ABOUT US
The Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education exists to promote excellence, accountability and progress in all of our state’s institutions of higher learning. We believe the diversity of the state of Texas requires a wide range of diverse higher educational options, from low-cost, broad access institutions to more competitive Tier One research universities with the very highest standards of quality and excellence.
Coalition Founding Members
*Italicized names designate members of the Advisory Committee
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Betsy Abell
Hughes Abell Judge Marilyn Aboussie John L. Adams Cynthia Adkins John Adkins Perry L. Adkisson
Elain Agather
Lester L. Allison Gordon Appleman Michael Appleman
Rick Archer
Scott J. Atlas Dionel E. Aviles Susan G. Baker S. Jack Balagia Anne Ballantyne Steve Ballantyne Ben Barnes Jane Barnhill John W. Barnhill Jr. Sam Barshop Vicki Bartholow Peter Bartholow
Jamie Baskin
Joan Ragsdale Baskin
Alan C. Baum
Jean Beaumont
John Beckworth Laura Hobby Beckworth Margaret C. Berry John Scott Black Willie E. B. Blackmon Jack Blanton
Leslie D. Blanton
Carla Blumberg
James B. (Jimmy) Bond
Ruben Bonilla
Jim Boon Carmel Borders
Mary Borders
Tom Borders
Dr. Ray Bowen Kyle Bradford Sam C. Bradshaw
Marty Braniff
Lewis E. Brazelton Karey Bresenhan Michelle K. Brock Ricky Brown
Becky Brumley
Jon Brumley
Tim Bryan
Jim Buchanan
Ernest Butler Sarah G. Butler Natalie Butler Randy Cain
Charles H. Campbell
Tony Canales
Tom Carter Bill Cauthorn H. Scott Caven Jr. Leslie Cedar
David L. Chapman Ph.D.
Ray Taggart Chilton
Carrielu Christensen
Elizabeth Christian
Joann Christian
Fan Cloud
Ernest H. Cockrell Janet Cockrell
L.J. Cohen
Hon. Peter R. Coneway Tracy Smith Connally Michael L. Cook Dr. Denton A. Cooley
Jerry Cooper
Jerry Cox Dr. John W. Craddock Mary Cooley Craddock Jack Crosby JoAnn Crosby Gary Crum Sylvie Crum
Elizabeth Cullingford
Jess Curlee
Josiah M. Daniel, III
Don Davis
Ramona Davis
Rebecca Davis
Linnet F. Deily Ben De Leon Hector De Leon Frank Denius Lisa DePaulo Martin Dies Kip Dixon Ben A. Donnell
Elinor Donnell
Alan Dreeben
Robert Duncan
Tom Dunning Amy Ehrlich
Byron F. Egan
Robert M. Ehrlich Jr.
Charles Ellison
Frank C. Erwin III
Gay Estes
Gary Farmer
Susan Farmer
Larry Faulkner
Mary Ann Faulkner
Brian Feld Becky Ferguson Raul B. Fernandez Dr. Peter Flawn Tyrrell Flawn Betty Sue Flowers Joe Foster
Dr. Robert L. Frachtman
Chuck Fraser
Charles B. Fulton
Edward Funkhouser
Ray Galvin
Rudy Garza
Lela Gibbs
Robin C. Gibbs
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Machree Gibson
Melbern G. Glasscock
Julius Glickman
Suzan Glickman
Lee Godfrey Sandra Godfrey Marc Goldman
Lisa T. Gottesman
Sanford Gottesman Bob Graham
Jerry R. Grammer
Jack S. Gray Marina V. Grayson Cathy Obriotti Green Gerry Griffin Vaughn Gross
William Gross
Gary R. Gurwitz
Jon L. Hagler John B. Harbin Christopher M. Harte
Judye Hartman
John Harvey
Brad Hawley
Gerald Hawxhurst Sue Hawxhurst Kay Head Steve Head Dr. Frederick B. Hegi Jr. Carol Heller Jeffrey M. Heller Jim Herdlicka H. David Herndon Graham Hill Paul W. Hobby Bill Hobby Ann Honeycutt
David E. Honeycutt
Patty Huffines
David Hull Ralph T. Hull
Herbert Hurn
Adm. Bob R. Inman Joe Jamail Hon. John H. James Kenneth M. Jastrow II Susie Jastrow
Al Jones
Bryan Jones
Frank Jones
Jay Jones
Robert Jones Lenoir M. Josey Margaret Justus Kyle Kalkwarf
Kim Kane
Richard P. Keeton Gary Kelly Richard Kimbrough
Mickey Klein
Aaron Kozmetsky
Greg Kozmetsky
Arno W. Krebs Ronald D. Krist Weldon D. Kruger James C. Langdon Jr.
Mike Lange
Pam Leshin
Richard L. Leshin Leigh Leshin Levy
Michael R. Levy
Jack E. Little David D. Livingston Lana Livingston William S. Livingston Joe R. Long
Meredith Long
Dr. Teresa Lozano Long Janiece Longoria Tom Luce
John Mackintosh
Prudence Mackintosh
Abbie Madden
Wales H. Madden Jr. Melvin Maltz
Humboldt Mandell
Schuyler B. Marshall
Elizabeth S. Massey John Massey Charles W. Matthews
Chuck Matthews
Patrick McAndrew
Jim McAnelly
Robert F. McBee Cale McDowell Artie McFerrin Cappy McGarr Janie S. McGarr
Pam McIllhenny
Mike McKetta
Brian T. McLaughlin
John Mark McLaughlin
Hon. Stan McLelland Dennis McWilliams Morton H. Meyerson Annie Holand Miller Richard Mithoff Ginni Mithoff
John Mobley
William H. Mobley Ph.D. Jane Clements Monday John S. Moody
Tom Morris
Ryan Moss
Jim Mulva
Mike A. Myers
Elizabeth Nash
James K. B. Nelson
Joe P. Nelson
Milam Newby Betty Sue Newton Jon Newton
Wolfgang Niedert
Peter O'Donnell
Dudley Oldham
Michael Oldham
C. Patrick Oles Jr.
Julie Oles
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Lyndon Olson
Dr. John D. Oswalt
Karen Oswalt
Dr. David A. Ott Pamela F. Ott Patrick C. Oxford Fred A. Palmer DVM Charles R. Parker Robert L. Parker Sr. Robert L. Parker Jr.
Carrin Patman
Jeane S. Pendery Dick Perkins
Judy Perkins
Sam Perry
Lorraine Perryman
Mary Dale Peterson
Ed Pickett
Louise Pincoffs
Peter Pincoffs
Scott Polikov Dr. James Prentice Nancy Puentes
Bob Ragsdale
Reba Ragsdale
Keshav Rajagopalan Fran Ramsey
George E. Ramsey
Matthew S. Ramsey
Lisa Henken Ramirez
Richard Rankin
B. M. Rankin Jr. Hon. Bill Ratliff Shannon H. Ratliff Barbara Gurwitz Raynor Harry Reasoner Macey H. Reasoner
George Richardson
Rick Rickman
Daron Roberts Beth Robertson Eduardo R. Rodriguez Patrick Rodriguez Dr. Glenn A. Rogers Louan P. Rogers Stanley D. Rosenberg
Dan Routman
Robert B. Rowling
David Rubenstein
Joe Russo Tameka Sadler
Stephen (Steve) Saunders
Rodney Schlosser
Barbara Schusterman
Randi Shade
Doug Shankle Debra Shankle Anne Shepard Robert W. Shepard
Allan Shivers Jr.
Allan Shulkin
Helen Simons
Michael L. Slack
Martha E. Smiley Craig Smith
Tracey Smith
Sandra E. Snyder
Ed Solymosy
Susan Pitzer Stasney Stuart Stedman
Ronald G. Steinhart
Roderick D. Stepp
David Stevenson
Bobby Stillwell
Gail Stillwell
Barbara Stuart John T. Stuart III Steve Susman
Sam L. Susser
Sandra Sweeney
Jeffrey L. Swope Charles W. Tate Judy S. Tate
Van H. Taylor
Charles Teeple Mary H. Teeple Larry Temple Louann Temple
Jere W. Thompson
James E. Thorp
McHenry Tichenor
Bruce Todd
Terry O. Tottenham
Leon B. Toubin
Carolyn Townsend Peyton Townsend
Harper Trammell
Merced Perez Trevino
Paul Van Osselaer
William R. Volk Duer Wagner Darren Walker
Mark D. Walker
Raeanne Walker
J Thomas Ward Joe Bill Watkins Rad Weaver Charles Martin Wender Marlen Whitley
R.K. Whittington
Dr. George Willeford III Hon. Pamela Willeford Dr. James Willerson Del Williams
Ann Wilson
Layton Wilson
Robert C. Wilson Darrell Windham
Marvin Womack
Eva Womack
Bill Wright
Bart Wulff
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Young Texans Coalition Founding Members
*Italicized names designate members of the Operating Committee of the Young Texans
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Paul Albrecht
Michael Appleman
John Arriaga
Minator Azemi
Ashley Baker
JJ Baskin
Kalize Bauer
Kate Beasley
John Black
Alli Bloom
Hannah Bock
John Brady
Abby Branigan
Dolph Briscoe IV
Erica Brody
Erica Brody
Shauna Bubis
Natalie Butler
Billy Calve
Marcus Ceniceros
Brent Chaney
Sarah Classen
Leslie Daniel
Alyssa Davis
Jordan Davisson
Tyler Day
Bernadette De La Cruz
Ben De Leon
John deLorimier
Sameer Desai
Andre Esteva
Sydney Fazende
Brian Feld
Alex Ferraro
Nicholas Garcia
Madison Gardner
Michael Ginnings
Sara Grabowski
Neshell Graham
Elliot Greenberg
Jamie Grossbard
Dustin Haley
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Brian Haley
Ryan Harrison
Holly Heinrich
Sarah Hobson
Drew Jacoby
Zack Jamail
Priti Joshi
Emily Jung
Sally Jung
Zuhair Khan
Lauren Kraut
Jordan Kreft
Aakashdeep Kumar
Abbey Laclede
Samuel Leonard
Michelle Lin
David Loewenberg
Sara Loewy
Kendra Loftice
Reid Long
Cecilia Lopez
Amanda Lopez
Edilsa Lopez
Cecilia Lopez
Ryan Manack
Janette Martinez
Cesar Martinez
Meridith McGraw
Allie Medack
Berenice Medellin
Rachel Meyerson
Milam Miller
Annie Holand Miller
Michael Morton
Juliet Mullins
Stephen Myers
Milam Newby
Carisa Nietsche
Robby Nunez
Keval Patel
Jesus Payan
Taylor Pousson
Preston Powell
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Alex Prescott
Kartik Rajagopalan
Keshav Rajagopalan
Chelsea Rajagopalan
Katina Rajunov
Lisa Henken Ramirez
Lauren Ratliff
Lauren Robbins
Holly Roche
Patrick Rodriguez
Daniel Rosen
Danielle Rugoff
Tameka Sadler
Sarah Sanders
Zach Schneider
Alyson Schulman
Elana Schulman
Nathan Seitzman
Ruchy Sharda
Frankie Shulkin
Gabriella Sicher
Jason Silverstein
Andrew Solomon
Andrew St. Jean
Justin Stein
Sharilyn Stone
Bailey Tomson
Andrew Townsell
Felicia Travieso
Nicole Trinh
Benjamin Trotter
Roberto Valle
Marlen Whitley
Michael Whitworth
Erika Willrodt
Philip Wiseman
David Wogan
Conner Wood
John Woods
Shannon Yoachum
Crystal Zhao
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*Listing as of August 19, 2014
Latest Updates
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“A clever political move”
Calling it “a clever political move,” the San Antonio Express-News editorial board criticized state lawmakers for turning tuition-setting authority to regents, saying Texas parents have lawmakers to thank for higher tuition bills this fall. “State lawmakers know they can shortchange higher education because the university boards will feel obligated to make up the difference with tuition. An added bonus of the arrangement is that it allows the regents, appointees of the governor, to take the heat off elected officials, who can claim no direct involvement in the rising cost of a college education. But, in truth, cutting state funding for higher education directly causes tuition increases. Denial is a sham, and pointing fingers at regents is an evasion of responsibility.”
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Implosion
A longhorn and leading former member of the Trump Administration is being considered to head The University of Texas System, according to media reports. Rex Tillerson, who was ousted as Secretary of State just two weeks ago, is “open” to the idea of becoming the next UT System Chancellor per a Wall Street Journal report. Tillerson gave a farewell address at the State Department this week and his final official day on the job is March 31. Chancellor Bill McRaven will step down as Chancellor in May. “Rex is a solid citizen, very ethical, straightforward, and straight talking,” said ExxonMobil general counsel Charles Matthews to Texas Monthly. “He brings great integrity to whatever he does, and if he were chosen he would be a very, very solid choice.”
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