens, Missouri City, TX
Ebru Ozdemir, Besiktas/Istanbul, Turkey
Ana Palacio, Madrid, Spain
Vicky M. Pappas, Houston, TX
Roseann Park, Cleveland, OH
Bhavesh V. Patel, Columbia, MD
Sherri W. Patton, Fort Worth, TX
Melinda Hill Perrin, Houston, TX
Michael Petrick, Greenwich, CT
Jan R. Pickens, Dallas, TX
Mary Martha Pickens, Executive Committee, Dallas, TX
Ralph Ponce de Leon, Phoenix, AZ
Leslie Rainbolt, Oklahoma City, OK
Jack P. Randall, Houston, TX
John T. Raymond, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Sheila Reese, Houston, TX
Robert K. Reeves, Houston, TX
Mario E. Rodriguez, North Palm Beach, FL
William E. Rosenthal, Fort Worth, TX
Scott E. Rozzell, Houston, TX
Thomas V. Rushing, Houston, TX
Thomas L. Ryan, Houston, TX
Helen Lho Ryu, Beverly Hills, CA
Andrew E. Sabin, East Hampton, NY
A. R. "Tony" Sanchez Jr., Houston, TX
William P. Sanders, El Paso, TX
Christopher Sarofim, Houston, TX
Laura Sayavedra, Houston, TX
Douglas W. Schnitzer, Houston, TX
Joan Weingarten Schnitzer, Houston, TX
Nancy M. Seliger, Austin, TX
Peggy Sewell, Dallas, TX
Tanya Brara Shah, Weston, MA
Marc J. Shapiro, Houston, TX
John H. Shields II, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Marsha M. Shields, Executive Committee, San Antonio, TX
Jan A. Levit Silver, Houston, TX
Jerry Simon, Houston, TX
Herbert D. Simons, Houston, TX
Donald R. Sinclair, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Lynn H. Smith, Dallas, TX
Walter J. Smith, Houston, TX
Glenn B. Stearns, Santa Ana, CA
Ida Louise Clement Steen, San Antonio, TX
Gary W. Stein, Houston, TX
Lenise Stephenson, Dallas, TX
Gayle B. Stoffel, Dallas, TX
Delia W. Stroud, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Alvin M. Sugarman, Atlanta, GA
Sam L. Susser, Executive Committee, Dallas, TX
Charles W. Tate, Houston, TX
Mac Tichenor Jr., Executive Committee, Dallas, TX
Sue S. Timken, Canton, OH
Shelley Tortorice, Beaumont, TX
Byron D. Trott, Chicago, IL
Robert B. Tudor III, Houston, TX
S. Wil VanLoh Jr., Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Steven H. Wasserman, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
William M. Webster IV, Spartanburg, SC
Herbert D. Weitzman, Dallas, TX
Jason P. Wells, Houston, TX
Margaret Alkek Williams, Houston, TX
Sheridan Williams, Houston, TX
Tonya N. Williams, Executive Committee, Washington, D.C.
John H. Wilson III, Dallas, TX
Cyvia Wolff, Houston, TX
Don M. Woo, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
Randall P. Wright, Executive Committee, Houston, TX
John B. Zachry, San Antonio, TX
Susan Zane, Austin, TX
Cynthia Erickson Zaninovich, Paducah, KY
Isabella Arjona Zappala, New York, NY
Anat Kaufman Zeidman, Houston, TX
Advance Team
The Advance Team is a volunteer board of next-generation leaders dedicated to helping the institution advance its mission to end cancer.
Rahul Agrawal, Sugar Land, TX
David Ahlquist, Events Chair, Houston, TX
Margot Athon, Washington, D.C.
Varun S. Babbili, Houston, TX
Daniel E. Blum, Chair, Houston, TX
William R. Bobbora, Houston, TX
Amanda M. Boswell, Denver, CO
Caroline Stouffer Brown, Chair-Elect, Houston, TX
Celeste E. Byrom, Houston, TX
John Cangelosi, Houston, TX
Holly H. Cauble, Fort Worth, TX
Rachel Cruz Auwarter, Bellaire, TX
Margaret P. Doyal, Houston, TX
Ann Margaret H. Dudley, Houston, TX
McComb Dunwoody, Houston, TX
Courtney Duphorne, San Antonio, TX
Robert A. Elliott, Dallas, TX
Cari Ezell, Austin, TX
Christine Falgout-Gutknecht, Houston, TX
Louisa Fikes, Albany, TX
Thomas A. Gates Jr., Corpus Christi, TX
Kristin C. Hamilton, Houston, TX
Emily Harris, Houston, TX
Bradfield W. Heiser, Austin, TX
Mullaney Nichols Heiser, Austin, TX
Catherine Herr, Bellaire, TX
Natalie Hodges, Houston, TX
Jason B. Holton, Houston, TX
Katherine A. Joe, Houston, TX
Jocelyn Johnson, Austin, TX
Randy D. Jones, Richmond, TX
Jeffrey F. Kane, Corpus Christi, TX
Barry R. Kessler, Houston, TX
Jenna K. Klein, Houston, TX
Amy H. Lee, Houston, TX
Meghan Leggett, Houston, TX
Misty V. Lindenberger, Houston, TX
Sarah Moffitt, Austin, TX
Leslie B. Moritz, Fort Worth, TX
Sarah W. Murrin, Fort Worth, TX
Cody Nath, Spring, TX
Laura B. Nelson, Corpus Christi, TX
Thomas P. Nguyen, Katy, TX
Binsu Oommen, Missouri City, TX
Kathleen Perley, Houston, TX
Drew Perrin, Houston, TX
Ashley Petersen, Houston, TX
Margaret Pinkston, Recruit Chair, Bellaire, TX
Jessica H. Ramsey, Outreach Chair, Houston, TX
Anson M. Reilly, Dallas, TX
Samuel Tyler Sabin, Bozeman, MT
Apurva Sanghavi, Sugar Land, TX
Kimberly A. Scheele, Houston, TX
Chris Shilling, Oklahoma City, OK
Courtney Somerville Becker, Austin, TX
Carolyn Starr, Houston, TX
Dwan C. Thomas, Houston, TX
Brandon Trama, Old Greenwich, CT
Chris Wallace, Houston, TX
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