Capital Investment

Parker Reese

Tuesday, September 11, 2018


Parker Reese
President and CEO, Ameredev

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.

Texas A&M Football

Texas A&M Football

Tuesday, July 10, 2018


Mikado Hinson, Director of Player Development

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).

Entrepreneurship Programs at A&M

Entrepreneurship Programs at A&M

Tuesday, May 1, 2018


Richard Lester, Ph.D. Executive Director
McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship

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.

TexasAgs Radio

TexasAgs Radio

Tuesday, March 6, 2018


Ryan Brauninger, Recruiting & Baseball Analyst

Ryan Brauninger ’12 – Ryan joined TexAgs in August of 2015.  A college baseball player at McNeese State (Class of ’09), he moved to College Station in 2010 to pursue a Master’s in sport management at Texas A&M.  Since receiving his degree, Ryan has been active in the youth sports scene in the Brazos Valley, the state, and region — including a summer stint with USA Baseball.  He is a member of the TexAgs Recruiting team and a baseball analyst. 

Each Monday and Thursday, Billy Liucci and Ryan Brauninger share their thoughts and observations on Texas A&M athletics during The Beliucci Hour Lunch radio show, which airs from 12-1 p.m. at the Tap on 1150 AM and 102.7 FM in College Station.

Update on Texas Finance

Glenn Hegar, Texas Comptroller

Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017


Glenn Hegar,
Texas Comptroller

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!

LCRA Update

LCRA Update

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017


LCRA Update

Phil Wilson, LCRA General Manager
Phil Wilson became LCRA’s 11th general manager on Feb. 3, 2014. LCRA’s general manager serves as the organization’s chief executive officer and carries out LCRA Board policy, manages LCRA’s relationships with its customers and stakeholders, appoints and directs executive staff, and oversees projects and operations that support LCRA’s public service mission.

Prior to joining LCRA, Wilson was executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation. Under the direction of the Texas Transportation Commission, he managed, directed and implemented TxDOT policies, programs and operating strategies. He also represented TxDOT before the Texas Legislature and other entities. Before joining TxDOT in 2011, Wilson served as senior vice president of Public Affairs and as a corporate officer for Luminant, Texas’ largest electric generation company. In 2007, then-Gov. Rick Perry appointed Wilson as Texas’ 106th Secretary of State. In that position, he was the chief elections officer and the chief international protocol officer for Texas. Wilson also served as chair of the Governor’s Competitiveness Council and on the Texas Border Security Council.

Wilson serves as the chair-elect of the Board of Directors of the Austin Chamber of Commerce, in addition to serving on the chamber’s executive committee and as chair of the chamber’s Opportunity Austin initiative. Wilson also serves on the boards of the Large Public Power Council, Texas Public Power Association, Power Across Texas, Texas Water Conservation Association and Hardin-Simmons University. Wilson has a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University and a bachelor’s degree from Hardin-Simmons University.