Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Our January breakfast will feature a panel of Austin area real estate professionals, discussing the latest market trends, forecasts, and strategies for both residential and commercial real estate in the Austin area. Panel members include:

Kristen Scudder ’05
Kristen is a fifth generation Aggie and served as the Capital City A&M Club’s 2017 President. Kristen is a professional residential Realtor with Horizon Realty and she grew up in the good ol’ 78745 of Austin, Texas. For the past 6 years, she has specialized in first time home buyers, move up buyers, new construction and downtown condominium sales. She is excited to share her outlook on where the Austin real estate market is headed in 2019.  BIO / LinkedIn

Alan Peters ’96
Alan is the Branch Manager of the Austin office for Savills Studley, an international commercial real estate firm, with over 700 offices globally.  His focus is office tenant representation, with a long track record of creative and off market solutions.  He served as President of the Capital City A&M Club in 2009.  BIO / Linked In

Chris Dolce ’92
Mr. Dolce has been with Sixthriver Architects since 1994 and has served as Vice President of the firm since 2001.  As the Director of Tenant Development services, Chris is an expert in tenant programming, space planning and assists clients in negotiating functional and efficient layouts for office and community spaces. He acts also as a project manager for numerous clients and assists them throughout their projects and endeavors.  He has been involved in the planning, design and construction of over 20,000,000 square feet of commercial and institutional spaces in the Austin Metropolitan area, throughout Texas and the nation.  His experience and firsthand knowledge of buildings, lease spaces and properties throughout the area provides an intimate understanding of the opportunities that a potential investment or lease could possess.   Chris is a sixth generation Austinite and a graduate of Texas A&M University with a degree in Environmental Design. BIO / Linked In

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Parker Reese ’07
Mr. Reese is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ameredev. He leads a team of technical and financial professionals responsible for $24 billion of mergers and acquisitions and $2.2 billion of exploration and development capital investment including the $633 million sale of Ameredev’s Core Southern Delaware Basin assets to Callon Petroleum Company. Prior to forming Ameredev, he served as Reservoir Engineer at Three Rivers Operating Co., and Cimarex Energy Co., where he was responsible for acquisitions and divestitures, exploration and development and preparation of corporate reserves. He began his career as an engineer with ConocoPhillips.

Mr. Reese graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering. He currently serves on the industry board of the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Mikado Hinson is entering his 5th season with the Texas A&M football team after joining the Aggies as the team’s Director of Player Development in 2014.

The Olathe, Kansas, native comes to College Station after serving on staff with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) in Houston since 1998. Hinson served at the University of Houston, where he spent 14 years as the Team Chaplain and Character Development Coach for the Cougar football program. During that time, Hinson was also the Team Chaplain for the Houston Rockets from 2000-08, and served on the FCA National Chaplain’s Task Force from 2010-13. He became a licensed and ordained minister in 2005.

Hinson earned a BS in mass communications with a concentration in broadcast and journalism from Norfolk State University in 1998. He enjoys spending time with family, boxing, ring announcing, reading, teaching and preaching.

Hinson is married to Shaundra Hinson and the couple has three children: daughters Maya (20) and Kendall (17), and son MJ (14).

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Richard H. Lester Ph.D. ‘03  – Dr. Lester holds the titles of Clinical Professor and Executive Director of The McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship in the Department of Management, Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. His research interests focus on corporate governance and entrepreneurship. His research has appeared in the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice amongst others. Prior to his academic career Richard spent 20+ years in organizations that range from a Fortune 250 conglomerate to a midsized privately held corporation. The majority of his experience has been in the oil and gas industry based out of Houston, Texas. His last corporate position was Vice President General Manager for a privately held firm also based in Houston. Richard teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in entrepreneurship and corporate strategy, entrepreneurship in the Professional MBA program, and seminars in the Mays Business Schools’ Center for Executive Development. He has received the Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for teaching.

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017

Glenn Hegar ’93 – Elected in November 2014, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar serves as Texas’ treasurer, check writer, tax collector, procurement officer and revenue estimator.

Upon taking office, he reorganized the Comptroller’s office for quicker and more effective decision-making, and reduced its size by eliminating some inefficient programs and transferring others that didn’t fit its core missions. Hegar is focused on his agency’s constitutional duties and committed to improving its customer service and transparency. He believes a less-burdensome tax system will foster a better environment for job creation and business expansion, and thus a healthier Texas economy.

As CFO for the world’s 10th-largest economy, Hegar monitors Texas’ financial health to ensure it maintains strong fund balances. He employs sound fiscal management, invests resources wisely and approaches budgeting with a consistently conservative point of view.

Before becoming Comptroller, Hegar served in the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate, and also served as chair of the Sunset Advisory Commission, which works to eliminate inefficiency in government agencies.

Hegar is a 1993 graduate of Texas A&M University and a graduate of St. Mary’s University, where he earned a Master of Arts and his law degree. At the University of Arkansas, he earned his Master of Laws.

Hegar is a sixth-generation Texan who grew up farming land that has been in his family since the mid-1800s. His upbringing taught him the core values of hard work, honesty and integrity — the same values he and his wife, Dara, work to instill in their three young children — Claire, Julia and Jonah. Hegar’s most important title throughout his years of service is the one closest to home: Dad!